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ResourceIs "Cutting Out the Middle Man" Just Marketing Hype?
The Gazette team examines whether direct-to-consumer (DTC) business models truly deliver cost savings or function primarily as …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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ResourceAdvice For 20 Year Olds Who Want To Make It In Silicon Valley
Shaan reflects on missed investment opportunities and strategic mistakes from his early years in Silicon Valley, including passing …
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ResourceSharing Our Best Crypto Business Ideas To Start In 2022
Sam, Shaan, and guest Greg discuss diverse topics including their takes on the Will Smith Oscar slap incident, Alex Hermosi's gym …
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ResourceHow To Start A Million Dollar Business In College
Sam shares a college side hustle story about a student who created turnkey tailgate setups at football games, which inspired a …
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ResourceThis Married Couple Stole $4.5 Billion in Bitcoin Heist [Bitfinex]
Sam and Shaan discuss the arrest of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, who were accused of laundering $3.5 billion in Bitcoin …
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ResourceRyan Holiday On The Economics Of Book Publishing
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri discuss Ryan Holiday's diverse business ventures, creative pursuits, and philosophy on money and work. They …
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ResourceHow To Build A Billion Dollar Business As An Influencer
Nathan Barry, founder and CEO of ConvertKit, joins Sam and Shaan to discuss building billion-dollar creator businesses. The …
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ResourceThe Billion Dollar Business Opportunity Of Stay At Home Moms
Sam and Shaan explore the underutilized workforce of stay-at-home parents, using UserTesting.com as a case study of a billion-dollar …
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ResourceThe Billion Dollar Business Of Creating Musicals
Sam and Shaan explore the economics of theater and stage productions, examining how successful shows like Hamilton and The Lion King …
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ResourceHow Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, QVC for Mobile, and More
Sam and Shaan discuss MrBeast's recreation of the Netflix show Squid Games, which garnered 132 million views in a week and cost $3.5 …
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ResourceHow to Get a Slice of Harvard's Billion Dollar Case Study Industry | My First Million #222
Sam and Shaan discuss several business topics including Harvard Business School's surprisingly large publishing revenue (Harvard …
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ResourceHow to Make Millions With a Modern Day Infomercial | My First Million #221
Sam and Shaan discuss trust-based business models, examining how companies like Examine.com and UpToDate monetize by simplifying …
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ResourceHow to Make Billions with a DTC Niche Clothing Line | My First Million #219
Sam and Shaan discuss several business ideas and trends: Laird Hamilton's superfood company and its public market success, Shaan's …
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ResourceWhy Today Is the Day to Ask For a Raise | My First Million #216
Sam and Shaan discuss various business models and entrepreneurial strategies, ranging from Jake Paul's boxing PPV empire to esoteric …
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ResourceHow to Build a Community | My First Million #213
Sam and Shaan explore emerging business models and technologies, including social tokens and membership communities (like Friends …
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ResourceHow Celebrities Have Made Billions off Their Names | My First Million #210
Sam and Shaan discuss business ideas and opportunities discovered through their recent experiences, including a racing driving …
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ResourceHow to Make Millions by Unbundling Etsy | My First Million #207
Sam and Shaan explore several business ideas and market opportunities, including software tools for managing elevator contracts, …
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