How They Made Their Millions

By Vijay PeduruBusiness Entrepreneurship

How They Made Their Millions episodes

September 24, 2019 081:CollegeHumor - College students to Millionaires
Josh and Ricky wanted to make money when they were in college. They got an idea for a humor site about college. It grew and grew and they finally sold it for more than $15 million. Let us check out how they did it.
21 min
September 10, 2019 080:Sam Adams Beer - From Kitchen table entrepreneur to a billionaire entrepreneur
Jim started to brew beer in his kitchen. He faced many rejections while trying to sell. Yet he persevered and grew Boston Beer company into a billion dollar company. Let us see how he did it.
22 min
August 27, 2019 079: Product Hunt - A one-person startup to selling it for Millions
Ryan started a side project with no idea to make money or to make it big. He first started as an email list and it grew phenomenally. It was sold for more than $15 million. Let us see how he did it.
23 min
August 15, 2019 078: ESPN - From a radio jockey to a Multi-millionaire Media icon
Bill was fired from his job and he accidentally stumbled upon the idea for 24 hours sports network. Everyone thought he was crazy and said it will not work. Today it has millions of viewers and valued at more than $15 billion. Let us check it out.
25 min
August 01, 2019 077: Shazam - How four friends took a trivial idea and became multi-millionaires
When you listen to a song on the radio or a cafe, you sometimes may want to know who sang it. Chris and his friends solved this problem through Shazam. It was hard but they did it and sold it for multiple millions.Let us see how they did it.
22 min
July 18, 2019 076: Spanx - A Disneyworld worker putting belts on passengers to a billionaire
Sara worked at Disneyworld checking belts on passengers on theme rides. Yet step by step she grew and started Spanx and became a fashion icon and billionaire. Holy Heavens, Let us see how she did it.
26 min
July 04, 2019 075: Netscape - How a fresh college grad brought us the internet and became a billionaire
In the early days, the World Wide Web, wasn't easily accessible. Marc Andreessen along with Jim Clark brought us easy access to the internet with their browser Netscape and it doing so, became multi-millionaires. Let us check out how they did it.
27 min
June 20, 2019 074: Nordstrom - Starting with $5 and becoming a billionaire fashion icon
John Nordstrom was poor and immigrated to the united states. He had to endure tough working conditions in his youth. He saved up money and opened a small store. Today it has grown to a billion-dollar fashion empire. Let us see how he did it.
23 min
June 06, 2019 073: Angie's List- The daughter of a UPS driver to a multi-millionaire entrepreneur
Angie Hicks a fresh college grad accidentally started a business. She had very bad days and almost gave up. Later it was sold for multiple millions. Let us see how she did it.
25 min
May 16, 2019 072: Forever21- A gas station attendant to a Billionaire.
Do Won Chang started as a gas station attendant. He then started a small shop and grew it to a multi-billion dollar fashion empire. Let us see how he did it.
24 min

About How They Made Their Millions

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This show is about the amazing stories of world-class multi-millionaire and billionaire founders , how they started and how they succeeded. Founder Stories include the founders of Facebook(Mark), Linked-in(Reid), WhatsApp(Jan), Ben and Jerry Ice creams(the name says it), Instagram(Kevin), Amazon(Jeff), Pandora(Tim), Hershey Chocolates(Milton) and more.