Meet the 14yo entrepreneur who’s already launched 2 businesses

Episode 638: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to 14-year-old founder Isaac Katayev ( https://x.com/isaackatayev ) about the startup he launched out of his 7th grade computer class.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) Cookieduck  (4:18) Making $1,500 a day at age 12 (6:19) Price Satellite  (11:08) Being peerless — Links: … Read more

Did the creator of Bitcoin just get unmasked?

Episode 637: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the conspiracy theory behind Bitcoin’s biggest mystery.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) The making of Satoshi (14:02) Is Peter Todd the guy? (30:20) A “1 minute” case for Bitcoin (35:21) “It’s political suicide to not be pro crypto” (43:42) Must watch … Read more

The Wild Story of Mike Lynch’s Rise From Janitor to Tech Billionaire

Episode 636: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the rise and fall of Mike Lynch aka The British Bill Gates and his mysterious death onboard his $30M dollar yacht.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) The British Bill Gates Dies in Freak Yacht accident (14:51) The Kennedy Curse, conspiracies and … Read more

How Silicon Valley’s Most Prolific Investor Picks Unicorns | Elad Gil Interview

Episode 635: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Elad Gil ( https://x.com/eladgil ) about the three things he looks for when betting on startups, how he became an early investor in Anduril, plus 3 business ideas he thinks someone should go after.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) How to … Read more

5 Random But Useful Things I Learned At A Private Equity Conference

Episode 635: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the things Shaan learned while at Re-convene in Los Angeles.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) the low-status-technique for becoming high-status at a conference (7:09) the richer the guy, the weirder the guy (12:17) dressing well vs. dressing comfortably (18:25) meeting mike … Read more

The guy who gets paid $80K/yr to do nothing

Episode 634: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk  about Shoji Morimoto, the Japanese guy who’s making $80k/yr renting himself out to friendless people, Autopilot’s viral marketing stunt, PLUS how to make $1M in 8 weeks. — Show Notes:  (0:00) The Do Nothing Man: $80K/yr for doing nothing (4:23) The … Read more

Steph Smith: “This opportunity is totally overlooked”

Episode 633: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Steph Smith ( https://x.com/stephsmithio ) about the mega trend called the Silver Tsunami. — Show Notes:  (0:00) Silver tsunami (7:10) Perimenopause = 6k new customers a day (10:57) One chart opportunity: Nursing homes and assisted living (18:28) Why entrepreneurs are sleeping on this space (20:11) Opportunity: … Read more

From Navy SEAL To Viral Content Creator – MrBallen’s Insane Story

Episode 632: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to John Allen ( https://x.com/MrBallen ) and Nick Witters ( https://x.com/themrwitters ), the minds behind MrBallen and Ballen Studios.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) Being a creator on hard mode (7:19) Slow is smooth and smooth is fast (8:44) Being hit by … Read more

How I Went From Broke to $7 Million With An Airbnb Business

Get our episode with MrBallen before anyone else: https://clickhubspot.com/mbe Episode 631: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Isaac French ( https://x.com/isaacfrench_ ) about how to he bought his first investment property at age 24 with $2K down and sold it 2 years later for $7M.  — Show Notes:  … Read more

From Nonprofit Founder To Building A $300M Pilates Business

Get next week’s episode early, watch it right now: https://clickhubspot.com/mbe Episode 630: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Anne Mahlum ( https://www.instagram.com/annemahlum/ ) about starting an $8M/yr charity from scratch and betting her entire life savings ($175K) on a pilates studio.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) Building a $8M/yr non-profit  (16:27) The economics of [solidcore] … Read more