Personal IPO

Tom Stefaniuk is the founder of Small Screen, a creator management agency generating $3 million a month in revenue. In this episode, Tom and Nathan discuss how most creators are leaving money on the table, the most profitable niches on social media, and the outreach and retention strategies behind one of the fastest growing agencies in the creator space.__ Small Screen Website InstagramTom StefaniukLinkedInInstagramXYouTube__ Timestamp 00:00:00 Introducing Tom Stefaniuk 00:01:05 The best niches to make big money 00:10:57 Revealing creator's revenues 00:17:44 The #1 reasons creators are undermonetized 00:25:22 Executing a great brand partnership 00:34:20 Generating leads to a $30M+ business 00:38:00 Mastering cold emails and outreach 00:45:59 The values of a top 1% creator agency 00:54:09 Living a fulfilling life 01:02:33 How to get what you want from life 01:06:35 Motivations from a young age 01:12:15 Making your first money online 01:14:37 How death can change your mindset 01:19:44 Best advice for younger self

Jonathan Javier, founder and CEO of Wonsulting, scaled a side hustle into a high-grossing career-help company. He breaks down how he built massive organic reach, the repeatable viral content formats he uses, and the funnel that turns views into high-converting calls and revenue. He also shares bold outreach stunts, tracking systems, and strategies for scaling hiring services and products.

Vin Matano, founder of Creator Buzz and former tech sales pro who scaled an agency to $200k/month. He explains how niche B2B creators monetize small audiences. Short takes cover LinkedIn content playbooks, sales tactics that close deals, conference stunts and networking moves, and turning attention into reliable inbound revenue.

Lara Acosta, an entrepreneur who grew a massive LinkedIn audience and built education and B2B SaaS businesses, shares her rise from unemployment to $300K/month. She covers viral LinkedIn posts, getting first clients by doing the work, clear profile-to-offer positioning, engineered launches and webinars, and when to expand to platforms like YouTube.

Jacob Klug is the founder of one of the largest Lovable dev agencies, generating millions per year at just 22 years old. In this episode of Personal IPO, we break down how he’s using OpenClaw to automate content, streamline operations, build AI-assisted agencies, and why he believes tools like this could soon “run a company.” __ Jacob Klug — YouTube— Twitter/X — Instagram — LinkedIn Nathan May— LinkedIn⁠ ⁠— Twitter⁠/X __ Timestamps 00:00 What OpenClaw actually is 03:11 4 things that make OpenClaw special 12:13 Using OpenClaw in your business 15:07 Creating content with OpenClaw 26:11 Automating personalized outreach with OpenClaw 36:04 Building a $10k/mo agency that's different 46:19 How I'm using OpenClaw in my business 48:30 OpenClaw hype vs reality

Alex Cooper is the founder of AdCrate, a creative agency for e-commerce brands and digital products or services spending $50K+/mo on paid social. __ Alex CooperLinkedIn YouTubeTwitter/X InstagramNathan May⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Twitter⁠/X__ Timestamps 00:00:00 Introducing Alex Cooper 00:01:02 From college dropout to $385k/month 00:08:30 How to keep pushing when nothing is working 00:10:03 Getting your first client 00:14:37 The power of niching down 00:19:29 Don’t do outbound, make content 00:28:19 The importance of acting fast 00:32:51 Why care about copywriting in 2026 00:37:10 Getting shoutouts from Sam Parr and Joe Rogan00:39:20 Why do ugly ads work? 00:44:54 Three rules for copywriting and creative 00:54:32 Case studies: Why this ad worked 01:06:28 Building the best ad creative AI model 01:10:23 A stoic mentality in business 01:18:16 Getting kidnapped in Thailand 01:21:36 Being a better person

Nick Saraev, AI automation entrepreneur and founder of Maker School who scales high-margin automation businesses. He covers how to get to $10k/month in 90 days, simple high-value automations to sell, using long-form YouTube as a primary funnel, converting viewers to customers, and building community and accountability systems that reduce churn.

This week on Personal IPO we're joined by Shamus Madan. He has built a $1.5M business using LinkedIn as his main growth channel. He helps founders turn LinkedIn into consistent pipeline and revenue. In this episode, he explains how founders should actually be using, how to write the perfect hook, and what most people get wrong. __ Shamus Madan Work with Shamus LinkedIn Twitter Instagram __ Timestamps 00:00 Introducing Shamus Madan 01:54 The biggest mistakes people make on LinkedIn 06:59 How to write a good hook for LinkedIn 12:18 Using images and videos on LinkedIn 14:06 The power of numbers in tactical posts 16:30 The three types of LinkedIn posts 19:13 Utilizing vulnerability in your posts 23:07 Finding ideas for your posts 29:38 The perfect CTA 31:52 Reconstructing a failed LinkedIn post 42:52 What time of day is best to post to LinkedIn 43:07 Writing a LinkedIn post from scratch

Max Sturtevant, founder of Well Copy and a young agency builder, scaled high‑margin email marketing revenue in his early 20s using organic content. He talks about turning Instagram and YouTube into a predictable client funnel. Hear his low‑effort content routines, lead magnet and newsletter playbook, hiring and margin strategies, and how coaching accelerated his growth.

In this conversation with Josh Suggs, founder of the thriving street-interview agency Street Talk, listeners dive into the transformative power of commitment and hustle. Josh shares how his authentic, unscripted content builds trust with consumers, outperforming traditional ads. He discusses the importance of niching down, leveraging social media for rapid growth, and the magic of networking. With insights on equity sharing and the challenges of scaling, Josh inspires others to rethink their paths to success.