College Kids Built $100K App That's DESTROYING A $36 Billion Industry

Dropping Bombs

Brad Lea

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This episode was sponsored by SipSkip

LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/

Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Young entrepreneurs Ethan Karian and Sage Gable return to Dropping Bombs with explosive proof that one podcast appearance can ignite empires. After Ethan's first episode, SipSkip exploded—scaling to $100K revenue in five months with 30 million YouTube views and major stadium partnerships. From disrupting the $36 billion bar industry to building OSTRYX development company, these visionaries expose the raw truth about taking massive risks when everyone calls you delusional.

This isn't another startup story—it's a masterclass in relationship leverage, sprint-to-scale execution, and why "playing it safe" guarantees failure. Whether you're a startup dreamer, bar owner, or truth-seeker chasing freedom through entrepreneurship, this convo exposes the blueprint for turning ideas into empires.

🔗 Resources

🌐 SipSkip Website — https://sipskip.com/

🌐 OSTRYX — https://www.ostryx.com/

📲 Ethan Karian Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/ethankarian/

📲 Sage Gable Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/sagegable/

📲 SipSkip Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/sipskip/

📱 Download Sip Skip 2.0: Available on the App Store (search "Sip Skip")

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Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

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0:00.0	I mean, it's a $36 billion a year industry.
0:02.6	If I don't want to wait for a bartender to come to me, I can buy a Sipskip pass and hold it up. And it signals the bartender to come directly to me instantly. First night, we launched it. Bartender made $150 extra dollars just clicking phone screens. I would have some of my best friends explaining every single reason why it wasn't going to work. In the last five months,
0:37.6	we've done over 100K in revenue. 2.3 million profile visits in the last 28 days. And on our YouTube shorts, we're at what, 24 million views? Oh, yeah, I'm not over 30. And you started a map company? Yeah. Oh, yeah. So if you want to do something on your own, it's all in or nothing. It's not a side hustle.
0:40.5	You're only delusional until you're a genius, and then it works.
0:55.6	You guys are promoting alcoholism. How do you wrestle with that? It's a good question. I asked a big pastor who said the same thing to me. We're creating a gold pass. It's going to be a subscription-based model to where... I didn't see where the girl's at button.
0:57.2	Not yet.
1:05.6	What it is, Brad Lee, back again with another episode of dropping bombs today in the studio, folks.
1:07.6	Another real treat for you.
1:13.3	Ethan Carrying is back in the house, but today he brought his buddy, Sage Gable.
1:23.9	Oh, we had to kick it off with a good one, though. Folks, no, I'm joking. He's not a porn star.
1:34.5	Ethan and Sage are young entrepreneurs that are taking industry and disrupting it and is basically the bar industry.
1:37.6	Damn.
1:38.5	I need a drink up in this biscuit.
1:41.2	So Ethan was here a while back.
1:43.1	We talked about his app invention called Sipskip.
1:47.7	And I, and I said I'd have him back and see how it goes because he's had a little while.
1:52.0	So what's, what's went on since the last time you were on dropping bombs, my friend?
1:57.7	Yeah, man, after, after I got off the pod, had a lot of people, a lot of people coming at me. A lot of different people wanted to be a part of it. A lot of different people wanted to help it grow. Sage was one of the people that... Did you hear the pod? I did. He did hear the pod. Okay. So I'm a matchmaker. Yeah, you are. You are a matchmaker. Good. that's what the pod's all about, man, trying to, you know, connect. Yeah. Remove obstacles, give out information. So good. It worked. 100%. Yeah, we had a lot of great ideas thrown at us. Some from you, some from a lot of other people. And we took them and we added them to the app
2:34.7	and we have a whole new app that we prepared for you guys.
2:36.9	And we're actually launching and announcing it here today.
2:39.4	So Sipskip 2.0 is live on the App Store
2:41.7	and you can go download it right now.
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