School of Hard Knocks Podcast

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Jesse Cole is the founder of the Savannah Bananas and Banana Ball, a rapidly growing sports entertainment organization with six teams and millions of fans across America.

After facing $1 million in debt, selling his house, and struggling to sell tickets, Jesse transformed a failing baseball venture into a business reportedly valued at $1 billion.

Today, Banana Ball sells out major stadiums and has a ticket waitlist exceeding 5 million people, all without outside investors.

In this episode of the School of Hard Knocks, Jesse shares his journey from financial hardship to national success, the innovative business model behind Banana Ball, and his approach to building a loyal fanbase.

He also discusses leadership, customer experience, creative experimentation, and why he refuses to sacrifice long-term trust for short-term profits.

Follow Jesse Cole: https://www.instagram.com/yellowtuxjesse/
Jesse's Website: https://findyouryellowtux.com/
Savannah Bananas: https://thesavannahbananas.com/
Banana Ball: https://bananaball.com/

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Omar Soliman is the co-founder of College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving, a national franchise business generating roughly $300 million in systemwide annual revenue.

After starting the company with a borrowed cargo van, Omar and his co-founder bootstrapped the business, became the first entrepreneurs to reject a deal on Shark Tank, and later raised minority private-equity capital at an approximately $140 million valuation.

In this episode, Omar explains how they scaled from two founders in a truck into a national operating system, why franchising became their growth engine, and what entrepreneurs must change as they move from startup to scale.

We also discuss hiring, leadership, focus, education, resourcefulness, surviving recessions, and why building real wealth is often a “get rich slow” process.

Follow Omar:
Website: OmarSoliman.com
Instagram: @omarsolimanceo
LinkedIn: Omar Soliman

College HUNKS:
Official Website
Instagram @collegehunks

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Jason Mickool is the Founder and CEO of Florida Financial Advisors, a financial services business he started from his kitchen table after years in corporate leadership and repeated firings.
In this episode, Jason shares his philosophy on ownership, uncapped income, recruiting, real estate, entrepreneurship, building scalable businesses, and creating generational wealth. He also explains why his wife pushed him to bet on himself, how he thinks about risk and cash flow, and why he believes the people you surround yourself with can determine the trajectory of your life.

Follow Jason:
Website: JasonMickool.com
Instagram: @jmickool
LinkedIn: Jason Mickool

Florida Financial Advisors: Florida Financial Advisors
Take The Power Back: Take The Power Back
Greatness Lab: Greatness Lab

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Bob Duggan is a billionaire entrepreneur and investor best known for helping transform Pharmacyclics from a struggling biotech company into a cancer-treatment powerhouse that sold for $21 billion.

In this episode, Bob shares his journey from a modest childhood and early investing career to building businesses across food, robotics, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. He opens up about losing his son to glioblastoma, how that experience shaped his commitment to medicine, and the principles behind his approach to risk, leadership, investing, responsibility, and wealth creation.

Find Bob Duggan here:
Website: https://robertduggan.com/
Genius Inc.: https://www.geniusinc.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertwduggan
Pulse Biosciences: https://www.pulsebiosciences.com/
Summit Therapeutics: https://www.smmttx.com/overview/
Duggan Investments: https://www.dugganinvestmentsresearch.com/

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Kim Perell is a nine-time entrepreneur, angel investor in more than 100 companies, and the founder behind a business that grew from a $10,000 loan from her grandmother to a $235 million exit.

In this episode, Kim shares how she built through uncertainty, what she looks for when investing in early-stage founders, and the lessons she learned scaling companies from their first million toward nine-figure and billion-dollar outcomes.

She also breaks down mentorship, founder resilience, building valuable relationships, increasing a company’s attractiveness to buyers, and why focus matters more than diversification in the early years.

Kim closes with her philosophy on family, money, creativity, long-term thinking, and why no one becomes successful alone.

Find Kim Perell here:
Website: https://kimperell.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimperell/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimperell/

Check out Kim’s books: https://kimperell.com/books/

Learn more about Juni: https://drinkjuni.com/

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