Kevin Ryan: How This Billionaire Founder Finds +$20B Business Ideas

Episode 495: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk with Kevin Ryan, Founder and CEO of AlleyCorp, an incubator and venture capital fund behind Business Insider, MongoDB, GILT and Zola among others. Kevin shares how he runs his +$20B venture studio AlleyCorp, why Buzzfeed ultimately failed, how he launches 8 companies a year and much more. Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here. — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com/ Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/ • Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant • Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing • Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/ • Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/ — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:15) Selling DoubleClick to Google for ~$3B (5:20) Starting Business Insider, MongoDB and Gilt (11:00) What led Kevin to start Business Insider (15:00) Why Kevin hired Henry Blodget to run Business Insider (16:45) What did Buzzfeed get wrong? (18:45) Why has AlleyCorp been such a success compared to other venture studios?   (29:20) What businesses Kevin’s excited about right now (39:00) Thoughts on buy vs. build vs. bootstrap (41:00) What business has been the easiest and most profitable? (42:50) Thoughts on AI (44:50) Launching 8 companies a year (47:40) Why Kevin isn’t on social media (50:20) Starting companies in the recruiting space (54:20) The benefit of being emotionally stable (56:20) Kevin’s investment portfolio — Links: • Kevin’s Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinryan3/ • AlleyCorp - https://alleycorp.com/ • Business Insider - https://www.businessinsider.com/ • Henry Blodget - https://twitter.com/hblodget • MongoDB - https://www.mongodb.com/ • Gilt - https://www.gilt.com/ • The Ladders - https://www.theladde