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ResourceHow to retire with millions (and pay $0 taxes)
Sam and Shaan interview their long-time friend Ankur Nagpal, founder of Teachable (sold for $250M) and current CEO of Carry, to …
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ResourceHow to Start a Local Business With No Experience
Sam and Shaan explore hidden, overlooked million-dollar local businesses—from a kids' dance studio generating $1.25M annually to Lap …
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ResourceGo from $10,000 to $1M in just 3 years
Mohnish Pabrai joins Sam and Shaan to discuss how to turn $10,000 into a million dollars through investing. Rather than promoting …
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ResourceHow I Got $5 Billion In Preorders For A Supersonic Jet Company
Blake Scholl, founder of Boom Supersonic, discusses his journey from e-commerce entrepreneur to building the first commercial …
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ResourceThe Most Valuable Skill For Any Founder
George Mack joins Sam and Shaan to explore the concept of high agency—the ability to take action and shape outcomes rather than …
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ResourceAsking A Billionaire How To Make $1,000,000
Guest Jess Ekstrom joins Sam and Shaan on a private plane to discuss her playbook for ideation and building multiple nine-figure …
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ResourceHow Nick Saban’s Side Hustle Might Make Him a Billionaire
Sam and Shaan explore how successful athletes and operators build billion-dollar businesses outside their primary careers, starting …
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Resource5 under-the-radar trends (+ our business ideas)
Steph Smith returns to discuss her 'Digits' database of 100+ generation-defining statistics that can signal emerging business …
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ResourceIf You Understand This About People, You Can Sell Anything
Sam and Shaan interview Elan Lee, CEO of Exploding Kittens, discussing how the board game company achieved massive success on …
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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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ResourceAre tariffs good or bad for founders?
Sam and Shaan discuss the impact of Trump's escalating tariffs on e-commerce businesses, with Sam sharing how his company and …
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ResourceThe Happiest Man in Atlantis (A Short Story)
Sam shares an original parable about a prince seeking happiness from an old sage living in a cave. Through three lessons—managing …
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Resource7 Wild Business Ideas for this $3 Trillion Dollar Frontier
Sam and Shaan interview Will O'Brien, founder of Ulyses, about the emerging ocean economy and why it represents a major …
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ResourceHow to build a $100M+ newsletter business
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri share a detailed year-by-year breakdown of building The Hustle and Morning Brew from 2015 to their 2020 …
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ResourceLIVE AMA
Sam and Shaan host a live AMA with audience questions from Twitter and YouTube, discussing topics ranging from AI skill development …
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ResourceThe Healthcare Revolution Is Just Getting Started
Justin Mares, founder of Kettle and Fire bone broth company, joins Sam and Shaan to discuss emerging health trends and business …
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ResourceI Built A $1B Company... Here's 7 Business Ideas I Would Start This Year
Imad FullyEncrypted, founder of Mercury (valued at $3.5B), discusses trends he finds compelling for new founders: space tech, …
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ResourceThis guy sold 3 YouTube Channels to Blackstone for $3B
Sam and Shaan discuss how Renee Ricard built Moonbug, a rollup of children's YouTube channels like Cocomelon and Blippy, raising …
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ResourceThis Is The Most Exciting Drama in HR SaaS History | Rippling vs. Deel
Sam and Shaan explore corporate espionage through the lens of a lawsuit where Rippling alleges that their competitor Deal stole …
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Resource6 under-the-radar trends (+ our business ideas)
Sam and Shaan discuss emerging business trends they believe will shape the next few years, including short-form drama apps (mini …
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ResourceYou’re One AI Idea Away From Changing Your Life
Zach King, an 18-year-old founder, discusses building Cali, an AI-powered calorie tracking app that generated over $20 million in …
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Resource2 Trends Hidden in Plain Sight (+ $1M ideas)
Sam explores flea markets as an underrated business opportunity after discovering a trendy, well-branded marketplace in NYC …
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Resource5 Conversations that broke our frames this week
Sam and Shaan debrief on interesting people they recently spent time with, including a billionaire investor who made early bets on …
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