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Lane Wagner of Boot.dev (coding education site) describes crossing $26k/month in revenue after a first year with no traction. He argues…
Episode 448: Sam interviews David Senra (Founders podcast) on his path into podcasting, audience size, his reading habits, the difference…
How rich people use tax credits to effectively wipe out $1M in taxes; deep dive on Andrew Wilkinson's Tiny going public; Harvard's tax-free…
Sam talks with Ramit Sethi about his new Netflix show 'How To Get Rich', how he got good with money, making vs managing vs spending money,…
Justin Welsh shows how he built a one-person business to $1.7M/year — covering revenue mix, when he left his 9-5, the costs to run a…
A First $1,000 segment about Priya in Bangalore, who runs a side hustle helping men improve their online dating profiles. No revenue…
Noah visits Brian Smith, founder of UGG boots, who turned a $500 stake into a $2B/year brand before nearly losing the company. They cover…
A Failure Friday segment about a New York City resident who tried short-term Airbnb hosting but ran into the city's strict rental…
Rob Walling of TinySeed shares his new SaaS playbook, explains why he launched it on Kickstarter instead of self-publishing, and discusses…
Martin Shkreli on working with Jim Cramer, turning $2M into $1B in pharma, why he jacked up Daraprim's price, what he does with his money,…
Greg and DTC marketing legend Nik Sharma critique the best and worst DTC brands on the internet: what the Honest Company is doing wrong,…
Scott Harrison on going from nightclub promoter to Charity:Water founder: working in Liberia, the start of Charity:Water, marketing charity…
Sam and Shaan riff on the ChatGPT moment: an 'AI Self-Finishing To-Do List' that picks up your tasks and drives them to done, Brett…
A First $1,000 segment about a city government staffer who plans virtual events, including weddings, networking events, and gender-reveal…
Thomas Smale runs an M&A brokerage specialising in buying and selling websites and SaaS businesses — over $1B in closed deal volume,…
A Failure Friday segment about a serial side hustler who tried reselling flip phones based on the assumption of nostalgic demand, but…
Harley Finkelstein (Shopify President) on growing up in Montreal, the value of non-obvious mentors, how to DM your heroes, and finding…
Wes Kao of Maven discusses disrupting traditional education, her recent $25M raise, what motivates founders, and why cohort-based courses…
Ex-UFC fighter and podcaster Brendan Schaub on building his podcast/comedy network, the size of his shows, his business goal, the 'Kool-Aid…
Pop-culture / media-empire episode on Chip and Joanna Gaines (Magnolia) and Oprah's media empire, framed around 'why you need…
A First $1,000 segment about a school counselor who earns extra income as a sign language interpreter, using the money for her daughter's…
Karthik Shanadi built a $10M clothing empire across four ecommerce apparel companies; the episode covers finding the idea, building while…
A Failure Friday segment about an aspiring fashion blogger whose attempts at attention-grabbing content—like a belt-as-necklace and wearing…
Courtland Allen and Channing Allen announce that Indie Hackers has been spun out of Stripe and is once again independent. They discuss…
