Brent Beshore (Permanent Equity) on micro private equity: argument for annual investor letters, Permanent Equity 101, applying kaizen to…
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Will Ahmed (Whoop) on building a $3.6B fitness-wearable subscription business out of a college athlete-data project: signing Lebron and…
Mat De Sousa of WideBundle talks about ambitious goals, learning from failed startups, why Shopify apps are a great indie-hacker market,…
Shaan talks with Suli Ali about selling a company for millions, Suli's story, Deal Doula, acquisition nuggets, business ideas, honest…
A London-based guide leads paid walking tours on weekends and earns about £2,500 (~$3,000) per month doing so. The episode covers how he…
A new bookkeeper accidentally overstates a client's income on a tax return, leaving the client with a surprisingly large tax bill. The…
Sam and Shaan react to current business news: Discord acquiring the Gas app, the JPMorgan "Frank" student-finance scam (Charlie Javice),…
Ship 30 for 30 founders Cole and Bush on gamer mindset: how esports-style obsessive attention transfers to business, how to start writing…
Seven YouTube creators pulling $50M+/yr (MrBeast-adjacent, kid channels, etc.), a Bring-a-Trailer tangent, Billy of the Week on Sam Altman,…
Sam and Shaan discuss how to expand a forecasting/trends business, why pickleball is exploding (Tom Dundon's role as investor), and the…
An Etsy seller shares how she started her shop and grew it to serve more than 1,500 customers. The episode covers early tactics for product…
Sahil Lavingia (Gumroad) on being radically honest about his 2023 priorities, robots replacing humans (yes or no), the most valuable…
Mixed episode: semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) as the celebrity weight-loss drug, the rise of vaping weed, how Sam hunts for new weird…
A New England fisherman opens his own fishing tackle shop and runs it successfully until a big-box sporting goods retailer opens nearby and…
Shaan on hosting a San Diego millionaire party, the power of storytelling, 'when Ramon pretended to be an electrician,' things you learn…
A woman builds an essential-oils business by customising blends and selling them at a local farmers market. The hustle now provides about…
An event planner specialising in weddings describes a wedding day that went spectacularly wrong after a major storm rolled in during the…
Solo year-in-review episode: best products under $100, most underrated and overrated companies, best and worst decisions, favourite YouTube…
Sam and Shaan binge on $1M+ business ideas, including Anand Sanwal's idea list, the Twitter Guy Mafia and Car Dealership Guy, agency…
A listener runs a small business repairing broken phone screens and earns a few thousand dollars a month doing it. The episode highlights…
A short season-launch announcement for Season 7 of Side Hustle School. The host teases how the new season of daily side-hustle case studies…
A U.K. digital artist tried to launch an NFT project featuring 5,000 pieces of art. The initiative flopped: he sold roughly 10% of the…
Sam, Shaan, and Andrew Wilkinson run the 2022 Milly Awards, covering breakout companies, unsexy business of the year, best and worst…
Em Herrera (Night Ventures) on creator-VC partnerships, Dunbar's Number applied to communities (Isenberg's Number), the four types of…













