Josh Turner (author of the new book Connect: The Secret LinkedIn Playbook To Generate Leads, Build Relationships, And Dramatically Increase Your Sales) teaches us how to leverage LinkedIn for startups and side projects this week on the podcast.

Josh also runs LinkedUniversity.com which has been teaching people how to effectively use LinkedIn to get more business. This week we talk about simple things that can make a big difference with your LinkedIn profile.

Andy Weir, bestselling author of The Martian and The Egg talks with us this week about how he writes, how he comes up with ideas, and what inspires him.

Andy’s story personally inspires me because I am trying to finish my first novel right now and Eliot has written two novels with another on the way.

Moreover, he used to be a computer programmer (just like me).

Now he gets to live a life focused on writing entertaining-as-hell novels that millions of people will read.

Do not miss this interview, it will inspire you in many ways!

Mike Belsito wrote a new book called Startup Seed Funding for the Rest of Us. Here's the description:

You have aspirations for creating a startup company that will change the world, but need startup capital in order to make that happen. Where do you start? How can you raise serious funding when you don't have many connections or live outside of a major startup community like Silicon Valley.

This week we also discuss this great concept and cover interesting topics like privacy and security for your iPhone, Facebook and Twitter accounts.