The Startup Ideas Podcast
Episodes
A Billion Views, but Where's the Profit?
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Greg interviews Dylan Jardon and Henry Belcaster, founders of Clipt.co, an explainer video and animation studio.They talk about starting a "hot girl a...
Do This to Be Interesting Online
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Greg interviews Nathan Barry, founder of ConvertKit, which makes email, automation, and monetization tools for creators. They talk about how to be i...
Pomp's Newsletter Business Building Strategies
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I'm joined by investor and entrepreneur Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano. Pomp hosts The Pomp Podcast, with over 50 million downloads, and writes a daily lett...
Yung Pueblo’s Self-Love Empire
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by New York Times Best-Selling Author, and Instagram Celebrity Yung Pueblo, whose real name is Diego Perez. In this episode, Greg...
How Jay Clouse Built a $500,000 ARR Community (in Less than 2 Years)
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Jay Clouse of Creator Science. In this episode, Greg and Jay talk about the upsides of cohort-based courses and what strategie...
Info Diets, OG Content Creators, and 7-year Lifespans
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Julien Smith, the CEO of Practice, bestselling author of The Flinch, and executive coach. In this episode, Greg and Julien tal...
How Holdco Legend Michael Girdley is Playing Multi-Decade Games (and Winning)
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Michael Girdley--who's spent the last 30 years building a $100M+ holding company. In this episode, Greg and Michael talk about...
3 Non-Obvious Networking Strategies That Work
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Phil Toronto, a Partner at Vayner/RSE. In this episode, Greg and Phil share their biggest cheat codes for saying 'yes' to the ...
Personal Holding Companies: Build vs. Buy?
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Nick Huber. In the last 9 months, Nick has co-founded 6 companies in addition to Bolt Storage. In this episode, Nick and Greg ...
How to Turn a Podcast into an Empire
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Chris Hutchins, the host of All the Hacks, a podcast to upgrade your life, money, and travel. In this episode, Greg and Chris ...
Status Games, Fame, and the Truth about FIRE
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Nicolas Cole, the co-founder of Ship 30 for 30, a daily writing challenge. In this episode, Greg and Nicolas talk about how mu...
Billion-dollar Acquisitions, Private Jets, and the Art + Science of Persuasion
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Andy Ellwood, a startup operator, sales genius, and all-around curious human. In this episode, Greg and Andy talk about how cu...
Multipreneurship 101 and Why It Matters
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Jesse Pujji, the founder of Gateway X, a venture studio and holding company that builds and launches companies from scratch. I...
How to Sell Picks and Shovels in an AI World
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Emma Lawler, the founder of Velvet, an infrastructure provider for cross-platform app authentication and monetization. In this...
I met this guy who is the million dollar content flywheel king
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Case Kenny, the host of New Mindset, Who Dis? and author of "That's Bold of You". In this episode, Greg asks Case how he was a...
Mental Models from a Shrink for Entrepreneurs
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Peter Shallard, The Shrink for Entrepreneurs. In this episode, they'll talk about conscious blind spots and cognitive biases p...
The IRL Tribes That Could Change Your Life
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Antonio Neves, the creator of the Man Morning Newsletter and community. In this episode, you'll hear how to build an IRL maste...
How The Rideshare Guy Turned Uber, Lyft Drivers into a Media Empire
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Harry Campbell, the founder of The Rideshare Guy. In this episode, Greg finds out how Harry turned a blog into a media company...
400k Followers in 100 Days in an AI World
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Roberto Nickson, the entrepreneur and designer building Eluna AI, Metav3rse & MV3. In this episode, Greg and Roberto talk ...
Growth Hacks to Building a YouTube Empire
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Austin Lieberman, an investor and content creator. In this episode, Greg and Austin talk about how to optimize YouTube content...
How to Build Million Dollar Agencies with Theo Tabah
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Late Checkout COO Theo Tabah. In this episode, Greg and Theo talk about the inner workings of Late Checkout. ►►Subscribe t...
I'm answering listener questions
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is answering burning questions from the audience. ►►Subscribe to Greg's weekly newsletter for insights on community,creators and comme...
Breaking Down Top DTC Brands with Legend Nik Sharma
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by DTC marketing legend Nik Sharma. In this episode, Nik and I look at the best and worst DTC brands on the internet. ►►Subs...
Making the Most Out of Life and Business with the President of Shopify
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Harley Finkelstein, the President of Shopify. In this episode, Greg and Harley talk about growing up in a predominantly immigr...
How to Make It Big on TikTok
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by JT Barnett, a digital creator and founder of BarnettX and CreatorX, where he helps SMBs and Fortune 500 companies create conte...
The Winning Formula to Building AI-first Products with Dave Rogenmoser
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Dave Rogenmoser. Dave is the co-founder of Jasper, a Y Combinator-backed, generative AI platform for business that helps teams...
How One Tweet Changed This Man’s Life…
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Jackson Greathouse Fall, a designer and the creator of HustleGPT, an entrepreneurial AI. In this episode, Greg and Jackson tal...
Sabbaticals in the Age of AI: Finding Opportunity Amidst Job Automation with David Spinks
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by David Spinks, the founder of CMX and author of The Business of Belonging: How to Make Community Your Competitive Advantage. In...
Trung Phan on The Hustle, ChatGPT, and TikTok
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Trung Phan. Trung is the co-host of the Not Investment Advice podcast and writes the SatPost newsletter. He was formerly the l...
How Bigger Pockets Grew to 2M+ Members
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Josh Dorkin, the founder of Bigger Pockets, a community helping millions of members learn how to invest in real estate. In thi...
3 Community-Based Products Doing It Right with April MacLean
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by April MacLean, Late Checkout's community designer and fountain of wisdom on all things community. In this episode, Greg and Ap...
Becoming a Superhuman with Emerson Spartz
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Emerson Spartz, the founder of the viral media company Dose and the founder of MuggleNet, a Harry Potter fansite. In this epis...
AI App Ideas that make Millions with Danny Postma
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Danny Postma, a full-stack developer whose build AI apps like This Model Does Not Exist, Profile Picture AI and Headlime which...
Making Millions Through Memes with Chris Josephs
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Chris Josephs of Autopilot, an app that lets you automate your investment portfolio by copying top-notch traders like Nancy Pe...
Generating Wealth by Doing Micro Private Equity with Brent Beshore
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by Brent Beshore of Permanent Equity. In this episode, you'll learn why you don't need a Finance degree to generate wealth as an ...
Why a Gamer Mindset Can Change Your Life and Business with Nicolas Cole and Dickie Bush
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Greg is joined by the founders of Ship 30 for 30. In this episode, you'll hear how to stop worrying about being 'cringe' on Twitter and start de...
Sahil Lavingia Gets Radically Honest
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Greg is joined by Sahil Lavingia, the founder of Gumroad. Sahil told himself he's going to start being totally honest in 2023 and he doesn't ho...
Reflecting on a crazy 2022
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk about the biggest winners and losers in 2022 as well as my own personal biggest wins and loses. I'm speaking from the heart wi...
Building Big Businesses with Creators with Emily Herrera
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Greg is joined by Em Herrera, an investor at Night Ventures. In this conversation, Greg and Em talk about how content creators and startups can...
Wealth Building: Sweaty Startup to Real Estate Investor with Nick Huber
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
►►Subscribe to Greg's weekly newsletter for insights on community,creators and commerce.You'll also find out when new and exclusiveepisodes come o...
Why Every Creator Should Have a Newsletter with Austin Rief
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
►►Subscribe to Greg's weekly newsletter for insights on community,creators and commerce.You'll also find out when new and exclusiveepisodes come o...
Money, Wealth, and Personal Holding Companies with Michael Karnjanaprakorn
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Greg is joined by Michael Karnjanaprakorn, the founder of Skillshare and Otis. He's now taking time off to think and write about life, money an...
How Writers Can Be More Productive Using AI with Ben Tossell
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Greg is joined by Ben Tossell, the founder of Makerpad, which democratized software development through no-code. In this episode Ben and Greg t...
Building the Right Product, At the Right Time, For the Right People with Jack Butcher
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready for the next iteration of Where It Happens? Greg Isenberg is now the host of the podcast, which will be focused on catching up with incr...
Writing, Religion, and Walt Disney with David Perell
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready for the next iteration of Where It Happens? Greg Isenberg is now the host of the podcast, which will be focused on catching up with incr...
Keeping it Real with Danny Trinh
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready for the next iteration of Where It Happens? Greg Isenberg is now the host of the podcast, which will be focused on catching up with incr...
The Laws of Community Building with Natalie Ellis
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why are you waiting to build your community? In today's episode, we explain why the time is now to start creating, share the five tests to prove commu...
How To Monetize On YouTube With Harley Morenstein
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you watching your window of opportunity pass by? Today we share why you need to start now to create success, explore the lessons you will learn th...
Investing in Mental Health & Embracing Vulnerability with Andy Dunn
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you being honest with yourself? In today’s episode, we get vulnerable while sharing how upbringing impacts entrepreneurship, unpack why mental h...
Building a Mini Berkshire Hathaway
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready to buy the business that will finance your future? Today we share the secret to generating wealth through acquisitions, explain why you ...
Winning at Startups and the Future of Culture
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you lose millions, hire hundreds, raise millions, and sell companies by 30? Today Sahil Bloom and Greg Isenberg unpack why VC & PR can both...
Investor Psychology & Trading on the Future With Raoul Pal
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have what it takes to grow your investments from good to great? Today we share why Web3 will be the best investment in your lifetime, explain h...
How Building in Space Will Improve Life on Earth with Delian Asparouhov
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you stuck creating on the couch? In today's episode, we explain how one small group can change the world, debate whether these people need to meet...
Creativity Unlocks with Tom Green
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is your content holding you back? In today's episode, we explain why authenticity is critical to the future of content creation, share how to overcome...
How To Pick Startup Winners With Jason Calacanis
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready to start angel investing? In today's episode, we share the secret to creating long-term wealth, explain how to become a “sophisticated...
Betting Big on Web3 with Li Jin
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Crypto is still the future, are you in or out? Today we discuss why the crypto market needed a reset, explain how to hack back your creativity, and di...
The Metaverse & How It Will Change the World with Matthew Ball
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Will the Metaverse replace the internet? Today's guest brings in a diverse background at the intersection of technology, society, and creativity to he...
Bootstrapping Through a Bear Market with Noah Kagan
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you trying to grow your side project from hobby to profession? In today’s episode we examine how building has changed in 2022, share why so many...
How To Create Your Own Luck With Julien Smith
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you or your business stuck between a rock and a hard place? In today’s episode, we explore why suffering actually makes you stronger, divulge th...
How To Build A Brand Of The Future
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Storytelling is the future of the brand building. How are you telling your story? In this episode, we explore what today's successful companies have i...
Predicting the Future of Web3
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Web 3.0 is the future, ready or not; are you? In today’s episode, we explain how Twitter increases earning & job potential, the ways Web 3 is re...
Building From Scratch with Ryan Hoover
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you trust your gut? In today’s episode, we explore how the world's most disruptive innovations begin with just one small insight, share why succe...
How to Invent and Invest In the Future with Josh Wolfe
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The best way to predict the future is to help invent it. That's exactly what today's guest is doing as the founder and managing director of Lux Capita...
$30M by Age 19 — And Where You Should Build Today
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you a founder at heart but afraid to act? Today we explore how to build a scalable venture, the best way to create arbitrage in the market, and wh...
Why You Need A Digital Detox with Andrew Wilkinson
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Does dopamine have you hooked on tech? If you find yourself unable to put down the phone, it may be time for a detox. Entrepreneur and investor Andrew...
Are We Alone In The Universe? (with Tim Urban)
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do advanced civilizations exist? Can psychedelics help us better understand ourselves? What goes on in Elon's mind? Can one episode answer all of thes...
Why You Should Start a Business For Older Adults
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a giant opportunity in helping older adults live a more vibrant, empowering life throughout their later years. Today we’re joined by John ...
Elon's Twitter Takeover and The Future of Social Media with Sriram Krishnan
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What does the future of Twitter look like as it transitions to a private company? Sriram Krishnan joined us on the pod to explore that question. Srira...
How To Invest Like An Optimist With Morgan Housel
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Morgan Housel (@morganhousel) sits down with host Sahil Bloom for a deep dive on money and success. Morgan shares the powerful story of how he went fr...
From Community Manager to C-Suite | Jiho, Axie Infinity
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest shows the power of community by sharing a personal story of how Discord changed the trajectory of his life. Jiho (@Jihoz_Axie), the Co-F...
How to Leverage Nostalgia and Win at Marketing with Danny Trinh
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brand storytelling is the future of marketing. In today’s digital society, businesses need to get creative to connect with their audience and truly ...
Common Traits of Legends with Ndamukong Suh
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we dive deep on the Terra LUNA Ponzi debate, then bring in guest Ndamukong Suh to pick his brain on lessons from his multifaceted care...
The Future of Gaming With Ryan Wyatt
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What does the future of gaming look like on the blockchain? We’re joined by a leader in the space Ryan Wyatt (@Fwiz). He’s the former global head ...
How to Engineer Serendipity (with Matt Mullenweg)
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can a billion-dollar business be built remotely? You don't need to guess if it can happen. For more than 15 years -- long before coronavirus forced wo...
How to Get Rich Building Boring Businesses with Codie Sanchez
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Codie Sanchez is no stranger to thinking outside the box. The founder of Contrarian Thinking and Managing Partner at Entourage Effect Capital, she sha...
Bootstrapping An Eight-Figure Business with Michael Martocci
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to build a successful bootstrapped business? Michael Martocci (@MichaelMartocci) is the right person to ask. The Founder and CEO of ...
Anything Is Possible with David Friedberg
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Friedberg (@friedberg), founder and CEO of The Production Board (TPB), is working to reimagine global systems in order to solve some of the bigg...
Personality-Market Fit with Nuseir Yassin
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What could you do if you had access to 50 million people? Nuseir Yassin, the creator of Nas Daily and Nas Academy, is the perfect person to answer tha...
Minting Billionaires and the Religion of Bitcoin with Meltem Demirors
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is bitcoin a religion? It might sound like a joke, but cryptocurrency is unlocking a whole new world of opportunity and wealth creation. In this episo...
Will Meta Bounce Back? (with Nikita Bier)
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When Meta lost more than $230 billion almost overnight many people questioned -- is Meta done? On this episode of Where It Happens, former Meta employ...
Forget Zero-Sum, Be Positive-Sum with Harley Finkelstein
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shopify has changed e-commerce forever. And, if you're willing to listen closely enough, you can borrow part of their DNA to accelerate your own entre...
How to Build Hype with Matteo Franceschetti
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sleep has never been sexier, but it wasn't always that way. On this episode of Where It Happens, Matteo Franceschetti (@m_franceschetti) joins hosts S...
The Wolf of All Streets, Scott Melker
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Melker isn't your average crypto expert. Then again, crypto isn't exactly your average area of investing, which might explain his incredible kno...
Memes Rule The World with Dogecoin Creator Billy Markus
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you heard the story about the crypto founder who sold all his crypto for $10,000 only for it to be worth billions many years later? On this episo...
The Power of Becoming a Feedback Magnet with Kat Cole
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Great leaders help develop game-changing brands. Kat Cole (@KatColeATL) knows this first-hand, having led Focus Brands as their President and COO, and...
Forecasting the Future of Tech with Scott Belsky
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How will work and life change in a material way over the next 5 years? That one line, written by guest Scott Belsky (@scottbelsky), was enough to get ...
Why NFT's Won't Fail and How To Spot Winners with Gary Vaynerchuk
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many people view Gary Vaynerchuk as a byproduct of his own energetic self-promotion. What they don't realize? Every big bet is highly calculated, and ...
The Unlimited Potential of Web3 with Alexis Ohanian
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Web3 is here, but all of the ways it will change the way the world works is not yet fully understood. In this episode of Where It Happens, the OG of c...
How to Become a Super Ball with Anthony Scaramucci
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When things don't go your way, how do you react? On this episode of Where It Happens, former White House Director of Communications Anthony Scaramucc...
Special: State of the Union: DAOing the X Games
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are they really going to try to buy The X Games? On the last episode of Where It Happens, co-hosts Sahil Bloom (@sahilbloom) and Greg Isenberg (@gregi...
Buying the X Games with Olympic Icon Apolo Ohno
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a Web3 universe, anything is possible. In this episode of Where It Happens, hosts Sahil Bloom (@sahilbloom) and Greg Isenberg (@gregisenberg) put...
Reinventing Home Ownership and Concierge Businesses With Sam Parr
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Could listening to a podcast help you fund a business? In this episode of Where It Happens, co-host Sahil Bloom (@sahilbloom) makes an offer you might...
Special: DAOing a Twitter Board Seat
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Dorsey stepping down has created a pivotal moment in Twitter's history. Where do things go from here? Hosts Greg Isenberg (@gregisenberg) and Sah...
The NSFW Framework and the Magic of Community-Product Fit with Amanda Goetz
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes the best products don't start as products. On this episode of Where It Happens, Amanda Goetz (@AmandaMGoetz), founder of House of Wise, sha...
Disruptive Innovation And Unbundling The S&P 500 With Howard Lindzon
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of Where It Happens, Howard Lindzon (@howardlindzon) -- the man behind StockTwits and early Robinhood investor -- helps us rethin...
Podcasts Are Broken
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The problem with podcasts is the conversations are all one-sided. But, what if the conversations became interactive? Welcome to "Where It Happens" a c...