Entrepreneur on fire episode 296.

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Okay, Fire Nation. Let's get started.

I am simply thrilled to introduce my guest today.

Kyle Eschenroder. Kyle, are you prepared to ignite?

Absolutely.

All right. Kyle is the co-founder of Startup Bros, an author of Self Made You.

How to thrive when degrees don't matter.

He's on a mission to help people win in a world that cares more about the value you create than your pedigree.

Given Fire Nation a little overview, Kyle, but take a minute.

Tell us about you personally. We want to get to know you and then give us an overview of your business.

All right. Cool. So the book Self Made You actually stems from the beginning of the entrepreneurial journey that matters here, which is in college.

When I was trading, I started a small hedge fund raised money and was doing well on that.

And I also was working with a couple other startups, one of them, affluence.org, which is Facebook for people with a net worth of more than $3 million.

And Groofshark.com, which is like YouTube from music, basically.

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