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Today's ep is possible because of Superside! Head to superside.com to hire a dedicated team of designers! Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) are joined today by entrepreneur and owner of BPN Fitness Nick Bare (@nickbarefitness) who started a suppliment company in his dorm room and built it from $20k to over 8 figures in revenue, alongside building a big online presence with over 400K subscribers. Today they talk about what are his products (0:32), Growing a youtube channel (5:24), Content or business first? (7:34), Does he spend money on marketing? (13:19), Fitness apps crushing it (19:29), Products people in the military use (31:01), Fastest growing segments of the fitness industry (34:12), AI used in fitness apps (37:51), Monthly or annual subscription billing? (40:54), His new book "25 hours a day" (48:58), Book in a box service (52:27), Shaan's biz idea for Nick's huge office (58:39), Endurance athletes and Ironman being a huge business (1:02:43), Audio fitness apps (1:05:39) and Fitness in a post-covid world (1:07:46).  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

1 Maj 20201h 9min

Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) discuss today Kanye West's billion-dollar shoe empire (3:59), /r/FatFIRE: Retire living a lavish life (10:36), Ways to generate passive income in 48 hours (23:03), Best interview questions they've been asked (33:01), Stupid D2C gimmicks making millions a week (39:37), Engaging with haters/trolls - someone owes their friend $2m (47:17) and Xprize.org but for enterprise (57:58)  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

28 Apr 20201h 7min

Today's ep is possible because of Superside! Head to superside.com to hire a dedicated team of designers! Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) are back to talk about Burning money (0:36), Asia monetizing podcasts way better / paid news (3:23), Drudge report getting 1.1 billion visits a month?! (11:28), Neil Patel and where most enterprise revenue coming from maintenance (20:59), Book a YC team (29:17), Remote.com raising $11M seed (33:19), Attrition projection/modelling (37:52) and Yishan Wong solving climate change (41:08).  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

25 Apr 202048min

Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) chilling on Zoom once again to talk about Marc Andreessen's new controverisal blog post titled "It's Time To Build" (3:54), On Deck - MBA As A Service (17:27), Founder Dating (27:35), Talking to Naval on ClubHouse (36:37), Oatley's Milk is bomb af (45:08), Fastgrants.org (51:31) and Shaan's Degenerate Crypto Trade (53:38)  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

22 Apr 20201h 12min

Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) are back to chat about Thrasio Amazon FBA Rollup (4:11), what they like and don't like about the podcasting life (10:04), Sam's obsession with Bees (22:18), Comedian streaming platform (27:17), Carta CEO sharing his laying off message to staff publicly (32:27), Why journalists write about people they may hate (44:40) and haircuts at home (1:00:46)  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

18 Apr 20201h 6min

Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) are back to talk wearing ivy league swag (3:24), Thrasio Amazon FBA rollup (6:20), Classpass for online courses (16:16), Real life bruce wayne Kinobody (19:45), What's a way the hosts have hacked a shortcut for themselves? (24:31), Looking at old newspapers to see what they got right/wrong (28:50), Personal ICOs (37:31), Billionaire of the week: Jim Patterson (44:44), Do you want to become a billionaire? (52:36) and Sexy notary business (57:05). The way you write has a huge effect on what you get — both in your business and personal life so why not learn how to write like you speak and sell like hell: search Kopywriting Kourse and improve you life 100x.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

15 Apr 20201h 7min

Today we have Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) of Tiny. Tiny is a holding company started by Andrew that buys “wonderful internet businesses” with the intention of holding them forever (akin to Berkshire Hathaway). Altogether, Tiny’s businesses do high 8-figures in revenue and employ close to 400 people across 20 companies. If you want to know more about his background, Andrew was interviewed on our podcast so give Episode #63 a listen. Today he answers: How do you find CEO's that you can trust, You've mentioned Warren Buffet a lot, any other leaders you look up to?, Is “company building” a repeatable process? What % of it can be automated?, Can you recommend your favorite business books?, What is your biggest failure and what did you learn from it?, What is a core attribute you look for when you hire somebody?, How do you make connections with other entrepreneurs while residing in a non-startup centric city?, How much of your investments are made up of personal capital vs. OPM (Other People’s Money)?, During your time at MetaLab, what was the best way to acquire clients?, Are you taking Buffett's advice and reading 500 pages a day?, As a person, how have you evolved over the years?, How do you start a fund with money made from an agency?, What's the required mindset shift from running one business to delegating a team to run multiple?, If you internalize one principal into your kids, what would it be?, When you built your house, what are some things that could have made the frustrations easier?, Can I skip building an agency and go straight into investing? and What's the worst & best advice you get from people who tell you how to become successful?.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

15 Apr 20201h 5min

Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) are back on Zoom to talk Sam's new crush and honorary guest Andrew Wilkinson (6:00), $40M a year consulting king Sam Ovens (10:32), Shaan's experience being initiated into the Tony Robbins religion (15:27), Shaan's operating framework for life bible (21:52), Billionaire's of the week (yes, double): Michael Loeb & Richard Barton (26:45), Billion dollar idea playbook: What industries lack transparency? (40:41), Shaan missing out on making $5 million (45:24) and The Hustle making new podcasts - Go check out Moiz Ali's new podcast Exit Strategy! (54:51).  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

13 Apr 20201h