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ResourceHow FTX Scaled A $30 Billion Company With Only 30 Engineers!
Sam and Shaan discuss the surprisingly lean operations of FTX (30 billion dollar valuation with only ~200 employees and 20-30 …
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ResourceEverything You Need To Know About The UPCOMING RECESSION (How To Prepare)
Sam and Shaan discuss how to mentally and strategically approach a major economic downturn. They explore their personal mindset …
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ResourceAsking Colin & Samir How To Make $1,000,000 On YouTube
Colin and Samir, creators behind a popular YouTube channel about the creator economy, discuss their 10-year journey from launching a …
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ResourceWe Hosted A SharkTank For SaaS Businesses
Sam and Shaan host a live pitch event on Stonks.com where five startups pitch their businesses in rapid succession. The hosts …
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ResourceThe Billion Dollar Business Behind Drake's Gambling Live Streams (Stake.com)
Sam and Shaan discuss several fascinating underground business successes, starting with Stake.com, a cryptocurrency gambling …
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ResourceFollow These 3 Steps To Start A $1,000,000 Lead Generation Business
Sam and Shaan explore how to start a lead generation business by discussing actionable first steps, industry selection criteria, and …
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ResourceBehind The Scenes Of The Billionaires' Mastermind (TIGER 21) | Michael Sonnenfeldt Interview
Michael Sonnenfeldt, founder of Tiger 21, discusses the organization he created to help entrepreneurs transition from building …
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ResourceThe Guy That Raised The AIDS Drug Price By 50x Is Interesting...
Sam and Shaan discuss Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical executive infamous for price-gouging the drug Daraprim, who recently was …
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ResourceWhy You Should Side Hustle As A TikTok Realtor, Conan O’Brien Gets Acquired For $150M & More
Sam and Shaan explore several business ideas and market opportunities, including a leg-lengthening surgery generating significant …
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ResourceHow the Savannah Bananas SOLVED Profitability
Sam and Shaan discuss the Savannah Bananas, a minor league baseball team founded by Jesse Cole that reimagined itself as an …
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ResourceI Lost $250,000 With Luna... Here's What I Learned
Shaan recounts his investment in Terra/Luna, a decentralized stablecoin project that promised to solve cryptocurrency's real-world …
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ResourceLiver King's $100M Supplement Business, Shaan Loses $250k on Luna, & The Real World Ted Lasso
Sam and Shaan discuss several fascinating business and cultural phenomena: the Savannah Bananas baseball team, which applies …
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Resource9 Leadership Frameworks From Elon Musk, Dr. House, & More
Shaan shares nine unorthodox management and leadership techniques he's developed through his own experience building companies. …
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ResourceMoiz Ali On Selling His Natural Deodorant To P&G For $100M, Investing In Manscaped, & Holding Cash
Mo Alie, founder of Native deodorant (sold to Procter & Gamble), discusses his approach to building and scaling DTC brands, …
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ResourceThis Is How You Flip A Software Business From $1M to $72M/Year | ft. Neil Patel
Sam Parr explores a business strategy of acquiring free software products with large user bases (using PhotoPea as an example), …
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ResourceHow To Make $80 Million ARR From A Mastermind Business
Chief's founder discusses building a thriving community platform for senior executive women that achieved ~15,000 members, $60-100M …
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ResourceHere’s How Neil Patel Spends $180,000/Month on Personal Expenses
Sam and Shaan discuss personal spending habits and lifestyle expenses with a guest who reveals a monthly burn rate of $120-180k. The …
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ResourceShould You Start An Agency Or A Software Business? (Neil Patel's Contrarian View)
Sam and Shaan discuss why their guest chose to build a consulting agency alongside software and content businesses, challenging the …
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ResourceNeil Patel On Making +$100M/Year, Spending $180k/Month, and Donating Millions To Charity
Neil Patel, founder of the eponymous marketing blog and CEO of a 700-person bootstrapped ad agency, discusses his path from blogging …
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ResourceHow Twitch Streamers Are Making $18,000,000+/Year
Sam and Shaan discuss various entertainment and creator economy topics, including the earnings potential of top Twitch streamers …
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ResourceDigital Art Heist: My NFTs Got Stolen 😭
Shaan and guest Ben Levy respond to a listener whose NFTs were stolen, offering advice on processing setbacks through mindset and …
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ResourceFrom Small Business to Franchise: How To Make It Happen
Sam and Shaan respond to a listener's question about scaling a ghost kitchen licensing business. Rather than pursuing a direct …
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ResourceThis Viral TikTok Ad Sold $500,000 Worth Of "Sex Chocolates”
Sam and Shaan explore captive-audience ad networks through the lens of Outcome Health (a now-defunct startup that defrauded …
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ResourceHow To Partner With YouTubers And Make Millions Licensing Their IP
Sam recounts attending a Blippi live show and discovering V Star Entertainment, a company that licenses children's IP (like Paw …
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