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ResourcePeople are doing $100M+ in sales on this app (ft. Whatnot founder)
Grant Cann, founder of Whatnot, recounts building a $20 billion live marketplace from scratch in just six and a half years. Starting …
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ResourceSam Altman's coach destroys your limiting beliefs for 86 minutes straight
Joe Hudson, an executive coach to top CEOs and founders, discusses how limiting beliefs, emotional patterns, and nervous system …
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ResourceIf you aren't selling these 4 things, you Will Fail
Sam and Shaan explore three compelling stories: the principles of effective sales drawn from a viral Hacker News comment, Bernard …
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ResourceIf I was 30 with $0, I'd build this - Mark Pincus (Farmville founder)
Sam and Shaan interview Mark Pincus, founder of Zynga and early Facebook investor, who shares his framework for identifying …
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ResourceA $3.6B founder's honest take on the software market right now
Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, discusses his 20-year journey building an enterprise cloud storage company, reflecting on early acquisition …
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Resource3 mindset shifts from billionaires (you won't find in books/videos)
Sam recounts lessons from his annual basketball camp for founders in Greenville, North Carolina, which attracted 25 ultra-wealthy …
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ResourceShould You Start a Company? The Honest Truth
Sam and Shaan interview Brian Halligan, co-founder and former CEO of HubSpot, about building a multi-billion dollar company, …
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ResourceHow to go from founder to CEO (without imploding)
Sam and Shaan discuss how a founder's personal growth directly limits their company's growth, exploring the critical shift from …
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ResourceThe man who made a billion off blueberries
Sam and Shaan profile John Bragg, a Canadian farmer-turned-billionaire who built Oxford Frozen Foods (controlling 40-50% of global …
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ResourceI built a billion dollar company in 18 months
Eric Lyman, co-founder of Ramp, joins Sam and Shaan to discuss how he and his co-founder set an audacious goal to build a …
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Resource3 Wild Stories to Get You Hyped This Week
Sam shares three "lore" stories about remarkable individuals: Amado Giannini, who founded Bank of Italy (later Bank of America) and …
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ResourceHow the smartest founders are winning in AI
Sam and Shaan host Jason Lemkin, founder of SaaStr and an experienced B2B investor, to explore what smart money is doing with AI. …
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ResourceAnti-Business Billionaires: Lessons from Steve Jobs, James Dyson, and Yvon Chouinard
Sam Parr, host of the Founders podcast, joins Shaan and Sam to discuss the characteristics of what he calls "anti-businessman …
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ResourceFrom making $6/week selling worms to making $110M+
James Currier, co-founder and managing partner of NFX, discusses founder psychology, network effects, technology windows, and …
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Resource3 Stories of Crazy Geniuses: Fenn’s Treasure, Michael Saylor’s Infinite Money Glitch + more
Sam and Shaan explore three stories of wealthy individuals making unconventional bets: a Bitcoin millionaire (John Collins Black) …
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ResourceLeila Hormozi: From Minimum Wage Employee to $100M Net Worth By 29
Leila Hormozi, co-founder of Gym Launch and Acquisition.com (alongside her husband Alex), shares her journey from a life of …
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ResourceI failed 22 times... then I built a $2.5B Company
Christina Cacioppo, co-founder and CEO of Vanta, discusses her unconventional path from leaving a prestigious VC job to teaching …
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ResourceHow I Built A $600M Protein Bar Company In My Basement | RxBar Founder
Peter Rahal, founder of RX Bar, discusses his journey building a protein bar from his mom's basement with $5,000, selling it for …
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ResourceYou Don’t Need A Mentor. Focus On THIS Instead
Shaan and Sam explore the concept of 'Believers'—people who see potential in you before you see it in yourself. They share personal …
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ResourceOur buddy sold his app for $200M in just 6 weeks?!
Dan Porter, serial entrepreneur and founder of Draw Something, Overtime, and former president of Teach for America, discusses how he …
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ResourceReddit IPO: 8 Startup Lessons For Any Entrepreneur Starting Out
Shaan and Sam discuss Paul Graham's essay about Reddit's founding, exploring how the platform emerged as Y Combinator's first …
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ResourceThe $20 Million/Year Personality Quiz 89% Of Fortune 100s Swear By
Sam and Shaan explore personality and grit assessment tests—examining the business model behind Myers-Briggs (which generates $20M+ …
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ResourceThis AI Startup Idea Has 500 Million Customers Waiting For It
Sam and Shaan interview Jason Cohen, founder of Smart Bear (sold for $2B) and WP Engine (a multi-billion dollar web hosting …
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Resource$20M In ONE Day?! (#544)
Sam and Shaan explore business stories and lessons, discussing Follow-up Boss's $500M exit built through grassroots Facebook …
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