Be Wealthy How to Become a Billionaire — 13 Lessons from Sam Altman (ft. Brett Tanner & Katelyn Mitchell)
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💡 EPISODE SUMMARY
The Be Wealthy Podcast is back! Brett Tanner and Katelyn Mitchell kick off Season 2 with a powerful breakdown of Sam Altman’s viral post “What I Wish I’d Known” — reframed as a blueprint for entrepreneurs chasing freedom and wealth.
From failure, obsession, and raw horsepower to building teams and aligning incentives, Brett shares how the world’s most successful founders think. Plus, Katelyn reveals her journey from golf courses to real estate and how she joined Brett’s mission to #GetFree.
“You don’t learn by reading — you learn by doing. Sometimes you’ve got to throw your wallet over the fence.” – Brett Tanner
🔑 TOP TAKEAWAYS
- Failure = Feedback: Every misstep is tuition for what comes next.
- Throw Your Wallet Over the Fence: Courage beats inaction every time.
- Raw Horsepower & Obsession: Why energy and urgency create momentum.
- Hustle Doesn’t Scale: Systems and data do.
- Incentives as Superpowers: Align motivation with profit.
- Recruit High-Impact People: Find those with “high horsepower.”
- Think in Decades, Execute in Weeks: Long-term vision, short-term speed.
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Welcome to Season 2 of Be Wealthy
01:15 – Meet Katelyn Mitchell & her journey into real estate
07:30 – How Brett crashed a KW event (and met Katelyn)
12:30 – Sam Altman’s 13 Lessons → “How to Become a Billionaire”
15:00 – Failure vs Feedback – seeing loss as learning
16:15 – “Throw Your Wallet Over the Fence” analogy
20:30 – Why soft launches kill momentum
24:00 – Cryotherapy startup story + the power of speed
33:00 – Incentives and ownership mindsets
44:00 – Focus & high-conviction bets
50:00 – Clear communication and fighting bureaucracy
54:00 – Recruiting high-horsepower people
58:30 – Think in decades, execute in weeks · #GetFree
🧭 RESOURCES & MENTIONS
- Sam Altman – “13 Things I Wish I’d Known”
- Fire Ready Aim by Michael Masterson
- The Internship (blender scene reference)
- Be Wealthy Podcast Website
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🧱 ABOUT THE SHOW
The Be Wealthy Podcast brings entrepreneurs the strategies to grow their business — then teaches them how to think about their money. Because wealth is far more than money — it’s freedom.
Hosted by Brett Tanner & co-pilot Katelyn Mitchell.
Mission: #GetFree.
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