In this episode, Mario and James debate what comes first, sales or marketing, what do you think?  If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the show! P.S. If you're a tech entrepreneur and are looking for a co-founder, visit James' startup, Kabila, which recently finished Techstars Austin, to get early access to the co-founder matching app and join its global startup founder community.  P.P.S., If you want to learn how to get brand sponsorship dollars for your business (Mario raised $4 million in brand sponsorships), sign up for Mario's course here. Podcast post-production service by ContentGA.com. Quick LinksGet Embed PlayerDownload Audio File

In this episode, Mario and James talk about how Mario's messy experience starting his business impacted his relationship with his wife who is also his business partner.  If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the show! P.S. If you're a tech entrepreneur and are looking for a co-founder, visit James' startup, Kabila, which recently finished Techstars Austin, to get early access to the co-founder matching app and join its global startup founder community.  P.P.S, If you want to learn how to get brand sponsorship dollars for your business (Mario raised $4 million in brand sponsorships), sign up for Mario's course here. Podcast post-production service by ContentGA.com.

In this episode, Mario and James talk about two of James' favorite books that he thinks can help you turbo-charge your marketplace-based business and help you be a more effective giver. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the show! P.S. If you're a tech entrepreneur and are looking for a co-founder, visit James' startup, Kabila, which is currently in Techstars Austin, to get early access to the co-founder matching app. P.P.S If you want to learn how to get brand sponsorship dollars for your business (Mario raised $4 million in brand sponsorships), sign up for Mario's course here. Podcast post-production service by ContentGA.com.

In this episode, Mario and James are big mad about people who are ageists and they discuss why you are more likely to be successful as an entrepreneur until the age of sixty. Sixty! If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the show! Oh, and we read a dad joke this week from Devin Creek of Luna and Devin’s Cozy Home Stays. P.S. If you're a tech entrepreneur and are looking for a co-founder, visit James' startup, Kabila, which is currently in Techstars Austin, to get early access to the co-founder matching app. P.P.S If you want to learn how to get brand sponsorship dollars for your business (Mario raised $4 million in brand sponsorships), sign up for Mario's course here. Podcast post-production service by ContentGA.com.

In this episode, Mario and James tell you how to focus on what's important so you can stop majoring in the minors. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the show! Lesssssssss go! 🚀 P.S. If you're a tech entrepreneur and are looking for a co-founder, visit James' startup, Kabila, to get early access to the co-founder matching app. P.P.S If you want to learn how to get brand sponsorship dollars for your business (Mario raised $4 million in brand sponsorships), sign up for Mario's course here.

In this episode, Mario and James tell you how to turn your mentor into a sponsor because sponsorship is where the real opportunities lie for you! Here's the link to the Harvard Business Review article, How To Build a Great Relationship With a Mentor mentioned in the episode. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the show! Lesssssssss go! 🚀 P.S. If you're a tech entrepreneur and are looking for a co-founder, visit James' startup, Kabila, to get early access to the co-founder matching app. P.P.S If you want to learn how to get brand sponsorship dollars for your business (Mario raised $4 million in brand sponsorships), sign up for Mario's course here.

In this episode, Mario and James talk about why entrepreneurs have more faith than non-entrepreneurs. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the show! Lesssssssss go! 🚀 P.S. If you're a tech entrepreneur and are looking for a co-founder, visit James' startup, Kabila, to get early access to the co-founder matching app. P.P.S If you want to learn how to get brand sponsorship dollars for your business (Mario raised $4 million in brand sponsorships), sign up for Mario's course here.

In this episode, Mario and James help you overcome imposter syndrome. We hear from Allison Byers, CEO of pitch deck platform Scroobious, and Brandon Brooks, Co-Founder of VC firm Overlooked Ventures, as they share inspiring stories about how they overcame imposter syndrome and had great results. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the show! Lesssssssss go! 🚀 P.S. If you're a tech entrepreneur and are looking for a co-founder, visit James' startup, Kabila, to get notified when they launch their co-founder matching app. P.P.S If you want to learn how to get brand sponsorship dollars for your business (Mario raised $4 million in brand sponsorships), sign up for Mario's course here.

In this episode, Mario and James inspire you with a story to help you reframe your thinking about losing because often the things you think are losses end up being wins for you. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  You know we LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the show! Lesssssssss go! 🚀 P.S. If you're a tech entrepreneur and are looking for a co-founder, visit James' startup, Kabila, to get notified when they launch their co-founder matching app. P.P.S If you want to learn how to get brand sponsorship dollars for your business (Mario raised $4 million in brand sponsorships), sign up for Mario's course here.

In this episode, Mario and James talk with Rarebreed Ventures' Managing Partner, Mac The VC who tells us how he used Twitter to get 1,100 meetings in 90 days and raised $10 million for his first venture fund. We also talk about what the challenges are for underestimated founders and emerging VCs raising capital in the current fundraising environment. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  We LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the show! Lesssssssss go! 🚀 P.S. If you're a tech entrepreneur and are looking for a co-founder, visit James' startup, Kabila, to get notified when they launch their co-founder matching app. P.P.S If you want to learn how to get brand sponsorship dollars for your business (Mario raised $4 million in brand sponsorships), sign up for Mario's course here.

In this episode, Mario and James talk about Mario's #1 tip for you to focus on if you want to build your personal brand. Can you guess what it is? If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  We LOVE dad jokes. Submit your dad joke here and it might get featured on the show! Lesssssssss go! 🚀 P.S. If you're a tech entrepreneur and are looking for a co-founder, visit James' startup, Kabila, to get notified when they launch their co-founder matching app. P.P.S If you want to learn how to get brand sponsorship dollars for your business (Mario raised $4 million in brand sponsorships), sign up for Mario's course here.

In this episode of the podcast, Mario and James help you learn how to get people to say yes to your proposals. We mentioned the pitch deck platform, Scroobious, to help you create your investor deck. And here's the Hustle Fund VC YouTube video about creating pitch deck slide titles. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  Lesssssssss go! 🚀

In this episode, Mario and James are inspired by a Good Housekeeping article about the toxicity of hustle culture and share tips for how you can avoid it. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  Lesssssssss go! 🚀

In this episode, Mario and James share their favorite apps to help you be more productive and more effective in your business.  But first, the guys shared the amazing news that the Parents Making Profits podcast is now inside the top 100 Entrepreneurship podcasts in ten countries around the world - after only launching three months ago! Thank you, everyone, for listening! Here’s a list of the apps covered in this episode:  Dubb.com - videos to increase engagement conversions.Veed.io - Add subtitles and branding to your videos.Descript.com - For all-in-one video editing.VideoAsk.com - A tool to collect feedback from users for testimonials and more.Capcut.com - Shoot & edit videos on your phone for social media sharing.Typeform.com - A beautiful way to ask for information.Relayed.ai - A new asynchronous conversation tool for two or more people. BeFocused Pro - An app that helps you be more productive using the Pomodoro technique.Miro.com - A great brainstorming and whiteboard collaboration tool.Scripted.video - An easy-to-use teleprompter app. If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  Lesssssssss go! 🚀

In this episode, Mario and James go through the rest of the Inc. Magazine article's list of excuses people make for why they can’t launch their business, product, service, course, or whatever.  After these two episodes, we hope you are inspired to push past the obstacles - real and imagined - and launch the damn thing already! If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  Lesssssssss go! 🚀 Here's the Inc. Magazine article that inspired this two-part series. CORRECTION:  In this episode, James attributed a quote to Paul Graham, but it was actually Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn founder, who said it.

In this episode, Mario and James go through a list of excuses people make for why they can’t launch their business, product, service, course, or whatever. It turns out some people have all the excuses in Excussissippi. Spoiler alert: The guys are not here for it! If any of these excuses sound like something rattling around in your head, we hope that by the end of this episode and part two, you’ll be encouraged to stop making excuses and launch the damn thing already! If you’re feeling the podcast, please subscribe on your fave podcast player, rate it, and leave a review. Also, please share it on social media.  Tally ho! 🚀

In this episode, the guys give you advice that is easily worth $100K to you! Mario and James tell you the biggest mistake you are probably making when trying to get introduced to someone you think will help your business, and they give you the money tip for how to properly connect with people on LinkedIn. Here's the link to the article Mario and James mentioned that teaches you how to write a forwardable email introduction. If you're feeling this, please subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast player. Also, please share this episode and join our community where we can go deeper on topics that matter to you! Ad Astra. 🚀

In this episode, Mario and James have two listeners share an inspiring story from their DadPreneur journey. Plus Techstars co-founder, David Cohen, talks about how his dad inspired him to help so many entrepreneurs. The stories are from: Doug Fox - Fox Brand Marketing consultancyKevin Thai - Three Circles Studio PhotographyDavid Cohen - Techstars Mario also put James on the spot for a dad joke and James did not disappoint. If you like dad jokes, go back and listen to episode one with Daymond John from Shark Tank, where James got into a dad-joke-off with Daymond. Please subscribe to the podcast and leave us a 5-star rating if you're feeling it! And join our new community at parentsmakingprofits.com, where we can go deeper on the topics that matter to you. Let's go!

In this episode, Mario and James share answers from three prominent venture capitalists (Brad Feld, Foundry Group, Elizabeth Yin, Hustle Fund VC, and Neal Sáles-Griffin, Techstars Rising Stars Fund) to the question of what they think is more important when making an investment, the team or the idea? And how important is the passion of the entrepreneur for their idea? Some of the answers are not what you think. If you like this episode, please subscribe and tell your ParentPreneur friends about us. Let's go! 🚀

As a parent, being an entrepreneur hits differently. If you don't have support it can hurt. But does more support come from strangers or family and friends when starting your business? And which helps us be better entrepreneurs? We take some calls and your thoughts on this hot-button issue. Plus Mario goes off and catches James by surprise with his aggressive opinion.