Kickoff Sessions

Darren Lee
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  • Entrepreneurship
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Weekly podcast episodes with the sharpest minds in the world to help you live a richer & more fulfilling life. Previous guests include Luke Belmar, Justin Waller, Sahil Bloom, Gad Saad, Peter Schiff, Stirling Cooper, Jack Hopkins, Sadia Khan, Matt Gray, Daniel Priestley, Richard Cooper, Justin Welsh, Arlin Moore and more.

  1. 3d ago

    #337 Cameron England - The 20 Year Old Making $700k/month With His AI Agency

    Join Aura today: https://app.aura-app.ai/sign-up At 20, Cameron England built his agency entirely on paid ads. No organic, no posting. $50–100 a day in, clients at around $400, $1,000 up front and $1,000 every month after that. "I don't want to be right, I just want to make money." He started posting at 15 documenting a business he hadn't built yet, spent four years in the trenches running a marketing agency for medical clinics, and now runs a second business teaching agency owners the same path. This one is about the mechanics. Why he dropped cold outbound the moment he learned paid. Why organic is what Darren calls "business on easy mode" — and why Cameron thinks depending on either paid or organic alone is a mistake. What actually broke when he poured money into ads: fulfilment, hiring, all of it. If you're running an agency or a coaching business and you're stuck deciding instead of doing, this one's for you. 0:00 Why your pain tolerance sets your income ceiling 1:12 The popcorn effect — 5 years of nothing, then everything 4:04 Student vs expert: which one actually gets paid 7:19 Selling vapes at 14, shaving his head at 15 9:50 Join Aura 11:26 How he cracked paid ads and killed cold outbound 16:24 Why 90% of beginners stay stuck at $10K a month 22:18 Reputation over growth spurts 23:58 The offer he refused to scale 26:34 The cost of condensing 10 years into 3 35:41 Turning down $120K a year at 16 on a gut feeling 42:51 When Instagram shut him down 46:42 Leading by example CAMERON ENGLAND YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Cameron.England Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamcameronengland/ Support the show

  2. Jul 25

    #336 James Galligan - The 22-Year-Old Playing A "Decade Game" While Everyone Chases Virality

    Join Aura today: https://app.aura-app.ai/sign-up Most people build a business anyone can copy. This 22-year-old built the opposite. James Galligan runs A Players Club, a European members club he's taken city to city across the continent, on a tour he openly expects to lose six figures on this year. On purpose. Because the trust it builds in person is something no funnel, no ad, and no competitor can replicate. We got into how he thinks: the "Rockefeller Move", the one needle-mover you make once a year that changes everything. Why he believes you don't find your differentiator, you accept it. How he used his own members as the "bridge" to scale across five European markets that each buy completely differently. The character he built at 17 to become who he wanted to be. And why he's playing a "decade game" while everyone else chases the next viral spike. We also broke down the sales-commission tweak most teams get wrong, why brand is really about durability, and what we're building together at A Players and Aura. If you're trying to build something that lasts, not something that peaks, start here. JAMES GALLIGAN A Players Club: https://www.theaplayersclub.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesgalligann Youtube: @Jamesgalligann Work with Voics: https://events.voics.co/apex Support the show

  3. Jul 12

    Building a $30,000/mo Agency for a Client in 60 Minutes

    I sat down with one of our clients — a podcast agency owner stuck at £6K/month — and built the exact roadmap to scale her to £30K/month without working more hours. We cover the real reason done-for-you agencies hit a ceiling, how to build a hiring engine that never stops, why retainer + rev share changes everything, and the reoffer strategy that closes leads everyone else gives up on. If you run an agency, coaching business, or any service business, this is the playbook. ⏱ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – The £6K → £30K goal 2:40 – Acquisition vs delivery: the only two things that matter 5:50 – Building a hiring engine (the JP Morgan lesson) 10:10 – Ramping new hires (why you must hire 45 days early) 11:57 – Maker vs manager: who to promote (and who not to) 15:40 – Retainer + rev share: the model that breaks linear growth 23:34 – Done-for-you vs done-with-you offers 30:50 – How to qualify consulting clients 32:45 – The referral outbound system (25% + 5% in perpetuity) 36:38 – The reoffer strategy (proximity, speed, duration, price) 41:50 – Opening up your ICP beyond referrals 44:20 – Market to the root cause, not the symptom 48:30 – The problem awareness loop 53:40 – Gap selling: current state vs future state 59:10 – Final principles Support the show

  4. Jul 2

    #335 8-Figure Roundtable - The Only Offer That Survives AI in 2026

    Watch This NEXT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvkldfWDCuM Apply to Work with Voics: http://events.voics.co/incubator Join Aura: https://www.aura-app.ai/ - Darren Lee - Adam Power - Usman Kayani - Oezkan Akkilic 0:00 Intro & Preview 0:57 Vetting Leads Before the Calendar 3:50 Replacing Ad Agencies With AI Agents 6:31 Why Done-For-You Offers Win in 2026 9:21 Mindset, Adaptation & Human Taste 12:33 AI Setters vs. Real Emotion 18:13 Multi-Agent Systems That Run the Business 22:45 GDPR, Security & AI Dialer Risks 26:03 Will the CRM Disappear? 29:24 How to Thrive With AI (Not Just Survive) 37:25 Resourcefulness & Final Thoughts Support the show

  5. Jun 9

    #334 Keenan - The Two-Step Sale System That Closes Anyone

    Watch This NEXT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvkldfWDCuM&t Apply to Work with Voics: http://events.voics.co/incubator Join Aura: https://www.aura-app.ai/ Guest: Keenan Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Asalesguy (00:00) Why AI Is Flooding Sales With Garbage (03:20) Why More Volume Means Fewer Sales (04:05) Volume Fails Without a Strong Message (05:42) The Right Way to Personalise First Touch (08:06) Multi-Channel Outreach & SMS Boundaries (09:36) Ghosting, Follow-Up & When to Persist (11:09) Working an Account From the Bottom Up (15:04) Quantifying the Gap (Most Reps Get This Wrong) (17:20) Personal vs Business Drivers in B2B (19:26) Building a Thesis for Cold Outreach (22:31) It's Not the Pain — It's the Problem (24:36) The Shower Analogy: Root Cause, Problem, Impact (25:45) Make Prospects Reflect to Create Change (29:53) Levels of Awareness & Selling vs Serving (31:21) Inbound DMs & Content-Led Outreach (42:17) Why Selling Is Actually Simple (43:18) How Cold Leads Still Close (Find the Problem) (45:13) Ramping Reps With Systems & Coaching (47:31) Nurture Over Nature: The Manager as Linchpin (52:50) Behaviors vs Results: Who to Keep, Who to Cut (54:42) The Four Types of Sales Orgs & the New Book (57:17) Why Discounting Deals Is Killing Your Business Support the show

  6. May 31

    #333 Ed Lawrence - The Only YouTube Strategy You Need to Make $100K/mo

    Watch This NEXT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvkldfWDCuM&pp=0gcJCR0AztywvtLA   Apply to Work with Voics: http://events.voics.co/incubator Join Aura: https://www.aura-app.ai/ Guest: Ed Lawrence Youtube: ‪@ed-lawrence‬ Support the show

  7. May 21

    #332 Usman Kayani - The Sales Systems Behind 8 & 9-Figure Businesses

    Watch This NEXT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA8kGL3JXx8 Apply to Work with Voics: http://events.voics.co/incubator Join Aura: https://www.aura-app.ai/ Guest: Usman Kayani Youtube: ‪https://www.youtube.com/@Usykay Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/usmankayanisales/ Support the show

  8. May 14

    #331 Eddie Cumberbatch - The 5 Billion View Strategy Killing Paid Ads In 2026

    Apply to Work with Voics: https://www.voics.co/schedule-youtube Join Aura: https://www.aura-app.ai/ Guest: Eddie Cumberbatch Youtube: ‪https://youtube.com/@eddiecumberbatch Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eddiecumberbatch/ Support the show

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Weekly podcast episodes with the sharpest minds in the world to help you live a richer & more fulfilling life. Previous guests include Luke Belmar, Justin Waller, Sahil Bloom, Gad Saad, Peter Schiff, Stirling Cooper, Jack Hopkins, Sadia Khan, Matt Gray, Daniel Priestley, Richard Cooper, Justin Welsh, Arlin Moore and more.

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  • Creator
    Darren Lee
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    341
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Kickoff Sessions
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