My First Million
How FTX Scaled A $30 Billion Company With Only 30 Engineers!Sam and Shaan discuss the FTX story as a lesson in not over-hiring (roughly $30B scale with only ~30 engineers), share party-planning…
Good ideas start with a conversation.
Watch the creators. Understand the context. Find your own angle.
4,467 episodes
Side Hustle School#1997 - First $1,000: “No one in Boston could find a good pierogi…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#1997 - First $1,000: “No one in Boston could find a good pierogi…”Two co-founders spotted a gap for good pierogi in Boston and built Jaju Pierogi, a line of Polish dumplings now sold in hundreds of New…
Greg Isenberg
Predicting the Future of Web3Sahil Bloom + Greg + Gaby Goldberg on Web3 and crypto: Twitter as network accelerant, STEPN move-to-earn fitness, Web3 fitness/insurance…
Side Hustle School#1994 - Failure Friday: “We tried to be everything to everyone…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#1994 - Failure Friday: “We tried to be everything to everyone…”The founder of Cleanlots, a long-running parking lot cleanup service, shares how the company expanded too quickly in its early years before…
My First Million
Everything You Need To Know About The UPCOMING RECESSION (How To Prepare)Crypto-crash reaction, downturn mindset, what Sam and Shaan are doing now, a Truebill subscription-cancellation profile, and…
Indie Hackers#256 – Debate: Elon Musk, Billionaires, Ethics, and Role Models with Sahil Lavingia and Justin JacksonSOURCE CONVERSATION
Indie Hackers
#256 – Debate: Elon Musk, Billionaires, Ethics, and Role Models with Sahil Lavingia and Justin JacksonSahil Lavingia (Gumroad) and Justin Jackson (Transistor.fm) join Courtland and Channing for a debate episode on Elon Musk, billionaires,…
Side Hustle School
#1991 - Digital Illustrator Crafts Creative DesignsAn American expat based in France sells multiethnic graphic illustrations online, drawing on her artistic background and heritage. The…
My First Million
Asking Colin & Samir How To Make $1,000,000 On YouTubeColin and Samir interview Sam and Shaan on YouTube growth: origin stories, table-stakes for 200K, team setup, what tools creators wish…
Side Hustle School#1990 - First $1,000: “I wanted to be the guy with a laptop on the beach…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#1990 - First $1,000: “I wanted to be the guy with a laptop on the beach…”First $1,000: the founder of Maid This builds a cleaning company into a multi-million-dollar operation that he runs remotely. The episode…
Side Hustle School#1987 - Failure Friday: “I acted like an inexperienced order-taker…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#1987 - Failure Friday: “I acted like an inexperienced order-taker…”Failure Friday: a freelance writer who now earns six figures looks back at her early mistakes when she acted as an inexperienced…
Greg Isenberg
Building From Scratch with Ryan HooverRyan Hoover (Product Hunt, Weekend Fund) on building disruptive products from one small insight, embracing the niche, why the best products…
My First Million
We Hosted A SharkTank For SaaS Businesses'SharkTank for SaaS' — five founders pitch live: 5X (Tarush Aggarwal), Bacarai (Kenny Totten), Munch (Oren), Nicklpass (Zaza and Allison…
Side Hustle School
#1984 - Data Scientist Profits from Viral ArticleA data scientist publishes a Medium article that goes viral, then turns the attention into an online community and a series of paid courses…
My First Million
The Billion Dollar Business Behind Drake's Gambling Live Streams (Stake.com)Sam and Shaan profile Stake.com (Drake's gambling live-stream partner), tease Sam's new venture, talk Shaan's sister's business, plus a…
Side Hustle School#1983 - First $1,000: “I’ll never forget the moment I got paid…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#1983 - First $1,000: “I’ll never forget the moment I got paid…”First $1,000: belly-dance coach Jennifer Sobel moves her in-person program online and turns it into a sustainable business teaching…
Side Hustle School#1980 - Failure Friday: “We locked ourselves in a room for six months to build it…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#1980 - Failure Friday: “We locked ourselves in a room for six months to build it…”Failure Friday: co-founders of Sports Bookr, an online booking and scheduling service for sports facilities, learn the hard way that…
My First Million
Follow These 3 Steps To Start A $1,000,000 Lead Generation BusinessSam and Shaan answer Neil Gupta's question about starting a $1,000,000 lead generation business, including finding a blueprint, choosing…
Greg Isenberg
How to Invent and Invest In the Future with Josh WolfeJosh Wolfe (Lux Capital) on investing at the edges of science and tech: question tradition, randomness and optionality, why the beaten path…
My First Million
Behind The Scenes Of The Billionaires' Mastermind (TIGER 21) | Michael Sonnenfeldt InterviewSam interviews Michael Sonnenfeldt, founder and chairman of Tiger 21, a peer-to-peer network for high-net-worth individuals, about building…
Side Hustle School
#1977 - This Balloon-Popping Tool Strikes Helium GoldA graphic designer invents a tool that pops helium balloons safely and turns the invention into a sellable product. The episode walks…
Side Hustle School#1976 - First $1,000: “I wasn’t sure what to do, so I started selling sports cards…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#1976 - First $1,000: “I wasn’t sure what to do, so I started selling sports cards…”First $1,000: a Los Angeles consultant starts buying and reselling sports cards during the pandemic for fun and it turns highly profitable.
My First Million
The Guy That Raised The AIDS Drug Price By 50x Is Interesting...Sam and Shaan discuss Martin Shkreli, including the AIDS drug price controversy, Blab, social media, cult followings, marketing,…
Indie Hackers#255 – The Drive to Make Money, Defining Life Principles, and Courtland Wins $10k from Vincent Woo of CoderpadSOURCE CONVERSATION
Indie Hackers
#255 – The Drive to Make Money, Defining Life Principles, and Courtland Wins $10k from Vincent Woo of CoderpadVincent Woo (Coderpad) joins after selling his company for tens of millions. Topics include advice for new indie hackers trying to make…
Side Hustle School#1973 - Failure Friday: “Offensive Greeting Cards” Lost in PostSOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#1973 - Failure Friday: “Offensive Greeting Cards” Lost in PostFailure Friday: a UK founder of crude, offensive greeting cards scales up with overseas suppliers for a big holiday run — and loses the…