Shaan interviews Mohnish Pabrai ('Indian Warren Buffett') on value investing: entrepreneurs as investors, Buffett's college gambit, Ben…
My First Million
890 source episodes in the catalog.
This episode profiles five unusual billionaires: Pavel Durov, Oleg Tinkov, Sean Parker, Tom Anderson, and Aviv Nevo. The notes are…
Sam and Shaan talk about Shepherd being acquired for about $50M, investing in your own P&L, Nick Huber, celebrity partnerships, audience…
Sam and Shaan analyze Hunt Brothers Pizza, described as a $540M ARR gas-station pizza business, and a silly game making $22M a year. They…
Sam and Shaan discuss executive check-ups as a billion-dollar idea, citing Mayo Clinic's $100M proof of concept, plus a $15K/month lead-gen…
Scott Galloway's 17 rules for getting rich: don't follow your passion, reverse-engineer the $160M exit, focus on keeping top talent, 'I'm…
Eighteen-year-old Jenny Hoyos shares her short-form YouTube formula that crossed 100M views: building charisma, the four-criteria hook…
Sam and Shaan unpack a Reddit-originated beauty app for men that hit $6M ARR with a tiny team; surrounding riffs cover male nail-care…
Joe Lonsdale (8VC, co-founder of Palantir/Addepar/Epirus) on his PayPal-intern origins, getting close to global macro under Thiel, taking…
Thomas Tull (Legendary Entertainment, ~$3.5B) profile: Moneyball-for-movies strategy, the 'bigger is better' box-office formula, China as…
Tim Ferriss on why you should stop over-optimising life: his 'What's next?' framework, creativity gyms, money not buying happiness, the art…
An episode framed around Kid Rock's redneck business playbook — old-school merch, touring, brand-loyalty — plus Shaan's new content rules…
Jeremy Giffon (Tiny fund) on data-backed businesses that print $1M from day one: build businesses for people who already have audiences, a…
Tiny Capital's Chris on going from a design agency to a $419M holding company in 8 years: humble beginnings, Tiny's first acquisition, 50X…
Shaan recounts a week with Tim Ferriss, Mohnish Pabrai (the 'Indian Warren Buffett'), Joe Lonsdale (Palantir / 8VC), Nick Gray…
SaaStr founder Jason Lemkin on rules for a $100M-exit SaaS: $400K per employee new minimum, go multi-product, second product must be…
Sam Parr's step-by-step walk-through of launching Hampton, his premium-community product: three failed earlier ideas (short-term rental…
Sam and Shaan on getting things done without being busy: joy of an unscheduled life, maker-vs-manager schedule, intentional workspaces, no…
Sam and Shaan challenge each other to Misogi-style discomfort (Shaan's Speed Project, the Monkey Run, Barkley Marathon), riff on iconic…
Anthony Pompliano (Pomp) joins to talk Michael Saylor's $900M Bitcoin bet, invisible blue-collar businesses Pomp is buying, plus a tour of…
Sam and Shaan tee up 'the talk' about eggs and fertility, then pivot into egg-freezing economics, the regret-score lens, ecom…
Sam and Shaan extract startup lessons from Reddit's IPO, including teaching to learn, showing up, trusting your gut, getting ideas, not…
Sam and Shaan interview Basecamp/HEY founder Jason Fried about his "6-Week Sprint" playbook, using "no" as a precision instrument, why he…
An 18-minute productivity riff: define your Yes Threshold, manager schedule vs maker schedule, the Pyramid of Clarity, floor goals vs…























