School of Hard Knocks Podcast
Feauturing the Worlds Top Entrepreneurs and CreatorsBrought to you by The School of Hard KnocksHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
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- RJ Jain1 ep
- Richard Harpin1 ep
- Simon Squibb1 ep
Also: Alison Ellsworth, Stephen Ellsworth, Bill Gurley, John Caudwell, Robert Croak, Ben Pogue, Forbes Riley, Vic Tipnes, Lucy Guo, Eric Spofford, Greg LaVecchia, Patrick Terry, Andy Frisella, Lynnwood Bibbens, Peter Tuchman, David Stout, Mike Sherbakov
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- 🇲🇽Mexico · Business#81860 to 4.5K
- 🇵🇭PH · Business#105112 to 591
- 🇰🇷South Korea · Business#18379 to 416
- 🇮🇪Ireland · Business#13552 to 276
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1.1K to 5.8K🎙 ~2x weekly·73 episodes·Last published 5d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
2.2K to 12K🇺🇸71%🇲🇽22%🇵🇭3%+2 more - Active Followers
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1.2K to 6.4K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/23/26 | Dan Henry | He Delivered Pizza for 7 Years… Here's How He Made $45 Million | Dan Henry is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, and founder of GetClients.com who has generated approximately $45 million in business revenue. After spending seven years delivering pizza, he transformed his career by mastering sales, marketing, and persuasive communication.In this episode of the School of Hard Knocks podcast, Dan shares how he generated his first $10 million without a social media following, developed million-dollar webinar strategies, and scaled an offer to $950,000 per month.He explains how wealthy people approach opportunities, why communication is one of the most valuable business skills, and how entrepreneurs can build profitable businesses around solving expensive problems.The conversation also explores his personal struggles, business comeback, high-ticket sales strategies, and philosophy of pursuing what you're best at rather than blindly following your passion.Follow Dan Henry:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danhenry/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/danhenryWebsite / GetClients: https://getclients.com/Join the School of Mentors community for exclusive access to entrepreneurs and live mentorship:https://www.skool.com/schoolofmentors/aboutHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | 1h 03m 18s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 | Jesse Cole | He Was $1M in Debt… Now 5 Million People Want His Tickets | Get the all-in-one business tool millionaires use to run and grow their companies. Start your free 30-day trial 👉: https://www.gohighlevel.com/schoolofhardknocks/?fp_ref=the-school-of-hard-knocks-llc20Jesse Cole is the founder of the Savannah Bananas and Banana Ball, a rapidly growing sports entertainment organization with six teams and millions of fans across America.After facing $1 million in debt, selling his house, and struggling to sell tickets, Jesse transformed a failing baseball venture into a business reportedly valued at $1 billion.Today, Banana Ball sells out major stadiums and has a ticket waitlist exceeding 5 million people, all without outside investors.In this episode of the School of Hard Knocks, Jesse shares his journey from financial hardship to national success, the innovative business model behind Banana Ball, and his approach to building a loyal fanbase.He also discusses leadership, customer experience, creative experimentation, and why he refuses to sacrifice long-term trust for short-term profits.Follow Jesse Cole: https://www.instagram.com/yellowtuxjesse/Jesse's Website: https://findyouryellowtux.com/Savannah Bananas: https://thesavannahbananas.com/Banana Ball: https://bananaball.com/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | 44m 50s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | Omar Soliman | He Got Rich Hauling Trash… Now His Business Makes $300 Million/Year | Learn from the millionaires and billionaires we interview on calls every week. Sign up for our community here: https://www.skool.com/schoolofmentors/about Omar Soliman is the co-founder of College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving, a national franchise business generating roughly $300 million in systemwide annual revenue.After starting the company with a borrowed cargo van, Omar and his co-founder bootstrapped the business, became the first entrepreneurs to reject a deal on Shark Tank, and later raised minority private-equity capital at an approximately $140 million valuation.In this episode, Omar explains how they scaled from two founders in a truck into a national operating system, why franchising became their growth engine, and what entrepreneurs must change as they move from startup to scale.We also discuss hiring, leadership, focus, education, resourcefulness, surviving recessions, and why building real wealth is often a “get rich slow” process.Follow Omar:Website: OmarSoliman.comInstagram: @omarsolimanceoLinkedIn: Omar SolimanCollege HUNKS:Official WebsiteInstagram @collegehunksHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | 35m 09s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 | Jason Mickool | He Got Fired From Every Job… Then Built a $130M Company | Get the all-in-one business tool millionaires use to run and grow their companies. Start your free 30-day trial 👉: https://www.gohighlevel.com/schoolofhardknocks/?fp_ref=the-school-of-hard-knocks-llc20 Learn from the millionaires and billionaires we interview on calls every week. Sign up for our community here: https://www.skool.com/schoolofmentors/aboutJason Mickool is the Founder and CEO of Florida Financial Advisors, a financial services business he started from his kitchen table after years in corporate leadership and repeated firings.In this episode, Jason shares his philosophy on ownership, uncapped income, recruiting, real estate, entrepreneurship, building scalable businesses, and creating generational wealth. He also explains why his wife pushed him to bet on himself, how he thinks about risk and cash flow, and why he believes the people you surround yourself with can determine the trajectory of your life.Follow Jason:Website: JasonMickool.comInstagram: @jmickoolLinkedIn: Jason MickoolFlorida Financial Advisors: Florida Financial AdvisorsTake The Power Back: Take The Power BackGreatness Lab: Greatness LabHosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | 51m 25s | ||||||
| 9/23/26 | Bob Duggan | He Grew Up With Nothing… Then Made $2 Billion In One Day! | Bob Duggan is a billionaire entrepreneur and investor best known for helping transform Pharmacyclics from a struggling biotech company into a cancer-treatment powerhouse that sold for $21 billion.In this episode, Bob shares his journey from a modest childhood and early investing career to building businesses across food, robotics, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. He opens up about losing his son to glioblastoma, how that experience shaped his commitment to medicine, and the principles behind his approach to risk, leadership, investing, responsibility, and wealth creation.Find Bob Duggan here:Website: https://robertduggan.com/ Genius Inc.: https://www.geniusinc.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertwduggan Pulse Biosciences: https://www.pulsebiosciences.com/ Summit Therapeutics: https://www.smmttx.com/overview/ Duggan Investments: https://www.dugganinvestmentsresearch.com/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | 56m 40s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 | Kim Perell | She Borrowed $10K From Grandma… Then Built a $235M Company | Kim Perell is a nine-time entrepreneur, angel investor in more than 100 companies, and the founder behind a business that grew from a $10,000 loan from her grandmother to a $235 million exit.In this episode, Kim shares how she built through uncertainty, what she looks for when investing in early-stage founders, and the lessons she learned scaling companies from their first million toward nine-figure and billion-dollar outcomes.She also breaks down mentorship, founder resilience, building valuable relationships, increasing a company’s attractiveness to buyers, and why focus matters more than diversification in the early years.Kim closes with her philosophy on family, money, creativity, long-term thinking, and why no one becomes successful alone.Find Kim Perell here:Website: https://kimperell.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimperell/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimperell/ Check out Kim’s books: https://kimperell.com/books/Learn more about Juni: https://drinkjuni.com/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information. | 39m 45s | ||||||
| 9/9/26 | marketingsales strategies+3 | Eddie Maalouf | BAD MarketingLifetime Fitness+2 | — | Eddie MaaloufBAD Marketing+3 | — | 1h 05m 00s | ||
| 9/2/26 | entrepreneurshipbusiness growth+3 | Jhalesa Seymour | Salt.XO | — | entrepreneurfeminine hygiene+3 | HighLevelCODE | 38m 37s | ||
| 8/26/26 | entrepreneurshipbusiness failure+5 | Mike Wystrach | FreshlyNestlé+3 | Australia | Mike WystrachFreshly+7 | — | 57m 10s | ||
| 8/19/26 | brand buildinglicensing+4 | Jamie Salter | Authentic Brands GroupReebok+2 | — | Authentic Brands GroupReebok+7 | Emergent | 1h 08m 06s | ||
| 8/12/26 | fashion brandbusiness growth+5 | George Heaton | RepresentAusha | — | George HeatonRepresent+6 | — | 41m 49s | ||
| 8/5/26 | entrepreneurshipsales+4 | David Royce | The School of Hard KnocksAusha | — | entrepreneursales leader+5 | — | 49m 45s | ||
| 7/29/26 | entrepreneurshipbusiness acquisition+3 | Blake Johnson | ByteAusha | — | entrepreneurbusiness sale+3 | — | 47m 16s | ||
| 7/22/26 | inventionresilience+3 | Dr. Jason Wersland | TheragunTherabody | — | TheragunDr. Jason Wersland+5 | — | 1h 13m 21s | ||
| 7/15/26 | artificial intelligenceentrepreneurship+4 | David Stout | WebAI | Michigan | David StoutWebAI+5 | — | 1h 07m 02s | ||
| 7/6/26 | entrepreneurshipventure capital+3 | Mike Sherbakov | The Veteran Fund | AmericaRussia | Mike Sherbakovveteran startups+5 | — | 1h 23m 16s | ||
| 6/27/26 | entrepreneurshipAI technology+3 | John Imah | SpreeAISamsung+3 | — | John ImahSpreeAI+5 | — | 1h 02m 40s | ||
| 6/20/26 | entrepreneurshiptoymaking+3 | Ronnen Harary | Paw PatrolBakugan+6 | — | Ronnen HararySpin Master+5 | — | 1h 00m 32s | ||
| 6/12/26 | entrepreneurshipbusiness growth+4 | Lynnwood Bibbens | ReachTVCNN | collegepandemic | Lynnwood BibbensReachTV+5 | — | 55m 25s | ||
| 6/6/26 | stock markettrading+4 | Peter Tuchman | New York Stock ExchangeAusha | — | Peter Tuchmanstock market+5 | — | 1h 07m 56s | ||
| 5/30/26 | entrepreneurshipbrand building+3 | Greg LaVecchia | BloomTarget+1 | — | BloomGreg LaVecchia+5 | — | 59m 30s | ||
| 5/21/26 | entrepreneurshipleadership+3 | Patrick Terry | P. Terry’sMcDonald’s | TexasAustin | P. Terry’sPatrick Terry+5 | — | 1h 04m 56s | ||
| 5/13/26 | entrepreneurshipfitness+4 | Andy Frisella | 75 Hard1st Phorm | — | Andy Frisella1st Phorm+5 | — | 1h 08m 20s | ||
| 5/7/26 | addictionentrepreneurship+4 | Eric Spofford | The School of Hard KnocksAusha | — | heroin addictionsober living house+3 | — | 1h 00m 30s | ||
| 5/1/26 | entrepreneurshipartificial intelligence+3 | Lucy Guo | Scale AI | Thiel Fellowship | Lucy GuoScale AI+5 | Agent OpusSOHK | 41m 01s | ||
| 4/23/26 | startup journeyAI in business+4 | RJ Jain | Price.comGoogle | IndiaMichigan | startupAI+5 | Agent OpusSOHK | 46m 28s | ||
| 4/15/26 | business growthentrepreneurship+3 | Richard Harpin | HomeServe | 10 countries£4.1 billion+1 | business modelbootstrapping+3 | — | 33m 55s | ||
| 4/8/26 | entrepreneurshipresilience+4 | Simon Squibb | The School of Hard Knocks | — | entrepreneurhomelessness+5 | — | 1h 11m 46s | ||
| 4/2/26 | entrepreneurshipbrand building+3 | Alison EllsworthStephen Ellsworth | PoppiAusha | United States | Poppibeverage company+5 | — | 56m 32s | ||
| 3/26/26 | venture capitalbillion-dollar companies+3 | Bill Gurley | UberZillow+2 | — | Bill Gurleyventure capital+5 | — | 57m 16s | ||
| 3/20/26 | entrepreneurshipbusiness growth+3 | John Caudwell | Phones 4u | UK | billionairebusiness empire+5 | — | 52m 32s | ||
| 3/12/26 | entrepreneurshipbranding+3 | Robert Croak | SillybandzAusha | China | Sillybandzentrepreneurship+5 | — | 1h 12m 56s | ||
| 3/4/26 | leadershipentrepreneurship+4 | Ben Pogue | The School of Hard KnocksAusha | America | constructionbusiness growth+4 | — | 52m 32s | ||
| 2/25/26 | salespitching+3 | Forbes Riley | Ausha | — | pitch queensales techniques+3 | — | 58m 09s | ||
| 2/18/26 | entrepreneurshipleadership+3 | Vic Tipnes | School of Hard KnocksAusha | — | entrepreneursleep testing+3 | — | 56m 36s | ||
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Chart history for School of Hard Knocks Podcast
Peaked at #81 in Mexico, currently #81 in Mexico.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | — | #81 | #81 | — |
| PH | — | #105 | #105 | — |
| Ireland | — | #135 | #135 | — |
| South Korea | — | #183 | #183 | — |
Chart Positions
4 placements across 4 markets.
Chart Positions
4 placements across 4 markets.