Shaan and Sam discuss MFM's value, niche needs, a viral TikTok realtor side hustle, Sam Bankman-Fried, A.Team-style future-of-work teams,…
My First Million
890 source episodes in the catalog.
Shaan recounts losing $250K on Luna/Terra, walks through stablecoin mechanics, the 20% Anchor yield, Do Kwon's cult-of-personality, and the…
News riff: Savannah Bananas sports entertainment, an old Moiz (Native) interview breakdown, Terra/Luna crash and Shaan losing >$200K, Liver…
Shaan's nine leadership frameworks borrowed from Dr. House, The Holiday, Misery, Tesla, peer groups, calendar audits and a kickoff…
Moiz Ali (founder of Native deodorant, sold to P&G for $100M in 28 weeks) on starting Native in secret, finding competitive advantage,…
Sam interviews Carolyn Childers, co-founder/CEO of Chief.com, on building an $80M ARR women-executive mastermind/subscription community,…
Neil Patel on the trade-offs between running an agency vs building a software business — margins, scalability, customer concentration, and…
Neil Patel talks about his business history, the minority-certification playbook, the Magic Johnson theory of business ownership, his…
Sam and Shaan on Twitch streamer revenue ($18M/year for top creators), how Felix (PewDiePie) is doing, Justine Musk's Quora answers, the…
Shaan and Ben Levy answer a listener whose NFTs were stolen: responding to disaster, choosing your narrative, embracing crypto risks,…
Listener Q&A about scaling a successful ghost kitchen: analysing the unit economics, the consulting approach that helped build it, creating…
Sam and Shaan react to how a single viral TikTok ad drove $500K of Tabs Chocolate (a 'sex chocolate' DTC brand); they also touch on Outcome…
Discussion of how to license popular YouTubers' IP to make millions: product deals, branded experiences, digital goods, and the mechanics…
Sam and Shaan react to Elon Musk's $44B Twitter acquisition, debate combustion engines, marvel at the human body, recount Tesla's origin…
Sam and Shaan walk through their framework for going from $0 to a real business: describing your approach, concrete tactics, the origin…
Six side-hustle ideas pitched in 2022: (1) Milo Again — repeat-purchase kids brand; (2) Zoom waiting-room experience; (3) 'Give me a…
How to interact with famous people, plus deep dives into Blippi (kids YouTube edutainment) and Vstar Entertainment (live kids/family…
Sam and Shaan discuss startup scams and failures including uBiome, Trust No One, and Fast's implosion, then branch into Elon buying…
Sam and Shaan run a Q&A covering starting over from zero in your 20s, what to look for in business partners, how to get Twitter-famous,…
Sam and Shaan with Andrew Wilkinson on getting rich by 40: helping a hockey player go viral, building social media following,…
Shaan and Sam recount Paul Le Roux (the dark-web pharma kingpin) and his possible connection to Bitcoin / Satoshi, Peter Thiel at a Bitcoin…
News analysis on Elon Musk's $43B Twitter offer: timeline of events, board drama, the offer letter text, valuation and monetization, SEC…
Greg Isenberg on Silicon Valley narratives, missed opportunities, first-principles thinking, minimising market risk, and going against the…
Sam and Shaan answer five reflective questions about settling, choosing battles, what they let in, who they spend time with, and ways they…























