The Shaun Sharabi Show

Simon & I go back almost 15 years. I am lucky to call him one of my closest friends. I have often heard people in his domain reference him as "one of the most impressive business development leaders". It is no surprise that he was able to step into the role of Chief Business Officer at such a prominent business like Layer Zero earlier this year. Layer Zero is the $3B a16z & Sequoia-backed...

It’s easy to talk about what Paul is building. FOMO has scaled to a level few companies ever reach, and it’s done it in less than a year. As an on-chain mobile trading app, FOMO has already surpassed $1.5B in trading volume, onboarded 250K+ users, and is pacing toward $50M in revenue. But what impressed me the first time we met, and continues to impress me, isn’t just the numbers. It’s who Paul is...

Sam I had our first conversation over a coffee and I immediately could tell he’d be an amazing guest. Not only is he a podcast host of his own, but his entrepreneurial journey, and how he’s been able to leverage focus to give him an edge was simple, and very impressive. In this episode he breaks down the hurdles he overcame to build a paving roll-up that has hit over 60M in revenue in less than 11...

If you’re serious about growth, mindset, and high performance, this conversation will light a fire under you. Brett Eaton joins me to talk about why getting uncomfortable is the secret to building a life of purpose, energy, and fulfillment.   Brett Eaton is an expert keynote speaker, high-performance coach, and as of 9/9/25, following the release of his first book, a bestselling author. After inte...

Imagine needing to convince companies to sell on Amazon…? Selling products was a little different in 2010. John Ghiorso is a true OG marketing agency expert having started his first Amazon agency back in 2008. He built it to a 100 person, 8 figure business, before selling it in 2020. After realizing retirement wasn’t for him, he got back in the saddle last year to start Vanta Five: An agency ventu...

Austin Wright fires me up. After spending 15+ years climbing the ranks at 24 Hr Fitness & Gold's Gym, he decided to make a big change and start his own gym. So over the past 8 years, he has built a portfolio of 11 gym franchises ranging from Southern California to Florida. Oh, also, during this process he started & scaled an ecomm business to an eventual 8 figure exit. Austin owns & op...

Albert Matheny is an all around impressive individual. He is a former University of Florida track athlete, and a registered dietitian with a masters in human performance. He is a husband, father, and the founder & CEO of Promix Nutrition. Promix is a multi 8 figure supplement company, with over 150,000 customers, and is a true example of how obsessing over product is the foundation for buildin...

Rob Levin is impossible to put in a box. He is the founder of CIS Ventures, which is a strong attempt at bringing all of his skills together into one. I didn’t put an intro in this video for this because it was 7 min long & likely deserves its own clip. He’s a father, navy veteran, founded & successfully exited 2 businesses, led roll ups from the investor & operator point of view, and...

Arjun Mahadevan is the CEO & Founder of doola, a Business-in-a-Box™ for E-Commerce—built for Shopify and Amazon sellers to launch their U.S. business with an LLC and all required paperwork, then scale with bookkeeping, tax filings, and analytics—all in one platform. Arjun’s Dropbox product management background mixed with his own challenges of trying to start a business helped him launch doola...

Kyle Sorel is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Titn Development, a real estate development & construction company. In this conversation, Kyle discusses the behind the scenes of leading a barely 5 year old company to their biggest year yet in 2025, pacing $50M dollars in transactions. Titn specializes in custom homes, have started to expand into commercial projects, and with their verti...

Kevin Henrikson is a seasoned entrepreneur, engineer, and investor with a track record of building and scaling high-impact technology businesses. He has led hundreds of engineers at Microsoft and Instacart, co-founded ventures at the intersection of AI and blockchain, and invested in 50+ startups over the past two decades. Kevin’s philosophy is simple: “Speed of execution is a feature.” He helps f...

Sunny Ilyas is the Founder & CEO of Vale , a healthy fast casual restaurant taking over Florida. In this conversation, Sunny discusses bootstrapping his business from solving a simple local problem, to 10 stores, 3 in the past year, multiple 8 figures, developing their own line of protein powder products, planning for his first raise in an effort to get to 100 stores, and the important role he...

For Davenport Fund Management launch week I bring on the Founder & Managing Partner John Davenport. John shares some about his background leading up to launching his fund and how that has shaped the value based investment philosophy he takes. He also shares a bit of his take on the current state of the market, traditional money management options, and why Davenport Fund Management is different...