The Dave Gerhardt Podcast

I got 14 questions about building my "one-person business" on LinkedIn and thought I'd turn them into a short podcast episode here for all of you creators, entrepreneurs, or just curious followers.1. What's the breakdown of revenue per SKU (community membership, recruiting, ads/sponsors, etc)? 2. If you were starting from scratch today, what SKU would you start with? 3. Will you do

The Path to Solopreneurship: Where to StartOne of the more frequent questions in my inbox is about the path to solopreneurship and creating your own business. Here's how I think about it.***“How to Make Millions With Your Ideas” is the title of a book published in 1996 by Dan Kennedy.27 years later the advice is more relevant than ever.If you want to own your own business, crea

Follow Dave.X --> @davegerhardtLinkedIn --> davegerhardtIt takes courage to build your own business or start your own brand.Whether you decide to start a company, create a podcast, start a YouTube channel, open a small business, or write online, someone somewhere will laugh in some way.- Oh really? She's starting a channel about yoga and mindfulness? Yikes her videos are crin

My friend / former boss / CEO Ben Jabbawy (@jabbawy) joins me for a quick conversation about selling his company after 10+ years and eight prior acquisition offers, what he's going to do now, become a creator, starting a podcast, building a newsletter, investing, how he rediscovered a fitness habit after a decade, the value of finding a coach, and more.Ben founded and led Privy as

Eric Cogorno is a golf instructor and YouTube creator with nearly 250,000 subscribers today. His golf instruction videos have reached millions, but here's not just here to talk about golf with me. We ended up sharing a bunch of similarities in our pursuits of entrepreneurship, health, fitness, personal development, reading, and more, including the story behind growing his YouTube f

I invited my friend Adam Picard (@coachpic_802) on for an episode. Adam is a personal trainer, the son of a couple of bodybuilders (his Mom and Dad were both bodybuilders), a former D1 baseball player, and now a TPI certified golf fitness instructor. I've been training with Adam for a year now and he's become a good friend. He's taken his love for sports and fitness and channeled i

"I fast forward today and I have a completely different life. And I think that is because of that one moment." In this episode I talk about burnout. With a story about my career and my "burnout" moment. We've all had them. It happens. Or maybe listening to this will make you realize you're in the middle of yours.Mentioned in this episode:Gimlet Media / Alex Blumberg / Startup Podca

I share my 2023 goals across my business / personal life. I've never shared this much about what I'm doing and working on. I talk about my process for setting goals, why I set them, and breakdown each one of my goals for this year.Mentioned in this episode:How I set goals, why I set goalsJim Rohn's book 7 Strategies for Wealth & HappinessStephen Covey, big rocks, putting first

I talk about why I'm doing this podcast (another podcast, really?) and some background on who I am and my journey from marketing exec to solopreneur, including starting Tech In Boston, working at HubSpot, getting my job at Drift, Seeking Wisdom, taking the CMO job at Privy, and always finding my way into a podcast.Mentioned in this episode:Dave Gerhardt (about me, Dad, husband, ent