Under Qualified

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:hi@underqualified.studio

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/listenunderqualifiedStalk us (we respond to DMs!):  / ishanhaque    / boys.archive  Listen to deleted clips:  / underqualifiedtalk  Work with us:hi@underqualified.studio

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 Follow Bae Juice and Tim/Liam: https://drinkbaejuice.com/ https://www.instagram.com/timmytoomany/ https://www.instagram.com/phillychichsteak/  Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaque https://instagram.com/boys.archive Listen to deleted clips: https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalk Work with us: hi@underqualified.studio

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 Follow Bobby and Kristian Johannsen: https://drinkbobby.com/ https://www.instagram.com/drink_bobby https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristian-johannsen  Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaquehttps://instagram.com/boys.archivehttps://instagram.com/andrebarber Listen to deleted clips: https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalk Work with us: hi@underqualified.studio

(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 Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaque https://instagram.com/boys.archive https://instagram.com/andrebarber Listen to deleted clips:https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalk Work with us:hi@underqualified.studio

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 (5:17) Buzzfeed's $70M Hot Ones Sale & Creator-Led Funds (17:52) Analysing Big YouTuber Profit Margins (28:07) Strategies for Boosting Your Salary Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaque https://instagram.com/boys.archive https://instagram.com/andrebarber Listen to deleted clips: https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalk Work with us: hi@underqualified.studio

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 Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaque https://instagram.com/boys.archive https://instagram.com/andrebarber Listen to deleted clips: https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalkWork with us:hi@underqualified.studio

We ponder scenarios in which monolithic companies drive our societies into dystopias, and explore what Sith lords Jensen Huang and Jeff Bezos are investing in to benefit from this future. (0:00) GameStop update and who is the billionaire CEO behind GME (Ryan Cohen) (8:58) Top 5 stocks for the first time make up 25% of the entire stock market (13:15) How to invest in the new era of computing: humanoids (32:06) Letting your car Uber people around while you're not using it to generate side income (40:47) Does Elon deserve his $55B bonus and the role of a bold CEO (51:42) Apple AI release and their strategy to become a $10 trillion company (1:03:41) Why did a French mobile games publisher buy BeReal for $500M? (1:09:53) Japanese government will start helping incels get laid (1:13:07) Trump's Bitcoin tour and utilising single-issue voters to win the election (1:17:27) The financialization of clout: celebrities launching their own tokens (aka shitcoins) Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaque https://instagram.com/boys.archive https://instagram.com/andrebarber Listen to deleted clips: https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalk Work with us: hi@underqualified.studio

If you're someone who is new to the GameStop ($GME) stock saga between Keith Gill/RoaringKitty/DeepFuckingValue and the hedge fund elites, this is the perfect explanation for you to learn exactly what he did to potentially make a billion-dollar fortune from $50K in just 5 years. (0:00) Catching up with the boys (5:54) Recap of who RoaringKitty is and why GameStop went up in 2020 (18:48) What are hedge funds and how do they make so much money (23:44) The return of RoaringKitty and explaining step by step how he could become a billionaire (40:04) Complexities of selling $1B of stock and options (51:11) Why people are buying meme stocks and creating fairer, more equitable financial markets Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaque https://instagram.com/boys.archive https://instagram.com/andrebarber Listen to deleted clips: https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalk Work with us: hi@underqualified.studio

We start by reading out your darkest secrets that were anonymously submitted (juicy!), exploring the insanely data-driven and lucrative world of billion-dollar dating apps, approaching business as a sport, and quantifying decisions with probabilities — with a bit of poker talk in there! (0:00) Ed's surprise gift and our new set! (3:29) Reading out audience anonymously submitted secrets (22:14) Fake signs of success (cash or net worth?) and competition (35:48) Every decision is a gamble (43:48) Dating apps are similar to casinos Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaque https://instagram.com/boys.archive https://instagram.com/andrebarber Listen to deleted clips: https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalk Work with us: hi@underqualified.studio

The gang is back! Andre has returned to join Ed and Ishan in this week's boys-only episode. There's a lot of AI debates, lottery daydreaming, and advice on the easiest way to become a multi-millionaire in your 20s. (0:00) Addressing our first-ever op (3:54) Practical strategies post-winning $150M from the lottery (15:02) Our plans to become billionaires (22:48) Reacting to and discussing OpenAI's new ChatGPT 4.0 voice chat model and AI replacing boyfriends/girlfriends (38:13) ScarJo vs. Sam Altman and debating the rights of an artist in an AI world (51:56) Covering the two best investments in history (58:41) The easiest way to become a multi-millionaire in your 20s and making the move to ambitious cities to further your career Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaque https://instagram.com/boys.archive https://instagram.com/andrebarber Listen to deleted clips: https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalk Work with us: hi@underqualified.studio

Hamish worked at a large e-commerce company that faced the issue of 30% of their customers requesting order edits. For some reason, platforms like Shopify don't allow customers to edit their orders after purchase, so Hamish built an app to solve this problem. Today, it's generating hundreds of thousands in annual revenue, and he plans to sell it for $20M in the next few years. (1:56) Developing ambition early on and finding a technical co-founder (21:33) How to build your personal brand and create content to get opportunities (36:24) Planning to sell the business for millions and raising venture capital (46:30) Co-founders are like your girlfriend/boyfriend (53:36) Life is unfair and how you can make the most of it (1:00:00) Chasing fulfilment after a sale/making a fortune (1:11:48) Importance of learning sales and Ishan's Wolf of Wall Street story Follow Hamish: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamish-mckay/ https://orderediting.com/  Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaque https://instagram.com/boys.archive https://instagram.com/andrebarber Listen to deleted clips: https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalk Work with us: hi@underqualified.studio

Calum worked at Universal Music Group, which is the largest record label in the world—representing Drake, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Tame Impala, and more. He breaks down everything you need to know about the music business, including how record deals are structured, how much money artists really make, and explains things like advances, masters, and features. He also delves into detail on how he got into the music business along with his other ventures—including a side hustle that generated $1m+ in under a year. (4:07) The exact steps that led him into the music business and Universal Music Group (19:59) How the music business works: Recording deals, Masters, Advances, Pay splits (48:09) His "side hustle" that's made $1M+ revenue in 1 year (54:38) His experience with OnlyFans businesses, joining Shuffle, and dating within the industry (1:08:34) Our upbringings and Japanese reality TV shows Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified Follow our guest Calum Anderson: https://www.instagram.com/andersoncalum Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaque https://instagram.com/boys.archive https://instagram.com/andrebarber Listen to deleted clips: https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalk Work with us: hi@underqualified.studio

Darcy Ahrns from Cold Ones (YouTuber group with 10M+ following) joins us today to discuss how he transitioned into the role of producer for millions of fans. We cover his journey starting with making YouTube videos alongside Lachlan Fairbairn (of Fairbairn Films) in high school, his decision to drop out of university after only 3 weeks, moving to a small town where he knew no one to work as a "liftie", and the moment he saved a 4-year-old's life after her father fell out of their ski lift. We also delve into how brand deals work and strategies to get them, why he left Fairbairn Films, how he joined Cold Ones, renting his IG bio for cash and finding his footing in the creator business. (2:57) Starting YouTube at 7, joining Fairbairn Films, and dropping out of university after 3 weeks (10:43) Becoming a ski lift operator and saving a 4-year-old's life after her father fell out of the ski lift (14:37) Transitioning to content creation full-time, navigating brand deals, and adjusting to being recognised in public (31:33) The reason for leaving Fairbairn Films, joining Cold Ones, and his role as a Producer (45:39) Renting his Instagram bio for $$$ (55:12) Darcy's journey to finding his place in the creator business and feeling established Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified Follow our guest Darcy Ahrns: https://www.instagram.com/dahrns https://www.youtube.com/c/DarcyAhrns  Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaque https://instagram.com/boys.archive https://instagram.com/andrebarber Listen to deleted clips: https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalk Work with us: hi@underqualified.studio

Ishan recaps his business trip to Dubai and his adventure in the floods, discussing moving countries to pay 0% tax, how he got into investing, how Ishan will sell tens of millions of dollars in assets, rumours about Timothée Chalamet's baby, and Andre explains life as a solopreneur who's been dealing with issues ever since contracting Long Covid. (1:07) Ishan's adventure in the Dubai floods (14:02) Ishan rubbing shoulders with billionaires and members of the royal family / Rich people are losers (18:54) Moving countries to pay 0% tax (31:28) Scammers using Ishan's face to make money (34:40) How the stock market works, Ishan's first investments in high school (50:17) How Ishan will sell tens of millions of dollars' worth of assets and more stock market 101 talk (58:02) CEO steals $30m of investors' money and what to look out for in CEOs of companies you invest in (1:04:28) How to reach billionaires like Mark Cuban and working with A-list celebrities (1:11:49) Importance of looking after yourself working as a solopreneur and Andre's health battle since Long Covid Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaque https://instagram.com/boys.archive https://instagram.com/andrebarber Listen to deleted clips: https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalk Work with us: hi@underqualified.studio

We're kicking off with the deep lore of two of our co-hosts: Edward Holland and Andre Barber. They worked at the creator merch agency Revolt, which landed juggernaut clients like Mr. Beast and amassed $20 million in sales from just five drops. Young, with private jets and LA mansions: what could go wrong? Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified (1:34) Ed and Andre's first jobs (13:04) Making viral IG pages & cringeworthy YouTube videos (25:12) How Ed & Andre started working with YouTubers (39:34) The rise of Revolt and the creator economy (48:05) Private jets, $200k/mo mansions & landing Mr. Beast as a client (57:05) The downfall of Revolt and what Ed & Andre did next Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaque https://instagram.com/boys.archive https://instagram.com/andrebarber Listen to deleted clips: https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalk Work with us: hi@underqualified.studio