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Your First Million
Arlan Hamilton
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A podcast by Arlan Hamilton that goes behind-the-scenes and teaches you how to make your first million dollars, get your first million downloads, or find your first million customers. Arlan is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, has raised more than $10M, and…
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- I acquired Bumpsale.co! + how you can make $1,000 this weekend
- My thoughts on a16z’s $350M investment in Adam Neumann (former WeWork CEO)
- How studying Sebastian Maniscalco can help you make $millions within 10 years
- 6mins to get you ready for August!
- 84. Hang w/15,000+ women in tech (and Arlan) at Grace Hopper!
- A hack for getting into any professional room you want!
- 6 steps to a paid speaking career in 6 months!
- My investment story in 10mins!
- How being in the room could change everything for you!
- Part 2 of my Backstage update
- An important Backstage update + finding peace for yourself as a non-negotiable
- Surprise! You can now invest in Runner!!
- Backstage at Backstage: Arlan’s annual stakeholder update!
- 83. Going from $10,000 to $10,000,000 w/Rachel Rodgers
- Omg! Too excited about The Valley
- Introducing: The Valley (my new immersive, scripted podcast!)
- Attention current runner talent!
- Will Smith + Chris Rock…some thoughts
- What happened at SXSW…
- Runner’s HR Specialist Consultant, Michelle Heng
- Runner’s Talent Success Manager, Andrea Weaver
- Unearthed interview from 2018 that was never supposed to be heard!
- Runner’s Chief Human Resources Officer, Kimberly Nwamanna
- Runner’s VP of Operations & Communications - Lauren Walker Reader
- Runner’s recruiting team - Aden & Antonio
- Runner’s Product Manager - Anne Griffin
- Runner’s Director of Customer Success - Melanie Jones
- New “Demystifying Faith” podcast is live!
- Demystifying Faith — my new limited series podcast, debuts Sunday, Feb 27!
- Could Runner be your next side hustle?
- Iconoclasts: My unfiltered takes on Del & Lolita
- I just raised $1.4M for hirerunner.co
- Earning money by working on causes close to your heart, w/Joshua Phelps, World Central Kitchen
- The #1 way I know if your startup will be successful
- How I made $100k in 6 months & only 8 hours per week
- How ‘Insecure’ helped me become a better investor & founder
- 82. Arlan’s Covid intro + Key learnings on hiring, remote work, and mental health w/Brad Feld
- Career Rehab w/Twitter Spaces phenom, Kanika Tolver!
- Top 7 ways to make more money for your company
- Metrics: first 100 days of my new startup - HireRunner.co
- My impromptu Dean Cain interview - from Trump to Covid, no topic off limits
- Access my academy for free! - courtesy of hirerunner.co
- Tour Day 4: NYC! The perfect closing to a wild week on the road!
- Tour Days 2 + 3: Energy and synergy in Austin and Atlanta!
- Tour Day 1: Laughter, tears, and collaborations in San Francisco!
- 81. Building wealth by working overseas w/Janeen Uzzell
- Bay Area, Austin, Atlanta, NYC - I’ll see you Nov 4-8, 2021!
- What happened last night + behind the scenes details at Runner
- I’m giving this teenage abortion rights activist a $30,000 college scholarship!
- My recruitment company, Runner’s, one month stats and exact numbers!
- From pilot to beta
- 80. Building a thoughtful, human-first company w/Aneela of Habitaware
- What if I get close to burnout??
- $17.5k revenue in first 2 weeks since launch
- My first flight in 18 months…
- 3x’d paid pilot customers in 24 hours??
- What is it like to be my assistant?
- What would you do with an extra 40 hours next month?
- How I launched a $10k project in 30mins
- Investing Prep: Learn how to become an angel investor
- Backstage turns 6! + I have a new company called Runner!
- Building the Future w/Akash
- You’re ok.
- Your First $100,000
- Update on my health + thousands of income streams video downloads!
- My secret agenda & announcing Cohort 4 of Investing as a Catalyst
- From zero to 7 income streams in 7 years??
- How I scored a $6 million investment from Mark Cuban
- My hack for executing faster and farther!
- How I psyche myself up when doubt creeps in
- How to stay one step ahead of Covid chaos financially
- Bonus: Chacho en español! (brought to you by http://Arlan.Capital)
- Bonus: How research mastery can help you conquer imposter syndrome!
- 79. Special guest host, Chacho Valadez - Optimal Solar’s shining bright
- 78. Special guest host, Chacho - Top Knot(ch) way to $1M in revenue
- 77. Special guest host, Chacho - Yac remote audio for your team
- 76. ShearShare - Are they the “Hairbnb” of the industry?
- 75. Spora - $4M raised to match Black patients w/Black doctors
- Your First Million 2-year anniversary!!
- 74. Kara Goldin - Hint’s path to millions of customers
- Why I launched a $15,000/year “All-Access” program
- Arlan & @QueerGermanGirl on ‘Friends’ reunion & Twitter addiction
- Roundtable: Mandela, Monique, Candice, & Arlan!
- 73. AJ & Simon - Millions of views by being themselves
- June 1’s investing course 50% sold out!
- 72. Alex Williamson - Employee 3 at Bumble disrupting the insurance world
- Arlan & @QueerGermangirl on winning Janet Jackson’s car auction!
- 71. Suneera - “Hard work is the shortcut.”
- 70. Sekr - hitting the open road to $1M
- New episodes & a June 1 launch
- Arlan & @QueerGermanGirl on Handmaid’s Tale, vacationing, and vaccinating
- Use the next 5 years to set up the next 30
- 69. The Juggernaut - investing in the South Asian diaspora
- ArlansAcademy.com just $8.34/month!
- 68. Lolita Taub on matching founders w/millions (feat. Chacho Valadez)
- Gone Fishin’ - Arlan & @QueerGermanGirl
- 67. Stacey Abrams (!!) on playing “spades, not chess”.
- My new 4-week investor course!
- 66. Investing $ millions into immigrant-led startups w/Maria Salamanca
- Arlan & @QueerGermanGirl on Anna being “swole”, American Idol, & sound design
- 65. Coolhaus Ice cream founder Natasha Case on delivering deliciousness
- 64. Bitwise founders on raising $50M to become the change they’ve been looking for
- Arlan & @QueerGermanGirl on their careers, “ComicCon roles”, & balancing expectations
- 63. Monique Woodard - her investment “cake” thesis & why Meghan Markle would be a great VC
- Listen in while I get my first dose of the vaccine!
- Republic.co/Backstage - We’re raising up to $5M!
- HUGE news!
- Arlan & @QueerGermanGirl on Peloton, Netflix, The Watchmen & Biden
- SPACs, Meghan Markle, & multiple fund theses among underrepresented investors w/McKeever & Chacho
- Arlan & @QueerGermanGirl on coffee, General Hospital, mask mandates, and the word (?) “sawl”
- NFTs - everything you were afraid to ask & more!
- 62. Morgan DeBaun - Blavity, Afrotech, & the one thing Morgan wants Arlan to know
- Arlan & @QueerGermanGirl on Billie Eilish, Anna’s composing range, and (not) spotting celebrities
- 5-months revenue earned in 2 days w/one line of code??
- Arlan & @QueerGermanGirl on ADHD, Ted Cruz, WandaVision, and handling negative feedback
- 61. Abby Levy - $50M to fuel ages 60+ entrepreneurship
- Arlan & @QueerGermanGirl on Bieber, FOMO & in-home bowling allies
- My first million! + new themesong!
- Arlan & @QueerGermanGirl talk about why they never fight + Arlan’s $1M raise
- BIG announcement!
- Arlan & @QueerGermanGirl (aka her wife, Anna) talk covid etiquette
- ArlansAcademy.com special episode for YFM VIPs!
- Arlan’s Academy behind the scenes w/Tonya Evans
- MLK Day replay - Dr. Pamela Jolly
- MLK’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech [Oslo, 1964]
- Rachel and Arlan on Covid lockdowns in the UK and U.S.
- While wearing a mask?? O Holy Night sung by Jaime Korkos
- Get a 14-day free trial of Arlan’s Academy!
- ASMR experiment - my new zen garden
- If you’re feeling lonely or down during the holidays...
- 60. My Will Smith appearance + Diana Dimenna pt. 2
- Listen to the live webinar for Arlan’s Academy, Dec 13, 2020
- 59. Mark Cuban on why he invested in Arlan & more
- Should Your First Million become a daily show?
- 58. Avery Francis - How she bootstrapped her way to $1M!
- How I earned $100,000 in 6 months
- Audio from today’s Backstage office hours
- 57. Katrina Lake - Youngest women to IPO / Stitch Fix
- My Weekly Recap - Friday, Nov 20
- Special! Full audio of NEW documentary from BackstageCapital.com!
- 56. Diana DiMenna - Broadway producer changing the game
- If you’re feeling stressed about the election...
- VOTE! + New documentary + my 40th birthday
- Nora & Thea - Unconventional VC
- Q&A pt.2 - Oct 3
- Q&A with Arlan - Oct 2
- Bonus: Networks vs. Networking
- Have you heard the audio version of my book, It’s About Damn Time?
- My $6M fund with Mark Cuban
- Behind the scenes- BackstageCrowd.com’s First Million!
- 55. Jennifer Neundorfer - Finding the right investor fit for you
- 54. Sophia Amoruso - Upgrading Your Career to “Business Class”
- 53. Tricia Clarke-Stone - Doubling Down on Entrepreneurship with “I Quit” tv show
- 52. Christine Kinnear - Breaking barriers in the UK one Uni student at a time
- PPP loan forgiveness info session
- Live Backstage virtual meetup, Sept 15
- Arlan’s $1B startup prediction comes true + PPP forgiveness webinar
- 51. SoulPopped - Soul food-inspired popcorn + a big surprise!
- 50. Aja Volkman - Shine Bright Like a Diamond
- Quick message about Hyper Curious podcast
- 49. Aisha Tyler - It’s Her Line, Anyway
- My thoughts on bandwidth and boundaries.
- 48. Ollen Douglass - Nobody's Fool
- Could Jennifer Carroll Foy be the U.S.’s first Black woman governor?
- 47. Raheem.ai - ending police brutality
- Jason Calacanis - the best startup syndicate investor of all time?
- 46. OMG! - General Hospital cast w/Arlan group chat
- If you’re new to this podcast, start here :)
- 45. Tanya van Court - Goalsetter
- Paige Craig on syndicate investing, “We could put together $1m in a day or two.”
- Syndicate deal for non-accredited investors - Fleeting - BackstageCrowd.com
- 1 solid hour of strategy for Backstage Crowd syndicate members
- 44. Swati Mylavarapu - Moonshot Investor
- Introducing BackstageCrowd.com - an investing syndicate
- 43. Blended Designs - How Black representation turned into $1m in backpack sales
- 1 year anniversary! + response to my last episode
- Who I was referring to in last night's viral tweet...
- Get $19,000 worth of business courses for $100 this week only
- 42. T-Boz! From the best-selling U.S. girlgroup of all time, TLC (w/special guest @Janine)
- Announcing the 8-week IADT mastermind (free!)
- 41. Chase Jarvis: What Richard Branson, a near-death experience, and missing out on $1B has taught him
- ‘What do you look for in a founder & company when considering investment’ and more FAQs
- 40. Chris Guillebeau: From idea to income in 27 days
- 39. The one and only: KELIS! (w/special guest @Janine)
- It’s. About. Damn. TIME!!
- Timely insights for entrepreneurs and investors from the NVCA (National Venture Capital Association)
- 38. Leanne Pittsford - Lesbians Who Tech
- Quick note re: How to Raise Capital online course
- Arlan x Minda Harts live chat!
- 37. Tara Reed: Creating Apps Without Code
- Techish (UK) hot takes on Arlan’s new book
- 36. Sophia Bush: Using her voice for equity & equality
- How to raise capital for your company from scratch
- It’s About Damn Time: Special ad from Espree Devora
- Live webinar: SBA funding for companies and individuals
- Mark Cuban live chat with Arlan
- Coronavirus: Dealing with anxiety in self-isolation
- Coronavirus: Caring for a newborn, being pregnant, losing a loved one, and being over the age of 70
- Arlan’s thoughts on a new inflection point
- 35. Chloe Lanier: General Hospital, Gaga and more!
- Breaking: What founders should know about the new $300 billion stimulus bill for small businesses
- How are startup investors and WFH parents dealing with coronavirus?
- Arlan’s Coronavirus update, Saturday March 21
- COVID-19 - #7: Tuesday - Singer @Janine provides some positivity + your voicemail
- COVID-19 - #6: Monday - Who’s taking care of the caretakers?
- COVID-19 - #5: Sunday plea for social distancing + YOUR voicemails!
- Saturday - Live phone call re: coronavirus with listeners
- A special voicemail from Oxford!
- COVID-19 - #3: Friday Q&A about the Coronavirus
- COVID-19 - #2: Thursday Q&A about the Coronavirus
- COVID-19 - #1: Arlan's thoughts re: concern, hope, & opportunity
- COVID-19 - #2: Live Q&A from Twitter/Instagram
- COVID-19 - #1: Arlan's thoughts
- Bonus episode 19 - COVID-19: Arlan's thoughts
- 34. Nashlie Sephus, PhD - homegrown Jackson, MS millionaire
- 33. Yao Huang - Your revenue is your best investor
- 32. Janine - Indie and loving it
- YelloPain - Viral song about voting is heard by millions
- 30. Jurnee Smollett: Birds of Prey’s Black Canary
- Bonus episode 18 - Hear from Arlan’s apprentice Chacho Valadez!
- 29. Henrik Werdelin: How making your four-legged BFF happy has earned BarkBox millions
- Special presentation of "What the Fockery?"
- 28. Jameela Jamil: On activism, cancel culture, and being NSFW
- Season 1 finale - Top 10 episode countdown!
- Arlan's note 12/23/2019
- 27. Ellen Pompeo: TV’s highest paid dramatic actor
- 26. Dana Chanel: Sprinkle of Jesus
- Bonus Episode 17 - My thoughts on Away
- Bonus episode 16 - Oxford's first scholarship for Black scholars!
- 25. Melissa & Johnathan Nightingale - Sharing the mic
- 24. Jaime Schmidt: Natural Supermarker
- 23. Stacy London: Always in Vogue
- 22. Jamila Souffrant - Her journey to 1 million podcast downloads
- 21. Jodi Kovitz - Dial Mover
- Bonus Episode 15 - Arlan's bday + book pre-order!
- Bonus episode 14 - WeWork thoughts
- 20. NeueHouse's Josh Wyatt: Phoenix Risen
- Bonus episode 13 - "My new podcast studio"
- 18. Tiffany Dufu - "I raised a million dollars to give women a space to help each other thrive."
- 17. Matthew Sniff - "Our company's culture has played a major role in our earning $1mil in sales."
- 16. Delane Parnell - "My esports company has raised nearly $100 million in 2 years."
- 15. Mel Robbins - "My TED talk has been viewed 20 million times.”
- Bonus episode 12 - "My thoughts on Forbes’ innovators list, aka you gotta be kidding me.”
- Bonus episode 11 - “Therese Tucker, bootstrapped to a billion!”
- 14. Melissa Butler - "We were once called ‘clown makeup’, now we’re growing 300% year-over-year.”
- Bonus episode 10 - "Pete Buttigieg in the hot seat with Arlan"
- Bonus episode 9 - "Focusing on your hobby to sharpen your lens as an entrepreneur."
- 13. Ryan Hoover - "The truth about money."
- 12. Paul Judge - "The money I'm spending today is the result of the hard work I put in 15 years ago."
- Bonus episode 8 - "I'm Getting Married"
- Bonus episode 7 - “Office Hours: If a founder did this, I’d run the other way”
- 11. Justin Kan - "When I first heard that valuation, I fell to my knees and laughed."
- Bonus episode 6 - How I conquered 30 years of stage fright in 6 months!
- 10. Jewel Burks - "I sold my computer-vision company to Amazon for millions."
- 9. Keith Wasserman - "From a $5,000 loan to $1billion in real estate assets."
- Bonus episode 5 - Getting closer to your 1 million goal in 24 hours
- Bonus episode 4 - Being your hella gay self
- 8. Irma Olguin - "I'm a Latina, and a lesbian, and I raised $27 million for my tech company."
- 7. Jeff Ullrich - "It was 1/3 vision, 2/3 luck."
- Bonus episode 3 - Multi-hyphenate creative Anna Eichenauer
- 6. Dawn Dickson - "I bridge the gap between venture capital and everyday people."
- Bonus episode 2 - Prolific film & TV producer, Brian Grazer
- 5. Roberta Lucca - "Money affords you the ability to fail forward."
- Bonus episode - Curiosity, quality, and communication
- 4. Sophia Bendz - "I was one of the first 10 employees at Spotify."
- 3. Liz Fong-Jones "You *can* be successful as a trans person. I wish there were more of us."
- 2. Amy Griffin - "I felt a calling to invest beyond philanthropy."
- 1. Dr. Pamela Jolly – "Black people arrived in America on the balance sheet…we *are* wealth."
- Welcome to Your First Million!
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