My First Million
How to Buy Distressed Assets, How to Network with Codie Sanchez | My First Million Ep. #176Codie Sanchez joins to discuss buying distressed SMBs - mailing centers, pack-and-ships, modular/tiny-home rentals, RE at auction, and her…
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Side Hustle School
#1578 - Emergency Room PA Creates Medical Spanish CourseAn emergency-room physician assistant created an online course teaching Spanish medical terminology to healthcare providers, and now earns…
My First Million
Brainstorming Million Dollar Ideas with Elaine Zelby | My First Million Ep. #175Sam and Shaan are joined by Elaine Zelby (then at SignalFire) for a brainstorm on a SaaS bundle company (called 'easily a $10M business'),…
Side Hustle School
#1576 - The Man Who Paints Parking Lot StripesAn asphalt pricing estimator started a side business painting parking lot stripes, finding a simple physical service with steady demand.…
My First Million
How to Network with Billionaires with Andrew Wilkinson | My First Million Ep. #174Andrew Wilkinson (Tiny) catches up with Sam — they discuss their recent investments, Andrew's bakery acquisition (more for fun than…
Side Hustle School#1574 - Failure Friday: “The day of the event arrived, and no one showed up…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#1574 - Failure Friday: “The day of the event arrived, and no one showed up…”A Failure Friday segment about a ballroom dance enthusiast who hosted a book signing party that nobody attended. No revenue or cost figures…
Indie Hackers#203 – What You Need to Know About Bitclout with Mubashar IqbalSOURCE CONVERSATION
Indie Hackers
#203 – What You Need to Know About Bitclout with Mubashar IqbalCourtland interviews prolific indie hacker Mubashar Iqbal about BitClout, a crypto social platform where users buy and sell "creator…
My First Million
How Beachbody Makes Money, & Brainstorming "HackerNews for X" | My First Million #173Beachbody/75 Hard as the $1B fitness-D2C playbook, pod-growth mechanics, and a long brainstorm on 'HackerNews for X' — verticals ranging…
Side Hustle School#1571 - Civil Engineer Dismantles “90-Day Fiancé” Visa ProblemSOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#1571 - Civil Engineer Dismantles “90-Day Fiancé” Visa ProblemA civil engineer who successfully brought his fiance to the U.S. on a spousal visa now helps other couples navigate the same immigration…
Indie Hackers#202 – How to Build a Rabid Fan Base with Austin Rief of Morning BrewSOURCE CONVERSATION
Indie Hackers
#202 – How to Build a Rabid Fan Base with Austin Rief of Morning BrewAustin Rief started Morning Brew, a daily business newsletter, while still in college and grew it into a media brand. He covers how…
My First Million
MFM #172 - Advice to Young Entrepreneurs, Indie Businesses Making Millions, & How to Grow a PodcastSam and Shaan discuss growing the podcast, Coinbase's IPO and Hacker News origins, advice for young entrepreneurs, MicroAcquire, an indie…
Side Hustle School
#1569 - Lifelong Superfan Gets Paid to Write Disney BlogA lifelong Disney fan turned her childhood journaling habit into a Disney blog that now earns about $1,000 per month. The episode covers…
Side Hustle School#1567 - Failure Friday: “First Etsy crushed us, then Google pulled the plug…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#1567 - Failure Friday: “First Etsy crushed us, then Google pulled the plug…”A Failure Friday segment about a serial side hustler whose Etsy shop and then Google traffic both fell away, leading to repeated setbacks.…
Indie Hackers#201 – 3x Growth, Dating, and Hiring a Coach for Everything with Ben Orenstein of TupleSOURCE CONVERSATION
Indie Hackers
#201 – 3x Growth, Dating, and Hiring a Coach for Everything with Ben Orenstein of TupleBen Orenstein, founder of Tuple (a remote pair-programming app for macOS), catches up on hitting millions in ARR and 3x growth. He talks…
My First Million
MFM #171: How to Generate Millions from Paid Events (Bootstrapped)Sam explains step-by-step how he grew HustleCon from zero into a profitable paid conference business, sharing ticket pricing, sponsor math,…
Side Hustle School
#1564 - Customer Service Agent Becomes CBD AffiliateA long-time software sales rep spent a decade learning affiliate marketing before breaking through with a review site focused on CBD…
Indie Hackers#200 – Every Indie Hacker Has an Online Course in Them with Andrew Barry, Marie Poulin, and Ali AbdaalSOURCE CONVERSATION
Indie Hackers
#200 – Every Indie Hacker Has an Online Course in Them with Andrew Barry, Marie Poulin, and Ali AbdaalAndrew Barry, Marie Poulin and Ali Abdaal talk about why every indie hacker has an online course inside them. The episode covers getting…
My First Million
Bradley Jacobs: The Man Who Started 5, Billion-Dollar CompaniesBradley Jacobs on starting Amorex and Hamilton, building United Waste Management, founding United Rentals and XPO Logistics, his 'scaler'…
Side Hustle School
#1562 - RV Renter Revs Up Recurring RevenueA single mom rents out her personal recreational vehicle as a money-making machine, creating recurring revenue. The description hints at a…
My First Million
How Cleveland Cavalier's Owner, Dan Gilbert, Got So RichAndrew Wilkinson narrates how Dan Gilbert went from nothing to a $50B+ net worth through Quicken Loans and the Cleveland Cavaliers, with a…
My First Million
MFM #169: How One Man Has Built 5, Billion Dollar CompaniesThis profile episode examines serial empire builders: how Bradley Jacobs built five billion-dollar companies through rollup strategies such…
Side Hustle School#1560 - Failure Friday: Pandemic Shuts Down Himalayan Trekking ToursSOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#1560 - Failure Friday: Pandemic Shuts Down Himalayan Trekking ToursA Failure Friday segment about the founder of a Himalayan trekking company whose business collapsed to zero when Nepal shut its borders…
My First Million
MFM #168 - How to Reverse Engineer Businesses, The Indonesian King of Coal & the Story of AdidasSam and Shaan cover IP licensing (the TurnedYellow story), cronyism and the Indonesian King of Coal, 'business is the art of copying,'…
Indie Hackers#199 – The Future of Teaching with Darrell Silver of Thinkful and Quincy Larson of freeCodeCampSOURCE CONVERSATION
Indie Hackers
#199 – The Future of Teaching with Darrell Silver of Thinkful and Quincy Larson of freeCodeCampDarrell Silver (Thinkful) and Quincy Larson (freeCodeCamp) discuss the economics of online education and how indie hackers can start…