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Real Talk with Zuby

#366 Nick Huber - 25 Controversial Ideas For This Century

Real Talk with Zuby

Zuby

Music, Health & Fitness, Entrepreneurship, Business, News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Nick Huber is an American entrepreneur and real estate investor, known for promoting the power of 'boring businesses'. We explore the nature of entrepreneurship, how struggle and privilege shape success, and the cultural divides within the USA. Nick also shares 25 provocative opinions on the future of society, tech's impact on kids, health, parenting, education, and more.


Timestamps:

(00:00) Embracing Boring Businesses & The Myth of Entrepreneurship

(00:48) Nick Huber: Background, Family, and Early Ventures

(03:47) Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made?

(09:01) Privilege, Struggle & The Role of Hardship

(14:31) Cultural Divides and Political Shifts

(17:34) Nick's Controversial Predictions for the Future

(44:57) How Short-Form Content and TV Affect Kids

(47:27) Plastics, Non-Stick Pans & Soft Drinks: Everyday Health Risks

(52:37) Alcohol, Pit Bulls & Other Hot Takes

(55:47) Recycling: Scam or Saviour?

(56:48) Fitness: Sauna, Strength Training, and Running

(1:03:44) Heart Health, Obesity, and the Rise of GLP-1s

(1:07:37) Traditional Business vs. Startups & the AI Debate

(1:14:04) Bitcoin, Altcoins & Crypto Skepticism

(1:15:26) Social Media, Parenting & Optimism for the Future

(1:16:28) Most Concerning Issues Right Now

(1:31:22) Nick's New Book: The Sweaty Startup

(1:32:27) Outro


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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:32.2

that entrepreneurship culture pushes people towards the new idea, raise money, go to Silicon Valley, try to change the world.

0:39.2

When the wealthy people that I know and most of the wealthy people that you know and the

0:42.0

wealthy people in our towns and in our neighborhoods, almost all of them got wealthy and

0:47.0

built generational wealth doing a boring business and doing common things uncommonly well.

0:59.9

So I think most people who are very excited and into entrepreneurship should shift that thinking,

1:00.9

and it would change everything for them.

1:07.4

I am the man, sick with the slang, sick and I'm destined for fame,

1:10.7

do for the fam, not for the grand, stunting you're destined for pain. I do not for, I do not scam, put some respect on my name.

1:13.6

Sick like a rain, click and I bang, y'all gonna remember the name.

1:17.6

What's up, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls around the world?

1:20.6

I'd like to welcome you back to another episode of Real Talk with Zubi.

1:24.6

And on today's episode, we have got on a man that I have been following for

1:28.4

many, many years. I love his insights. I love how he gets people riled up and stir stuff up.

1:35.6

And he's a family man. He's an entrepreneur, a successful businessman. And this is Nick Huber.

1:39.8

Welcome to the show. Zubi, it's about time our circles overlap, man. I've been following you too. I think your mission is amazing, so happy to be here. No doubt, man. Thank you. Nick, I've done a brief

1:48.3

intro there, but for my listeners who are not familiar with you, please introduce yourself.

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