Go to beta.getleverage.com to sign up for the waitlist of our new project management software!

We are offering a very special membership to our exclusive #LeverageLabs to new listeners who go to our Leverage Podcast or OAO Podcast and subscribe to or download our podcasts, take a photo and send to us via social media. #LeveragePodcast... Send us your photo and we will mention the lucky new members on the podcast each week... 

All episodes, show notes and resources can be found at www.leveragepodcasts.com

We are offering a very special membership to our exclusive #LeverageLabs to new listeners who go to our Leverage Podcast or OAO Podcast and subscribe to or download our podcasts, take a photo and send to us via social media. #LeveragePodcast... Send us your photo and we will mention the lucky new members on the podcast each week... 

All episodes, show notes and resources can be found at www.leveragepodcasts.com

We are offering a very special membership to our exclusive #LeverageLabs to new listeners who go to our Leverage Podcast or OAO Podcast and subscribe to or download our podcasts, take a photo and send to us via social media. #LeveragePodcast... Send us your photo and we will mention the lucky new members on the podcast each week... 

All episodes, show notes and resources can be found at www.leveragepodcasts.com

We are offering a very special membership to our exclusive #LeverageLabs to new listeners who go to our Leverage Podcast or OAO Podcast and subscribe to or download our podcasts, take a photo and send to us via social media. #LeveragePodcast... Send us your photo and we will mention the lucky new members on the podcast each week... 

All episodes, show notes and resources can be found at www.leveragepodcasts.com

We are offering a very special membership to our exclusive #LeverageLabs to new listeners who go to our Leverage Podcast or OAO Podcast and subscribe to or download our podcasts, take a photo and send to us via social media. #LeveragePodcast... Send us your photo and we will mention the lucky new members on the podcast each week... 

All episodes, show notes and resources can be found at www.leveragepodcasts.com

We are offering a very special membership to our exclusive #LeverageLabs to new listeners who go to our Leverage Podcast or OAO Podcast and subscribe to or download our podcasts, take a photo and send to us via social media. #LeveragePodcast... Send us your photo and we will mention the lucky new members on the podcast each week...

All episodes, show notes and resources can be found at www.leveragepodcasts.com

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GUEST:

Helena Clegg

We are offering a very special membership to our exclusive #LeverageLabs to new listeners who go to our Leverage Podcast or OAO Podcast and subscribe to or download our podcasts, take a photo and send to us via social media. #LeveragePodcast... Send us your photo and we will mention the lucky new members on the podcast each week...

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GUEST:

Helena Clegg

KEY QUOTE:

 “...when you see an opportunity now, you really have to act on it very, very quickly”

KEY MOMENTS:

• 00:03 – Introduction to OAO
• 00:09 – Today’s special guest is Helena Clegg
• 00:16 – Helena is visiting from Mallorca; she handles Get Leverage’s social media presence
• 01:01 – Ari spoke at NYU about the A-Z of starting a company
• 01:36 – Ari is now going to be a speaker at NYU
• 01:43 – Nick just got back from Victoria Labalme’s Rock the Room event
  • 02:06 – Nick got a ton of good points from Victoria’s speaking guide
  • 02:52 – Mapping out the stage is one
  • 03:32 – Nick shares about using V Cards
  • 04:09 – Ari mentions Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe
• 06:08 – Nick went to Victoria’s event because he has upcoming talks
• 06:30 – This weekend, Ari will be talking on The Ultimate Achievers Council
• 06:48 – Katz Moving, a company that allows you to track your moving truck real-time!
• 07:53 – There’s an article on CNBC about a 24-year old making $345K in 2 months by beating Kickstarters to market
• 09:39 – People overvalue the idea in marketing and undervalue execution
• 09:46 – “Knocking off is a HUGE industry”
• 10:36 – “whether it’s a good or bad thing, it’s probably a good thing, that when you see an opportunity now, you really have to act on it very, very quickly”
• 10:48 – Wag is basically an “Uber” for dog walkers
• 11:57 – An hour walk is $24 – The app tracks real time and you can see where your dog peed or pooped
• 13:21 – One of Ari’s experiences getting a dog walker: it was so late at night that it took 2 hours to get one
• 14:11 – The same app offers dog-boarding and dog-sitting
• 14:49 – LifeVac is an anti-choking device
• 16:10 – Rockabye Baby is a company that turns pop/rock songs into a lullaby
• 17:00 – Culture Codes is a collection of culture decks, core values, mission statements, and more from real companies
• 17:48 – Next episode, Ari and Nick will talk about Get Leverage’s core values and manifesto
• 17:54 – End of today’s podcast

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“It’s a totally different idea from the virtual assistance but again, using the same mentality and methodology, [you’re] able to build a really quick MVP”

Time-Stamped Notes

• 00:03 – Introduction to OAO
• 00:12 – The Hykso smart tracking tool for boxing
• 01:28 – Lemonade is a new way to get insurance for renters and property owners
• 02:23 – Bulletin is basically a retail store that can carry your products
• 03:12 – Scale – API for human intelligence
• 03:47 – Scale can be an alternative for Rev
• 04:52 – Storyo is an app that turns your photos into stories
• 05:52 – Sous Vide cooking with ChefSteps Joule
• 07:20 – The food is incredible – consistent texture and perfect
• 07:55 – “It will never be overcooked – it will be perfect”
• 08:08 – Yay let’s you send actual prizes to somebody
• 09:14 – Nick had a brainstorming session with his girlfriend for a styling startup
• 10:13 – Nick used Typeform, a tool that let’s you create web forms, to create StylebyFran
• 10:45 – Nick discusses the technical process of StylebyFran
• 13:35 – Using the same methods and strategies, Get Leverage is somewhat the same as Style by Fran
• 14:13 – People don’t need to worry about the technicalities because Get Leverage does the work for them
• 15:10 – Please leave us a review!
• 15:48 – End of today’s podcast

Visit www.LeveragePodcasts.com for more episodes and links to all resources discussed!

“There’s definitely people on our team that I think this (Steps) will be pretty cool for...This is a pretty good way to get yourself out of your comfort zone.”

Time-Stamped Notes

• 00:03 – Introduction to OAO
• 00:34 – Ari took his family to Miami for the President’s Break
• 00:41 – While his family was in Miami, he had to go to Phoenix and Chicago for Entrepreneur’s Organization
• 01:18 – Nick will be out in Los Angeles for Victoria Labalme’s Rock the Room Live
• 01:39 – Nick just bought Raden Luggage, which has a built in scale and an app
• 03:27 – Steps is an iPhone app that beats social anxiety with small challenges
• 05:49 – Amazon Chime already came out a week ago, which is a competitor of Skype
• 06:46 – Get Leverage has a big need for a team of people to be able to make calls so Nick has been testing out platforms
• 07:01 – Ring Central seems to be the best platform so far for Get Leverage as it allows clients to send texts, calls, and you can create phone extensions
• 09:07 – reMarkable is like a limited feature iPad in some ways
• 10:19 – Neurologically, people tend to retain notes better by handwriting
• 10:41 – Ari finds it distracting to type out notes
• 12:08 – Nick has a bad memory
• 12:43 – Snappr is an on-demand photography service
• 14:05 – Mailjoy is like Mailchimp for physical mail
• 15:43 – Ari was talking to a client and found she was looking to outsource meal prep
• 16:20 – Nurture Life offers meals for kids
• 16:23 – One of Get Leverage’s VAs is a nutritionist who gave Nick a comprehensive plan
• 18:25 – Nick mentions not to drink while eating
• 19:07 – High amounts of bromelain digestive enzymes will sweeten the taste of semen
• 19:27 – End of today’s podcast

Learn More About OAO Here: www.leveragepodcasts.com

“Doing charity work was one of the things that I (Nick) wanted to start getting into this year.”

Time-Stamped Notes

• 00:02 – Introduction to OAO
• 00:15 – Ari and Nick are now recording episodes by the batch
• 00:33 – Defy Ventures brings successful people into the prison community to teach and guide entrepreneurship
• 02:32 – Only 5% of Defy people go back to prison
• 03:33 – The excitement Ari feels with Defy Ventures is the same feeling he had with American Dream U
• 03:50 – FeetMe is a runner’s in-sole tracking device
• 04:45 – There are no less than 80 ways to tie your shoes
• 05:53 – Nick is looking for travel solutions! Please email Nick at nick@getleverage.com if you know a tool or an app that could help
• 07:36 – Demio is a cool option for hosting webinars
• 08:37 – End of today’s podcast

Less Doing Podcast Resources: www.leveragepodcasts.com

“I recently started a Crohn Support Community...it’s just a free resource that I created where I curate some content and help guide the discussion on how to manage that illness.”

Time-Stamped Notes

• 00:02 – Introduction to OAO
• 00:19 – Slack Pass is the best way to manage Slack invites
• 00:32 – Ari recently started a support community for people battling Crohn’s Disease
• 00:53 – Ari loves using Slack for community chat
  • 00:58 – It’s a separate app and place to communicate
  • 01:20 – It’s easy to automate and share content on Slack
  • 01:33 – There is threaded communication
• 01:42 – Ari has been using InviteBot for his support group which you can access here
• 01:53 – Slack Pass lets you have free groups, paid groups, paid channels and etc.
• 02:15 – Slack Pass does credit card processing for subscribed members in your group
• 02:53 – Get Leverage’s website is now being optimized
  • 03:06 – Nick started using Optimizely, an experimentation platform where you can make changes to your website without needing a developer
  • 03:38 – He also implemented TruConversion, a tool that helps you find heatmaps on your website
• 04:03 – Ari and Nick explain further how TruConversion works
• 05:46 – Sign up and try the free trial for both Optimizely and TruConversion
• 06:46 – Nick met Robert Cialdini, the author of Pre-Suasion
• 07:17 – Elucify is a crowdsourced lead directory
• 08:21 – Run Dexter is a solution to build any chatbots on different platforms
• 09:05 – Luma is a surround wifi device
• 11:36 – Checkout SpeedTest to know your actual wifi speed
• 11:44 – End of today’s podcast

Less Doing Podcast Resources:

www.leveragepodcasts.com

Key Quote

“I’m so tied to my computer and phone all the time that just 30 minutes forcing me to not be by some form of electronic, I feel, is valuable”

Time-Stamped Notes

• 00:09 – Ari and Nick are in a studio for the first time
• 01:22 – Not recommended, but worthy of discussion is the Starbucks app where you can order your coffee through the chat bot
• 02:44 – Slack’s new feature called Slack Enterprise Grid allows you to have multiple workspaces for big organizations
• 04:07 – Box Breathing is a website that takes you through the motions of the Navy Seal breathing technique
• 04:44 – Nick does Mndfl Meditation that incorporates box breathing
• 05:58 – Ask Ari and Nick any questions that you may have and they will answer on the podcast
• 06:01 – Chris Mottram is our in-house audio engineer
• 06:17 – Ari will be hosting a webinar on February 15

Less Doing Podcast Resources:

www.leveragepodcasts.com

Key Quote

“This is the last episode that we will be recording outside of a professional recording studio.”

Time-Stamped Notes

• 00:03 – Introduction to OAO
• 00:12 – This is the last episode outside a studio
• 00:28 – Ari and Nick offers their thanks to their listeners
• 01:02 – EloBot is a bot for your Facebook Messenger that acts as your personal assistant
• 01:52 – Nick mentions his friend who also built a bot for Facebook
• 02:06 – Temp File allows you to share files less than 1GB temporarily and for free
• 02:35 – ai provides services to help you classify data
• 03:00 – Nick explains further how they use Mighty.ai for Get Leverage
• 03:44 – Amazon Mechanical Turk is similar to Mighty.ai except they do not allow as much personalization
• 05:07 – Ari shares a hilarious article from Business Insider regarding the craziest requests concierges have ever received
• 07:17 – Ari shares an article about what successful people, like Elon Musk, ask job candidates in interviews
• 08:15 – BeLive allows you to broadcast on Facebook Live with multiple people on one stream
• 08:53 – End of today’s podcast

Full Shownotes Coming Soon

"Long term goals should be broken into smaller chunks to try and achieve something on a shorter time scale."

Ari and Nick reflect on the past year and look forward to the year to come.

Full show notes coming soon.

360 Video Cameras, On-Demand Baby Doctors, Call Centres for Cyber Criminals, Print a TV Image on a Box and Reduce Damage, Nick tries Cryotherapy and more. 

Full Show Notes Coming Soon

OAO Podcast Resources - www.leveragepodcasts.com

“The people who give us this feedback...they want to be able to make it work and I think that really says something about what we’re offering, it says we’re solving a big problem”

Key Quote

“A lot of people want that separation between their Facebook and work; and Workplace by Facebook blurs that line.”

Time-Stamped Notes

• 00:02 – Introduction to OAO

• 00:19 – Workplace by Facebook is the new Slack competitor
• • 01:03 – An intranet version of Facebook
  • 01:34 – Slack is powerful because of their API
• 02:07 – Facebook Boot Camp for Less Doing – already moved to Slack
• 02:32 – It’s for a team that isn’t on any platform
• 02:52 – Workplace features: Newsfeed, Chat, Online Video, Search and more Admin Control
• 03:32 – One Night Standard for the night in a standard hotel
• 04:44 – Using TunnelBear VPN for more secure browsing
• 05:15 – Journy: travel tailored for you
• 06:23 – Conversica is an AI that will help you find your niche customer
• 08:27 – End of today’s podcast

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Trello Board - https://trello.com/b/jtqdNTp3/less-doing-podcast-resources

Key Quote

“We give you Leverage of your time, money, and resources.”

Time-Stamped Notes

• 00:02 – Introduction to OAO
• 00:13 – Ari and Nick are operating directly from their virtual assistance company now
• 00:40 – The new name of the company will be Leverage * 01:10 – Idea to Execution Book launch
• 01:29 – Not just for people who own a startup
• 01:38 – Insights for people who want to work for us
• 01:52 – We’re hiring VAs all the time o 02:15 – Check out Work for Less Doing *
• 02:26 – ShipLabel
• 02:37 – Lets you compare shipping prices across couriers
• 02:45 – Creates labels on your phone * 03:05 – Firefly
• 03:15 – Chrome extension that works in other web apps
• 03:25 – Helps read context
• 04:21 – It creates a special tasks list but not add on the calendar * 04:45 – One X Censor
• 05:08 – Measures the skin’s antioxidant levels
• 05:21 – Instant feedback
• 06:10 – Coming out on May2017 * 06:37 – Zapier now has their own version of IFTTT button
• 06:47 – Click to add an entry * 07:17 – Skipio does text-based marketing to clients
• 08:05 – On VA services, we are tracking closely on different tasks
• 08:22 – There’s a new market place for the VAs where they can pick up tasks
• 09:14 – Grab a copy of Idea to Execution here

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Key Quote

“Genius network is a community of great people that are just amazing.”

Time-Stamped Notes

• 00:16 – Ari and Nick are at the Genius Network annual event * 00:56 – Sniphero for Gmail
• 01:21 – Lets you insert dynamic content * 02:02 – Wantoo
• 02:10 – A feedback platform that allows you to let people propose ideas
• 02:24 – Utilizes a similar set-up to Trello * 03:24 – Skipio
• 03:26 – A text-based marketing solution
• 04:08 – Allows voice mail messages * 04:37 – OAO’s HeroX competition is ending in a week
• 04:45 – Launching to crowd source the best productivity/automation hack
• 04:57 – Prizes: Virtual Assistance Credits and Consulting * 05:10 – Tresorit is an encrypted cloud storage tool like DropBox
• 05:39 – End to end encryption solution * 08:14 – Get a copy and leave a review of Idea to Execution by Ari Meisel & Nick Sonnenberg