Mind Pumped: The Entrepreneurial Truth About Value, Vision, and Monetization with Adam Schafer

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Jasmine Star

Jasmine Star, Business, Start A Business, Instagram Growth, Social Media, Business Strategy, Online Marketing, Business Tips, Entrepreneurship, Social Curator, Marketing, Photographer, Social Media Strategy, Photography

4.9 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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In this episode, I sit down with Adam Schafer—co-founder of the Mind Pump Podcast and serial entrepreneur—for a real-talk convo on building an 8-figure brand without outside funding. We dive into how he and his partners grew a scrappy podcast into a thriving business by leading with value, staying consistent, and building community. We chat about why bootstrapped founders often downplay their success, how to monetize after proving your value, and the key differences between business, team, an...

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0:00.0	Many people know today's podcast guests from a litany of other things.
0:05.0	I happen to live under a rock and I had no idea who he was until our paths intersected by way of an executive program that we were a part of.
0:14.0	We're going to get to all of that in a second.
0:16.0	But you might know him from Mind Pump Podcast. There's hundreds of thousands of downloads.
0:20.0	They're getting hundreds of thousands of downloads a week. Mind Pump Podcast. There's hundreds of thousands of downloads. They're getting
0:20.9	hundreds of thousands of downloads a week. Mind Pump training resources and deliverables.
0:26.1	Like, this is stuff that I was training to work out with, as well as Mind Pump Fitness Coaching.
0:31.1	I had the honor and privilege of speaking in that community. And I couldn't be more excited
0:35.6	because the person I'm about to bring on to the show
0:38.2	right about now has multiple arms of his business, along with three other business partners.
0:43.7	We're going to talk about brand building. And we're going to talk about personal brand versus
0:46.6	team brand and business brand. Welcome to the show, Adam Schaefer. So glad to be here.
0:51.4	Your episode, by the way, is still doing incredible. I still get DMs about you coming in the studio, so it won't be the last time we do.
0:57.4	Yes, I was a guest on Mind Pump.
0:59.5	I have to say, I was so intimidated.
1:01.0	I was so intimidated.
1:02.2	Really?
1:02.5	It's just the way the lights are all set up.
1:04.8	I mean, and the three of you guys, I mean, it was just, well, the four of you guys, but I'm looking at the three of you guys and I'm just like, wow, you are I got thrown to the lion's den. No, it was a great episode. Definitely. We'll link it in the show notes.
1:28.6	We're talking about my journey as an entrepreneur. But today I want to talk about your journey as an entrepreneur. And before we did there, we're probably established. You and I have a rapport. We joke a lot. Like, I just want us to be 100 with each other because, okay, because Adam is a little bit like hard nose. He'll, he's, I want to say
1:46.2	he's mean to me. He's just like straight out shock holler, like no BS. And so we met as part of
1:52.6	Hampton. Hampton. Yeah, yeah. It's like, how would you, how do you describe it when people ask?
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