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Josh Muccio:\xa0He\u2019s the host of The Pitch Podcast and he recently launched Season 2 on January 11th. Before The Pitch Podcast, he was the founder of iHeart Repair, which he sold in 2014. He is a father of 2, soon to be 3. Josh is 29 and he loves the tech world. He\u2019s in Florida and loves skiing and takes 2 ski trips every winter.

Famous Five:

• Favorite Book? \u2013 The Slight Edge
• What CEO do you follow? \u2013\xa0 Nicholas Quah
• Favorite online tool? \u2014 Slack and Google Drive
• Do you get 8 hours of sleep?\u2014 Yes
• If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? \u2013 \u201cTo create more stuff and just put it out there\u201d

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Time Stamped Show Notes:

• 01:38 \u2013 Nathan introduces Josh to the show
• 02:35 \u2013 The Pitch Podcast is similar to the TV show SharkTank
• • 02:53 \u2013 Season 2 is where investments happen on air
• 03:05 \u2013 Josh shares why Season 1 of The Pitch Podcast was challenging
• 03:40 \u2013 Sheel is Josh\u2019s co-host
• 04:09 \u2013 Josh discusses iHeart Repair
• 05:20 \u2013 iHeart Repair was sold in 2014
• 05:25 \u2013 Revenue was around $750K annually
• 05:59 \u2013 Josh just didn\u2019t see his future with iHeart Repair
• 06:25 \u2013 Josh had a broker who helped him with the exit
• • 06:43 \u2013 MTechRepair bought iHeart Repair
  • 07:12 \u2013 Josh did the Wordpress site for iHeart Repair
  • 07:35 \u2013 Josh installed Woocommerce in iHeart Repair\u2019s site
• 08:30 \u2013 Josh shares what happened after the exit
• 08:50 \u2013 Josh shares how he met Sheel
• • 09:10 \u2013 Josh had a dream that he was going to have a podcast
• 09:30 \u2013 Josh shares how he met Spencer Handly of Blab
• 09:52 \u2013 The start of the daily hunt
• 10:45 \u2013 Josh shares how Sheel approached him
• 11:25 \u2013 The advertisers in the podcast are the main revenue stream
• 12:00 \u2013 Nathan asks Josh for his feedback regarding promoting his product
• 12:49 \u2013 Josh plans to stay in their business model
• 12:54 \u2013 Average revenue for Season 1 of The Pitch Podcast
• 13:11 \u2013 Season 2 pre-sold revenue
• • 13:30 \u2013 There are 2 advertisers per show
• 14:15 \u2013 250K total downloads for Season 1
• 14:42 \u2013 The idea of Season 2
• 15:13 \u2013 The amount Josh spent on his Facebook ad trial
• 15:31 \u2013 Press is the most successful growth channel for The Pitch Podcast
• 16:07 \u2013 If Season 2 flops, Josh would stop the podcast
• 16:25 \u2013 Nathan makes an offer to Josh
• 18:51 \u2013 The Famous Five

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3 Key Points:

• The services market is tedious and requires a thorough study.
• If you don\u2019t see your future in it \u2013 put an END to it.
• Do NOT hesitate to create more and put it out there.

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Resources Mentioned:

• Acuity Scheduling \u2013 Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments
• Drip \u2013 Nathan uses Drip\u2019s email automation platform and visual campaign builder to build his sales funnel
• Toptal\xa0\u2013 Nathan found his development team using Toptal for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn\u2019t have to hire a co-founder due to the quality of Toptal
• Host Gator\xa0\u2013 The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible.
• Audible\xa0\u2013 Nathan uses Audible when he\u2019s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books.
• The Top Inbox\xa0 \u2013 The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences
• Jamf \u2013 Jamf helped Nathan keep his Macbook Air 11\u201d secure even when he left it in the airplane\u2019s back seat pocket
• The Pitch Podcast \u2013 Josh\u2019s Podcast
• iHeart Repair \u2013 Josh\u2019s previous company
• MTechRepair \u2013 The company that purchased iHeartRepair
• Woocommerce \u2013 Josh installed this program into iHeartRepair
• Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives