Well, what's up, my friends? This is the Jason Stapleton program, the entrepreneurial

podcast that breaks down the skills you need to start and grow a business that creates

more wealth and freedom for you. That sounds like your jam. Let's get started.

What's up, everybody? Thanks so much for being here. Happy Monday, too. Yeah, I'm in Portugal

right now. That's right. I'm out of pocket, but I got a great interview for you today.

Mike Schmidt is going to be with us in just a second. And he is got an interesting background.

The guy's got an interesting story. He's built a couple of companies over the last few

years. Let me grab my stuff. Here's like, I can get it right. He started a company called

Listen.com.co, which was originally acquired by a larger company. And then he launched something

called Dovetail, which has become something called Shopify collab. So our Shopify bought

Dovetail.com, turned it into collabs. Now, why is that important? Well, I got an email

from Shopify the other day. They've been a huge sponsor of this show. We love them. I think

that if you are starting an e-commerce company or brand that Shopify is, they are the gold

standard that you guys should go with. And again, they're not a sponsor. They show any

more. So you trust me. I'm talking from the heart here. And they said, we have this brand

new program for creators and merchants to come together in a new way. And as we chatted

back and forth a little bit about it via email, I got really excited about it. Because I

know for a lot of you the big question is, well, I don't know what I would sell. I don't

know how I would monetize my ideas or the things that I really love, my interests and passions.

And I think over the course of this episode, what you're going to hear is a clear path

for you to be able to do that. And no, this is not sponsored by anybody. They just asked

me if I would consider having Mike on to talk about what they're doing over at Shopify.

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