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A First $1,000 segment about a freelance menswear apparel designer who cold-pitched 10 brands and landed her first two clients after…
Sherry Walling and Rob Walling discuss five psychological lessons founders learn from building and selling SaaS companies. The talk focuses…
Codie breaks down her personal daily CEO time-management system, covering sleep, morning ritual, deep work blocks, gym, in-person work, AI…
Three coworkers noticed colleagues using paper towels to open restroom doors and invented a hands-free door-opening solution. The episode…
Jordan Rejaud built a niche app to $1.5M revenue with zero ads and no content — the value-prop is finding 'an app you've never heard of'…
Chris and Michael Girdley riff on laptop-only business ideas: an AI persona marketplace, a MasterClass-style product where you talk to…
Chris argues the simplest websites often make the most money, citing paycheck calculators, calorie calculators, and Omni Calculator as…
Two friends tired of poor-fitting swimwear for larger busts launched a D-cup-and-up swimwear brand. The episode covers their fit-first…
An ex-Tesla president describes Elon Musk's operating style, including talent selection, solving Tesla's sales problem, noticing urgent…
A solo episode distilling 24 years of side-hustle lessons from Nick Loper: finding your real motivation, ideation and experimentation,…
Ras Mic explains how AI agents actually work: the anatomy of a context window (system prompt, agent.md, skills, tools, code, conversation,…
Ethan dropped out of college, used AI to build CutCoach (a niche fitness app) in days rather than weeks, and scaled it to $20K/month in six…
Interview with Vadim, an 18-year-old with zero coding experience who made $5,000 in his first month from Vugola, an AI clipping app…
Graham Weaver (~$18.9B AUM, Alpine Investors) walks Sam and Shaan through his 'buy-and-build' PE playbook: acquire a boring service…
The US government spends $834 billion a year on contracts, with $200 billion set aside for small businesses, but SAM.gov is so unusable…
Andrew Davies shares SaaS growth lessons from Paddle data covering $36 billion in ARR across 19,000 companies. He covers company thesis…
A First $1,000 segment about an anime artist who earns money through personalized art commissions. The episode covers her pricing strategy,…
Shannon Jean walks through liquidation-pallet flipping: a student turned $1 of government-auction books into $5,000 in a month, and his $5…
Guest Mike Yoder started a drone deer-recovery service in Ohio and made $50,000 in his first 10 weeks; four years later he does over $32…
Greg talks with Flo, founder of Lindy, about Lindy Assistant, an AI executive assistant that lives in iMessage and works proactively across…
Flo's AI app (MonAI) was stuck at a few hundred dollars a month for over a year. One influencer partnership changed everything and grew it…
A software engineer built a premium cigar subscription box service for enthusiasts. The episode covers how he sourced cigars, set up…
Chelsea Shelton of Gold City Ventures built an Etsy digital-products shop to $1,000-$1,200/month largely on autopilot after starting on…
A Failure Friday episode about the founder of a standardized test prep service who had a perfect SAT score, wrote a book pitch, and was…
