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As I said: Sitting through a bunch of videos that teach you about stuff you can't really apply is a waste of your time and your $25/m. Sitting through a video that teaches you, in a concise manner, something you can use right now in your business is priceless.

You say: I'm still left looking at an industry that makes people feel as if they're well underway to internet riches or whatever instead of actually sending them there

I couldn't agree more. If you're thinking of watching/listening to Mixergy just to "get on your path to riches", then that's a terrible reason to do it. Much like watching Peepcode screencasts "to learn about programming" without actually having any programming you want to do.

On the other hand, if you're looking to learn something specific, a mixergy masterclass is a great way to do that.

As for the criticism of sample size, most of the interviews are not presented as holy truths, but just as "this is what happened to me" report. If you read some absolute truth in them, that's your fault, really, since the interviewees are generally humble enough not to claim that their experience is universal. Consider the Mixergy podcast as a place where you can expand your sample size somewhat.

And finally, re: leads, ask me again in 2-4 months - that's how long leads usually take to convert in this industry... Some of them, though, are qualified leads - I can tell that already - and the discussions are going well with them, so at the moment I'm hopeful. That being said, I think I've been around the startup advice block enough to be able to tell useful actionable information from hogwash - so I don't think I'm just fooling myself by believing I've learned something when I haven't.

Edit: talking of being time-poor, time for bed!

My complement and gripe: Mixergy is great. I listen to it because I enjoy it a lot. It's because I enjoy it so much that I tolerate the host projecting his insecurities onto his guests.

Its interesting that Marc Maron's comedy podcast is a very near parallel. He is a good but slightly lesser known comedian who interviews masters of the craft about their histories and how they succeeded.

But also parallel is Maron's tendency to frame his questions around his own neurosis, effectively assuming his guests deal with the same demons he does. To some extent both hosts are correct and we all struggle. But in both cases, they almost put words into their guests mouths.

Again, Mixergy free and premium are well worth it and, if you read this Andrew, despite my unsolicited criticism, I do love your show and appreciate all the work it must take.

Yeah, people spend too much time watching success stories and not enough time actually creating projects. I stopped watching mixergy all together for this same reason. I tend to listen to more variety shows while I'm driving now. But my main issue with Mixergy is that it can actually get kinda cheesy after a while. Somehow I feel like they overact their role, kinda closer to the telemarketer vibe. It seems like it's a show for the "Let's squeeze some milk out of this cow" people, actually caring for the milk not the experience.

Mixergy is well worth the price. However, I just can't stand some of the marketing techniques implemented on the site. Almost everything feels like a landing page, and if I'm a paying subscriber, I feel like I should be sold to just a little bit less.

That and the fact that the search and navigation is really atrocious. I can't find anything on the site after I've seen it. And in general it's just not obvious what to do on any given page, that isn't a marketing page of course.

Drew, I picked a call slot off the calendar you listed on HN. Thursday @ 3pm Eastern Time. Let's work out a way to ship.