My First Million
How To Be Lucky As An EntrepreneurShaan solo on the four kinds of luck (blind, motion, alertness, personal) and the three flavours of risk (market, execution, tech), with…
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Side Hustle School#2127 - Failure Friday: “Apple rejected my game before it even launched…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#2127 - Failure Friday: “Apple rejected my game before it even launched…”An indie mobile game developer pitches an ambitious title to Apple, gets rejected pre-launch, and the project dies before shipping. The…
My First Million
How To Build A Viral App & Make Millions From It (#379)Brainstorming episode that opens with a hostile takeover of 'Sara's List' (Sam's curated list of startup employers), then interviews Nikita…
My First Million
From Flipping iPhones To Selling Oculus For $2 Billion To Facebook | Palmer Luckey (#378)Palmer Luckey on flipping iPhones to founding Oculus and selling it to Facebook for $2B, what he's done with the money (crypto, prisons,…
Side Hustle School#2123 - First $1,000: “I have 3 clients and $4,000/month in retainer fees…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#2123 - First $1,000: “I have 3 clients and $4,000/month in retainer fees…”A Toronto social media manager keeps her day job while running a side hustle that brings in $4,000 a month in retainers from just three…
Side Hustle School#2121 - Q&A: "Help, my bank said I can't open a business account!"SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#2121 - Q&A: "Help, my bank said I can't open a business account!"A listener writes in asking how to separate business and personal money when their bank refuses to open a business account. The Q&A walks…
Side Hustle School#2120 - Failure Friday: “My anniversary sale was an epic fail…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#2120 - Failure Friday: “My anniversary sale was an epic fail…”The creator of a membership site sees strong traction until she neglects it and the anniversary sale flops. The Failure Friday episode…
My First Million
Shaan's Backstory (#377)This is Shaan's personal backstory, covering his work in Indonesia, a Stripe interview failure, Monkey Inferno, selling to Twitch, starting…
Indie Hackers#263 – Starting a Profitable Business After a Life-Changing Exit with Laura Roeder of PaperbellSOURCE CONVERSATION
Indie Hackers
#263 – Starting a Profitable Business After a Life-Changing Exit with Laura Roeder of PaperbellLaura Roeder covers life coaching, starting and exiting multiple businesses (one sold for millions), early SEO growth, and designing a…
My First Million
9 Business Ideas To Profit From The 2022 A.I. Gold Rush (Using Dall-E & GPT3) (#376)Sam and Shaan discuss AI business ideas from the Dall-E and GPT-3 wave, including Runway ML, Interior AI, AI photography, a real-life…
Side Hustle School#2116 - First $1,000: “My sister and I made this game to honor our dad…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#2116 - First $1,000: “My sister and I made this game to honor our dad…”Two sisters build a board game plus companion app that teaches players about the stars, inspired by their late father. They reach their…
My First Million
Reacting To Joe Rogan Interviewing Steve Jobs' AI (#376/Clip)Sam and Shaan react to an AI-generated podcast interview between Joe Rogan and Steve Jobs. The chapters focus on the quality, capabilities,…
Side Hustle School#2113 - Failure Friday: “I got sucked into hosting an MLM party…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#2113 - Failure Friday: “I got sucked into hosting an MLM party…”A listener hosts an MLM party and learns that friends and family don't want to attend network marketing events. The Failure Friday segment…
My First Million
5 Business Ideas With High Demand & Low Supply | Start These In 2022 (#374)Shaan Puri and Steph Smith discuss high-demand, low-supply ideas including A/B testing menus, breakup businesses, anti-cheat businesses,…
Indie Hackers#262 – Bootstrapping to $100,000/mo in a Crowded Market with Marko Saric of PlausibleSOURCE CONVERSATION
Indie Hackers
#262 – Bootstrapping to $100,000/mo in a Crowded Market with Marko Saric of PlausibleMarko Saric of Plausible talks about joining an existing project as a late co-founder, succeeding on Hacker News, competing against Google…
My First Million
How To Get Started With Building An Audience in 2022 (#373)Shaan Puri joins Saagar Enjeti (Breaking Points) at the Demand Curve Growth Summit on building a loyal audience: personal brand vs company…
My First Million
This Guy Went From $0 to Billionaire By Starting A Toy Factory In China (#372)Billy-of-the-Week: a founder who went from $0 to billionaire starting a toy factory in China. Plus riff about Breaking Points independent…
Greg Isenberg
Keeping it Real with Danny TrinhConversation between Greg and Danny Trinh (product designer at Snapchat) on Partiful event invites, Eventbrite UX, Web2 vs Web3, missing…
Side Hustle School#2109 - First $1,000: “I sell pots and other plant holders on Amazon…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#2109 - First $1,000: “I sell pots and other plant holders on Amazon…”A Fulfillment by Amazon seller researches the catalog and lands on plant holders and pots as her resale product. The segment covers her…
Side Hustle School#2106 - Failure Friday: “I tried to sell something no one wanted…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#2106 - Failure Friday: “I tried to sell something no one wanted…”A founder tries to sell curated gift baskets aimed at college alumni but finds essentially no buyer demand. The episode recounts the…
My First Million
Asking A Billionaire Investor How To Prepare For The Economic Collapse (#371)Andrew Wilkinson returns to talk stress-testing a business for recession, his portfolio, the value of in-person meetings, why to write a…
My First Million
Ryan Holiday Reveals How Much Best Selling Authors Make, Crazy Peter Thiel Stories & More (#370)Ryan Holiday (author, bookstore owner, former American Apparel marketing director) on whether bestseller lists still matter, real…
Side Hustle School#2102 - First $1,000: “I do watercolor paintings for corporate events…”SOURCE CONVERSATION
Side Hustle School
#2102 - First $1,000: “I do watercolor paintings for corporate events…”A Colorado artist paints watercolor pieces live at corporate events and built a side income after initially struggling with pricing. The…
My First Million
Controversial Business Lessons From Napoleon, Edison, & Hitler (#369)Episode 369 ('One Question Friday'): lessons from Hitler, addictive personalities, charisma, and bias to action — framed as conqueror…