Ep. 19: Entrepreneur and Podcasting Software Founder, Alex Sanfilippo

Alex Sanfilippo is perhaps the planet’s greatest friend to independent podcasts and podcasters.

He is the CEO and founder of PodPros, whose flagship product, PodMatch, is "like a dating app" connecting podcast hosts with their ideal guests for interviews.

In this interview, Alex shares the story of his entrepreneurship journey, filled with twists and turns and, crucially, developing a productive relationship with failure.

Alex Sanfilippo Links:
PodMatch: https://podmatch.com/
PodPros:  https://podpros.com/
PodPros YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/PodPros_com
Alex Sanfilippo's Process For Releasing Episodes of the Creating a Brand Podcast (specific video mentioned in the interview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcvL1bg3mOk

About Your Host, Eric Teplitz:
Website: http://ericteplitz.com/
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Access a FREE preview of Eric's online course "Opening to Greater Possibilities": https://ericteplitz.thinkific.com/
 

Chapters

• 0:00 The Person You Want to Be intro
• 0:37 Introducing Alex Sanfilippo
• 3:11 Born into a family of entrepreneurs
• 6:46 From introvert to extrovert
• 13:45 First business at the age of ten
• 19:05 Real world education via homeschooling
• 23:33 Life after high school
• 27:19 A blow to the ego
• 30:41 Transition into the corporate world
• 39:44 "The way you end one season is the way you begin the next"
• 41:56 The moment Alex knew it was time to return to entrepreneurship
• 44:50 The reality of Forbes 40 Under 40
• 48:04 Learning to embrace failure
• 49:40 How Alex got into podcasting
• 53:25 The issue of identity, separated from failure
• 55:29 Entrepreneurial spouses working in partnership
• 59:36 The birth of PodMatch
• 1:02:57 Alex's "Creating a Brand" podcast
• 1:11:29 "A necessary ending"
• 1:16:02 The impact of PodMatch
• 1:20:20 "A greater person of service to others"