Synopsis
This show is about the amazing stories of world-class multi-millionaire and billionaire founders , how they started and how they succeeded. Founder Stories include the founders of Facebook(Mark), Linked-in(Reid), WhatsApp(Jan), Ben and Jerry Ice creams(the name says it), Instagram(Kevin), Amazon(Jeff), Pandora(Tim), Hershey Chocolates(Milton) and more.You will hear their struggles and seemingly insurmountable problems and how they emerged victoriously, so you too can succeed as a founder.
Episodes
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111: Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold - From a waiter to a multi-millionaire
02/11/2021 Duration: 25minJustin Gold started working as a waiter to pay off his student loans, but then he stumbled on his passion for peanut and almond butter. Even though he did not know anything about starting a business, he figured it out and started it. Even though he came close to shutting down and there was no hope left to survive, he kept pursuing and finally emerged victoriously and became a multi-millionaire. Let us see how he did it.
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110: Dropbox: Drew Houston - From A babysitter to a Billionaire
19/10/2021 Duration: 28minDrew Houston's first job was babysitting and he was making $3.00 per hour, but then he figured out that he could get paid more doing what he loved.. Game programming. He later started DropBox. He had many setbacks, and he had to face the demons in his head. He overcame all this and finally took Dropbox Public. Both he and his co-founder became billionaires. Let us see how he did it.
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109: Popeyes: Al Copeland - From utter poverty to a Multi-millionaire
05/10/2021 Duration: 20minAl Copeland was born in utter poverty and never graduated high school. Yet he struggled and started popeyes. He explored his various passions and lived life to his fullest. Popeyes was a big success, and he became a multi-millionaire. Let's check out his story.
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108: Shopify :Tobias Lutke - A school dropout to a billionaire
21/09/2021 Duration: 22minTobias Lutke never had any dreams to start a business and he knew he was not capable. But by sheer accident, he started Shopify and later became a billionaire. Let us check out his story.
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107: Charles Kettering - From a poor farm boy to a multi-millionaire
29/12/2020 Duration: 19minCharles_Kettering grew up poor and had health problems. Yet, he persevered and invented many things including the self-starter in cars and became a multi-millionaire. Let us see how he did it.
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106: Warby Parker - Starting in an apartment to building a billion dollar company
15/12/2020 Duration: 16minNeil Blumenthal along with his 3 friends started a business, while he was in college. Everyone he talked to said, they would fail, Yet, they started Warby Parker and turned it into a multi-billion dollar company. Let us see how they did it.
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105: George Soros - From a penniless clerk to a billionaire
01/12/2020 Duration: 24minGeorge Soros escaped death when he was young. He started as a Clerk, but later started a hedge fund and rose up to become a billionaire.Let us check out his story.
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104: EventBrite : Julia Hartz - From a 9-5 job to a multi-millionaire founder
17/11/2020 Duration: 21minJulia Hartz never had an intention to start a business nor had any knowledge of the tech world. But she was pulled into it by accident, and she and her husband Kevin started EventBrite and took it to a billion-dollar company.
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103: Radio One - Cathy Hughes - A poor girl with no resources to a Multi-millionaire media icon
03/11/2020 Duration: 21minCathy grew up poor and when Cathy Hughes was in her teens, she was thrown out of her house. With no resources or connections, she rose to start Urban one, a network of Radio stations and became a multi-millionaire. Let us check out her story.
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102: Ring: Jamie Siminoff - From a back-to-back failure to a multi-millionaire
22/09/2020 Duration: 19minJamie Siminoff tried many ideas and failed. One time by accident, he stumbled on the idea for a WIFI Video doorbell. It was tough to survive, but he doggedly persisted and finally sold his company for a whopping $1.2billion. Let us see how he did it…
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101: Dr. Bronner’s - Emil Bronner : From an Asylum inmate to a multi-millionaire
01/09/2020 Duration: 23minEmanuel Bronner was born in Germany and escaped to America during the Nazi regime. Stricken with personal loss, he decided to bring peace into the world and started making soap and grew the company to more than $100 million. Let us see how he did it.
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100: Andrew Carnegie - A poor boy earning $1.20 a week to a billionaire
04/08/2020 Duration: 22minAndrew Carnegie’s grew up poor. He started with a lowly job. He slowly rose and started a company and finally became the world’s richest man and also one of the world’s greatest philanthropist. Holy Lemon Pie, Let us check it out how he did it.
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099: Gary Vaynerchuk: A liquor store worker’s son to a multi-Millionaire celebrity icon
14/07/2020 Duration: 22minGary VaynerChuk was the son of a immigrant Liquor store worker. So Gary had the fire to get rich. He later started Wine Library TV and other businesses and eventually became a multi- millionaire. Holy Vanilla Ice cream!, Let us see how he did it.
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098: GoDaddy: Bob Parsons - Son of a poor salesman to a billionaire
23/06/2020 Duration: 20minBob Parsons grew up poor and since he wanted money he tried several means to earn money. He started GoDaddy and came close to shutting it down. But he persisted and succeeded and ultimately became a billionaire.
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097: Virgin - Richard Branson: A Poor student to a Billionaire
02/06/2020 Duration: 24minRichard Branson needs no introduction. His reputation precedes him!. Due to a birth defect, he was poor at understanding things and he was a terrible student too. But he overcame all this and became a fun-loving billionaire. Let us see how he did it.
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096: Behance : Scott Belsky - From a Mundane trader to a multi-millionaire
05/05/2020 Duration: 21minBehance is like LinkedIn for Designers. Scott started with a low-level job as a financial trader but later started Behance with less than $20,000 Later, he sold it to Adobe for more than $100 million. Let us see how he did it.
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095: Vice Media: From a worthless drug addict to a multi-millionaire media icon
21/04/2020 Duration: 21minSuroosh Alvi's parents had high hopes for his future. But during his college, he got addicted to drugs. Yet, he transformed from a worthless drug addict to a multi-millionaire. Let us see how he did it with VICE.
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094: Yelp - From a software engineer to a multi-millionaire
24/03/2020 Duration: 19minJeremy first idea for yelp failed to get traction and almost failed. He accidentally found that users loved writing reviews and he redesigned Yelp and it took off wildly and made Jeremy a multi-millionaire. Let us see how he did it.
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093: Waze - An ordinary programmer to a multimillionaire
10/03/2020 Duration: 18minEhud Shabtai got a GPS and he thought of creating an app. But the maps company blocked him. He came up with a unique solution and Waze became a hit with users and finally they sold it to Google for a billion dollars. Let us see how they did it.
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092: Dollar Shave Club - Starting in an apartment and selling it for a billion dollars.
25/02/2020 Duration: 20minMichael Dubin founded Dollar Shave Club in 2011 in his apartment with his meager savings. Five years later, in 2016, his company was acquired by Unilever for $1 billion. How the heck did he do it. Let us see how he did it.