How to Get Your First 100 Customers: The 2026 Founder's Playbook
A 2026 founder's playbook for getting your first 100 customers through manual, unscalable work, and why 100 is the right first goal for a startup.
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A 2026 founder's playbook for getting your first 100 customers through manual, unscalable work, and why 100 is the right first goal for a startup.
Dr. Peter J. Polack, an ophthalmologist and founder of marketing firm Emedikon, shares how medical practices can use marketing to build resilience.
Seven ways a new business can build a competitive advantage in 2026, from durable moats and niche focus to speed, brand, community and running lean with AI.
AM/FM still owns most sports-audio time, but podcasts and video are eating discovery. Here's the 2026 data and what it means for fans, media, and brands.
Sonny Henty, aka Mr. Nice, founded ARTBYMRNICE, a pop art brand that integrates neon, with original pieces owned by celebrities such as Kesha and Juice Wrld.
AI campaigns, retail media, CTV, the cookie reversal, and the measurement reckoning. The 8 digital advertising trends that decide where your 2026 budget goes.
Kissa McCarty, 22, turned a repost from Barstool Sports into 1.3 million Instagram followers and a full-time career as a social media influencer.
SEO still drives revenue in 2026 — if you adapt to AI Overviews, search intent, and E-E-A-T. Here's how to turn search traffic into actual sales.
Streamer Ummer Naviwala, known as Omareloff, explains why he moved from Twitch to Facebook for streaming, where he now has 220,000 followers.
Kraig Bond of Elite Results Marketing explains how to claim, verify and optimize your Google My Business listing to improve your local SEO.
A 2026 guide to more profitable PPC campaigns, covering Smart Bidding to profit, Performance Max, first-party conversion tracking and budget allocation.
Lyra Almoite, founder of The Homebased Worker in the Philippines, helps founders and CEOs scale their businesses through online business management.
A complete 2026 guide to building a personal brand, starting with nailing your positioning and niche so you stand out in a crowded creator economy.
Steven Ridzyowski, founder of Ecommerce Marketing Agency, explains Turnkey Ecom Stores, a new service combining ecommerce with marketing and advertising.
Jack Zuckowsky, originally from Nashville, Tennessee, moved to Los Angeles to help influencers and creators grow through his social media agency Social Summit.
Ed Latimore, a best selling Amazon author with a 13-1-1 professional heavyweight boxing record and a physics degree, shares his knowledge of personal branding.
Ryan Alford, founder and CEO of South Carolina digital ad agency Radical and co-founder of GVL Hustle, shares why patience matters when building a business.
Mike Bartholomew, a self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur, shares how his focus on fitness drives his plan for seven income streams by age 30.
Artist and activist Alexandra Castle runs an artistic clothing brand that combines high quality apparel with philanthropic work.
CoinLinked.com is a social media platform that lets users earn revenue from their content and offers a market powered by Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Joe Jitsukawa of JustKiddingFilms on going from a Los Angeles upbringing to serial entrepreneur, comedian, investor and public speaker.
A guide to getting PR for your brand, covering the benefits of good press, how to do PR yourself and how to choose the right PR professionals.
Ernesto Gaita shares how connections helped him build Neighbourhood Creative with Anthony Sorella after his first venture, Jukebox, did not work out.
A no-fluff breakdown of real 2026 podcast production costs — gear tiers, software, editing, hosting, and what branded shows actually pay per episode.
Cre8 Sounds sells inexpensive, waterproof wireless headphones and explains how finding the right manufacturer helped it deliver great sound quality.
Gigi Foyle, who launched London neon art label bag&bones with her sister Cavanagh in July 2016, shares how she built a sustainable neon art brand.
Jerry and Sherri Nourse built Ambition Media, a full service social media firm that runs brand, influencer and social media ad campaigns for companies.
Justin Kan, who cofounded Justin.tv and Twitch.tv and sold Twitch to Amazon, shares startup lessons and the idea behind Whale, his Q&A community.
Santino LoConte, founder and creative director of New York boutique the Reign Company, went from his grandfather's West Village shoe store to streetwear.
Josh Miller, partner and strategic advisor at The Success Club, which grew from an Instagram page he founded with Alex Lombard, shares his new project.
Sports agent Alonzo Earle explains how athletes choose agents for the NFL Draft, from NFLPA certification and NCAA rules to agent presentations.
Luxury fashion designer Karis Dowe, a former brand director at Helmut Lang, shares how to dominate your niche and become an influencer.
Justin Grome, who grew his Instagram at 11 and reached over 100 million Twitter users with memes, shares how Clonefluence Inc. works in the music industry.
Best friends Sam Murray and Kijuan Amey run a mobile advertising and marketing services business and are starting a music label and a non-profit.
Ariya Behjat, co-founder and CEO of creative agency Axenic Studio, explains how he and his partner Lewk grew the agency from $50,000 to $2.2 million.
Gustavo Geraldes, founder and CEO of Milkit, uses performance marketing campaigns on Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram and Google to drive results for brands.
Patrick Ambron, founder and CEO of BrandYourself, shares how he built a company that helps people protect their online privacy and reputation.
Joseph Costello went from a 1.6 GPA to making $50,000 per month online through content creation and influencer management after moving to Austin.
Nicholas King, known as Nickels, is a digital media artist creating viral hi-tech visual effects featuring personalities like Dennis Rodman and Jake Paul.
Andrew Faridani, president of Breezemaxweb, taught himself Google Adwords and built a digital ad agency that has serviced over 3000 companies in 300 verticals.
Christine Curran, founder of Ft Liquordale Entertainment, created Dining Divas TV, a lifestyle show featuring places to dine and drink in South Florida.
Three tried and tested ways to find potential social media marketing clients for your agency, starting with Facebook, from a UK agency founder.
What Google Trends is, how it adjusts its data, and the ways content marketers can use this free tool to strengthen their content strategy.
Judge Graham, a serial entrepreneur, marketer and speaker, explains how positioning to sell and building a strong culture helped him sell companies.
Ben Gothard, who founded Gothard Enterprises at 20 and wrote CEO at 20, shares how starting a podcast helped him interview powerhouse entrepreneurs.
Stephen Campolo went from struggling personal trainer to celebrity fitness coach and social media influencer, best known for starting FLX Body Fitness.
Florida-based influencer Jonathan Foley, founder of @positivity and @societyfeelings, shares 3 ways brands can level up their social media strategy.
How memes became a powerful digital marketing format, what makes them so effective, and five real cases where memes boosted traditional brand campaigns.
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