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Part one with Connor (self-storage, recruiting and e-commerce owner): making a grill-cleaning business higher-margin and more scalable with…
Oren John on TikTok Shop as a game-changer: collectible Pokemon iPhone case with brands paying $1,500–$2,500/mo retainers and creators…
Anne Mahlum on her arc: built an $8M/yr non-profit (Back on My Feet), then bet her $175K life savings on a single pilates studio…
Tour of Pecan Plantation, a 4,000-acre fly-in community an hour south of DFW with homes on two airstrips and the ability to taxi a plane to…
Jonathan Courtney on building million-dollar sales funnels for the 40+ demo: Paid Ads Agency taking a revenue cut, Facebook ads still…
Two founders in Nashville launched a personal-branding agency helping entrepreneurs and influencers shape their online presence through…
Return guest Sam Thompson on copyable niche content sites: 'View From Your Seat' (stadium-seat photos), signature templates sold as digital…
A seller built an anime-themed T-shirt store that was de-listed after an IP holder filed a complaint. The episode is a Failure Friday…
Sara's List 2024 cohort: ten growth-stage startups the hosts think can 5-10x in five years — OpenAI, Retool, Mercury, Cursor, Epirus, Wiz,…
Ras Mic's beginner tutorial on Cursor AI: plan before coding (Figma/V0 mockups, 10–15 prompts minimum), use cursor.directory for…
HoldCo Bros riff on impulse-buy product businesses — a trampoline safety kit, a tornado safety mattress, a 'modern Brookstone' of viral…
Part two with Shannon Jean on general principles of entrepreneurship: making your first dollar, building an audience, finding a niche,…
Marc Lou on becoming a solopreneur with three $1M+ startup ideas. #1: sell digital products — courses/ebooks on life-changing hacks (e.g.…
Idea-sprint: Cosm's playground virality, a 'Tesla of home appliances', $100M sleepy industries, the rise/fall/rise of Weight Watchers,…
An aspiring entrepreneur in Baltimore started a seasonal pop-up coffee cart. The show notes only establish the premise of a mobile coffee…
Jason Fried (37signals) on innovative product ideas: a 'Scratch-off Ad' app (scratch a full-screen ad with your finger, blow into the mic…
How to buy a multi-million dollar business with no money down: seller notes, earnouts, banker deals, debt structuring, and using track…
Sam Thompson and Chris pitch two concepts: a one-day conference for business ideas with hackathon-style execution and prizes, and an AI…
Short solo episode reverse-engineering the Sierra Auto Fair: how an auto fair works, what Chris doesn't like about the model, and how to…
Nick Gray (self-described 'Friends Billionaire' and cocktail-party author) joins Sam and Shaan to share networking/party tactics plus 7…
A hacker built an app to solve a common coding problem and launched it on Product Hunt without first validating demand. Episode is a…
HoldCo Bros update on their perfume vending machine business (strong August sales, scaling challenges), then three car-related ideas: an…
Riley Brown and Ansh Nanda build a social app live in 100 minutes: V0 for UI design, Cursor AI for code generation, Firebase for the…



















