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School of Hard Knocks Podcast

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Recent Guests

Eric Spofford
Entrepreneur and founder/CEO involved in addiction-treatment and sober-living businesses
Founder/CEO (addiction treatment and sober living)
Episode: Eric Spofford | He Was Addicted To Drugs... Now He's Sold A $115 Million Company
Lucy Guo
Founder and CEO of Scale AI (and related ventures)
Scale AI
Episode: Lucy Guo | How She Became The World's Youngest Self Made Woman Billionaire
RJ Jain
Founder of price.com, former Zynga engineer and Google-acquired startup founder
Episode: RJ Jain | He Left India, Sold a Startup to Google, Now He’s Building a $200M Company
Richard Harpin
Founder of HomeServe, builder of a multi-billion-dollar home services company
HomeServe
Episode: Richard Harpin | He Was $10K From Bankruptcy… Then Built a $4B Company
Simon Squibb
Entrepreneur and investor featured in the episode
Founder/Investors in Fluid, Accommodation Express and other ventures
Episode: Simon Squibb | He Was Homeless at 15… Now He’s Worth Hundreds of Millions
Bill Gurley
Renowned venture capitalist; senior partner at Benchmark
Benchmark Capital
Episode: Bill Gurley | Legendary Investor on Missing Google, Backing Uber, and What Makes Billion-Dollar Founders
John Caudwell
British billionaire, founder of Phones 4u and Caudwell group charitable initiatives
Caudwell Group / Caudwell Children / Caudwell Youth
Episode: John Caudwell | The British Billionaire Who Lost Everything… Then Built a $2B Empire
Robert Croak
Founder of Sillybandz
Sillybandz
Episode: Robert Croak | How the Sillybandz Founder Built a $100M Global Brand and Kept His Millions
Ben Pogue
Owner of a private jet; head of a large construction company
Construction/Family business
Episode: Ben Pogue | He Took Over His Dad’s Company at 29… Now He Owns a $20M Private Jet

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James
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Josh
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Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 109 ratings
  • Dream it -Believe it -Achieve it

    Great content! I love it! Very few people know about the book Psyco Cybernetics! It’s one of the best books I’ve ever read. I really enjoyed Dr. Forbes Riley- the PITCH QUEEN!

    I finally have my pit nailed down🙌

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    5
    Denesellers
    United States2 months ago
  • Great

    Found you bc of the Ken Coleman pod. Love the interview with Neil Patel

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Avid pod listener7
    United States6 months ago
  • Love this!

    Love love love this! Great advice but I’d love if the guests could be clearer about timeline for their stories and if they’re a long time ago, how they relate to today!

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    Caacohen
    United States6 months ago
  • Empowering stories!

    The stories shared on this podcast bring so many good nuggets of wisdom and inspiration!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sazzamaccas
    United States8 months ago
  • Hope more come out

    Awesome podcast, would love to hear a podcast of someone successful and who is making it happen in life who came from a dark place. Maybe an addict or troubled home life and who is now killin it and being a great entrepreneur!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    BJhomebuilder
    United States2 years ago

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Feedback requests clearer timelines and connections to today's relevance.
Guests consistently bring high-impact takeaways for founders and biz leaders.
Listeners appreciate candid storytelling and practical playbooks.

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#244
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#180
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#203
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Lucy Guo | How She Became The World's Youngest Self Made Woman Billionaire
Q: How old are you today and did you become a billionaire this last year?
She is 31 years old and yes, she became a billionaire this past year.
Lucy Guo | How She Became The World's Youngest Self Made Woman Billionaire
Q: What are a couple actionable AI steps non-tech business owners should be taking in their day-to-day lives?
Experiment with no-code tools like Replit, Cursor, and Quad Code to build full-scale apps without coding, and use AI to streamline contracts and other repetitive tasks.
Lucy Guo | How She Became The World's Youngest Self Made Woman Billionaire
Q: What would your advice be for those founders as far as applying to startup incubators like Y Combinator?
Apply, especially for B2B SaaS founders, because YC opens you up to thousands of potential customers and offers a supportive founder community.
Richard Harpin | He Was $10K From Bankruptcy… Then Built a $4B Company
Q: What are the best practices for expanding into other countries while maintaining the core model?
Start with careful country testing close to home, set a 10% change limit to the business model, and hire locals or Americans to run the local operation to ensure cultural fit and efficient execution.
Richard Harpin | He Was $10K From Bankruptcy… Then Built a $4B Company
Q: What do you think are the top two to three businesses people should get into over the next few years?
Service-based businesses with a technical edge, especially those that require going to customers' homes; franchise-style models that you can own and control, but with direct ownership rather than paying ongoing franchise fees.

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Recent guests on School of Hard Knocks Podcast include:

1. Eric Spofford
2. Lucy Guo
3. RJ Jain
4. Richard Harpin
5. Simon Squibb
6. Bill Gurley
7. John Caudwell
8. Robert Croak

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