Podcasts by How They Made Their Millions

151: GoPro: Nick Woodman - From selling bead belts in a VW van to creating a billion-dollar empire from 2023-07-18T10:00

How did Nick Woodman , the founder of GoPro grow from selling bead belts in a VW van to creating a billion-dollar empire. Let us check it out.

150: J.P. Morgan - Turning chaos into billion dollar opportunities from 2023-07-04T10:00

Here is the riveting journey of J.P. Morgan, the titan who transformed American finance.Let us discover how this financial maestro navigated uncertainty while everything was in chaos and etched an ...

149: SweetGreen: From a tiny dorm-room business to a multi-millionaire dollar food empire from 2023-06-20T10:00

Nicolas Jammet, Jonathan Neman, and Nathaniel Ru were three friends who shared a passion for healthy food. Since they couldn't find good places to eat healthy food, they started their own. They ...

148: IT cosmetics: Jamie Kern Lima - From a struggling waitress to building a cosmetics empire from 2023-06-06T10:00

Jamie Kern Lima had a dream to become a TV show host, but her dreams were shattered because of a problem she had. She later started IT cosmetics to solve her own problem. Faced with self-doubt, ...

147: Care.com: Sheila Marcelo - Turning her bad life situation into a business and becoming a Multi-millionaire from 2023-05-23T10:00

Sheila Marcelo aspired to have a fulfilling life with a well-planned career. However, life took an unexpected turn, and she faced many challenging situations. Despite this, she persevered and fo...

146: Hint Water: Kara Goldin - Starting a business by accident to becoming a multi-millionaire from 2023-05-09T10:00

Kara Godin never intended to start a business. But she had a personal problem of losing weight. She started to share her unsweetened, fruit infused water with friends in her neighborhood. When t...

145: Beats Electronics: Jimmy Lovine - From a Janitor to a music billionaire from 2023-04-25T10:00

Dr. Dre and Jimmy Lovine, both music producers, recognized the need for high-quality headphones that could accurately reproduce the sound of music as it was intended to be heard in the studio. Listen

144: General Motors - Alfred Sloan - From a simple draftsman to a multi-millionaire Automobile icon from 2023-04-11T10:00

William Durant started General motors, but it almost came close to shutting down. Then Alfred Sloan stepped in. He adopted a different approach than his competitors to sell his cars. The strateg...

143: Tim Ferriss - From hopeless and depressed to becoming an Inspirational Icon and a multi-millionaire from 2023-03-28T11:00

Tim Ferriss was depressed most of the time and one time thought of ending his life. But he escaped that by fate of luck. Later he started a business and even here he felt overworked, restless, a...

142: Sargento - Leonard Gentine - From a tiny mom-and-pop shop to a billion dollar cheese empire from 2023-03-14T11:00

Leonard Gentine never had any plans for starting a business. But by sheer accident, he got to know about a new profession and started a business which was a failure. Later by another accident, h...

141: Mark Cuban - The son of a automobile upholstery installer to a Billionaire from 2023-02-28T11:00

Mark Cuban’s father was an automobile upholstery installer and life was not the best. He figured out ways to make money and finished his education. He was not sure what to do with his life, but ...

140: CableVision - Charles Dolan - A college dropout to a Maverick Billionaire from 2023-02-14T11:00

Charles Dolan, failed at two businesses. He faced many setbacks. Yet in 1973, this Maverick entrepreneur started Cablevision and built it into a multi-billion dollar company. Let us check out his d...

139: Zipcar - Robin Chase&Antje Danielson - Two Moms with no business experience to starting a multi-million dollar car-sharing empire. from 2023-01-31T11:00

Robin Chase was a stay at him mom & Antje Danielson was a mom and academic researcher. They never had any prior experience starting a business but they had deep passion to make the world a bette...

138 : Duty Free Shops - Chuck Feeney - From a poor kid to a billionaire, who gave it all away. from 2023-01-17T11:00

Chuck Feeney was born poor. He made a fortune selling duty-free goods, building an enterprise out of nothing. Then, he gave all his money away. Let us check out his truly inspiring story.

137: Maker Studios - Ordinary YouTubers to Millionaires from 2023-01-03T11:00

Danny Zappin, Shay Carl and a few other YouTubers, started their own YouTube Channels and amassed millions of subscribers. They decided to pool together their talent, followers and subscribers i...

136: Dorothy Herman - Rising from life-crushing Trauma to becoming a multi-millionaire Real-Estate icon from 2022-12-20T10:00:11

How did Dorothy Herman rose from life-crushing Trauma to become a multi-millionaire Real-Estate icon. Let us check out her awe-inspiring story.

135: LegalZoom - From a one-bedroom apartment eating ramen noodles to becoming multi-millionaires from 2022-12-06T10:00:07

How  did Brian lee and Brian Lui start LegalZoom, a company that provides legal documentation in a one-bedroom apartment eating ramen noodles and became multi-millionaires.

Let us check o...

134: Kathy Ireland - From a high-school dropout model to a Business Mogul from 2022-11-22T10:00:07

How did a model who was a high-school dropout become a Business Mogul building a multi-billion dollar company.

Let us check out her inspiring story.

133: Audible - From a small-time Journalist to a Multi-millionaire from 2022-11-08T10:00:59

How did Don Katz who started working as a journalist and never had any exposure to tech started Audible and then sold to Amazon and became a multi-millionaire. Let us check out his superb story....

132: ABC Supply - From a high school dropout Teen single Mom To a Billionaire Entrepreneur from 2022-10-25T10:00:53

How did Diane Hendricks, a high school dropout and a Teen single mom built ABC Supply, the largest wholesale roofing distributor in America, and rose to become a Billionaire Entrepreneur, even t...

131: SlideShare - How they turned a personal problem into a Multi-million dollar business from 2022-10-11T10:00:38

Rashmi Sinha & Jonathan Boutelle wanted to embed PowerPoint presentations into other websites, but they could not find a solution. So how did they turn this personal problem into a Multi-million...

130: Public storage - The son of a poor farmer to a billionaire from 2022-09-20T10:00:57

How did Wayne Hughes who was born to a poor farmer started Public Storage to store people's excess belongings  and became a billionaire. Let us check out his story.

129: SmugMug - From a homeless kid to a multi-millionaire from 2022-09-06T10:30:45

Chris MacAskill was homeless and had to deal with a sick mother. Yet he rose through his challenges and started SmugMug and lived a fulfilling life and also became a multi-millionaire in this proce...

128: NYX Cosmetics - An immigrant not able to speak English to a multi-millionaire fashion icon from 2022-08-23T10:30:07

Toni Ko’s parents immigrated to America, and she did not understand English. Yet she struggled and at a young age started NYX cosmetics and sold it for multiple millions to the world’s largest cosm...

127: BaseCamp - From being Contrarian and going against the status quo to building a multi-million dollar business from 2022-08-09T10:00:44

Jason Fried and David Hanson, went against the status quo and built basecamp by doing the opposite of what we think successful companies are supposed to do and yet grew it into a multi-million doll...

126: Bloomingdale’s - From a single tiny store to a billion-dollar high-end luxury store chain from 2022-07-26T10:30:32

Bloomingdale is a high-end luxury department chain started in New York. It started as a tiny shop selling only one item. Yet it grew into a billion-dollar high-end luxury store chain. Let us che...

125: MyFitnessPal - From side-hustler to multi-millionaire from 2022-07-12T10:30:22

Mike Lee wanted to lose some weight before his wedding, but there was no good digital solution. So he decided to start his own app as a side hustle and it grew beyond his dreams with more than 100+...

124: GitHub: Tom Preston-Werner - From dead-broke to a multi-millionaire. from 2022-06-28T10:00:11

GitHub is a well-known website that brings together developers from all over the globe to work together on code. But how did Tom Preston-Werner and Chris Wanstrath took GitHub from a “weekend proje...

123: Eddie Bauer: From a high-school dropout to a multi-millionaire outdoor goods icon. from 2022-06-14T10:00:12

Eddie Bauer grew up loving the outdoors. To support his family, he dropped out of school and working odd jobs, he later opened his own tiny outdoor shop. He dedicated his life to making gear that m...

122: King.com(Candy Crush game): Riccardo Zacconi - Almost Bankrupt to a multi-million dollar gaming icon. from 2022-05-31T10:00:06

Riccardo Zacconi started king. com to build games . His business nearly went bankrupt. The Dot-com bubble had burst and Zacconi had put all of his money into his company and he would lose it all. H...

121: Nathan’s Famous Restaurants: Nathan Handwerker - From a restaurant dish-washer to a Multi-millionaire. from 2022-05-17T10:00:55

Nathan Handwerker, whose first job at age 6 was peddling knishes in what is now Poland, immigrated to New York when he was barely 20. He had no formal education, spoke no English and began his rest...

120: Kayak: Steve Hafner&Paul English - Two men who changed the way people travel forever and became multi-millionaires. from 2022-05-03T10:00:52

Paul English wrestled with bipolar disorder, having bouts of depression frequently, yet he teamed up with Steve Hafner and started Kayak. They faced competitors, but they persisted and executed wel...

119: Holiday Inn: Kemmons Wilson - From Dirt-poor to a Multi-Millionaire Hospitality icon. from 2022-04-19T10:00:47

Many have heard about the man who revolutionized the lodging industry in the 20th century: Kemmons Wilson — the founder of everyone’s favorite hotel chain, Holiday Inn. But behind this incredible m...

118: StitchFix - Katrina Lake - From starting in an apartment to becoming a multi-millionaire from 2022-04-05T10:00:15

Katrina Lake never had any dreams of starting a business. She thought she was never capable, but due to a discovery she made about other entrepreneurs, she decided to start Stitchfix. As a woman fo...

117: Paul Mitchell Haircare Systems: John Paul DeJoria - Twice Homeless to a Multi-Millionaire from 2022-03-22T10:30

John Paul DeJoria grew up poor with his single mother. He faced many problems in life and was homeless twice and lived in his car. Yet he had the drive to keep moving. Finally, he started Paul M...

116: NerdWallet - Tim Chen: Starting with $800 and turning it into multiple millions. from 2022-03-08T11:30

Tim Chen had a nice job in the financial services industry. But something bad happened, and he accidentally started NerdWallet. Money was not coming in and he thought of shutting it down. But he...

115: Lucas Oil - Forrest Lucas: A triumphant journey from childhood poverty to a multimillionaire from 2021-12-28T11:00

Lucas oils is a manufacturer and distributor of automotive oil, additives, and lubricants.

Its founder is Forrest Lucas and his is a proverbial ‘rags-to-riches’ story, emerging from rural...

114: Adobe - John Warnock and Charles Geschke: Simple Xerox employees to multi-millionaires from 2021-12-14T12:00

Now we take for granted that we can print anything from our computer.

But long back, this was very difficult and many companies, including Apple, were not able to figure out how to print ...

113: Crate&Barrel: Gordon Segal - From not knowing anything about retail business to becoming multi-millionaires from 2021-11-30T11:00

Gordon and his wife wanted designer European cookware and glassware, but they were very expensive in America. To solve this ...

112: Electronic Arts: Trip Hawkins - From a failure in first business to a multi-millionaire from 2021-11-16T11:00

Trip Hawkins grew up at a time when there were no computers. He loved complex sports simulation board games, but others found...

111: Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold - From a waiter to a multi-millionaire from 2021-11-02T10:00

Justin Gold started working as a waiter to pay off his student loans, but then he stumbled on his passion for peanut and alm...

110: Dropbox: Drew Houston - From A babysitter to a Billionaire from 2021-10-19T10:00

Drew Houston's first job was babysitting and he was making $3.00 per hour, but then he figured out that he could get paid mor...

109: Popeyes: Al Copeland - From utter poverty to a Multi-millionaire from 2021-10-05T10:00

Al 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 suc...

108: Shopify :Tobias Lutke - A school dropout to a billionaire from 2021-09-21T10:00

Tobias 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.

107: Charles Kettering - From a poor farm boy to a multi-millionaire from 2020-12-29T11:00

Charles_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.

106: Warby Parker - Starting in an apartment to building a billion dollar company from 2020-12-15T11:00

Neil 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-billi...

105: George Soros - From a penniless clerk to a billionaire from 2020-12-01T11:00

George 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.

104: EventBrite : Julia Hartz - From a 9-5 job to a multi-millionaire founder from 2020-11-17T11:00

Julia 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 ...

103: Radio One - Cathy Hughes - A poor girl with no resources to a Multi-millionaire media icon from 2020-11-03T11:00

Cathy 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 ...

102: Ring: Jamie Siminoff - From a back-to-back failure to a multi-millionaire from 2020-09-22T10:00

Jamie 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 compa...

101: Dr. Bronner’s - Emil Bronner : From an Asylum inmate to a multi-millionaire from 2020-09-01T10:00

Emanuel 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 th...

100: Andrew Carnegie - A poor boy earning $1.20 a week to a billionaire from 2020-08-04T10:00

Andrew 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. ...

099: Gary Vaynerchuk: A liquor store worker’s son to a multi-Millionaire celebrity icon from 2020-07-14T10:00

Gary 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...

098: GoDaddy: Bob Parsons - Son of a poor salesman to a billionaire from 2020-06-23T10:00

Bob 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 beca...

097: Virgin - Richard Branson: A Poor student to a Billionaire from 2020-06-02T10:00

Richard 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 be...

096: Behance : Scott Belsky - From a Mundane trader to a multi-millionaire from 2020-05-05T10:00

Behance 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 mi...

095: Vice Media: From a worthless drug addict to a multi-millionaire media icon from 2020-04-21T10:00

Suroosh 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...

094: Yelp - From a software engineer to a multi-millionaire from 2020-03-24T08:00

Jeremy 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-...

093: Waze - An ordinary programmer to a multimillionaire from 2020-03-10T08:00

Ehud 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 ...

092: Dollar Shave Club - Starting in an apartment and selling it for a billion dollars. from 2020-02-25T09:00

Michael 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 i...

091: Clif Bar - From a broke baker living in a garage to a multi-millionaire from 2020-02-11T09:00

Gary loved bike riding and during one such long ride, he looked at the disgusting energy bar he was carrying and got the idea for Clif bar. He started Clif bar, struggled and finally became a mu...

090 : BET- Black Entertainment Television - A son of a farmer to a Billionaire. from 2020-01-28T09:00

Black entertainment television founder Bob Johnson was a son of farmer and one of nine children. He has no business experience, yet he started and became a Billionaire . Holy chocolate, Let's se...

089: Dilbert - From a Bank teller to a world-famous Multi-millionaire cartoonist from 2020-01-14T09:00

Scott Adams started work as a bank teller. He dabbled in many side hustles but every one of them failed. Finally, just on a whim,he created Dilbert. It grew accidentally and eventually made him ...

088: Toms of Maine - An insurance salesman to a Multi-Millionaire from 2019-12-31T09:00

In the late 1960's, Tom and Kate Chappell couldn't find natural personal care products. So they started their own company. They didn’t knew much about running a business, but they succeeded and ...

087: Tinder - A business started from a personal problem to a billion-dollar business from 2019-12-17T09:00

Sean Rad had a personal problem where he was scared and terrified to meet girls. He came up with an idea for people like him and Tinder was born. Tinder became a huge success and Sean became a m...

086: Costco - From a grocery store bagger to a Billionaire from 2019-12-03T09:00

Jim Sinegal started as a grocery bagger in a grocery store. How did he start Costco and became a billionaire. Holy coconut Donut, Let us check out, how he did it.

085:Netflix - From a door-to-door-salesman to a billionaire from 2019-11-19T09:00

Reed never knew anything about running a business. He later started Netflix and faced several problems. But he overcame all those and Netflix grew beyond his wildest dreams and became a billiona...

084: UnderArmour - From grandma's basement to a billion dollar company from 2019-11-05T11:30

As a student and a football player in college, Kevin saw a problem with his sports inner wear. He did not know anything about business. Yet, he started Under Armour and slowly grew it into a bil...

083: Reddit - Two friends starting in an apartment to multi-millionaires from 2019-10-22T10:30

Alex and Steve started Reddit in a small apartment. Despite its many problems and coming close to shutting down, it survived and today is valued at more that a couple of billion dollars. Let us ...

082: The Body Shop - Starting with no money to building an international cosmetics empire from 2019-10-08T10:30

Anita Roddick had to earn money to support her two kids. She started a store and sold chemical free, cruelty-free cosmetics. It grew from one tiny shop into a billion dollar enterprise. Let us s...

081:CollegeHumor - College students to Millionaires from 2019-09-24T10:30

Josh and Ricky wanted to make money when they were in college. They got an idea for a humor site about college. It grew and grew and they finally sold it for more than $15 million. Let us check ...

080:Sam Adams Beer - From Kitchen table entrepreneur to a billionaire entrepreneur from 2019-09-10T10:30

Jim started to brew beer in his kitchen. He faced many rejections while trying to sell. Yet he persevered and grew Boston Beer company into a billion dollar company. Let us see how he did it.

079: Product Hunt - A one-person startup to selling it for Millions from 2019-08-27T10:30

Ryan started a side project with no idea to make money or to make it big. He first started as an email list and it grew phenomenally. It was sold for more than $15 million. Let us see how he did...

078: ESPN - From a radio jockey to a Multi-millionaire Media icon from 2019-08-15T10:30

Bill was fired from his job and he accidentally stumbled upon the idea for 24 hours sports network. Everyone thought he was crazy and said it will not work. Today it has millions of viewers and ...

077: Shazam - How four friends took a trivial idea and became multi-millionaires from 2019-08-01T10:30

When you listen to a song on the radio or a cafe, you sometimes may want to know who sang it. Chris and his friends solved this problem through Shazam. It was hard but they did it and sold it fo...

076: Spanx - A Disneyworld worker putting belts on passengers to a billionaire from 2019-07-18T10:30

Sara worked at Disneyworld checking belts on passengers on theme rides. Yet step by step she grew and started Spanx and became a fashion icon and billionaire. Holy Heavens, Let us see how she di...

075: Netscape - How a fresh college grad brought us the internet and became a billionaire from 2019-07-04T10:30

In the early days, the World Wide Web, wasn’t easily accessible. Marc Andreessen along with Jim Clark brought us easy access to the internet with their browser Netscape and it doing so, became m...

074: Nordstrom - Starting with $5 and becoming a billionaire fashion icon from 2019-06-20T10:30

John Nordstrom was poor and immigrated to the united states. He had to endure tough working conditions in his youth. He saved up money and opened a small store. Today it has grown to a billion-d...

073: Angie's List- The daughter of a UPS driver to a multi-millionaire entrepreneur from 2019-06-06T10:00

Angie Hicks a fresh college grad accidentally started a business. She had very bad days and almost gave up. Later it was sold for multiple millions. Let us see how she did it.

072: Forever21- A gas station attendant to a Billionaire. from 2019-05-16T10:30

Do Won Chang started as a gas station attendant. He then started a small shop and grew it to a multi-billion dollar fashion empire. Let us see how he did it.

071: TiVo - From a tiny scrappy startup to a billion dollar startup from 2019-03-28T13:00

Mike Ramsay and Jim Barton had a Home automation idea, which didn't work out. They switched to another idea and TiVo was born. Gian...

070: In-N-Out Burger -From a poor food delivery boy to a multi-billion-dollar restaurant icon from 2019-03-07T11:30

Harry and Esther, who grew up poor started a small burger stand. It grew to 300 stores and developed a cult following. Now it is valued at more that a billion dollars. Holy Yummy, How did they d...

069: OpenTable - A business which almost failed to an astonishing billion dollar business from 2018-12-20T11:00

While Chuck saw his wife struggling for hours to get a reservation at a restaurant, He hit upon a business idea. OpenTable was born. He struggled but finally he sold it for $2+ billion. Bingo Ba...

068: Gordon Ramsay - A poor boy with abusive childhood to a world-famous multi-million dollar restaurant icon from 2018-10-25T10:30

Gordon Ramsay was born poor and grew up in abusive situations. But this didn't deter him. He rose to become a world-famous chef and media personality. Holy mango Pudding!, Let us see who he did ...

067: Box.com -Rising from multiple failures to becoming a multi-millionaire at a very young age from 2018-09-20T10:00

Aaron Levie dropped out of college and started box. He was getting crushed by big players like Google and Microsoft. Yet, he overcame all this, took Box public and became a multi-millionaire at ...

066: Wrigley's Gum - A school dropout to one of the world's richest man from 2018-08-16T10:00

William Wrigley, Jr.was a school dropout but after many failures, he started Wrigley’s Chewing Gum and grew it to one of the world's largest chewing gum producer and became one of the world's ri...

065: Craigslist - From a poverty stricken poor boy to a multi-millionaire internet icon from 2018-07-26T12:00

Craig Newmark started Craigslist as a part-time hustle while working full-time. It grew and soon became one of the iconic brands in the world and made this poor kid a multi-millionaire. Holy Ban...

064: Noah's Bagels: From Selling on the streets to a Multi-million dollar Bagel chain founder. from 2018-06-21T09:30

Noah Alper started selling stuff on the streets and later on started Noah's Bagels with a single store in California  and built it into a chain of multiple stores, ultimately selling it for $90+...

063: Huffington Post - The rise of a poor girl who could barely speak English to a Media Mogul from 2018-06-07T10:00

Arianna Huffington grew up in a poor family where money was scarce. She faced many failures, rejections, and heartbreaks. Yet, how did she start and sold Huffington Post for 300+ million? Let us...

062: Kate Spade Fashions - From a scared salesgirl to a multi-million dollar Fashion empire from 2018-05-24T10:30

Kate and Andy Spade put in all their savings and borrowed from credit cards to create a different kind of handbags. They almost failed, but eventually grew into a multi-million dollar Fashion em...

061: Hotmail - An immigrant with less than $300 in his pocket to becoming a multi-millionaire. from 2018-05-10T10:30

Sabeer was working as a programmer and had a personal problem with accessing his email. He started Hotmail and it grew fast. Microsoft came calling and he sold it for $300+ million.

060: Patagonia - A poor boy living on 50 cents a day to a Billionaire from 2018-04-26T10:30

Yvon Chouinard  grew up poor, dropped out of high school and was a failure in life.  Accidentally,he started a business and it grew wildly and he became a billionaire. Holy Mango Pie. Let us che...

059: TripAdvisor - Building a business from personal problem to selling it for $100+ million from 2018-04-12T10:10

TripAdvisor is a great site to plan and book a perfect trip. Steve, the founder did not get the idea in a bath tub, He had his own problem, couldn't find a solution. He built it and sold it for ...

058: Baby Einstein - How a stay-at-home mom started a business by accident and became a multi-millionaire from 2017-12-21T11:30

Julie was a mother of two. She created a product for her kids called Baby Einstein. but then others liked it and she was accidentally pulled into creating a multi-million dollar business. Let us...

057: iContact - How Ryan became a multi-millionaire at a young age from 2017-11-16T11:00

Ryan had a dream of starting a company and becoming a multi-millionaire while he was young. He ran out of money and faced many personal tragedies. Did he succeed? I am sure you know the answer b...

056: Chick-fil-a Restaurants - A poor boy with just a high school education to a billionaire from 2017-11-09T11:15

Truett Cathy , the founder of Chick-fill-a grew up dirt-poor and in utter poverty. He focused his life on truly serving people and he rose from a poor boy living in poverty to a billionaire. How...

055: Cranium - Quitting a stressful software job to starting a $70+ million dollar gaming company from 2017-08-31T10:05

Richard quit his stressful software job and tried to become a DJ. He failed miserably. He got an idea for a board game. None of the stores wanted to carry it. He figured out solutions and finall...

054: Blogger.com - A web developer with no connections to selling it to Google for multiple millions. from 2017-08-24T10:05

We all know Evan Williams who was one of the founders of Twitter.
Way way back before Twitter, he had started Pyra, but created blogger.com by accident and in 2003, sold it to Google for m...

053: Zumba - An immigrant who didn't know English to a multi-million dollar eclectic fitness empire from 2017-08-17T10:05

Beto had a passion for dance and later immigrated to America to bring Zumba, his dance fitness to America . He did not have a place to sleep and faced many hardships and rejections .  Yet ,How d...

052: Archives.com - Two college dropouts selling their company for $90+ million from 2017-08-10T10:05

Brian and Matt had a simple idea of enabling anyone to search for family history across centuries. Initially they did not have this idea, but  found it from their users. They sold this company f...

051: SoulCycle -Two moms with humble beginnings to a Multi-million dollar fitness empire from 2017-08-03T10:30

Everyone hates working out in the gym, Yet these two moms invented a fitness that made exercise effective and joyful. They had very humble beginning and started in a sublet scrappy studio and bu...

050: WhatsApp: How a poor kid and later an orphan who lived on food stamps built WhatsApp and sold for $15+ billion from 2017-07-27T10:05

Jan Koum migrated to America in his teens. His family was poor,Yet this kid rose to build an app called Whatsapp. It grew like crazy and was purchased for a whopping $15+ billion. Holy smokes. H...

049: Cheese Cake Factory - How a failed musician who took over his mom's tiny struggling business and built it into a billion dollar business from 2017-07-20T10:05

David set aside his dreams of becoming a professional musician to help his parents with their struggling cheesecake business. He helped them open a small restaurant and today it has become a bil...

048: WeGoLook - A farm girl who didn't know much about technology to a tech multi-millionaire from 2017-07-13T10:05

Robin's story is an inspiring one . She grew up on a farm, had a bunch of personal and business setbacks. Yet she bounced back and finally sold her startup for 30+ million. Let us find out how s...

047: The Honest company - How Jessica, an actress and a high school dropout built a billion-dollar business empire from 2017-07-06T10:05

Jessica was a popular Hollywood actress. She had a personal problem and could not find products to solve her problem. So, she started her own business and made it into a multi-million dollar com...

046: Flickr -How a desperate couple who were running out of money built and sold Flickr for $30+ million from 2017-06-29T10:05

Caterina and Stewart started building an online multi-player game and money was running out. They accidentally hit upon an photo sharing idea-- Flickr-- and built it and sold for $30+ million. H...

045: Subway Restaurants - A poor kid who started with a borrowed $1000 and built a billion dollar restaurant empire from 2017-06-22T10:05

Before he turned 20, Fred used a borrowed $1,000 investment to open a sandwich shop in Connecticut. Today, Subway has more than 40,000 locations worldwide and Fred became a billionaire. Holy Mac...

044: Tickle - How two college friends sold their company for $90+ million with a simple idea of Personality tests from 2017-06-15T10:05

James and Rick were studying at Harvard and they accidentally hit upon an "Personality Testing" idea. They were close to shutting it down, but they persisted.  They sold the company  for $90+ mi...

043: IKEA - How a poor farm-boy rose to become a world-famous billionaire from 2017-06-08T10:05

Ingvar was a poor boy and his poverty propelled him to work hard and become entrepreneurial from a very young age. He later broke the rules of retail and created the world-famous IKEA and became...

042: RedLaser - How Two Geeks who failed miserably multiple times and ran out of money became multi-millionaires from 2017-06-01T10:05

Vikas and Jeff wanted to build an app for receipt scanning, but it failed. They had another idea and that too failed. Finally they built Redlaser which was a hit and sold to eBay for multiple mi...

041: Mary Kay Ash Cosmetics - A poor girl with tough childhood to a billionaire from 2017-05-25T10:05

Mary kay Ash had a very tough childhood growing up as a poor girl. She faced many personal and professional setbacks and was depressed. She finally started a cosmetics company with $5000 and bec...

040: WireCutter.com - A laid-off tech worker to Gym trainer to a multi-millionaire blogger from 2017-05-18T10:05

Brian Lam was laid-off from his tech job  and he trained himself  as a professional fighter, but he switched careers and finally started the Wirecutter website. He sold it to The New York Times ...

039: Nantucket Nectars: How two guys with no clue about business, started a multi-million dollar Juice empire from 2017-05-11T10:05

Tom Scott and Tom First started by delivering food and other stuff to boats in a harbor.  They  ultimately started a Juice company by accident which was sold for  $100+ million dollars.
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038: LinkedIn: A bad student always playing video games to starting LinkedIn and selling it for $20+ billion from 2017-05-04T10:05

Reid Hoffman was bad at academics , then he started and failed at his first startup. Yet he persevered and later started Linkedin.

He  sold it to Microsoft for $20+  billion.

Holy ...

037: Firehouse Subs - Two firefighters with no money to a multi-million dollar restaurant empire. from 2017-04-27T10:05

Two firefighter brothers Chris and Robin were  always looking for ways to increase their income.  They failed many times and finally built a  multi-million dollar restaurant empire.

Holy ...

036: GrubHub - How two programmers bootstrapped a side hustle and made billions from 2017-04-20T10:05

Mike and Matt started GrubHub as a side project while working on their day jobs as computer programmers. They bootstrapped it with ...

035: Jer's Chocolates - How a software sales person turned his chocolate making hobby into a $10+ million business from 2017-04-13T10:05

Jerry was a sales manager but he did not like it. He wanted to start a software  business but he ended up starting a chocolate business.  He did not know anything but he made it into a $10millio...

034: Plenty of Fish - How a one-Person startup generated millions in profits and later sold for $500+ million from 2017-04-06T10:05

There were huge dating websites with plenty of cash and thousands of employees. Can one person and a new entrant take on these giants and still succeed and make millions with zero employees.  Ma...

033: Whistle: How a seemingly gimmick business - Fitbit for dogs got started and sold for $100+ million from 2017-03-30T10:05

If you look at it , Fitbit for dogs seems like a gimmick business. Who would think that this will become successful. Yet Ben Jacobs ...

032: StubHub: How Jeff started StubHub at the worst possible time, survived and sold to eBay for $300+ million from 2017-03-23T10:05

Jeff ran out of money and was not able to pay his employees. On top of this, his company got sued, yet he kept pushing forward and succeed and sold StubHub to ebay for $300+ million.
Let u...

031: Clark's Botanicals: How Francesco who was paralyzed, sad and dejected built a multi-million dollar business from 2017-03-16T10:05

Francesco Clark was living a happy life  but suddenly his life was hurled and turned upside down by an accident leaving him paralyzed and not able to move 95% of his body, Yet he built a multi-m...

030: Mint.com: How Aaron started part-time and made a "sure-to-fail" business successful and sold for $160+ million. from 2017-03-09T11:05

Microsoft and Quicken were leaders and giants with lots of cash and marketing power in the personal finance software business. Yet, Aaron took on the giants and built a "sure-to-fail" business a...

029: Instagram: A side hustle to selling it for $1 billion in 2 years from 2017-03-02T11:05

Kevin worked on his startup idea close to 2 years but it didn't take off.  He took a risk, scraped his old idea and went with a new idea, which he found almost by accident.
It was a hit an...

028: Hershey's Chocolates: A fourth grade dropout ,and a farm boy to a world-famous billionaire chocolatier from 2017-02-23T11:05

Milton Hershey started many business and failed in all of them. Any one else would have been crushed by these failures but not Milton. His passion  kept him going and he became one of the riches...

027: Auntie Anne's Pretzels: One woman with unbearable grief, started in a farmers market and making multi-millions. from 2017-02-16T11:05

Pretty inspiring story. Anne Beiler had to face an agonizing, intolerable personal loss. Yet this 8th grade dropout,courageously came out and built one of the most enduring Pretzel stores dottin...

026: Wufoo : A simple form-creation idea started with little money and later sold for $30+ million from 2017-02-09T11:05

Three friends started Wufoo with less than 20k, while  still working on their day jobs.
They faced lot of hurdles with lots of uncertainties. Finally they sold the company for $30+ million...

025: ShutterStock: One person , a $800 initial investment to $2+ billion IPO from 2017-02-02T11:05

Jon needed  photographs for his websites and when he couldn't find cheaper photographs, he sensed that others will have the same problem and started ShutterStock.

He started with le...

024: Minecraft Games: How a depressed, introverted Geek started a side hustle hobby game and sold it for $2+ Billion from 2017-01-26T11:05

Markus started the game Minecraft as a side project, while working on his day  job.  
He had personal tragedies during this time.Yet he kept pushing.

Later he sold for 2+ bill...

023: HotOrNot.com: How two friends totally broke and inexperienced became millionaires with their super-simple dating site from 2017-01-19T11:05

Can you be cheap and scrappy and yet build a business that is both fun and makes millions. James and Jim built HotorNot by bootstrapping all the way and came out with creative ideas to save them...

022: Pandora Music: The extra-ordinary story of how Tim went from a Penniless Nanny to a billionaire from 2017-01-12T11:30

Tim started his career as a Nanny and was playing  in bands as a side hustle. He saw the agonizing problems his fellow musicians were facing and he started Pandora.
He faced several proble...

021: Ben and Jerry ice Cream: The wonderful story of two Guys, their love of ice cream, a $5 investment to a multi-million dollar business from 2017-01-05T11:30

Two friends turned their passion of ice creams into a multi-million dollar empire. They just started with $5 investment and did not know anything about how to start a business.

Yet ...

020: FUBU: How Shark Tank's Daymond John went from a Restaurant waiter to multi-millionaire founder from 2017-01-02T11:30

Daymond John was an ordinary guy working as a waiter in a restaurant and in his spare time started FUBU(For us by Us) a sports apparel company with just $40 and turned it into $350+ million in r...

019: Method : How two friends started in their stinky little apartment and grew Method to $100+ million from 2016-12-29T11:30

Household cleaning products were dominated by giant companies with their toxic and harmful products. Two friends created "non-toxic" and "cool-looking" cleaning products and they beat the giants...

018: LifeisGood: Living in a van, eating peanut butter sandwiches to a $100+ million company – The story of Life is Good and the power of optimism from 2016-12-26T11:30

Is it possible to invest $200 and make millions from a simple message of “Do what you like, like what you do” and also bring happiness to millions of people.

Let us check out how tw...

017: CDBaby: A small-time musician with no background in tech and business, started with $500 and sold his business for $19+ million from 2016-12-22T11:30

Derek did not know anything about programming, he did not know how to start and run a business.

He did not have enough money. He just started with $500 and eventually sold his busin...

016: 1-800-flowers.com : The rags-to-riches story of Jim - A Bartender to a highly-successful multi-millionaire from 2016-12-19T11:30

How did a bartender became a millionaire, Jim McCann transformed 1-800-FLOWERS from a small struggling floral shop into a multi-million dollar flower and gift business. Did he plan it and did he...

015: Nobu Restaurants: Chef Nobu’s fabulous rise from Suicide-attempting Restauranteur to HollyWood Celebrity Restauranteur to multi-millionaire from 2016-12-15T11:30

Nobu a poor boy , dreamt of opening his own sushi restaurant. He started a few restaurants, but all of them failed  He  attempted suicide but it was averted . He pulled himself up and opened  a ...

014: Club Penguin: Bootstrapped by borrowing from credit cards, focused on one niche area and sold to Disney for $325+ million from 2016-12-08T11:30

Can a simple kid's game with penguins become a blockbuster hit , and then attract Disney to buy them for $325+ million.

Here is how three guys, Lane Merrifield , Dave Krysko and Lan...

013: TwitTV: How Leo Laporte accidentally bootstrapped a multimillion dollar empire From Podcasts from 2016-12-05T11:30

Is it possible to do what we love..have fun and.. also make money.
Leo Laporte of the famous “TWIT TV” podcast  did it by bootstrapping his podcast empire almost by accident. Let us check ...

012: Amy's Kitchen: How one couple turned their frozen food problem into a multimillion dollar organic powerhouse from 2016-11-03T10:30

When Rachel, a healthy vegetarian food lover, injured herself during pregnancy, her husband got her a frozen vegetarian dinner, which tasted Yucky.

They started their own vegetarian...

011: PetFinder.com: How Betsy started a hobby pet website and sold for $25+ million from 2016-10-29T10:30

Betsy Saul did not set out to make money. She couldn't see bad things happen to Pets.

She started as a service to help pets and it grew into a business and produced millions as a si...

010: Chobani: How an immigrant with simple yogurt business beat the giant companies and became a billionaire. from 2016-10-27T10:30

We all heard about internet unicorns --the billion dollar-- valuation companies.

but can that be done with a non-internet business that too with a simple Yogurt business. Hamdi Uluk...

009: Kiss My Face : Not knowing anything about the business to a 75+million year business from 2016-10-23T10:30

Can you start a business without knowing anything about the business and still make millions.

Most people will say No, but Bob MacLeod  and Steve Byckiewicz  proved that it can be done.  ...

008: IMDB: Movie watching hobby business Sold to Amazon for multiple millions from 2016-09-15T10:30

Can a movie watching hobby be turned into a serious business that too a multimillion dollar business.

Col Needham did this with one of the world’s top entertainment website IMDB.com...

007: LittleMissMatched: Wacky Mismatched socks idea to a smash hit with 30+ million in revenue from 2016-09-09T10:30

Can an insane idea of selling mismatched socks succeed?. Who would want to wear them.. right?

Wrong..,Jonah Staw proved it will succeed by building LittleMissMatched and generating ...

006: Geox: Hole-in-shoe idea to Billion Dollars from 2016-09-07T10:30

While there are already big players in the shoe business, Can someone come with a new idea for shoes and succeed and also  make tons of money. Mario Polegato did it with Geox and made it a billi...

005:TreeHugger: Tiny Green movement blog to a $10million blog from 2016-09-05T10:30

Can you build a high trafficked blog with your passion and also make money.

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004: Monster Audio: From Jobless and broke to a multi-millionaire from 2016-09-03T10:30

Can a person born to Chinese immigrants who was broke and no job, build a 100million-plus business with his passion for music. Check out how Monster Audio's Noel Lee did it.

003: GeekSquad: Starting with $200 and selling to Best Buy for multiple millions from 2016-09-01T10:30

Robert Stephens started Geek Squad with just himself and $200 investment.
He did some fascinating marketing without any money.
and he grew  to thousands of employees and sold Geek Sq...

002: Build-a-Bear: How Maxine quit her lifeless job-followed her passion and built a multi-million dollar business from 2016-08-26T04:17:34

Maxine had a good job with pretty good money. Years passed by  and she felt a void in her heart. She wanted to do something which she loved and leave her mark in this world.

Find out how ...

001: California Pizza Kitchen(CPK) : How two friends built the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain by quitting their stressful day jobs from 2016-08-20T01:29:35

Two Friends were stressed out by their Lawyer Jobs and wanted to do something which they loved and they loved Restaurants.  They did not know anything about restaurants. but how did they succeed...