Under Qualified

The Australian Financial Review just dropped its annual definitive list of Australia's richest men and women! In this video, we dive into all 100 billionaires to uncover exactly how they built their massive net worth. But first, we discuss a controversial strategy by a protein bar company that crushed its competitors overnight, and we touch on the blockbuster $1B sale of Dave's Hot Chicken.(0:00) Intro(0:19) Protein Bar Monopoly(25:06) Australia's Richest 100Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualifiedStalk us (we respond to DMs!):https://instagram.com/ishanhaquehttps://instagram.com/boys.archiveListen to deleted clips:https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalkWork with us:[email protected]

Is Hailey Bieber richer than Justin Bieber now? We discuss the $1B sale of her skincare/makeup brand Rhode, the proposed Invest America Act, which allocates $1,000 to every newborn to invest in the S&P 500, the new unrealized capital gains tax in Australia, Google's new, incredible video and audio generation model Veo 3, Jony Ive being poached by Sam Altman's OpenAI, and the potential acquisition of OnlyFans for $8B.

(0:00) Intro(0:25) Hailey Bieber(08:42) Babies Investing(12:38) Unrealised Capital Gains(23:57) AI Update

(44:46) OF SaleWatch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualifiedStalk us (we respond to DMs!):https://instagram.com/ishanhaquehttps://instagram.com/boys.archiveListen to deleted clips:https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalkWork with us:[email protected]

We talked about Ben Pasternak's new Pump.Fun competitor app, Believe (Launch Coin), which made $5M in 24 hours and reached a $350M market cap in a few weeks! We also discussed crypto used in video games like GTA 6, Google’s dying search business, and Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to transition from an oil-based economy to powering AI infrastructure.

(0:00) Intro(0:37) Ben Pasternak(13:05) Crypto Games(22:14) The End of Google(32:37) Saudi Arabia AI Plan

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We talked about teens starting an official sport for sperm racing, Blinq raising at $200M for digital business cards, CSGO skins worth $5B, the rise and use cases of stablecoins and more!(0:00) Intro (01:17) Sperm Racing(11:32) New Media Businesses(19:54) Digital Business Cards(32:25) CSGO Skins(40:47) StablecoinsWatch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualifiedStalk us (we respond to DMs!):https://instagram.com/ishanhaquehttps://instagram.com/boys.archiveListen to deleted clips:https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalkWork with us:[email protected]

We back. We talked about the success of drug dealer simulator Schedule 1, a 24 year old starting a $300M startup called Superpower, Ryan Coogler's rare deal for Sinners that could destroy the Hollywood system and more!(0:00) Intro (01:37) Schedule 1(11:15) Superpower(28:59) Sinners Box Office(46:04) AI Companionship (59:06) Update on UsWatch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified

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Tim O'Sullivan and Liam Gostencnik want to help prevent nasty hangovers from a big night out, so they launched Bae Juice, a Korean pear juice that will let you enjoy tonight AND tomorrow morning. Listen to how they went from ordinary day jobs to making millions of dollars, landing investment from a Billionaire and the tactics used to be in over 5,000 stores!

(0:00) Introducing Bae Juice and Tim/Liam

(11:14) Finding the Cure to Hangovers

(19:16) Crafting the brand 

(30:15) How do you sell consumable products in stores

(41:30) Visual merchandising strategies

(57:37) Raising money from a billionaire

(1:14:44) M&A, New Products & Predictions

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Kristian Johannsen wants to convert Coca-Cola drinkers to his 'better for you' alternative, Bobby soft drink. Listen to how he went from taking out a $50K limit credit card to cover payroll to now being in over 4,500 stores nationwide.

(0:00) Introducing Bobby and Founder Kristian Johannsen

(3:51) Why start a soft drink business?

(14:37) Going from Employee to Entrepreneur

(18:44) First steps in starting a CPG product

(34:24) Expanding your business with funding

(51:01) Acquisition talk

(59:52) New product categories

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(0:00) Teenagers steal $100M of Bitcoin

(25:18) SpaceX is now worth $210B

(32:53) Josh Kushner invests in A24; worth $3.5B

(39:06) Amazon’s Temu competitor

(43:17) Dropouts raise $120M for Nvidia competitor

(45:58) Birkin bag aftermarket issue

Today, we cover the story of a few teenage gamers who sim swapped (hacked) a billionaire to gain access to his millions of dollars in Bitcoin – supercars, watches, and... prison? Afterward, we discuss this week’s business news: SpaceX becomes the most valued startup in America, Josh Kushner joins the A24 board and values the “indie studio” at $3.5 billion, Amazon plans a Temu competitor, Harvard dropouts raise $120M for an Nvidia competitor (claiming they’re 20x faster and cheaper!), and Hermes’ recent issue with Birkin bags aftermarket prices.

PastryETH’s rendition of the sim swap story: https://x.com/PastryEth/status/180494364528991481

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Would you buy Hot Ones for $70M? We break down whether and why we would buy it off Buzzfeed, the profitability of large YouTube channels like Mr Beast, and how you can advance your current career situation to increase your salary—just like we did!

(0:00) Expanding Your Product Internationally

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We discuss if GYG is worth $3B, Sam Altman’s co-founder in OpenAI, Ilya Sutskever, starts a new AI company called Safe Super Intelligence, and Brad Gerstner’s legendary story of investing 50% of his net worth into Booking.com ($2.5M) and turning it into over $200M!

(0:00) Is GYG worth $3 billion? Discussion around their financials and valuation comps

(29:59) Who is Ilya Sutskever? A brief history of the super genius behind ChatGPT and his new startup

(48:41) Average net worth of an Nvidia employee

(51:57) $BKNG Yolo: one of the best investments of all time

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