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Steph Smith: “This opportunity is totally overlooked”Steph Smith discusses overlooked demographic and health opportunities: the silver tsunami, perimenopause as 6k new customers a day, nursing…
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From Navy SEAL To Viral Content Creator - MrBallen’s Insane StoryMrBallen (John Allen, ex-Navy SEAL) and Nick Witters explain how telling one story on TikTok became MrBallen, and how Ballen Studios turns…
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How I Went From Broke to $7 Million With An Airbnb BusinessIsaac French explains how he bought his first investment property at 24 with $2K down and sold it two years later for $7M, then repeats the…
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From Nonprofit Founder To Building A $300M Pilates BusinessAnne Mahlum on her arc: built an $8M/yr non-profit (Back on My Feet), then bet her $175K life savings on a single pilates studio…
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10 Startups w/ Stock Grants That’ll Make You A Millionaire | Sara’s List 2024Sara's List 2024 cohort: ten growth-stage startups the hosts think can 5-10x in five years — OpenAI, Retool, Mercury, Cursor, Epirus, Wiz,…
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The $70M/yr Sports Bar + Sleepy Industries Worth $100MIdea-sprint: Cosm's playground virality, a 'Tesla of home appliances', $100M sleepy industries, the rise/fall/rise of Weight Watchers,…
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How To Buy A Multi-Million Dollar Business With $0 Down (Full Guide)How to buy a multi-million dollar business with no money down: seller notes, earnouts, banker deals, debt structuring, and using track…
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Life Hacks From The King of Introverts + 7 Business IdeasNick Gray (self-described 'Friends Billionaire' and cocktail-party author) joins Sam and Shaan to share networking/party tactics plus 7…
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Inside Warren Buffett’s Inner Circle: How The Elite ThinkLessons from Buffett's 'Posse', Farmer Mac, going to 9 Tony Robbins seminars, handwritten notes from Warren Buffett, why not to study…
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The Top 0.1% Of Ideas I've Stumbled Upon On The InternetCurated list of the top 0.1% of internet ideas Sam has stumbled on: spotting high-agency people, the kale phone vs the cocaine phone, Lee…
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"I can't believe nobody's doing this yet" - 5 cash cow business ideasFive speculative ideas: a Self-Awareness Test (psychometric D2C), Designer Babies (genetic-selection agency), selling eyes as art, Personal…
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Building A 100+ Year Legacy + Peter Thiel’s Fellowship + Bomb Hiring QuestionsAlfred Nobel's $266M legacy, competitions vs trusts, an XPRIZE-but-for-companies idea, Shaan's 'win $10K to start a college paper' prize,…
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Jesse Pujji on Bootstrapping a +$1B Business + Selling To The Ultra RichInterview with Jesse Pujji on bootstrapping Ampush to over $1B in aggregate value and selling to the ultra-rich. Chapters cover…
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Jack Smith On Biohacking, 2 Easy Business Ideas, PLUS Why Procrastination Is GoodJack Smith discusses biohacking and pitches two $1M business ideas: a Mobile Dexa Scan service that brings body-composition scans to the…
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How To Grow An Audience If You Have 0 FollowersAudience-from-zero playbook: forget the numbers, find your inner nerd, build a magnet, the 'first, last, best, worst, weirdest' interview…
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Is This The End Of The Pod?Sam and Shaan take a break from business to talk about relationships, leaning on 'The Body Keeps the Score' and Gottman's Four Horsemen…
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I Lost Everything Twice… Then Made $26M In 18 MonthsAlex Hormozi on losing everything, the Acquisition.com ~$250M/yr playbook for buying boring service businesses, investing in Skool ($100M+…
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You Don’t Need A Mentor. Focus On THIS InsteadThe episode is a short advice-focused set of stories around Scott Belsky's pep talk, enrolling in getting rich, asking better questions,…
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The Market Is Crashing. Here’s What We’re Doing About It…Sam and Shaan react to a market dip, then pivot to Olympics winners and losers (Femke Bol, Team Refugees, Simone Biles, pole vault memes,…
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He Sold His Company For $15M, Then Got A Job At McDonald’sScott Heiferman on his path to a $15M outcome, building Meetup.com to a $156M exit, 'Rosie the Riveter 3.0,' plus an Elon problem-solving…
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3 Underdog Stories That’ll Get You Inspired This WeekThree underdog stories (Israeli Ed Sheeran impersonator, Ed Sheeran's actual origin, Olympic swimmer Eric the Eel), plus quick profiles of…
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6 Things I Learned From Not Drinking For 1 YearSam's personal essay on a year sober: figure out your why, tell your friends, recreate your identity, be 'mostly good' not perfect, watch…
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10 AI Business Ideas From The Queen of AI ft. Sarah GuoSarah Guo (Conviction) shares ten AI business ideas: AI companions, AI interior design / professional headshots, a richer Sims,…
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Business Brainstorm: SAT Prep Cartoons, The Onion For Millennial Moms & MoreThis business brainstorm covers Sketchy-style SAT prep cartoons, niche fake news for a trusted audience, safer tampons, and broader…