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54. Sophia Amoruso - Upgrading Your Career to “Business Class”

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53. Tricia Clarke-Stone - Doubling Down on Entrepreneurship with “I Quit” tv show

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52. Christine Kinnear - Breaking barriers in the UK one Uni student at a time

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PPP loan forgiveness info session

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Live Backstage virtual meetup, Sept 15

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Arlan’s $1B startup prediction comes true + PPP forgiveness webinar

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51. SoulPopped - Soul food-inspired popcorn + a big surprise!

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50. Aja Volkman - Shine Bright Like a Diamond

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Quick message about Hyper Curious podcast

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49. Aisha Tyler - It’s Her Line, Anyway

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My thoughts on bandwidth and boundaries.

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48. Ollen Douglass - Nobody's Fool

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Could Jennifer Carroll Foy be the U.S.’s first Black woman governor?

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47. Raheem.ai - ending police brutality

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Jason Calacanis - the best startup syndicate investor of all time?

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46. OMG! - General Hospital cast w/Arlan group chat

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If you’re new to this podcast, start here :)

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45. Tanya Van Court - Goalsetter

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Paige Craig on syndicate investing, “We could put together $1m in a day or two.”

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Syndicate deal for non-accredited investors - Fleeting - BackstageCrowd.com

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1 solid hour of strategy for Backstage Crowd syndicate members

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44. Swati Mylavarapu - Moonshot Investor

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Introducing BackstageCrowd.com - an investing syndicate

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43. Blended Designs - How Black representation turned into $1m in backpack sales

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1 year anniversary! + response to my last episode

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Who I was referring to in last night's viral tweet...

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Get $19,000 worth of business courses for $100 this week only

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42. T-Boz! From the best-selling U.S. girlgroup of all time, TLC (w/special guest @Janine)

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Announcing the 8-week IADT mastermind (free!)

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41. Chase Jarvis: What Richard Branson, a near-death experience, and missing out on $1B has taught him

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‘What do you look for in a founder & company when considering investment’ and more FAQs

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40. Chris Guillebeau: From idea to income in 27 days

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39. The one and only: KELIS! (w/special guest @Janine)

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It’s. About. Damn. TIME!!

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Timely insights for entrepreneurs and investors from the NVCA (National Venture Capital Association)

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38. Leanne Pittsford - Lesbians Who Tech

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Arlan x Minda Harts live chat!

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37. Tara Reed: Creating Apps Without Code

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Rerun! - Techish (UK) hot takes on Arlan’s new book

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36. Sophia Bush: Using her voice for equity & equality

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How to raise capital for your company from scratch

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It’s About Damn Time: Special ad from Espree Devora

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Live webinar: SBA funding for companies and individuals

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Mark Cuban live chat with Arlan

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Coronavirus: Dealing with anxiety in self-isolation

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Coronavirus: Caring for a newborn, being pregnant, losing a loved one, and being over the age of 70

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Arlan’s thoughts on a new inflection point

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35. Chloe Lanier: General Hospital, Gaga and more!

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Breaking: What founders should know about the new $300 billion stimulus bill for small businesses

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How are startup investors and WFH parents dealing with coronavirus?

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Arlan’s Coronavirus update, Saturday March 21

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COVID-19 - #7: Tuesday - Singer @Janine provides some positivity + your voicemail

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COVID-19 - #6: Monday - Who’s taking care of the caretakers?

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COVID-19 - #5: Sunday plea for social distancing + YOUR voicemails!

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COVID-19 - #4: Saturday live phone call re: coronavirus with listeners

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A special voicemail from Oxford!

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COVID-19 - #3: Friday Q&A about the Coronavirus

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COVID-19 - #2: Thursday Q&A about the Coronavirus

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COVID-19 - #1: Arlan's thoughts re: concern, hope, & opportunity

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34. Nashlie Sephus, PhD - homegrown Jackson, MS millionaire

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33. Yao Huang - Your revenue is your best investor

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32. Janine - Indie (musician) and loving it

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31. YelloPain - Viral song about voting is heard by millions

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30. Jurnee Smollett: Birds of Prey’s Black Canary

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Bonus episode 18 - Hear from Arlan’s apprentice Chacho Valadez!

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29. Henrik Werdelin: How making your four-legged BFF happy has earned BarkBox millions

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Special presentation of "What the Fockery?"

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28. Jameela Jamil: On activism, cancel culture, and being NSFW

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Season 1 finale - Top 10 episode countdown!

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Arlan's note 12/23/2019

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27. Ellen Pompeo: TV’s highest paid dramatic actor

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Bonus Episode 17 - My thoughts on Away

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Bonus episode 16 - Arlan's new scholarship at Oxford University!

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25. Melissa & Johnathan Nightingale - Sharing the mic

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24. Jaime Schmidt: Natural Supermarker

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23. Stacy London: Always in Vogue

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22. Jamila Souffrant - Her journey to 1 million podcast downloads

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21. Jodi Kovitz - Dial Mover

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Bonus Episode 15 - My book is now available for pre-order!

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Bonus episode 14 - WeWork thoughts

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20. NeueHouse's Josh Wyatt: Phoenix Risen

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Bonus episode 13 - "My new podcast studio"

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19. Gumroad's Sahil Lavingia: Weekend Warrior

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18. Tiffany Dufu - "I raised a million dollars to give women a space to help each other thrive."

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17. Matthew Sniff - "Our company's culture has played a major role in our earning $1mil in sales."

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16. Delane Parnell - "My esports company has raised nearly $100 million in 2 years."

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15. Mel Robbins - "My TED talk has been viewed 20 million times.”

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Bonus episode 12 - "My thoughts on Forbes’ innovators list, aka you gotta be kidding me.”

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Bonus episode 11 - “Therese Tucker, bootstrapped to a billion!”

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14. Melissa Butler - "We were once called ‘clown makeup’, now we’re growing 300% year-over-year.”

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Bonus episode 10 - "Pete Buttigieg in the hot seat with Arlan"

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Bonus episode 9 - "Focusing on your hobby to sharpen your lens as an entrepreneur."

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13. Ryan Hoover - "The truth about money."

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12. Paul Judge - "The money I'm spending today is the result of the hard work I put in 15 years ago."

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Bonus episode 8 - "I'm Getting Married"

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Bonus episode 7 - “Office Hours: If a founder did this, I’d run the other way”

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11. Justin Kan - "When I first heard that valuation, I fell to my knees and laughed."

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Bonus episode 6 - How I conquered 30 years of stage fright in 6 months!

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10. Jewel Burks - "I sold my computer-vision company to Amazon for millions."

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Bonus episode 5 - Getting closer to your 1 million goal in 24 hours