5 Business Ideas To Start Today With $0 ft. Shark Tank's Sabri Suby

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Sam and Shaan interview Sabri Subbi, an Australian marketer and Shark Tank Australia judge, to explore business opportunities someone could start today with minimal resources. They brainstorm several ideas centered on offering “Godfather offers”—compelling, low-risk propositions to businesses—including expanding single-channel advertisers to new platforms, becoming a SaaS affiliate through custom funnels, offering live chat services to local businesses, and creating content for TikTok Shop using AI tools. Sabri shares his philosophy on sales, focus, fun, and showmanship as drivers of both personal happiness and business success.

Key takeaways

Sabri proposes targeting businesses successful on one ad platform (Google, Facebook) and offering to expand them to new platforms (TikTok, Amazon) with no upfront cost, taking only a percentage of sales—a low-risk pitch that removes their objections.
A high-leverage opportunity Sabri sees: become a SaaS affiliate by building free, pre-made funnels for a niche (e.g., chiropractors), giving them away, and earning recurring affiliate commissions when they sign up via your link to platforms like HubSpot ($3,000/year per customer at 30% commission).
Sabri identifies TikTok Shop affiliate marketing as the best entry opportunity for someone with only time and hustle: find viral products using tools like Cow Data, reverse-engineer top-performing scripts, use AI (11 Labs for voiceover, Midjourney for images, CapCut for editing) to create daily content, and earn $10K+ monthly as an affiliate or build a $20K/month retainer helping brands scale.
Sabri emphasizes that Godfather offers—proposals prospects can’t refuse because they eliminate risk and deliver clear ROI—are the throughput mechanism behind all successful businesses he’s seen.
Sabri’s philosophy: fun and showmanship aren’t distractions from business; they’re what drive results. He tripled sales with a campaign he created purely because it was entertaining (priest funeral for murdered ad spend), and believes life is a choice between comedy and tragedy—choosing comedy keeps you energized and performing at your best.
On focus vs. opportunity: Sabri struggled early with shiny-object syndrome, losing money repeatedly until he learned to say no. Now he channels the entrepreneurial itch into new campaigns or channels within his main business rather than chasing entirely new ventures.
Sabri’s phrase “kill the little [person] inside” refers to the inner voice that whispers reasons to quit or cut corners; he treats this voice as something to silence through deliberate discomfort—if it tells him to skip the gym, he adds hill sprints—to reprogram his relationship with resistance.
On small talk: asking “what’s new?” puts people in a sad realization; instead ask “what are you excited about coming up?” People light up when discussing future plans, and regularly engineering things to look forward to (90-day trips, learning experiences) is essential to combating the false belief that life gets boring with age.

Episode details: published June 25, 2024 · 85K views · 1:03:55 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The business ideas, figures and results discussed are the hosts’ and guests’ own claims, shared as brainstorming and entertainment — not verified facts and not investment advice.

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