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

009: Kiss My Face : Not knowing anything about the business to a 75+million year business: 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. They just started and learnt along the way. Let... by How They Made Their Millions

8 min listen

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: 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 billion dollar global phenomenon. Let us check it out. by How They Made Their Millions

28 min listen

003: GeekSquad: Starting with $200 and selling to Best Buy for multiple millions: 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 Squad to Best buy for Millions. How did he do it. Let us check out. by How They Made Their Millions

25 min listen

004: Monster Audio: From Jobless and broke to a multi-millionaire: 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. by How They Made Their Millions

11 min listen

044: Tickle - How two college friends sold their company for $90+ million with a simple idea of Personality tests: 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+ million. Let us check out how they did it by How They Made Their Millions

29 min listen

026: Wufoo : A simple form-creation idea started with little money and later sold for $30+ million: 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. Let us find out how they did it. by How They Made Their Millions

16 min listen

013: TwitTV: How Leo Laporte accidentally bootstrapped a multimillion dollar empire From Podcasts: 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 out how he is doing it. by How They Made Their Millions

10 min listen

005:TreeHugger: Tiny Green movement blog to a $10million blog: Can you build a high trafficked blog with your passion and also make money. Graham Hill did it with TreeHugger.com and sold for $10 million. Here is how he did it. by How They Made Their Millions

16 min listen

007: LittleMissMatched: Wacky Mismatched socks idea to a smash hit with 30+ million in revenue: 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 multiple millions. Let us see how he did it. by How They Made Their Millions

8 min listen

020: FUBU: How Shark Tank's Daymond John went from a Restaurant waiter to multi-millionaire founder: 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 revenue. Let us check out how he did it. by How They Made Their Millions

13 min listen

008: IMDB: Movie watching hobby business Sold to Amazon for multiple millions: 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 and sold to Amazon. Let us check out how he did it. by How They Made Their Millions

11 min listen

037: Firehouse Subs - Two firefighters with no money to a multi-million dollar restaurant empire.: 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 Pecan Pie, Let us check out how they did it. by How They Made Their Millions

29 min listen

002: Build-a-Bear: How Maxine quit her lifeless job-followed her passion and built a multi-million dollar business: 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 she quit her job, started her passion business called... by How They Made Their Millions

13 min listen

001: California Pizza Kitchen(CPK) : How two friends built the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain by quitting their stressful day jobs: 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? Check out the founders story of... by How They Made Their Millions

10 min listen

011: PetFinder.com: How Betsy started a hobby pet website and sold for $25+ million: 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 side benefit. Here is who she did it. by How They Made Their Millions

15 min listen

010: Chobani: How an immigrant with simple yogurt business beat the giant companies and became a billionaire.: 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 Ulukaya an immigrant proved it can be done and became a billionaire. ... by How They Made Their Millions

13 min listen

029: Instagram: How he got the idea from a girl in a beach and sold it for $1 billion in 2 years: 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 and Facebook bought it for $1 billion. Let us check out how... by How They Made Their Millions

40 min listen

017: CDBaby: A small-time musician with no background in tech and business, started with $500 and sold his business for $19+ million: 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 business CDBaby for $19+ millions. Let us check out, how he did it. by How They Made Their Millions

16 min listen

027: Auntie Anne's Pretzels: One woman with unbearable grief, started in a farmers market and making multi-millions.: 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 dotting across the world.Let us find out how she did it. by How They Made Their Millions

21 min listen

030: Mint.com: How Aaron started part-time and made a "sure-to-fail" business successful and sold for $160+ million.: 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 and sold to Intuit for $160+ million.Let us see how he did it. by How They Made Their Millions

41 min listen

016: 1-800-flowers.com : The rags-to-riches story of Jim - A Bartender to a highly-successful multi-millionaire: 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 have the desire to become a millionaire?. Let us check out. by How They Made Their Millions

13 min listen

006: Geox: Hole-in-shoe idea to Billion Dollars: 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 billion dollar company. with a weird idea —having... by How They Made Their Millions

6 min listen

012: Amy's Kitchen: How one couple turned their frozen food problem into a multimillion dollar organic powerhouse: 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 frozen dishes business and grew big into a 200+ million business. How? by How They Made Their Millions

9 min listen

015: Nobu Restaurants: Chef Nobu’s fabulous rise from Suicide-attempting Restauranteur to HollyWood Celebrity Restauranteur to multi-millionaire: 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 fourth one and it became wildly successful... by How They Made Their Millions

15 min listen

019: Method : How two friends started in their stinky little apartment and grew Method to $100+ million: 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 and are making $100+ million. Let us check out how... by How They Made Their Millions

19 min listen

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: 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 two brothers Bert and John Jacobs did it. by How They Made Their Millions

25 min listen

014: Club Penguin: Bootstrapped by borrowing from credit cards, focused on one niche area and sold to Disney for $325+ million: 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 Lance Priebe did it with Club Penguin. by How They Made Their Millions

17 min listen

036: GrubHub - How two programmers bootstrapped a side hustle and made billions: Mike and Matt started GrubHub as a side project while working on their day jobs as computer programmers. They bootstrapped it with their own money and took GrubHub to a 3+ billion IPO. Holy Chocolatey Doughnut. How did they do it. Let us check it out… by How They Made Their Millions

27 min listen

022:Pandora Music: The extra-ordinary story of how Tim went from a Penniless Nanny to a billionaire: 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 problems and he came very close to shutting it down, but... by How They Made Their Millions

24 min listen

034: Plenty of Fish - How a one-Person startup generated millions in profits and later sold for $500+ million: 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. Markus did it with PlentyofFish.com. Holy Apple Pie!,... by How They Made Their Millions

29 min listen

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