Your First Million
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 has invested in over 100 companies led by people of color, women, and/or LGBTQ.
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Episodes (313)
Arlan’s Coronavirus update, Saturday March 21
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COVID-19 - #7: Tuesday - Singer @Janine provides some positivity + your voicemai...
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COVID-19 - #6: Monday - Who’s taking care of the caretakers?
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COVID-19 - #5: Sunday plea for social distancing + YOUR voicemails!
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COVID-19 - #4: Saturday live phone call re: coronavirus with listeners
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A special voicemail from Oxford!
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COVID-19 - #3: Friday Q&A about the Coronavirus
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COVID-19 - #2: Thursday Q&A about the Coronavirus
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COVID-19 - #1: Arlan's thoughts re: concern, hope, & opportunity
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34. Nashlie Sephus, PhD - homegrown Jackson, MS millionaire
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33. Yao Huang - Your revenue is your best investor
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32. Janine - Indie (musician) and loving it
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31. YelloPain - Viral song about voting is heard by millions
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30. Jurnee Smollett: Birds of Prey’s Black Canary
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Bonus episode 18 - Hear from Arlan’s apprentice Chacho Valadez!
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29. Henrik Werdelin: How making your four-legged BFF happy has earned BarkBox mi...
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Special presentation of "What the Fockery?"
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28. Jameela Jamil: On activism, cancel culture, and being NSFW
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Season 1 finale - Top 10 episode countdown!
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Arlan's note 12/23/2019
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27. Ellen Pompeo: TV’s highest paid dramatic actor
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Bonus Episode 17 - My thoughts on Away
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Bonus episode 16 - Arlan's new scholarship at Oxford University!
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25. Melissa & Johnathan Nightingale - Sharing the mic
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24. Jaime Schmidt: Natural Supermarker
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23. Stacy London: Always in Vogue
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22. Jamila Souffrant - Her journey to 1 million podcast downloads
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21. Jodi Kovitz - Dial Mover
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Bonus Episode 15 - My book is now available for pre-order!
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Bonus episode 14 - WeWork thoughts
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20. NeueHouse's Josh Wyatt: Phoenix Risen
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Bonus episode 13 - "My new podcast studio"
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19. Gumroad's Sahil Lavingia: Weekend Warrior
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18. Tiffany Dufu - "I raised a million dollars to give women a space to help eac...
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17. Matthew Sniff - "Our company's culture has played a major role in our earnin...
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16. Delane Parnell - "My esports company has raised nearly $100 million in 2 yea...
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15. Mel Robbins - "My TED talk has been viewed 20 million times.”
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Bonus episode 12 - "My thoughts on Forbes’ innovators list, aka you gotta be kid...
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Bonus episode 11 - “Therese Tucker, bootstrapped to a billion!”
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14. Melissa Butler - "We were once called ‘clown makeup’, now we’re growing 300%...
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Bonus episode 10 - "Pete Buttigieg in the hot seat with Arlan"
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Bonus episode 9 - "Focusing on your hobby to sharpen your lens as an entrepreneu...
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13. Ryan Hoover - "The truth about money."
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12. Paul Judge - "The money I'm spending today is the result of the hard work I...
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Bonus episode 8 - "I'm Getting Married"
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Bonus episode 7 - “Office Hours: If a founder did this, I’d run the other way”
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11. Justin Kan - "When I first heard that valuation, I fell to my knees and laug...
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Bonus episode 6 - How I conquered 30 years of stage fright in 6 months!
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10. Jewel Burks - "I sold my computer-vision company to Amazon for millions."
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Bonus episode 5 - Getting closer to your 1 million goal in 24 hours
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