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Scott Keyes, founder of Scott's Cheap Flights, talks about how his travel-deals newsletter survived COVID-19, which devastated the travel…
Exit Strategy S1E7: Chris Davi of Loot Crate walks through scaling to $170M in 4 years and then bankruptcy; the marketing mix of Facebook…
Paul Tran (Manscaped CEO) walks Moiz through inventing the men's pubic-grooming category, building the 'Lawnmower' trimmer, the…
Exit Strategy S1:E4 with Nik Sharma (DTC investor) and Moiz Ali (Native, sold to P&G for $100M in 28 weeks): Nik's background and Judy…
Shaan Puri walks through his strategy to become a successful angel investor: missed opportunities, first investment and strategy,…
A river guide frustrated by his company's clunky hiring process builds a job application software platform that streamlines the workflow.…
While her husband is on military deployment, an HR director uses the alone time to build a subscription box business. The episode covers…
Liquid Death founder Mike Cessario on branding a water company like an energy drink / punk band — disrupting the category with a brand…
Earlier interview with Mike Cessario (Liquid Death founder) about his Gary-Vaynerchuk-pedigree branding approach — rethinking water…
Non-business personal episode: Sam and Shaan share their thoughts on the George Floyd protests, the riots and looting, and how the moment…
A legally blind archaeologist who can't find work pivots to writing and goes on to earn multiple six figures self-publishing supernatural…
Sam and Shaan give their thoughts on Black Lives Matter, renting vs buying and the housing market during 2020's economic turmoil, plus a…
Two artistic sisters begin making floral resin jewelry and turn the craft into a budding side hustle. The host also asks whether starting a…
Alexa Von Tobel on founding LearnVest (financial planning software for everyday Americans), dropping out of Harvard, mission behind the…
Shaan argues that if you don't want a traditional job you should start creating content. He reflects on the MFM origin, stats and goals,…
Shaan interviews Greg Isenberg on youprobablyneedahaircut.com: a booking platform that matches home-bound customers with local mobile…
A country-music fan student starts frequenting a local country bar and decides to become a part-time country music DJ for events. The…
A PR and marketing professional wrote an 'only for fun' romance novel that led to a multiple six-figure side gig writing real-life…
A Q&A-format episode where a listener who has been scanning for the right side-hustle idea asks how to push forward when nothing has…
James Altucher tells the story of making and losing money during the dot-com era, losing $1M a week, witnessing 9/11, and rebuilding his…
Rob Walling, founder of TinySeed (an accelerator for bootstrappers), discusses common misconceptions around fundraising, how to succeed as…
A first-time mom discovers Hypnobirthing and turns it into a service business that sells courses, tools, and resources to anxious expectant…
Sam and Shaan interview James Altucher about losing his entire net worth around 9/11 and rebuilding it, his approach to angel investing (he…
A New York finance professional launches a fashion brand for petite women and discovers that her accompanying blog on petite styling drives…
