Rebel Business Podcast

The market is scared of everything and nothing at all and the guys are pro-sleep!

Amazon finally gets called a monopoly, Target closes stores due to theft and Mehul & Paul recall a former Lehman colleague stealing from the cafeteria (yes, this happened)

Local knowledge is not universal, how Whole Foods went from hippie to soccer mom and the possible death of after work happy hours

The guys explore how overthinking can lead to bad results and talk about how Lego turned it around by NOT overthinking also Mehul sat on a banking panel this week (yikes)

Your gut versus the data, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose

Factory work, AI Bubble and worst jobs ever!

WeWork death spiral, how to spot a bull$hitter and “The Blindside” gets blindsided.

A week of ups and downs, brokerages get crushed, Buffett crushes and how to crush your side hustle

Barbenheimer, weather impacting economics, what the hell is a Brony?... and tales of bad bosses at Lehman Brothers

ESPN Layoffs, Threads vs Twitter, tales from being laid off from a Wall Street firm and Mehul dubs the dumbest person he’s ever worked with as seen on CNBC

What to do when market data sounds like BS, Mehul rants about how much college presidents “earn” and the guys reminisce their worst interview experiences.

Marketing guru and pal Phil Irvine re-visits the Pod to talk about branding wins, losses and extinction and Mehul gloats about predicting the box office take opening weekend for the Blackening

Marketing guru and pal Phil Irvine joins the Pod to talk about taking upside over stability, LIV Golf + PGA Golf and CNNs brand implosion

Fake AI Images, Coinbase sued and flights to space! The guys discuss it all along with the great milk conspiracy of the 1980s!

Recession signs ahead? Looks that way listen to the breakdown. The guys discuss Elizabeth Holmes, white collar prison food and Mehul’s opinion on some of the real-life people in the Anna Delvey saga he’s met in NYC.

The guys talk about what's to come in the banking world post-First Republic failing and the digital age bank run.... also Mehul pats himself on the bank for calling last week's Wobble...while the guys take a bow for predicting the George Foreman movie would financially flop while predicting another movie money blackhole!

Actor, writer and director Simon Fecteau joins Rebel Business to talk about what happens on set when things inevitably go wrong and Paul and Mehul discuss their “oh $hit” moments and hear the early ideas for Paypal, Slack and Instagram!

Mehul and Paul sit down with marketing data expert Phil Irvine to discuss his crossroad of choosing between going back to corporate life post layoff or the thrill of starting his own platform. Along the way, they explore the importance of networking and living by a code, drawing inspiration from the legendary Omar Little of The Wire!

We discuss AI, the opportunities it will create and unintended consequences; we discover Paul might be a Sky Net cyborg and hear why Mehul doesn’t care about Kanye’s financial future.

How you go about raising money when you have none! Hear about Sara Blakely’s amazing story as well as Paul coining a new phrase and Mehul defending why he walks into an investor pitch meeting with a chip on his shoulder!

NY based comic and real estate developer Mehul Patel and LA Based tech advisor Paul Samuel talk about market values dropping, where opportunities might lurk, how the hell do you raise money from investors and how much a Rod Thorn autograph is worth!