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Follow me real time as I drop out of college and start a business. Join me in interviewing CEOs and entrepreneurs for advice!

YOLOpreneur With John Simerlink John Simerlink

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Follow me real time as I drop out of college and start a business. Join me in interviewing CEOs and entrepreneurs for advice!

    S1E6: How 3 Dropouts Got Funding From Cuban to Reinvent EKGs

    S1E6: How 3 Dropouts Got Funding From Cuban to Reinvent EKGs

    "We had 8 people staying in a two bedroom apartment . . . It was one of the most difficult times we had to go through . . . but that's how we banded together to start off our new company"

    In this episode I interview Ohio State dropout Emannuel Setegn on how he and his friends Piyush and Vineet developed a device (high resolution magnetocardiogram) that images the heart in a manner more useful than EKGs.

    Learn:
    -How Piyush and team spotted a gap in current scientific capabilities that was transferring over to the medical world
    -How Piyush and team raised their initial $125k
    -How Piyush and team raised their next $265k
    -What team did with initial funding
    -"It would take days to analyze one research paper"
    -60 hour work weeks
    -Why nothing is a deal until its done on paper
    -Beware of greedy VC's
    -How the team secured funding from Mark Cuban
    -Why you shouldn't be afraid of the FDA as a medical device entrepreneur
    -Why you need to convince your investors the FDA is not scary
    -Genetesis.com

    • 27 min
    S1E4: How 20 yo Kevin Unkrich Makes $80/hr Contracting

    S1E4: How 20 yo Kevin Unkrich Makes $80/hr Contracting

    -What Kevin decided to do when he didn’t have an internship one summer
    -How Kevin got started with his first clients for that summer (he had done some client work previously)
    -Why Upwork/Contracting web sites are not good ways to grow a business long term [2:45–3:30]
    -How to switch to types of work that pay more
    -How to establish relationships with your clients to get higher pay
    -How to cut clients and switch to higher paying clients
    -How to find really good, high-paying clients
    -Just get that first client to get the ball rolling
    -Kevin’s new company http://burnchurn.io

    Full transcript at: https://medium.com/@johnsimerlink/yolopreneur-podcast-s1e4-how-20-yo-kevin-unkrich-makes-80-hr-contracting-f52be5a2a483

    Follow John at:

    -Twitter: @RealYOLOpreneur
    -IG: @realyolopreneur
    -YT: youtube.com/Johnsimerlink
    - http://realyolopreneur.com

    • 29 min
    S1E5: How College Student Ryan Started a Six-Figure Volunteering Platform

    S1E5: How College Student Ryan Started a Six-Figure Volunteering Platform

    -Umanity makes volunteering easier

    -How to catch the volunteering bug

    -Perils of a startup, how deep is the rabbit hole?

    -Going from an LLC to an S Corporation

    -How to pitch to a room full of investors

    -Turning ideas into a way to help people

    -Inner workings of a startup

    -From music teacher to tech wiz

    -How to identify the needs of society

    -Finding the right mentor

    -Building a great team

    -Managing the budget of a startup

    -The love of a mother

    -Knowing when to pivot

    -The world needs more problem solvers not millionaires and billionaires

    --- View the full transcription of the podcast here at https://medium.com/@johnsimerlink/yolopreneur-podcast-s1e5-how-college-student-ryan-started-a-six-figure-volunteering-platform-d32c0fa890f3

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    Follow John at:
    -Twitter: @RealYOLOpreneur
    -IG: @realyolopreneur
    -YT: youtube.com/Johnsimerlink

    • 46 min
    S1E3: How Dropout Alex Ogorek Went from $15/hr to $75/hr

    S1E3: How Dropout Alex Ogorek Went from $15/hr to $75/hr

    -The biggest problem entrepreneurs have is just getting started. Just start anyway

    -How to negotiate a raise during an INTERNSHIP

    -Why as long as you have skills and a portfolio(at least in programming), you can get hired, even without a degree

    - The benefits of vocational school

    -A list of entrepreneurial sites

    -Why you should start your own business instead of working for others

    -The Virtue of working 90 hour work week and how most people don't

    View this episode on Youtube at https://youtu.be/R7b_CCrUNnk

    Follow John at:

    -Twitter: @RealYOLOpreneur
    -IG: @realyolopreneur
    -YT: youtube.com/Johnsimerlink

    • 36 min
    S1E2: Matt Williams. 21 yo, $10k-$20k/mo in Social Media

    S1E2: Matt Williams. 21 yo, $10k-$20k/mo in Social Media

    -How Matt Williams dropped out of college and started 2 social media marketing agencies

    -Learn from Matt's experience of working with NFL, MLB, and MLS athletes

    -Manage your element, environment, and energy

    -Why Matt Limits his circle of friends

    -Importance of patience

    -Importance of having a routine

    -Get in on trends early

    -How Matt hustled his way for free into a Ritz Carlton executive suite

    -Do what you love. Life is short. There is nothing worse than seeing someone miserable in their job, because they chose a career just to please their parents.


    Follow Matt at:

    -IG: @matt_williams20

    -Twitter: @williams_matt20

    -Vero: @mattwilliams


    Follow John at:

    -Twitter: @RealYOLOpreneur
    -IG: @realyolopreneur
    -YT: youtube.com/Johnsimerlink

    • 29 min
    S1E1: Giving up Full-Ride Scholarship to Drop Out of College

    S1E1: Giving up Full-Ride Scholarship to Drop Out of College

    I am dropping out of Ohio State to build an education app called Branches. I have/had a full ride scholarship. My end goal is to make education 10x faster. branches-app.com. Join me in interviewing successful entrepreneurs to learn how to actually start a business.

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