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School of Hard Knocks Podcast — 77 episodes

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Eddie Maalouf | He Couldn’t Give Marketing Away For Free… Now His Agency Makes $18 Million/Year

2

Jhalesa Seymour | She Started With $67… Now Her Soap Company Makes $20 Million/Year

3

Mike Wystrach | He Had $15 Left… 10 Years Later He Sold His Company For $1.5 Billion

4

Jamie Salter | How He Built a $40B Brand Empire With Reebok, Champion & Forever 21

5

George Heaton | How He Built Represent Into a $140M/Year Fashion Brand

6

David Royce | From Door to Door Sales to 5 Companies Sold for Over $1 Billion

7

Blake Johnson | He Had $7,000 Left… Then Sold His Companies for $1.1 Billion

8

Dr. Jason Wersland | How a Terrible Motorcycle Accident Led to the Invention of Theragun

9

David Stout | He Started With a $400 Loan… Now His AI Company Is Worth $2.5 Billion

10

Mike Sherbakov | He Came To America With Nothing… Now He Funds $1 Billion Companies

11

John Imah | He Sold 2 Tech Companies At 16… Now His AI Company Is Worth $1.5 Billion

12

Ronnen Harary | Meet The Billionaire Toymaker Who Turned 5,000 Toys Into $2 Billion

13

Lynnwood Bibbens | He Sold Cutco Knives In College… Then Built A $2 Billion Empire

14

Peter Tuchman | He Survived Every Stock Market Crash… Now He Trades $1 Billion/Day

15

Greg LaVecchia | He Had a 2.5 GPA… Now He’s Got a $1 Billion Brand

16

Patrick Terry | It’s Never Too Late… He Started At 47 And Beat McDonald’s Out

17

Andy Frisella | He Made $58K In 10 Years… Now His Portfolio Is Worth $1B

18

Eric Spofford | He Was Addicted To Drugs... Now He's Sold A $115 Million Company

19

Lucy Guo | How She Became The World's Youngest Self Made Woman Billionaire

20

RJ Jain | He Left India, Sold a Startup to Google, Now He’s Building a $200M Company

21

Richard Harpin | He Was $10K From Bankruptcy… Then Built a $4B Company

22

Simon Squibb | He Was Homeless at 15… Now He’s Worth Hundreds of Millions

23

Poppi Founders | How They Built Poppi Into A $500 Million A Year Soda Company In 4 Years (Then Sold For $2 Billion)

24

Bill Gurley | Legendary Investor on Missing Google, Backing Uber, and What Makes Billion-Dollar Founders

25

John Caudwell | The British Billionaire Who Lost Everything… Then Built a $2B Empire

26

Robert Croak | How the Sillybandz Founder Built a $100M Global Brand and Kept His Millions

27

Ben Pogue | He Took Over His Dad’s Company at 29… Now He Owns a $20M Private Jet

28

Forbes Riley | From Actress to the Pitch Queen, $2.5B in Sales, Media, and Modern Selling

29

Vick Tipnes | From $78 in His Bank Account to Owning a Private Jet

30

Myron Golden | You’re 60 Minutes Away From NEVER Being Broke Again!

31

Jim Keyes | Former CEO of 7-Eleven and Blockbuster on What Always Happens Before a Company Crash and How He Ran Multi Billion Dollar Busines

32

Vic Keller | Sold 9 Companies Including 3 to Berkshire Hathaway on Building Durable Businesses, Partnerships, and Wealth

33

Kirt Linington | He Came to America With $700… Then Sold for 9 Figures, Started Knocking On Doors At 42 & Made Millions

34

Daniel Lubetzky | From a $24,000 Salary to Building a $5 Billion Company, The Billionaire Behind KIND

35

Ari Rastegar | How Flipping Burgers Led to a $3,000 Deal That Built a Billion-Dollar Real Estate Empire

36

Dr. De | Biohax CEO on Longevity, Burnout, Hidden Stressors, and Building Health for the Long Term

37

Dariush Soudhi | How a Violent Home Invasion Forced Him to Start Over From Nothing & Still Made Millions Again

38

Robert Kiyosaki | Rich Dad Poor Dad Author on Smart Debt, Cash Flow, Tax Free Wealth, and Rejecting Traditional Education

39

Tommy Mello | From Garage Doors to a $300M/Year Empire, The Billionaire Who Got Rich From A Normal Job

40

Ken McElroy | From Property Manager to $2B Real Estate Mogul, Cash Flow, Tax Strategy and True Freedom

41

Butch Hartman | The Untold Story of Nickelodeon’s Most Visionary Creator, How Was Fairly OddParents Show Created & How He Made Millions

42

Neil Patel | Why Followers Don’t Pay the Bills, and How He Built Real Wealth Through Marketing Mastery

43

Tony Cuccio | From $200 on Venice Beach to a $2 Billion Global Empire, Reinventing Beauty, Real Estate, and the Meaning of Success

44

Kendra Scott | From Single Mom & College Dropout to Billion-Dollar Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, and Fashion Icon

45

Adley Kinsman | How She Went From Broke Creator to Running One of the Internet’s Biggest Media Machines

46

Greg Perlman | The Real Estate Billionaire Who Built a $2.5B Empire and Chose to Give 75% Of It Away

47

Thomas Healy | World’s Youngest Billionaire on Dropping Out, Raising $700M, and Building an Empire Before 30

48

John Morgan | The Billionaire Lawyer Who Took Down Disney & Coca-Cola

49

Brent Franklin | Broke at 26, Sued, And Became a Multi-Millionaire. How To Turn Rock Bottom Into Power And Empires

50

Abdulla Kudrath | Broke Immigrant to Multi-Industry Mogul: How He Built 14 Businesses From Scratch

51

Joshua Crisp | $11.3M in a Day Without Finishing High School

52

Anne Mahlum | $110M Founder on Betting It All, Turning Trauma Into Power, and Building Solidcore from Scratch

53

John Devaney | He Lost $200 Million in 2008...Then Made It All Back

54

Alli Webb | Drybar Founder Who Started From $0 and Sold for $255M on Reinvention, Grit, and Building a Beauty Empire

55

Eric Adams | Beaten by Cops as a Kid, Now Mayor of NYC - On Using Pain as Fuel to Rise, Lead, and Rewrite the Rules

56

Hugo Sanchez | Latino Entrepreneur on Making $250K/Month Washing T-Shirts, Getting Rejected, and Overcoming Success

57

Khalil Rafati | From a Homeless Crackhead.. To a Multi-Millionaire on Addiction, Hitting Rock Bottom, and Turning Pain Into Purpose

58

Edward Connors | He Killed 600 Men in Vietnam & Built Gold's Gym Empire, on Turning Pain into Power and Dreams into Reality

59

Karlton Dennis | Makes $10M/Year , Pays Nothing in Taxes, and Teaches You How

60

Edwin Arroyave | From Sleeping with Roaches to $40M: How He Beat the Odds, Found Mentors, and Built an Empire

61

Todd Johnson | He Lived on Food Stamps… Now He’s Worth $100M

62

Michael Franzese | He Made $10 Million a Week in the Mafia...Now He's Found Redemption

63

Dean Graziosi | 9-Figure Entrepreneur & Investor on Overcoming Struggles, Finding Mentors, and Achieving Success

64

Jeremy Miner | Founder & CEO of 7th Level - How Anyone Can Become Successful in Sales & How to Be a Master Communicator

65

Ryan Serhant | Luxury Real Estate Mogul & Influencer - How He Became the #1 Luxury Realtor in the World & Essential Keys to Success

66

Chris Watters | CEO of Watters International Realty - Going From $0 to $10M+/Yr & Doing 9 Figures in Revenue in Real Estate

67

Todd Nepola | Founder of Current Capital Group - On Building a $100M+ Real Estate Empire & How to Start Investing in Commercial Real Estate

68

James Keyes | Former CEO of 7-Eleven & Blockbuster - On Truth Behind Blockbuster's Collapse, Operating as a CEO, & Priceless Business Advice

69

Josh "Snow" Elizetxe | Founder & CEO of Snow - On Selling a Company at 17, Building a 9-Figure Brand, and the Skills Needed to Be Successful

70

Andy Elliott | World's Fastest Growing Sales Trainer - On Sales Training, Discipline, Leadership & Entrepreneurship

71

Onyi Odunukwe | Founder, CEO of Glo Tanning - On Building a National Franchise Brand, Entrepreneurship, & How to Delegate

72

Paul Hedrick | Founder of Tecovas - How He Left His Corporate Job to Start a 9-Figure Boot Brand

73

Justin Waller | Influencer & Serial Entrepreneur - On Business, Moving out of Your Home Town, Dating, and the Power of Focus

74

Renji Bijoy | Founder, CEO of Immersed - The Most Used VR Company in the World