24: Growing Your Business Through Challenges with Erik Huberman

<p>We’re delighted to welcome a successful rock star entrepreneur as our guest for today’s podcast! Erik Huberman is the founder and CEO of Hawke Media. He is joining us today to talk about how he managed to achieve the fantastic success that he has had in his business, and to tell us how his business keeps on growing, even during the global pandemic. He will also be offering some advice for all of us in the meetings and events industry.</p> <p><strong>About Hawke Media</strong></p> <p>Erik started Hawke Media in 2014, and over the last six years, the company has been experiencing phenomenal growth. Hawke media currently has around 165 employees, and it continues to grow at an exponential rate.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p><strong>Erik’s bio</strong></p> <p>Erik Huberman is a serial entrepreneur and a sought-after thought leader in the world of digital marketing, entrepreneurship, sales, and business. Before starting Hawke Media, Erik founded, grew, and sold Swag of the Month, and he grew the sales of Ellie.com to a million dollars in just four months.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>Erik has received many honors and awards, including Forbes “30 Under 30”, Inc Magazine’s “Top 25 Marketing Influencers”, and Influencive’s “Top Influencive Influencers of 2017”. Erik is a regular contributor to major media publications like Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Business Insider.</p> <p><strong>Erik comes from an entrepreneurial family</strong></p> <p>Erik has an entrepreneurial dad and an entrepreneurial grandfather, so the idea of running a business came very naturally to him, and he took it for granted that he would build his own business at some point. He was always eager to learn new things, so he made sure he took on jobs and roles in companies so that he could learn everything from top to bottom.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p><strong>Erik’s journey</strong></p> <p>Erik graduated in 2008, and he started working in the real estate industry one week before the e