Our Future Podcast

Founders of Kadama, Amin, Dani Shaykho, and Marwan El-Rukby, share how they transformed their tutoring service into a successful app through a viral TikTok marketing strategy. Crossnet, a sport combining four square with volleyball, generated 8-figures in sales and plans to launch more games, like Smashnet, with YouTube star Danny Duncan.

Will Kim, co-founder of Karat Financial, discusses their credit card for content creators, which calculates limits using social following and revenue streams. They left lucrative tech jobs to create access to capital for misunderstood business owners. The podcast also covers Yacine Sibous, co-founder of Parker, a credit card startup for e-commerce businesses. Both founders saw larger banks misunderstanding the needs of these businesses.

In #10, Michael and Simmy unpack two fascinating businesses: POSH and Upswing Sports. Started by two NYU college students, Avante Price (22) and Eli Taylor-Lemire (22), POSH is a next-gen events management platform that allows event hosts to organize paid events. If legacy ticketers like Eventbrite and Ticketmaster weren't paying attention, they are now–POSH has registered over 1M+ users and amassed a sizeable war chest of $5M in venture capital. Next up on the episode is Thomas Shields, Founder of Upswing Sports, a sports media holding company that controls The Dink, which Thomas built to be the leading media brand for pickleball. The Dink has amassed hundreds of thousands of newsletter subscribers and social media followers, but according to Thomas it's just ground zero for a diversified enterprise staked in all the commercial opportunties being created by America's fastest growing sport.0:00 Intro0:49 Story of POSH16:10 Story of The Dink36:18 ConclusionMake sure to like, subscribe, or leave a review for Our Future Podcast, the entrepreneurship podcast for young people!Check out POSH: https://posh.vip/Check out The Dink: https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/Follow the show on TikTok: @ourfuturepodFollow the show on IG: @ourfuturepodMessage Michael on Twitter: @michaelsikandMessage Simmy on Twitter: @_simmy_Our Future Podcast is a production of Morning Brew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A 25-year-old entrepreneur who sold a majority stake in his $50M weighted blanket company shares his success story. Another young founder discusses his pre-fabricated construction startup that sells affordable housing solutions.

Ankur Nagpal, the founder of Teachable, shares his entrepreneurial journey and the challenges of building a course platform. They discuss the saturation of the course market and strategies to deliver value to students. They also emphasize the importance of building a startup for exit and the advantages of paying fewer taxes. The chapter explores stepping down as CEO and the challenges of starting a new venture.

In #7, Mike and Simmy are chopping it up from Morning Brew's NYC HQ and dive into the stories of FanFix and Social Snowball. FanFix, founded by Harry Gestetner, Simon Pompan, and social media star Cameron Dallas, is the leading monetization platform for Gen Z Creators. Think of it like OnlyFans with no nudity or Patreon but mobile-first. The company was acquired for $65M in 2022, less than 10 months after it launched, in a deal the co-founders say was the largest acquisition ever for college students. Social Snowball is the seven-figure-a-year SaaS brainchild of 24-year-old entrepreneur Noah Tucker. It's become the operating system of word of mouth marketing for dozens of the world's leading e-commerce bran. Long gone are the days of clunky email generated codes. Social Snowball provides brands with the tools to implement, manage, and scale an affiliate program to leverage the goodwill of people already in love with their products.Make sure to like, subscribe, or leave a review for Our Future Podcast, the entrepreneurship podcast for young people! Check out FanFix: https://www.fanfix.io/Check out Social Snowball: https://socialsnowball.io/Follow the show on TikTok: @ourfuturepod Follow the show on IG: @ourfuturepod Message Michael on Twitter: @michaelsikand. Message Simmy on Twitter: @_simmy_ Our Future Podcast is a production of Morning Brew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Ep. 6, Mike and Simmy dive into the story of Stephen Hakami, a 25-year-old college dropout who built Wiza: a SaaS tool that enriches Linkedin prospect lists with high-quality contact info so they can be targeted off-platform. He started the company only 3 years ago and today it's generating over $6M/yr in revenue! Then the guys put on their lab coats for a discussion about Kathryn Cross, the 24-year-old founder of Anja Health. Kathryn has created a DTC startup in the nascent industry of stem cell banking, raising millions from investors like Balaji and Alexis Ohanian. Anja helps new parents save the placenta and umbilical cord at birth and store it for decades so the valuable, unique-to-you stem cells it contains could be used at some point in the future to treat a life-threatening disease for you or a loved one.0:00 Intro1:20 Story of Stephen Hakami (Wiza)18:20 Story of Kathryn Cross (Anja Health)Make sure to like, subscribe, or leave a review for Our Future Podcast, the entrepreneurship podcast for young people! Check out Wiza: https://wiza.co/Check our Factored Quality: https://www.anjahealth.com/Follow the show on TikTok: @ourfuturepod Follow the show on IG: @ourfuturepod Message Michael on Twitter: @michaelsikand. Message Simmy on Twitter: @_simmy_ Our Future Podcast is a production of Morning Brew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Ep. 5, Michael and Simmy sit down with their long-time mentor Sam Parr. Sam founded daily email newsletter company, The Hustle, and sold it to HubSpot in 2020 for tens of millions of dollars. Part of that deal meant he'd continue co-hosting his acclaimed business podcast, "My First Million", which has recently exploded in popularity and has transformed Sam into something of a B-List celebrity. Recently, Sam announced his newest company, Hampton, a private membership community for high-growth founders which is already making millions per year with hundreds of members and a waitlist in the thousands of people. This conversation spans several topics:0:00 Intro01:12 From hot dog stand to hanging with billionaires within months8:20 Story of how Michael and Sam became friends13:49 How to get Sam's attention as an outsider20:30 Wild newsletter growth hacks: kindle scammers, romance novels, and lawsuits26:20 VICE acquisition talks at The Hustle and Our Future29:31 Why it's so hard to make a media company a tech company39:26 Why Sam's personal brand mismatches his success42:35 Sam's ethos on building his second company50:20 Mindset on competition (Morning Brew example)52:33 Challenging Sam on what people are joining Hampton for + deep dive on the business1:03 How to come up with the idea for your second company1:07 Sam's celebrity lookalikesMake sure to like, subscribe, and a leave a review for Our Future Podcast, the entrepreneurship podcast for young people! Check out Hampton: https://www.joinhampton.comFollow Sam on Twitter: @thesamparrFollow the show on TikTok: @ourfuturepod Follow the show on IG: @ourfuturepod Message Michael on Twitter: @michaelsikand. Message Simmy on Twitter: @_simmy_ Our Future Podcast is a production of Morning Brew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 4, Mike and Simmy study the success of two fascinating startups built by young founders. The first is LineLeap. 25-year-olds Max Schauf, Patrick Skelly, and Nick Becker built an eight-figure business that digitizes America's nightlife industry with "line skipping passes", mobile payments, and drink ordering. Company #2 is Factored Quality. 25-year-old CEO Prince Ghosh raised $7M building a software platform in quality inspection, helping American DTC companies work with their overseas factories more effectively.0:43 Story of LineLeap16:00 Business Ideas similar to LineLeap20:44 Story of Factored Quality (Prince Ghosh)32:14 Business Ideas similar to Factored QualityMake sure to like, subscribe, and a leave a review for Our Future Podcast, the #1 business podcast for young people! Check out LineLeap: https://www.lineleap.com/Check our Factored Quality: https://www.factoredquality.comFollow the show on TikTok: @ourfuturepod Follow the show on IG: @ourfuturepod Message Michael on Twitter: @michaelsikand. Message Simmy on Twitter: @_simmy_ Our Future Podcast is a production of Morning Brew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Ep. 3, Michael and Simmy explore two exciting martech companies built by Gen Z founders and discuss a few interesting business ideas after each segment. The first comes from 23-year-old Stanford dropout and Thiel Fellow: Akshaya Dinesh. Her startup Spellbound, a no-code SAAS platform, has partnered with the likes of Mr. Beast's Feastables and Ollipop. It's revolutionizing email newsletter engagement by allowing readers to purchase products, recover abandoned carts, and play interactive games all within email. The boys also cover Foreplay. Started by 27-year-old Zachary Murray, it's "Pinterest for ad creative" and offers marketers a software platform to aggregate ads that catch their eye and then collaborate with team members to create their own campaigns. Foreplay is generating well into the seven figures per year as the first step in the modern marketer's journey.0:00 Intro1:05 Story of Akshaya Dinesh/Spellbound10:30 New business ideas inspired by Spellbound14:45 Story of Zachary Murray/Foreplay26:48 New business ideas inspired by ForeplayCheck out Spellbound: https://www.spellbound.io/Check out Foreplay: https://www.foreplay.co/We're a YouTube-focused pod, go watch us there: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtrwNtR3_ilqa2nS6GEKL7wPlease leave us a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify!Follow Michael on Twitter @michaelsikandFollow Simmy on Twitter @_Simmy_ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices