Starter Story
I Built an App with Cursor and Made $100K on Launch DayAlex Finn used Cursor to build CreatorBuddy, a creator-tools app that hit $300K ARR with a $100K launch day, and the episode is essentially…
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My First Million
How to Scale a Profitable Agency with 0 Employees (Using AI Agents)This episode discusses scaling a profitable agency with no employees by using AI as go-to-market, tinkering with tools such as Supabase,…
Side Hustle SchoolEp. 3077 - STORY: Four Friends Create Conversations, Earn $400,000 in 8 MonthsSOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
Ep. 3077 - STORY: Four Friends Create Conversations, Earn $400,000 in 8 MonthsFour Dutch friends turned a desire for meaningful conversation on dark winter days into a side business that pulled in roughly $400,000…
Starter Story
How to Use AI to Find a $1M Idea [Reddit, Claude]A Starter Story methodology episode teaching the 'Gold Mining Framework': use Reddit and Claude to find a $1M idea and ship a…
Greg Isenberg
Building AI Apps: From Idea to Viral in 30 DaysSherry Jiang (Peek, AI personal finance app) on vibe-coding her first prototype in 3 hours, the 'rule of six' for user testing, four…
My First Million
How the smartest founders are winning in AISam and Shaan talk with Jason Lemkin about AI body doubles, users telling AI things they will not tell humans, incumbent apps being…
The Koerner Office
watch this if you're tired of being brokeShannon Jean talks mindset: overcoming fear, building confidence, bias for action, handling failure, ADHD and productivity, and testing…
Greg Isenberg
I Used AI to Build 4 $1M+/year businesses (FULL Playbook)Jordan Mix walks through a 35-step playbook for building profitable companies in the AI age. Foundation: heads-down time, find an…
Side Hustle SchoolEp. 3075 - First $1,000: Marketing Pro Builds GPT Bots—No Code NeededSOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
Ep. 3075 - First $1,000: Marketing Pro Builds GPT Bots—No Code NeededA marketing professional with no coding experience built a side hustle selling custom GPT chatbot services, learned pricing and…
Side Hustle School
Ep. 3074 - Weekend Workshop: Measure What MattersA Weekend Workshop segment on 'measuring what matters' as a step in building a 2025 side hustle. The format is one free concept per week…
Starter Story
I Make $250K/Month From 20 AppsJohn Rush runs 20+ small businesses making $3M/year combined and shares a 'co-maker' strategy, an ideation blueprint, B2B-deal tactics,…
The Koerner Office
This Simple Rental Business Could Change Your Life!Martina and Aidan of Castles of Dallas grew a bounce house rental business from two used inflatables bought on Facebook Marketplace to over…
My First Million
Business Is Now On Easy ModeThis is a step-by-step process for finding an idea, sketching it, scoping an MVP, vibe-coding a prototype, marketing it, and using an AI…
The Koerner Office
“It’s Not That Easy?” Sam Launched Overnight to Prove It IsSam Thompson breaks down how a Twitter reply became a hummingbird nectar business doing over $5K in its first 21 days: branding literal…
Side Hustle SchoolEp. 3070 - STORY: High School Student Earns $20,000 Making Wooden Bow TiesSOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
Ep. 3070 - STORY: High School Student Earns $20,000 Making Wooden Bow TiesA high-school student received a wooden bow tie he didn't like, taught himself to make a better one, and built a side business selling…
Greg Isenberg
How I use Google Veo3 to create viral videos (3M views in 48 hrs)Filmmaker PJ Accetturo walks through creating a viral AI pharmaceutical ad parody with Google's Veo 3: ChatGPT scripts, Veo 3 generation at…
My First Million
This Opportunity Won’t Exist In 5 Years - $3B FounderA $3B founder discusses dropping out, building Vercel, and a set of AI startup ideas. The ideas include V0 for video games, Doom CAPTCHA,…
Greg Isenberg
Making $2,800/day with AI Design Agents (Runway + Midjourney)Brett from Designjoy walks through his AI design pipeline: ChatGPT to generate sophisticated prompts, Midjourney for styled images with…
Side Hustle SchoolEp. 3068 -First $1,000: Real Estate Office Rents Out Podcast StudioSOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
Ep. 3068 -First $1,000: Real Estate Office Rents Out Podcast StudioA real estate office rented out an underused room in their building as a podcast studio, turning spare space into steady rental income with…
The Koerner Office
If People Pay for This, Your Idea Will Work TooA riff session on weird businesses that make money: Excel esports, horse-hair competitions, and a $7M business turning YouTube tutorials…
Side Hustle School
Ep. 3067 - Weekend Workshop: Frame Your First DollarA Weekend Workshop segment about celebrating first-dollar and early milestones as a side-hustle founder. It is the latest installment in a…
The Koerner Office
Google Veo 3 Just Changed the Game: Here’s Your Money-Making TutorialSolo tutorial on making money with Google Veo 3: people are landing $10K video gigs, pitching Veo content to agencies, and replacing…
Starter Story
I Built an App with Cursor, Made $30K, and Quit My Job.Paulius Masalskas built a $30K app using AI tools (Cursor) and quit his job. The episode covers how he found the idea, the launch…
My First Million
You’re Underestimating How Much You Can MakeSam and Shaan revisit Bessemer passing on Shopify (now $140B+), Shaan's anti-portfolio of startups he almost invested in, 'Goal: Avoid…