Vijay Peduru provides one million-dollar startup idea every Tuesday. These ideas won't help you build the next Instagram or Twitter, but would help you create a $2K to $10K MRR(Monthly recurring revenue) business. The goal is to help you accumulate half a million to a million dollars in 3-5 years. These ideas could be easily implemented without much tech background.
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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.
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151: GoPro: Nick Woodman - From selling bead belts in a VW van to creating a billion-dollar empire
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20:37How 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.
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150: J.P. Morgan - Turning chaos into billion dollar opportunities
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16:38Here 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 indelible legacy in the annals of American business.
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149: SweetGreen: From a tiny dorm-room business to a multi-millionaire dollar food empire
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20:15Nicolas 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 did not know anything about business and came close to shutting down their business. But they survived and turned it into a multi-million dollar food empire…
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148: IT cosmetics: Jamie Kern Lima - From a struggling waitress to building a cosmetics empire
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20:11Jamie 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, and down to her last few dollars, she persisted in the face of gut-wrenching rejections and setbacks. Finally she sold it to L’Oréal for multiple millions. …
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147: Care.com: Sheila Marcelo - Turning her bad life situation into a business and becoming a Multi-millionaire
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18:52Sheila 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 founded care.com from her personal problem, transforming it into a multi-million dollar empire. Listen in for her inspiring story.…
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146: Hint Water: Kara Goldin - Starting a business by accident to becoming a multi-millionaire
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19:52Kara 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 they all liked it, she realized the potential opportunity. She heard “no you can't” and “that’s impossible” from many people. But she finally made Hint a suc…
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145: Beats Electronics: Jimmy Lovine - From a Janitor to a music billionaire
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20:10Dr. 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. Despite facing initial challenges and negative reviews from some critics, they persevered with their idea, continuously improving their product and pushing f…
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144: General Motors - Alfred Sloan - From a simple draftsman to a multi-millionaire Automobile icon
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21:53William 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 strategy worked and sales took off. GM ultimately became a multi-billion dollar company. Let us check out their story.…
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143: Tim Ferriss - From hopeless and depressed to becoming an Inspirational Icon and a multi-millionaire
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20:54Tim 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, and unsure of how to fix his life. During this process he also lost all that was important to him. At this time, he discovered and learnt something which cha…
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142: Sargento - Leonard Gentine - From a tiny mom-and-pop shop to a billion dollar cheese empire
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21:54Leonard 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, he got the idea to start a cheese making business. He faced several problems but finally they succeeded and it became a billion dollar company. Let us check …
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141: Mark Cuban - The son of a automobile upholstery installer to a Billionaire
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20:31Mark 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 a chance firing from his job made him start a business. Later he started Broadcast.com, sold it and became a billionaire. Let us check out his story.…
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140: CableVision - Charles Dolan - A college dropout to a Maverick Billionaire
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20:08Charles 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 daring story.
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139: Zipcar - Robin Chase & Antje Danielson - Two Moms with no business experience to starting a multi-million dollar car-sharing empire.
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21:09Robin 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 better place. They started ZipCar and even though they faced several problems and came close to shutting it down, they survived. Finally they sold it for $500 mi…
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138 : Duty Free Shops - Chuck Feeney - From a poor kid to a billionaire, who gave it all away.
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24:30Chuck 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.
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137: Maker Studios - Ordinary YouTubers to Millionaires
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20:21Danny 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 into a kind of talent network. They called it Maker Studios. It kept growing and they finally sold it for more than $500 million. Let us check out their stor…
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136: Dorothy Herman - Rising from life-crushing Trauma to becoming a multi-millionaire Real-Estate icon
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20:07How did Dorothy Herman rose from life-crushing Trauma to become a multi-millionaire Real-Estate icon. Let us check out her awe-inspiring story.
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135: LegalZoom - From a one-bedroom apartment eating ramen noodles to becoming multi-millionaires
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17:57How 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 out their ramen-to-riches story.
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134: Kathy Ireland - From a high-school dropout model to a Business Mogul
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20:15How 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.
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133: Audible - From a small-time Journalist to a Multi-millionaire
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21:18How 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.
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132: ABC Supply - From a high school dropout Teen single Mom To a Billionaire Entrepreneur
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21:09How 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 though she faced unbearable personal truama in her life. Let us check out her wonderful story.
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131: SlideShare - How they turned a personal problem into a Multi-million dollar business
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20:57Rashmi 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 dollar business. Let us check out their story.
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130: Public storage - The son of a poor farmer to a billionaire
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21:46How 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.
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129: SmugMug - From a homeless kid to a multi-millionaire
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22:48Chris 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 process.Let us check out his story.
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269: Recommend an exchange to buy Crypto - website
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2:33Unlike stocks, buying crypto is different. Not all exchanges list all coins. Some coins can be bought on only certain exchanges. Here is a solution.
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128: NYX Cosmetics - An immigrant not able to speak English to a multi-millionaire fashion icon
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20:07Toni 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 cosmetics company. Let us check out her story.
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268: Pre-launch waitlist Automation Referral software for digital course creators and small-saas companies
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3:21There are referral program softwares already in the market, but none of them focus on Pre-launch waitlist Automation Referrals. Here is a solution.
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