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ResourceThe nine-figure business you never heard of
The guest Chris recounts how attending Logan Paul's record-breaking Pokémon box purchase inspired him to throw a $150,000 Pokémon …
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ResourceHe launched a sweaty startup in high school. Now he'll be a millionaire by 18
Sam and Shaan host office hours with three high school entrepreneurs running real businesses with significant revenue. They discuss …
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ResourceFrom Googling “How To Manufacture Something” to $2B/year
Nick Woodman, founder of Zuru, recounts his journey from selling hot air balloons door-to-door in New Zealand to building a …
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ResourceHe Turned His Dad’s Laundry Service Into A $75B Company
Sam recounts the history of Cintas, a $75 billion company that began as a small industrial laundry service in 1929 and grew into a …
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ResourceThe Easiest Way To Make $10,000/Month In Passive Income
Sam and Shaan discuss various business ideas and opportunities, including productized services as a path to $10K monthly income, a …
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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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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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ResourceIs Sam Ovens A Legit Businessman Or A Fake Guru?
Sam and Shaan discuss Sam Ovens, founder of Consulting.com, who scaled a course business to significant revenue before stepping back …
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ResourceCoaching Our Producer To Make $5000/Hour With Consulting
Sam and Shaan discuss Ben Wilson's unique consulting arrangement with a wealthy hedge fund manager, explore monetization …
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ResourceHow Course Businesses Work & How Irish Pubs as a Service is Making Millions | My First Million #183
Sam and Shaan explore the course business across four distinct categories: individual creators building audiences and selling …
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ResourceHow Beacon Hill Makes $550m In Revenue With 12 Paid Newsletters
Sam and Shaan analyze the paid newsletter empire built by Agora Financial, a company generating $550M in revenue and $200M in profit …
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ResourceExit Strategy S1:E7 //Chris Davi: Scaling to $170m in 4 Years and Then Going Bankrupt
Chris Davis, founder of Loot Crate, discusses how the subscription box business grew from $25k in seed funding to $170M revenue by …
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ResourceBusiness Acquisitions Strategy | My First Million Podcast
A private equity operator discusses their philosophy and structure for acquiring and managing companies post-close. Rather than …
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ResourceWhat to look for when buying a small business | My First Million Podcast
The guest discusses their approach to acquiring small and mid-sized businesses through their holding company. They look for durable, …
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ResourceIndian Education Company Worth 8 Billion Dollars | My First Million Podcast
Sam and Shaan discuss Byju's, an Indian edtech company valued at $8 billion that started as test prep teaching and scaled into a …
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ResourceGaryVee & Sam Parr Talk About How The Hustle Started | My First Million Podcast
Sam Parr recounts his early entrepreneurial journey, from selling on eBay and running Southern Sam's Wieners hot dog stand in …
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ResourceAnkur Nagpal, founder @ Teachable
Teachable founder Hiten Shah explains how the company achieved 16x growth by implementing the "every dollar model"—a disciplinary …
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ResourceHenrik Werdelin | Hustle Con 2018
Henrik from Bark recounts how he and his co-founders stumbled into the pet industry by accident, starting with a hacked WordPress …
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ResourceJames Freeman | Hustle Con 2018
James Freeman, founder of Blue Bottle Coffee, recounts building the specialty coffee company from a 186 sq ft roasting space in 2002 …
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ResourceHow to Define Your Target Market | Featuring Zenefits
Rita from Zenefits discusses the importance of clearly defining a target market rather than trying to serve all customers at once. …
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ResourceHow BloomThat Created An Amazing Customer Experience – David Bladow @ Hustle Con 2016
David Bloom, CEO of Bloomthat (a same-day flower delivery service), shares how the company nearly ran out of cash after aggressive …
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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 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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