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Resource"Money's not everything, just 99%." Rocky Aoki.
Sam and Shaan discuss the fascinating life story of Rocky Aoki, the founder of Benihana, whose annual revenue they claim ranges from …
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ResourceHow To Build A $10M AI App In Literally 30 Seconds (this is insane)
Amjad Masad, founder and CEO of Replit, discusses his journey from coding in internet cafes in Jordan to building one of the …
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ResourceI Lost EVERYTHING. I Told Her To Leave Me.
The guest recounts his early entrepreneurial journey building and scaling a gym business, detailing multiple financial crises …
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ResourceThe Solidcore Story: How She Started A $88M Pilates Business
Sam recounts the story of an entrepreneur who built Solid Core, a reformer pilates studio business, from scratch with $175,000 in …
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ResourceHe Turned A $300/Mo Gardening Side Hustle Into $45 Million/Year | Kevin Espiritu Interview
Kevin Espiritu, founder of Epic Gardening, discusses how he scaled his gardening blog and YouTube channel into a $45 million revenue …
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ResourceHe Made $3.5 Billion Using Statistics To Make Movies
Sam explores Thomas Tull, a stealthy billionaire who built Legendary Entertainment by applying 'Moneyball' principles to the movie …
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ResourceKevin Rose: His $100M/Year Watch Blog, Money From Digg.com, & Web3 Business (#382)
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri interview Kevin Rose, an internet pioneer who founded Digg, invested early in Twitter and Square, built …
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ResourceHow I Built A $90,000/Month Side Hustle In 48 Hours | ft. Dharmesh Shah
Dharmesh Shah (their guest, founder and HubSpot founder) discusses building Wordplay, a Wordle-inspired game he created over a …
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ResourceBillionaire Of The Week: Christopher Aker
Sam recounts the story of Linode, a cloud computing company founded by Chris in the early 2000s that was recently acquired by Akamai …
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ResourceGary Vaynerchuk Former Employee is a Branding GENIUS - Full Interview | My First Million 06/03/2020
Mike Cesario, founder of Liquid Death, joins Sam and Shaan to discuss how he's building a water brand with punk rock and metal …
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ResourceWho Is Brent Beshore? | My First Million Podcast
The guest, founder of Urban Equity (a private equity firm specializing in family-owned companies), recounts how he accidentally …
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ResourceJosh Hix, founder @ Plated
Nick Taranto, cofounder of Plated, recounts building a meal kit delivery business from a $250K debt-laden start in 2012 to a $300M …
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ResourceAriel Kaye | Founder @ Parachute
A speaker recounts her journey from working at a large advertising agency in New York to founding Parachute, a direct-to-consumer …
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ResourceManish Chandra | Hustle Con 2017
Manish, CEO and founder of Poshmark, recounts how he built the platform into a social fashion marketplace by prioritizing love and …
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ResourcePayal Kadakia | Hustle Con 2017
Kyle Kodaka, founder and executive chairman of ClassPass, shares the origin story and evolution of the fitness membership platform, …
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ResourceShruti Gandhi | Array Ventures
Shay Gandhi, founder of Aray Ventures, shares his unconventional path to starting a VC fund despite not fitting the typical VC mold. …
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ResourceKara Goldin | Founder of Hint Water | Pizza & 40s
Kara Goldin, founder of Hint Water, discusses her journey from tech executive to beverage entrepreneur. She shares how a personal …
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ResourceHow Mattermark Acquired Early Users – Danielle Morrill speaks at Hustle Con 2016
Danielle Morrill recounts founding Mattermark, a data platform for tracking startups. She describes how initial blog posts …
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ResourcePizza & 40s with Phil Jaber, Founder of Philz Coffee
Phil Jaber, founder of Philz Coffee, shares his 50-year journey building a specialty coffee company from a single location to 34 …
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ResourceHow Tim Westergren Went From $400k in Debt to the Founder of a Public Company - Hustle Con 2015
Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora, recounts the company's circuitous path from his early career as a musician and film composer …
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ResourceHow to Get Your Product in 10,000 Retail Stores - Hustle Con 2015
Alejandro Velez and Nikhil Arora, co-founders of Back to the Roots, recount how they grew mushrooms in college dorm buckets, …
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ResourceChip Forsythe is true to himself while doing business at Hustle Con
Chip Forsyth, founder of Rebel Coast Winery, discusses how he built an unconventional wine brand by infusing his personality into …
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ResourceMatt Fiedler on planting the seed and growing a sustainable business at Hustle Con
Matt Fiedler, co-founder of Vinyl Me Please, recounts how he and his co-founder launched a record-of-the-month club despite …
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