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An Indian listener built an online math tutoring business for U.S. high school students, reaching his first $1,000 by teaching remotely…
A listener with Lebanese ancestry tried launching a homemade hummus subscription box. The venture never gained traction and is featured as…
Episode 474: Big-Box Strategy (replicate Walmart's playbook in a smaller vertical), Sam's body experiment, Milk Road (crypto newsletter),…
Analysis of Threads becoming the fastest-growing app of all time (bull/bear cases, Zuck vs Elon), plus an interview with Sam Ovens on…
Alex from Marketing Examined makes $845,601/year writing a newsletter about marketing — the chapter list walks through business model and…
A side hustler built a business helping Airbnb hosts and property managers optimize their listings, claiming he can grow revenue and…
Noah interviews John Paul DeJoria, founder of Paul Mitchell hair-care and Patron tequila, who went from homelessness and living on…
The founder of SnoozeCubes tried selling sleeping pods for offices, pitching nap spaces to companies. The business never reached mass…
Sam and Shaan's list of 13 one-person million-dollar businesses: Stardew Valley, Streamyard, Plenty of Fish, TinyWow, Photopea,…
A 28-minute compression of 10 years of money wisdom: rich people aren't just lucky, hard work to smart work, what to work on, hanging out…
An HR specialist known as the 'Logo Lady' of Upwork built a side income by doing only logo design work, hitting her first $1,000 by…
A San Francisco man tried launching a 'Hangover Helper' service for people who partied too hard, but the idea ran into reality quickly and…
Emma Lawler (Velvet, ex-The Skimm) joins to talk about which trends are worth attention in a post-web3 world, makes the case for the…
Jack Smith on selling his company for $800M at 29, early retirement, his latest ideas (Nomad Capitalist, an offshore-taxes play), RTFM, why…
Concepts for long-lived companies and the 'six inches in front of your face' lens, then two business ideas: a pandemic-monitoring data…
An Austin-based side hustler ran a smartphone photography teaching business for two years, helping people take better photos with their…
An aspiring poet tried monetizing on-demand haiku at public events, charging for short poems on the spot. The concept flopped and is…
Sam's Hampton offsite, why you're better on your second venture, Shaan's feud with Jason Calacanis, the Elon vs Mark cage-match memes, a…
Case Kenny (New Mindset, Who Dis?) walks through his one-man content flywheel: a podcast that feeds a newsletter, an SMS community, books…
Danny Miranda built a $100M podcast empire and the episode is a 'how to start a podcast' tutorial covering business models, biggest podcast…
News-and-ideas episode: RFK Jr.'s vaccine-debate appearance on Joe Rogan, a Jason Calacanis beef, the Delphi method for resolving debates,…
A London-based indoor plant stylist offers at-home consultations, helping clients select and arrange houseplants, and reached her first…
How-to on selling a startup for millions: when to sell, who to discuss it with, who might buy, nurturing dependence, doing the work for the…
Noah sits with four self-made multi-millionaires (Manny, Rafa, John Paul, Ramon) to ask whether the American Dream still exists and what…
