Episódios

  • Eli Cohen: How I Built A Multi-Million Dollar Business In My 20s

    Eli Cohen: How I Built A Multi-Million Dollar Business In My 20s
    May 14 2025
    Eli Cohen shares his journey from fintech to agency success, highlighting early challenges, strategic pivots, and rapid revenue growth through partnerships. He explores value propositions, deal structuring, and building a thriving agency with effective systems and sales automation. Eli introduces the Hawk Method for scaling, emphasizing learning from mistakes and persistence. The episode covers mastering follow-up, knowing when to stop pursuing clients, and growing through white labeling. Eli discusses financial success, bootstrapping, leveraging AI in marketing, and reflects on investments and failures, offering advice to his younger self and relating to non-entrepreneurs.
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    43 minutos
  • Overtime CEO: How I Sold My Business For $200M in 6 Weeks!

    Overtime CEO: How I Sold My Business For $200M in 6 Weeks!
    Apr 7 2025
    This is the $200M deal no one saw coming. Dan Porter was days from bankruptcy when a side project, Draw My Thing, became the #1 game in the world. Six weeks later, he sold his company for $200M. Then he did it again — founding Overtime, now valued at half a billion. This is how he changed his life in 12 months… and built a media empire from scratch.
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    47 minutos
  • How This 20-Year-Old Built A $100k/Month Business From His Laptop

    How This 20-Year-Old Built A $100k/Month Business From His Laptop
    Mar 18 2025
    Hamza Alsamraee shares his entrepreneurial journey, detailing his transition into the marketing agency world and the recognition of short-form content's potential. He discusses strategies for acquiring initial clients and principles for creating compelling ads, reflecting on early successes. Hamza offers insights on making the first $10-20k and navigating business and personal challenges while balancing life's demands and finding joy in work. He emphasizes the importance of team dynamics, balancing freedom with accountability, and avoiding marketing misconceptions and trends. The episode concludes with Hamza's advice for young entrepreneurs and best practices for life.
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    34 minutos
  • I Asked A $2 Billion Investor For Advice

    I Asked A $2 Billion Investor For Advice
    Feb 18 2025
    Dan Ahrens shares his journey from family influences to founding Left Lane Capital and raising a $630 million fund. He discusses the traits of great investors and offers advice for early career professionals, emphasizing the value of hustle and thinking like an owner. Dan explores evaluating investments, promoting from within, and operating efficiently. He provides insights on human-led sourcing in venture capital and overcoming career stagnation. The episode delves into identifying key traits in a team, starting a company in the current market, and balancing long-term and short-term thinking in investments. Dan reflects on past decisions and offers guidance for aspiring venture capitalists.
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    39 minutos
  • How A 23-Year-Old Built A $375 Million Business From Her Laptop

    How A 23-Year-Old Built A $375 Million Business From Her Laptop
    Jan 28 2025
    At 23, Alexa von Tobel dropped out of Harvard to launch a financial education company, LearnVest, during the Great Recession. She put her life savings into starting the business. Years later, she sold it for $375 Million. This is her story.
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    27 minutos
  • How A 20-Year-Old Started A Multi-Million Dollar AI Business

    How A 20-Year-Old Started A Multi-Million Dollar AI Business
    Jan 14 2025
    Krish Ramineni joins the episode to share his entrepreneurial journey from Microsoft to founding Fireflies. He discusses the origins of Fireflies, its transformation into a meeting assistant product, and the strategies that fueled its viral growth. Krish offers insights on overcoming financial challenges in the early startup phase, balancing purpose and profit, and the importance of maintaining work-life balance. He contrasts corporate bureaucracy with startup innovation and emphasizes the value of building a lean team. The episode explores traits of successful entrepreneurs, leveraging AI, and learning from failures, with practical advice for young entrepreneurs seeking to create opportunities.
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    37 minutos
  • Ankur Nagpal: Selling Teachable For $250 Million & Revealing Secret Tax Strategies

    Ankur Nagpal: Selling Teachable For $250 Million & Revealing Secret Tax Strategies
    Dec 17 2024
    Ankur Nagpal shares his entrepreneurial journey, from making his first million through Facebook applications to founding Teachable. He discusses the evolution of Teachable, scaling its revenue, and navigating its acquisition. Ankur offers advice for college students on networking and for founders feeling stuck. Post-acquisition, he delves into his new ventures, Ocho and Carry, and running a venture fund. The episode explores key tax strategies for founders, including Peter Thiel's Roth IRA strategy, and balancing CEO responsibilities with personal values. Ankur reflects on the best advice received, the importance of family connections, and offers wisdom to his 18-year-old self.
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    46 minutos
  • Andy Dunn: How We Built Bonobos Into A $300 Million Business

    Andy Dunn: How We Built Bonobos Into A $300 Million Business
    Dec 10 2024
    Andy Dunn joins the show to discuss the founding and growth of Bonobos, from its inception at Stanford to its acquisition by Walmart. He delves into the challenges faced with co-founder dynamics and the transition of CEO roles. Andy shares insights on raising initial funds, disrupting the men's pants market, and the importance of branding and customer service. He reflects on mental health struggles and the serendipitous Walmart deal. The episode explores lessons learned from dark times, the value of partnerships, and offers advice to his younger self. Andy emphasizes the importance of speed in execution, authenticity, and empathetic communication.
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    55 minutos