At the age of only 20, Spencer Costanzo has released more than 200 apps with over 12 million users with zero outside funding and zero dollars spent on marketing. After deciding to skip college, Spencer focused full time on his app business where he set a goal of earning $275 per day which is the equivalent of $100,000 per year. Spencer quickly surpassed that goal and kept growing his portfolio and his earnings at the same time. The key to Spencer’s success is not necessarily creating innovative game changer apps but rather scaling his app business by quickly capitalizing on trends and creating apps based on pre-existing frameworks. Today, Spencer has shifted into a different direction with Mochi Cart which is the first and easiest solution for creating a turn key mobile app ecommerce store.
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Secret Academy Episode – Brigit Esselmont
They often say riches are in niches and today’s guest is a perfect example of how being the authority in a niche can not only be lucrative but also rewarding at the same time. For over a decade, Brigit had a great career in the corporate world making over six figures annually. After trying a tarot reading one day that lead Brigit to meeting her soon to be husband, Brigit was hooked from that point on. Brigit became a student of tarot and began to share her passion online through a website. A combination of several monetization methods brought Brigit steady income that eventually rose from $100/day to nearly $1000/day. After realizing the true potential and reach of her business, Brigit decided to focus on BiddyTarot.com full time. Today, she reaches over 175,000 unique visitors per month and has a complete series of tarot products from webinars, to courses, to ebooks, to affiliate programs and more. Brigit has become a master of the niche online business model and is here today to share a little bit about her journey and how she is the authority in the tarot space.
Secret Academy Episode – Chris “Drama” Pfaff
Stemming all the way from Akron, OH, Chris “Drama” Pfaff made the trek over to Los Angeles, CA, where he began his career in Hollywood starring alongside his professional skate boarding cousin, Rob Dyrdek, on MTV’s Rob and Big. For the last decade, most of our generation has seen Chris mature on screen from being Rob’s personal assistant to becoming a full fledged entrepreneur in the latest series of Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory. Before that show came to an end, Chris wisely leveraged his wide reach on TV, as well as social media, to launch Young & Reckless, a street clothing line that has become a huge success and worn by many celebrities. We’re absolutely honored to have Chris on today’s episode to talk about his journey as an entrepreneur and how he grew Young & Reckless and what the future holds for him.
Secret Academy Episode – Nellie Akalp
If you’ve seen our past episode with Nellie Akalp, you know she knows a thing or two about business considering she sold her first company to Intuit for $20 million. Since then, Nellie has helped thousands of entrepreneurs start a new business through her company CorpNet. CorpNet is a quick and easy way for any entrepreneur to register a new business without dealing with the hassle of confusing paperwork and lawyers. CorpNet offers a complete turn key service to register a new business as best fit for your needs and situation. Today, Nellie joins the academy again to teach you all about the difference business entities and their pros and cons.
Secret Academy Episode – Gary Swart
With entrepreneurship booming worldwide, more and more American businesses have turned to outsourcing as a means to bootstrap their business with low cost yet well qualified contractors. One of the largest marketplaces for finding such work is oDesk.com where Gary Swart lead the company as CEO for almost a decade. Although oDesk was founded by two technical entrepreneurs in Greece, a stroke of luck and being in the right place at the right time landed Gary the position as CEO. As CEO he has grown oDesk to over $360 million in transactions, 1 million clients, and over 5 million contractors worldwide. oDesk has since merged with rival website Elance.com but all this could not have happened without the leadership of Gary.
Secret Academy Episode – Bobby Harris
Growing up and working on the shipping yards allowed Bobby Harris to see the industry evolve right before his eyes. From going to employee to franchisee to software logistics developer to franchiser has helped Bobby remain agile and adapt to the fast growing industry. Since 2007, Bobby Harris has grew BlueGrace Logistics into a $100 million company. Bobby prides his success on having a great team in place to help support his vision.
Secret Academy Episode – Amber Blonigan
Amber Blonigan is the founder of Gi Motorsports, an independent automotive tuning and maintenance shop in Los Angeles. Starting with just $30,000 in the bank, Amber left her finance banking job to start Gi Motorsports (formerly German Independent) at the age of 25. Through fearless commitment, business relationships, and keen business sense, Amber has challenged the status quo by being one of the very few female entrepreneurs to succeed in the automotive industry for the last 11 years. If her looks didn’t catch your eye then maybe it will when you see her piloting the Lamborghini LP640 or Mercedes CLK63 Black Series shop cars around Southern California.