What happened to the Builders Build podcast? Was there a falling out? A growing rift between the boys? A takeover coup by the interns? It could have been any of those things, and you'll never know. What you do know is Builders Build is back, without any expectations for the future, with another flaming hot podcast upload. As one does after taking 4 months off, the gang regroups and recaps the last several months. They cover: Colin's (re)acquisition of LTRMN Oren's entry into the infl...
Apr 27, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Oren adventures to the Great White North- and the courage to be disliked as an entrepreneur. This is a good one, guys. We cover everything from Oren's pilgrimage to visit Colin and his mew all the way to how much more successful you can be when you stop worrying about what people think of you. Everyone on the planet will die in 100 years, so stop worrying about what they think. You won't regret it. We also take a deep dive into: The disadvantages of being anonymous online Young entrepreneurs on ...
Dec 16, 2022•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode we review the trailer and casting of Universal's new masterpiece Cocaine Bear, take a dip into alternative education scams and politics as we discuss some of Tate's new community The Real World, and the real entrepreneurship lifestyle. We touch on: The insanity of Cocaine Bear A checkin on monetization of Colin & Oren's art history empire The feux organic content Tate is sponsoring for Real World The janky execution of Real World and - why not make it better? Level ...
Dec 09, 2022•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this pod, we decided to cross some lines and risk getting canceled it was only a matter of time, so enjoy the alpha before they deplatform us. While you can give us a listen, we also dive into: Walking the floor and exploring the one and only ComplexCon Oren decided to flex on us all and buy a G Wagon for the wifey Black Friday plans for all our ecom brands and clients James hopping back on the horse and running his Monday morning team sync for the growing team at Nano Flips The long-awaited ...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast We are not having guests every episode. We are not having guests every episode. We are not having guests every episode. This week on Builders Build the guys are back with not one but 2 guests. In this serendipitous first time meeting, old heads Oren, James and Colin are dubbed the cool uncles of Money Twitter by none other than Cardinal Mason and Ben Bader. In this episode the gang and friends talk about: - The young bull's backgrounds - TikTok - Communities - Infoproduct fu...
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast A rare and appropriately iconic man joined the boys on the pod today. I staple of the real life inner circle who lurks on the dark parts of the internet (Instagram) instead of where the rest of us hang out: Chad Lujan. Chad was Colin's best man, worked with him and Oren for years, and is now a bag boy (asst tour mgr) for REDACTED. Chad has been on more PJs this year than every dropshipping guru combined and he won't help you get ur boy's demo to any of his contacts. We talk about: - The best man...
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Forget a format, in this episode the boys hit record on an existential convo about their time spent on the podcast and the dark side of the Twitter algo. This episode covers: - Ideas on a podcast pivot (or not) - Tweaking for short form content - One Sec (the app) - Twitter thread boys - Halloween adventures Follow us on Twitter: Oren: https://twitter.com/orenmeetsworld Colin: https://t twitter.com/landforce James: https://t twitter.com/jamesoncamp Bookmark our sites! For great ideas o...
Nov 09, 2022•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Anyone who hangs out in the weird corner of the internet that we lovingly refer to as money Twitter. And if you go even deeper, you will find another corner of twitter, where people believe that dentistry…is a scam? Weird domain names Is toothpaste a scam What really is gingivitis And more
Nov 01, 2022•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast You may have heard the shocking news that BTS, the singing sensation out of South Korea that has been taking over the world slowly but surely, is taking time off to serve in the military. (Shout out to the OG mega celeb Elvis for being the one to pave the way here) BTS, also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010. The band's label and management company, Big Hit, announced Monday that BTS plans to come back together as a group "around 2025," after all seven members ...
Oct 26, 2022•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Everyone living in southern California has seen the giant Shaqtoberfest billboards on the highway. But what is it exactly? Well, it's a 2 month festival hosted by Shaq and based on Halloween. Odd and interesting, but does it make money? And is Shaq the most loved man in southern California? The gang does a deep dive into How much can Shaqtoberfest actually make Will Shaq put his name on literally anything? How a roaming carnival company works. And more Follow us on Twitter: Oren: twitter.com/ore...
Oct 24, 2022•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sadly, Colin’s long-lost uncle, Thadious Landforce, passed away. Little did Colin know, Thad (as his friends called him) was the founder and sole owner of a natural foods-based grocery store chain. Luckily, young Colin Landforce as his sole heir, inherits the grocery store and recruits his 2 best friends, Oren and James, to help him expand internationally and build a sizeable fortune. To be honest…none of this happened, BUT we did play out this scenario and see how the team would grow this type ...
Oct 21, 2022•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast We decided to discuss a new thread by the (almost long-forgotten) crypto influencer 6529. He put together a fantastic dive into how wealthy people see money as a game, and its inconceivable to most that you might need $20M to retire comfortably in NYC (even though it may be true) You can check out the thread here: https://mobile.twitter.com/punk6529/status/1579188245426229248 Give this episode a listen as we dive into: How much you really need to retire Do we all just grow to be the size of our ...
Oct 17, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sadly, the online education industry has been riddled with scammers for years. Luckily though, we are finally seeing some great products from fantastic educators and facilitators. There are 3 kinds of products sold in the space, we dive a bit into each and the differences. In this episode, we give you all the alpha and info on: DIY, DWY, and DFY - What do these mean Whats the best way to teach something online Where can people go to learn marketing? Because the answer isn't college And more Foll...
Oct 14, 2022•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast The boomers are out and trying to convince us that Yeti, the cooler company is more valuable than Mr. Beast…needless to say, think they are dead wrong. Oh, and for those of you who have been living under a rock? Mr. Beast is a Youtuber who made $54 Million dollars from his youtube alone last year. Before you say that's nothing compared to the $1.41 billion that Yeti brought in last year, give this pod a listen to understand the real enterprise value of a major influencer. On this pod, the team d...
Oct 12, 2022•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you had asked us a couple of years ago what we thought our goals for 2022/2023 would be? None of us would have told you that they were to become prolific content creators, especially on TikTok. But…here we are. Oren leads the pack, with Colin coming out the gate strong, and James…well, James is hopping on TikTok soon, don't worry. Give this episode a listen as we dive into: How 3 men in their 30s plan to take over TikTok What works on TikTok and what doesn't How is it different than other soc...
Oct 03, 2022•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ad networks like Facebook and TikTok LOVE to control what kind of products you can advertise. So what do you do if your company sells something the ad networks don't like? You listen to this podcast; that's what you do. In this episode, we give you all the alpha and info on: How to run compliant ads for non-compliant products Are SMS and email the best way to reach customers How NOT to do SMS marketing And more Follow us on Twitter: Oren: twitter.com/orenmeetsworld Colin: twitter.com/landforce J...
Sep 30, 2022•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lil Pod #1 It's 2022, and the venture capital industry has NOT had a good year. The money has dried up a bit, and it looks like being profitable is cool again. With that said, there are, without question, tons of businesses that would never have made it without the steady flow of capital from VC firms over the past decade. On this pod, the team dives into: James mentoring at Techstars What kinds of start-ups need VC money The insanity that is Byrd and other scooter brands And more Follow u...
Sep 28, 2022•18 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode the gang dives into brand, if it matters or not until you're big, and creators place in the marketing stack of a modern brand. We cover: - Importance of brand before scale - Mr Beast / Night Inc's $100M investment - Creators effectiveness in marketing - Separating and integrating personas & brands - World building tactics Leave us a 5 star review or delete this app!
Sep 15, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ok, so we've dug down to the underbelly of the internet looking for some of the weirdest and most unique business models we could find to discuss on the pod. And we found some incredibly clever entrepreneurs taking advantage of the need for eyeballs from the fastest growing social media network in the world…you guessed it…TikTok. We took a dive into how people make money on TikTok live and how we might do it ourselves if we could handle a 17th side project. Don’t worry we also dropped some alpha...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode of Builders Build the boys have a wide ranging discussion on Kraken Mode, personal brand, our own content initiatives and more. We cover: Milestones from Colin's kinda secret app Kraken mode updates from the gang James sale of the dog frisbee site Programmatic content as a baseline For the love of god, go leave us a 5 star review, please!
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Every episode we sit down with an outline of topics. On this episode, that outline did not include “Live action role play James’ dog frisbee site into a pet brand rollup and take it public with a reverse merger and find liquidity without crushing the stock, by using a single stock exchange fund through the good old boys and girls at Goldman Sachs”. That was not in the outline, but we are moving and grooving into season 3 and we took that thing from inception all the way to the NYSE. We are back....
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. We had a good run of guests here on the Builders Build pod. We’re thankful for all of them, but it’s time for them to kick rocks. Somewhere along the way what we were putting out became too similar to what anyone can do, and those are the things that aren’t worth doing. Plus: we weren’t having much fun. On this return to an ope...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back global listenership. On this episode of Builders Build we have the one and only Chris Munn. Chris runs the Fairfield Company. It is a small, independent private investment firm. They are focused on acquiring and growing small businesses. We do a deep dive into buying and running small businesses with SBA debt. What's it like to own a holding company? Where is the opportunity? What regions are best to own in? And more Find Chris on Twitter at https://twitter.com/chrisxmunn Check out ...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get your ears ready for one of the best Builders Build episodes we've had yet. We had the one and only Andrew Gazdecki on the pod. Gazdecki is the Founder of MicroAcquire. Former CEO & Founder of Bizness Apps and Altcoin (both acquired). His current venture, MicroAcquire, is the perfect place to discover your dream startup. It's quickly becoming one of the top startup acquisition marketplaces in the world. On the pod we dive into everything from selling startups and running 400-person organi...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode of Builders Build we have the, the myth: Jacob Espinoza. Jake is a prolific content creator, former local rapper, leadership development coach to Fortune 500's, non profit director, and lynchpin of his local business community. On this episode we talk about: Local community involvement Growing up and out of old habits His time learning every corner of the T Mobile org Leadership & empathy Find Jacob on: https://twitter.com/MrJacobEspi https://www.instagram.com/mrjacobespi/ ht...
Jul 19, 2022•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast A deep dive into the world of acquisitions across the pond. Meet Nicholas Brown, Head of North American Acquisitions at Dragonflip. Nicholas is a Sweden based business broker who's been working on complex M&A worldwide at multiple companies. On this episode we talk about: - Best and worst spaces to build for acquisition - How to prepare to sale What categories are hot right now and where ecom is headed Find Nicholas on LinkedIn and check out DragonFlip below: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nich...
Jul 12, 2022•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast We're joined by a young man from Pennsylvania with a dark secret... The most fundamental business of them all is buying a product and selling it for more than you paid for it. We're builders, we're merchants, we love this shit. There are several forms of retail arbitrage in the ecommerce sphere and today on the podcast we talk with Miles (@flips4miles) about buying consumer soft goods in bulk and selling em all over the country via Amazon FBA. We also cover the businesses he'...
Jul 06, 2022•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast When you're building online businesses and website it's not all Lambos, raw egg smoothies, and bottle service. Somedays, you've gotta think about dev ops issues (and opportunities) like site speed. This week we have Shawn O'Neill of Speed Sense on the pod talking all things speed (no Lambo). Besides the shocking ROI of a single millisecond improvement, we cover: Common culprits Low hanging fruit Load order with GTM Key terminology Find Shawn on LinkedIn and check out SpeedSense. https://www...
Jun 28, 2022•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we have our friend Rohan Gilkes join the pod to break down a plethora of businesses and strategies he has built. Once again, all 3 of us left the pod recording ready to build. We breakdown everything from: Building a massive subreddit Building SAAS on the backend of an info product Growing a community online Selling your SAAS And much more You can find him here on Twitter https://twitter.com/rohangilkes...
Jun 21, 2022•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast The gang is back to do a 1 year recap on Colin’s wife’s eCommerce acquisition, Glowless. Our first episode about this was in the early days of the podcast, but it remains one of our most popular. https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/tab-talk-buying-an-online-business-and-escaping-the-9-5/id1587529071?i=1000541235206 On this episode we recap where the business started, what was executed on in the first year, and where it’s going in the next 12 months. Topics include: Product cost down and packag...
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