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The $20 Million/Year Personality Quiz 89% Of Fortune 100s Swear ByThe economics of personality tests: Myers-Briggs history, the Grit Scale, and a deep-dive on Cognition Labs (a startup monetising…
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How This Gardener Made Millions In His BackyardMixed episode profiling a $27M-ARR gardening influencer, the marketing story behind Hass avocados becoming #1, a new 'man camp' movement, a…
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Elon Musk SUES Sam AltmanNews commentary riff on Elon's OpenAI lawsuit, single-purpose robots, self-driving lawn mowers, robot line cooks, op-ex vs cap-ex, UBI for…
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Why Buying A House Makes Zero Financial Sense | ft. Ramit SethiRamit Sethi discusses why buying a house may not make financial sense, including the real cost of ownership, buying for desire, paying cash…
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5 Genius Business Tactics Turning Broke Authors Into MillionairesThe episode breaks down business tactics used by authors, including James Patterson's hit-making formula, Jack Carr's product placement,…
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Business Finds: Hormozi’s Skool Investment, $700M Water & VC HacksThe episode is a grab bag of business finds: a VC deal-flow hack, Reddit-based group therapy, the 10M Hormozi bump around Skool, breaking…
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I Tried Outsmarting Nancy Pelosi's Investment StrategyThe hosts discuss tracking Nancy Pelosi's trades, Google's AI controversy as a possible buying moment, index funds versus individual…
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Decoding The Extreme Personalities of The Top 1% (Savage Mindset)Sam and Shaan decode the personalities behind Egon Durban (Silver Lake), Ari Emanuel (Endeavor/WME), Dana White (UFC) and the Fertitta…
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This AI Startup Idea Has 500 Million Customers Waiting For ItHeadline idea is an AI presentations startup with a 500M-customer market (Beat PowerPoint/Keynote with AI). The actual chapters sprawl:…
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The 3 Biggest Business Opportunities Of 2024 w/ Syed BalkhiWPBeginner founder Syed Balkhi lays out three of the biggest opportunities of 2024: offshore bookkeeping white-labelled to US accountants,…
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The 3-Step Writing Framework That Helped Us Build +$10M NewslettersSam and Shaan's writing playbook: why-not-how persuasion at scale, clarity of thought, headline-first drafting, copywork warmups, fast…
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3 Niche Business Ideas We Thought Would Fail… But Actually Crushed ItThree counter-intuitive winners: Jenni AI scaling from $2K MRR to $300K MRR with a 'zoom-in' pivot (narrow AI writing assistant for…
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My Mother-in-Law Started a $1M Side Hustle In Her 50'sSam's mother-in-law started a pillow side hustle that hit $1M in her 50s; they riff on Mad Muscles (gym-themed brand), how to bet on…
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What Stock Would Warren Buffett Buy If He Started Over In 2024?Sam and Shaan run 'Stock-a-palooza': five reasons to buy brands not stocks, Shaan's pick TKO (UFC/WWE parent), Sam's pick Ferrari, LVMH as…
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The Dark Story Behind Pornhub’s $1.5B Business EmpireThe greek-tragedy origin story of MindGeek/Pornhub: who's the new king of porn, the Bill Ackman vs Pornhub clash, the reported $77M exit,…
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How I Went From Intern To CEO In 6 Months (My First Startup Gig)Sam on going from intern to CEO in 6 months: work WITH not FOR, write an internal newsletter, present your work well, be a maker not a…
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How This +$80M Founder Launches A Startup In A Weekend | ft. Noah Kagain (#546)Noah Kagain (AppSumo, ~$80M ARR) breaks down his 'now not how' mentality, the upside of asking, the Airbnb sales formula (cold outbound +…
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6 Retro Business Ideas That Could Be As Big As LEGO ($11.8B)Six kidult-toy ideas positioned to be LEGO-class: adult LEGO/Kidult market trends, Tamagotchi for millennials, K'Nex 2.0, easier Rubik's…
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$20M In ONE Day?! (#544)Mixed news/ideas episode: Follow Up Boss sold for $500M, Boring Mattress's niche DTC playbook, Pieter Levels' solo SaaS output, Bryan…
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Brainstorming +$1M Weird Business Ideas With Morning Brew’s CEO Austin Rief (#543)Shaan and Sam brainstorm weird million-dollar ideas with Morning Brew CEO Austin Rief: a $120M Gen Z Bingo concept, a Pizza-Binge Eating…
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Tony Robbins Changes My Life (48 Minute Coaching Session)Tony Robbins ($7B empire, coached Ray Dalio, Conor McGregor and Mandela) gives Shaan a 48-minute coaching session: how he became Tony…
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$250M Founder Reveals How The Rich Avoid Taxes (Legally) | ft. Ankur NagpalAnkur Nagpal (Teachable founder, $250M outcome) lays out 10 tax loopholes every founder should know: QSBS (the most generous break), why…
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We Got Drunk And Came Up With 8 Business Ideas (#540)Episode #540: eight wild ideas generated over drinks — Habit Island (gamified habit app), Fake Tate (deepfake-celebrity social-accounts),…
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Everything I Learned From 48 Hours With MrBeast (The +$1B Mindset) (#539)Sam and Shaan recap lessons from spending 48 hours with billionaires including MrBeast, Andrew Wilkinson, and Joe Gebbia. They discuss…