Nov 9

Dr. Squatch: Jack Haldrup. From a Closet Full of Soap to a $1.5 Billion Brand

Jack Haldrup didn’t set out to build a billion-dollar company. He just wanted a way out of consulting and a bar of soap he actually liked. After developing psoriasis, Jack started paying closer attention to the products he used on his skin. A chance purchase at a farmers market i ... Show More

1h 20m

Nov 5

Dell Computers: Michael Dell. The College Dropout Who Took on IBM (2018)

Michael Dell was building a tech business in his dorm room long before it became a familiar startup story. In 1983, the UT Austin student began selling PC upgrade kits. Within months, he left college to devote himself to the business. When Dell entered the Fortune 500 in 1992, Mi ... Show More

46m 48s

Nov 2

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: “I Was a Great Founder and a Terrible CEO”

This episode is available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/ZYf-DfxJg1c Brian Chesky was 26 when he and his co-founders launched Airbnb, turning a few air mattresses in a San Francisco apartment into one of the most successful startups of all time. But as Airbnb grew into a company wo ... Show More

1h 15m

Oct 2022

BONUS #1 🔥 The Inventor of Virality: Jonah Peretti, Buzzfeed Founder & CEO

In our first TBOY interview, we chat with the Founder and CEO of Buzzfeed, Jonah Peretti. Buzzfeed was the first media company built on virality, harnessing the power of the internet to scale humor, joy, news… and a listicle on which Disney princess you are. But before Buzzfeed w ... Show More

48m 38s

May 2023

Rapid Response: Lessons from the demise of BuzzFeed News, w/CEO Jonah Peretti

Rapid Response with Bob Safian: If the most prestigious aspect of your business isn’t paying dividends, should you leave it in the past? BuzzFeed’s co-founder and CEO, Jonah Peretti discusses the surprising decision to shutter the Pulitzer Prize-winning BuzzFeed News, and how the ... Show More

25m 53s

Jul 2019

#5 - The First Viral Website: "Hot or Not"

James Hong (@jhong) is the creator of Hot or Not? He sits down to tell us how the silly website went from 42 friends, to 2 million page views per day within a week. I love his philosophy of running it like an "internet laundromat" - collecting nickels & quarters from the machine ... Show More

51m 30s

Nov 2024

How To Go Viral on TikTok And Build A Successful Business

<p>Marcus Milione launched and scaled his business, Minted New York, by sharing his journey online. Throughout development, he brought customers for the ride, incorporating their feedback along the way. Learn how to build in public and earn trust as the face of your brand.</p><p> ... Show More

26m 40s

Jan 2023

Scaling a Business With Betches Media

If you were on Instagram in the early 10s, you remember the meme page “@betches.” What made this page different was how relatable the memes were. Some might say the three founders of that had no idea what they started as the account went viral. Now Betches is a full-fledged busin ... Show More

39m 7s

Jan 2024

I Did Something Crazy

Episode 91: I did something crazy. I convinced HubSpot to send me & 7 friends to sit 50-yard-line at the College Football National Championship. The deal is simple. They’re paying for our seats. We’re gonna do some awesome, creative sh*t to market the brand & hopefully go viral. ... Show More

22m 24s

Nov 2020

#132 - A Simple Email Hack That Generated Millions, The World's Cheapest Billionaire, and A Simple Startup Idea No One Has Done

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss: - The crazy story of J. Paul Getty (Billy of The Week) - The importance of acting the part and story telling in creating your personal brand - What do all successful people have in common? Can you not be intense and be suc ... Show More

55m 51s

Feb 2024

This Designer Changed One Thing And Went Viral

<p>Going viral might appear to happen "overnight" but in this episode we discuss why Emily's video went viral and what she has been doing for years leading up to this point. We also take a deep dive into the aftermath of a viral video and discuss some reasons you may NOT want to ... Show More

31m 4s

Oct 2022

Introducing: The Crazy Ones, Morning Brew's New Podcast

Episode 1: Welcome to the FIRST EPISODE of The Crazy Ones, hosted by fellow friends, founders, and builders, Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista), Sophia Amoruso (@sophiaamoruso), and Jesse Pujji (@jspujji). Today, we talk about the rise and the insane $700M evaluation of Liquid Dea ... Show More

43m 39s

Live Episode! BuzzFeed: Jonah Peretti