A short host monologue kicking off year six of Side Hustle School. It previews a new weekly segment, more founder stories plus Q&A, and a…
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Jennifer Earle, founder of Chocolate Ecstasy Tours, used to run guided London food tours and tried expanding into a self-guided version…
Andrew Wilkinson joins for the 2021 Milly Awards: billionaire of the year, company of the year, unsexy simple business of the year,…
Niya Dragova of Candor shares her story growing up in Bulgaria during the fall of Communism and how that experience shaped her mission to…
Sam is joined by producer Ben Wilson for a Twitter AMA, then recounts the story of Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht - how the dark-web…
A nomadic designer relocates to Switzerland and pivots into no-code app development, shipping more than ten apps in a single year. The…
Steph Smith tells Sam Parr the story of Tyler Perry — how he bootstrapped a billionaire acting/directing empire without the Hollywood…
Case study of Kat Norton (Miss Excel): how a corporate Excel trainer became a TikTok creator, monetised viral content with a 'sexy' macro…
Steph Smith joins Sam to break down solo million-dollar businesses, including BuiltWith.com, Levels.io, Ugmonk, Carrd, About.me, Unfold,…
A home chef who has personal experience with food limitations turns that into a gluten-free food blog. The site earns around $5,000 per…
Failure Friday: Allen Chiang of Retro Radio Farm had so much demand he couldn't keep up, then watched Facebook ads stop delivering, leaving…
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian on Web3: why Web3 matters for community, shared ownership and skin-in-the-game, lessons from early Reddit,…
Sahil Lavingia, founder of Gumroad, discusses his new book The Minimalist Entrepreneur and what indie hackers can learn from it. The…
An office manager nicknamed 'jack n ginger' designs island-style jewelry inspired by Hawaii, reportedly making up to $4,000 a month…
Sam and Shaan review notable Twitter accounts such as Post_Market, Ramit, GoodMarketingHQ, TheKanyeStory.com, PessimistsArc, Daily Stoic,…
A freelance writer carves out a niche in financial content and produces about sixty articles a month, clearing six figures a year on a…
Failure Friday: Suzanne Tucker of Generation Mindful recounts going all-in on a multi-million-dollar NIH grant application, only to be…
Anthony Scaramucci on turning bad situations into opportunities, the future of live events, why he's bullish on crypto and Web3, and the…
Shaan and Sam discuss how Miss Excel makes millions from short-form TikTok/Excel tutorials, profile Monthly.com and Descript as founder-led…
Touring/live-show business model, Andrew Lloyd Webber's billionaire arc, 'the company you would build if you had the time,' VR therapy, the…
Matt Wensing shares the long journey behind Summit, including how he stayed afloat for years without any revenue while building his second…
A listener with an older dormant food blog asks whether to convert it to an ecommerce store or start a fresh site. The episode weighs SEO…
Shaan sits down with comedian Hasan Minhaj on daily routines, whether entrepreneurship and comedy are inborn or learned, his process for…
Sahil Bloom and Greg Isenberg follow up on their plan to buy the X Games: Web3-ifying the X Games via DAO governance, the unique challenges…











