582: (Solo) 3 Lessons I’ve Learned From Interviewing 100+ Billionaires

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Nathan Chan

Marketing, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

After interviewing over 100 billionaires and ultra-successful entrepreneurs, I’ve spotted three lessons that come up every single time — no matter the industry, background, or business model. In this episode, I break down exactly what I’ve learned from these conversations so you can model the same habits, mindsets, and strategies that separate the world’s top founders from everyone else. Here’s what you’ll take away: • Why surrounding yourself with the right people will make or break your success • How resilience lets top entrepreneurs push through when most give up • Why the fastest growth comes from learning directly from those ahead of you If you apply even one of these lessons, you’ll put yourself on the same trajectory as some of the most successful entrepreneurs alive today — and start making decisions like the billionaires I’ve had the privilege to learn from. This is a brand new solo series I’m testing, and I’d love your feedback. Email me directly at [email protected] — I read every reply. Hope you enjoy it. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend with the code FOUNDR50. Just head to ⁠https://your.omnisend.com/foundr⁠ to get started. HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → ⁠https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrial⁠ PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → ⁠https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-application⁠ → Already have a store? Apply here → ⁠https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-application⁠ CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → ⁠https://www.instagram.com/nathanchan⁠ LinkedIn → ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/⁠ FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → ⁠https://bit.ly/2uyvzdt⁠ Website → ⁠https://www.foundr.com⁠ Instagram → ⁠https://www.instagram.com/foundr/⁠ Facebook → ⁠https://www.facebook.com/foundr⁠ Twitter → ⁠https://www.twitter.com/foundr⁠ LinkedIn → ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/⁠ Podcast → ⁠https://www.foundr.com/podcast

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0:00.0	Hey Founder Fam, I want to talk to you about something super exciting. We're officially partnered with Omniscend, the email marketing and SMS platform built specifically for e-commerce founders. We've been recommending OmnisCent to Founder students for a while now because it just works. Whether you're launching your first store or you're scaling the seven figures, it really helps you automate your marketing and get real results.
0:24.0	Did you know on average, Omnysend customers make $68 for every $1 they spend, which is an insanely good return on investment.
0:32.6	And because you're part of the founder community, you get 50% off your first three months with the code Founder 50.
0:39.3	Just head to Omnicend.com forward slash founder without the E to get started.
0:45.0	All right.
0:45.9	Now let's jump back into the show.
0:48.5	Hey guys, Nathan here.
0:50.6	Welcome back to another episode of the founder to founder podcast.
0:56.3	This is a short series that we're doing around 10 minutes where I share a valuable
1:00.6	lesson, no fluff, to really help you on your journey of the things that I've learned
1:05.2	from building founder over the past decade.
1:07.9	So guys, as always, we'd love to hear your feedback at Nathan Chan on Instagram or at
1:12.8	Founder. We'd love to hear feedback. Any improvements? Anything you want me to answer. I'm here to help
1:17.6	and I hope you're enjoying this series. I'm having a ton of fun making it. So today I want to talk
1:22.2	about the moment when I almost quit Founder. Hear the stories. Learn the proven methods and accelerate your growth and future through
1:31.2	entrepreneurship. Welcome to the founder podcast with Nathan Chan.
1:39.0	So I experienced really, really, really deep burnout and I want to share how I recovered from it and
1:45.7	what I did to work through it.
1:47.7	Now, I think, unfortunately, this is a common thing that I find amongst many of my founder
1:54.7	friends where it was just after COVID, I'd been building founder for seven years straight.
2:00.4	I had no off switch. I was just
2:02.7	constantly always on and the business was booming, right? Seven years straight, things were going
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