

Wild Business Growth
Max Branstetter
Wild ideas. Wild growth. Every Wednesday morning a new entrepreneur shares the wildly creative and unusual ways they grew their business - and teaches you how to do it, too. Hear the minds behind WordPress, Stacy's Pita Chips, Drybar, NFL RedZone, Big Mouth Billy Bass, the voice of Bart Simpson, and more Wild stories. Hosted by Max Branstetter, Founder and Podcast Producer at MaxPodcasting
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Apr 7, 2021 • 49min
#139: Jason DeFillippo – Award-Winning Podcast Producer, Tim Ferriss and Jordan Harbinger
Jason DeFillippo, the Award-Winning Podcast Producer, joins the show to share his journey from coder and programmer to producing, editing, and hosting some of the top podcasts of all time. Hear why it's important to edit your podcast, the crazy story behind the award-winning Jamie Foxx episode on The Tim Ferriss Show, what makes it possible to release over 500 podcast episodes, what sets top podcasters apart, and the most surprising thing Jason learned when he worked in the movie industry. Connect with Jason at jpd.me

Mar 31, 2021 • 35min
#138: Alli Webb – Co-Founder of Drybar, Squeeze, and Becket + Quill
Alli Webb, the Co-Founder of Drybar, New York Times Bestselling Author, and Shark Tank Guest Shark, joins the show to share her journey building Drybar from an in-home blowout service for her friends to over 150 locations across the US. Hear the key decisions she made to scale Drybar, how to maintain fantastic customer service while rapidly growing your business, stay confident in your vision, her creative entrepreneurship lessons, and her favorite type of fries. Connect with Alli on Instagram at @AlliWebb

Mar 24, 2021 • 45min
#137: Ash ElDifrawi – Happiness Researcher, Clinical Psychologist Marketer
Ash ElDifrawi, the Clinical Psychologist, Marketing Executive, Author, and Father-Son Podcaster, joins the show to share his journey from writing a book on the psychology of happiness to leading marketing for Aspen Dental, Redbox, Gogo, and more. Hear the science behind happiness, the key marketing lessons Ash has learned, how Moore's law applies to different industries, the most surprising thing about happiness, and the thought-provoking podcast he does with his son. Listen to Hold Me Back at HoldMeBack.com and get Ash's book at TheTenWorlds.com

Mar 17, 2021 • 32min
#136: Jarred Jermaine - Song Sampling Connoisseur, Inventor of RnBass
Jarred Jermaine, the Music Producer and TikTok Star, joins the show to share his journey from coining the RnBass genre to creating song sampling TikToks that get millions of views. Hear how to break through on TikTok, why song sampling is so popular, his TikTok creation process, how to get to the point right away in your videos, and his dream song to sample. Connect with Jarred on TikTok at @JarredJermaine and Instagram at @ItsJMaine

Mar 10, 2021 • 42min
#135: Kasey Luck – Wanderlust and Emails, Founder of Luck and Co
Kasey Luck, the Founder and CEO of Luck and Co, joins the show to share her journey from exchange student and Semester at Sea to helping eCommerce stores maximize their email revenue. Hear how to increase your revenue with email marketing, grow your email list, step inside the customer journey, how learning English compares to learning Russian, and what it's like living on a ship for so long. Connect with Kasey on LinkedIn and at LuckAndCo.Agency

Mar 3, 2021 • 50min
#134: Shondell Varcianna – Balanced Blogger, Founder of Varci Media
Shondell Varcianna, the Founder and CEO of Varci Media, joins the show to share her journey from telemarketing for the Bank of Montreal to taking her content writing company from side hustle to dream business. Hear how to blog specifically to your target customers, create more engagement with your blog posts, benefit from joining Facebook Groups, hire a team and delegate tasks, and the craziest things she heard while telemarketing. Connect with Shondell on LinkedIn and at VarciMedia.com

Feb 24, 2021 • 54min
#133: Michele Ronsen – Curiosity Tank, How to Ask Better Questions
Michele Ronsen, the Founder, Educator, and Chief Curiosity Cat of Curiosity Tank, joins the show to share her journey from drawing logos as a 3-year-old to leading user research and design for Fortune 500 companies and startups. Hear how to ask better questions, why short questions are better, how to deal with rejection, how we decide what we eat for dinner, and the Skittles Popcorn experiment. Connect with Michele on LinkedIn and at CuriosityTank.com

Feb 17, 2021 • 52min
#132: Katelyn Brower – The Real Marketer, Social Media Manager at Sterling
Katelyn Brower, the Social Media Manager at Sterling, joins the show to share her journey from English major to leading social media marketing and management for global brands. Hear how to prioritize your efforts on social media, manage frequent interruptions while working, use social media for your personal and business benefit, approach social listening, and how she got memed at a Giants game. Connect with Katelyn on Twitter at @KatelynBrower_ and on LinkedIn

Feb 10, 2021 • 36min
#131: Rob Balasabas – Brand Humanizer, TubeBuddy Partnership Manager
Rob Balasabas, the Video and Content Strategist and TubeBuddy Partnership Manager, joins the show to share his journey from being shy growing up to making a living off videos, livestreams, and helping other content creators. Hear how to humanize your brand, create helpful videos and livestreams, build connections with and among your audience, inspire more engagement, and the awesome word he can't stop saying. Connect with Rob at TubeBuddy.com, YouTube.com/TubeBuddy, and on Instagram and LinkedIn

Feb 3, 2021 • 1h 13min
#130: Tim Timmons – MLB Umpire, All-Star for UMPS CARE
Tim Timmons, the MLB Umpire, joins the show to share his journey from growing up loving baseball to umpiring in the big leagues for over two decades, including the World Series, several playoff series, and multiple All-Star Games. Hear his most memorable moments on the field, the lessons he's learned from baseball, how he partners with UMPS CARE, questions from Wild Listeners and the Tim Timmons Fanclub, and an ejection that belongs in Cooperstown. Donate to UMPS CARE at UmpsCare.com


