Explore every episode of the podcast Skool Stories

Check out Marty's Skool: https://www.skool.com/sketchclubwithmrty

Dan Harrison and Charley Tichenor are in a race to see who will hit $100k/month on Skool first.

In this episode, they talk about:

- Why the leaderboard is so motivating

- The power of friendly competition

- #1 piece of advice for anyone new to Skool

Check it out!

Lizzie Townsend has got 79 new customers in the last 7-days thanks to Growth Boost.

As a result, her community ended up on Trending, she set a new MRR record, and her boss asked why her phone was making so many "ka-ching noises" at work 😂

In this pop-up interview, we chat about:

• Why constantly changing her About Page kept her stuck

• How "copying what works" led to her big breakthrough

• And her biggest lesson from 1-year on Skool

Check it out!

Start your own Skool: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

7 years ago, @Samuel G was selling hot dogs on the streets of LA.

Now, just a few minutes ago, he became the highest earner of the last ever Skool Games.

In this episode we talk about:

• How one shift in his messaging changed everything

• The unique live-streaming strategy that turbo-charged his traffic

• And why giving his members a coloring-book slashed churn

Check it out!

Over the last 7-days, Skool's new GROWTH BOOST feature has sent over 10,000 people to Evan Shawn's About Page.

As a result, he got 100+ new paying members and hit the first page of Discovery.

In this pop-up episode, Evan shares exactly how he optimized his brand-new, 3-week-old community for Growth Boost — and how you can too.

Topics covered:

• Coming up with a viral community idea

• Designing a community image that will get picked up by the algorithm

• Creating a clear, 1-sentence promise

• And how to make the most of the crazy new opportunity Growth Boost provides

Check it out.

Jesse's Skool: https://www.skool.com/@jesse-carroll-5319

Jesse Carroll is a voice actor and Skool Games Winner.

His niche is helping people land their first voiceover gig.

In this episode, we talk about:

- How he arrived at his current pricing model (using tiers)

- The retention mistake that cost him thousands of dollars

- And why turning a course into a community changed his life

Check it out!

​ ⁨Gillian Berry⁩ is a vegan content creator and Skool Games Winner.

Her niche is helping people live healthier lives by eating raw food.

In this episode, we talk about:

- How live-streaming accidentally became her #1 growth strategy

- Why community owners shouldn't pretend to be perfect

- And what it's like hosting in-person meetups at her house 🙊

Check it out!

Grateful Mike is a guitar teacher and Skool Games Winner.

His niche is helping "Dead Heads" (fans of the band The Grateful Dead) play their favorite songs.

In this episode, we talk about:

• The power of going all-in on your passion

• Connecting your community to existing subcultures

• And why "the riches are in the niches"

Check it out.

Megan O'Hare is a photographer, mom and Skool Games Winner from Nebraska. 

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why selling static courses didn't work for her

• The power of live-launching (webinars-for-moms 🤣)

• And how deeply caring for your customers makes business more fun

Check it out!

Pat Damiano is a kettlebell nerd and x2 Skool Games Winner from New York.

We caught up with him in LA to find out:

• How he turbo-charged traffic to his About Page using Lord Of The Rings

• The biggest discovery he's made to reduce churn (6-week cycles)

• And why shifting away from personalization created a stronger community culture

Check it out.

P.S. Yes, there is a Gandalf sword in the episode.

Dave Donoghue is a guitar teacher from Ireland who won the Skool Games using some super unique LOCAL strategies like:

- Putting up posters in his local village

- Offering a giveaway to his contacts on WhatsApp

- And talking to people in real life 😂

In this episode he also talks a lot about the importance of:

- Getting super specific on who you serve

- Finding "Skool friends" to walk the journey together

- And the importance of keeping things simple

Check it out :)

We joined Calvin Hollywood on-stage in Germany for a Q+A about welcoming members into our communities.

Topics covered:

• Auto DMs

• Leaderboard levels and unlocks

• Junk engagement vs genuine connection

• What to write on your about page to attract quality members

• And how to bring people back onto Skool when they leave

You'll also hear live questions from other Skoolers who were there :)

Ryan and Haley Schrope signed up for Skool 2-years ago... Now they make a full-time income doing what they love (while living in a truck).In this episode, you'll find out:- Why you should always start before you ready- How to "copy what works"- And the importance of staying in the game long enough to winCheck it out!

Gracie Pleschourt and Tracy Pleschourt run a dating community on Skool.

We caught up with them in LA to find out:

- Why they switched away from 1-on-1 coaching

- How to give members what they NEED

- And what it's like running a community with your family

Check it out :)

Jason Olofsen's passion is making friends with strangers. Thanks to Skool, it's now also his full-time job.

We caught up with him in LA to find out:

- How he actually get customers

- Why doing what you love scales faster than you think

- And how he makes money without complicated funnels

Check it out!

Robert Venter is a dad from South Africa with a passion for teaching languages.

We caught up with him in LA to find out:

• How he went from 0-1,000 customers
• What he did to cut his churn to 4%
• His roadmap to hit $100k/month

Check it out!

Join Robert's Skool: https://www.skool.com/layersmethod

Start your own Skool: https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=ef9ab8589baa43298d5b59362e460ae0

Nate Herk is a x4 Skool Games Winner.

In this episode we talk about:

- How he built a free community with 180k people

- Why reducing his classroom content led to better results

- And what his family thinks about him making $230k/month 🤣

Check it out ❤️

Nate's Free Community: https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-society/about

Sam Ovens is the Co-Founder and CEO of Skool.

We caught up with him in LA to find out about:

- The mysterious rock he keeps in his pocket

- Why Skool became "the most human place on the internet"

- And how to build a community people fall in love with

Check it out ❤️

Daniel Harrison and Alexander VandeLaar just put on a legendary Skool Event in their hometown.

Skoolers from all over the world flew to be there... and helped raise $107k for charity 🤯

We caught up with them in LA to find out:

- How Skool makes IRL so easy and fun

- Creative ways to use the Affiliate Feature

- And the power of collaborating with other Skoolers

Check it out ❤️

P.S. Here's the giving-pledged-affiliate link to Daniel & Alexander's community: https://www.skool.com/lfg/about?ref=ef9ab8589baa43298d5b59362e460ae0

Skool Stories is back!

To kick off Season 2 we caught up with Andrew Kirby, Claire Quinn and Evelyn Weiss to chat about:

- The first "Skool Baby"

- How they got started on Skool

- And why 2026 will be the year of community

Check it out,

Salha Aziz won The Skool Games while taking care of her kids at home.

In this episode, we talk about:

- Losing her job as a Zumba instructor because of COVID

- Overcoming her fear of speaking on camera

- And transitioning from "doing" to "coaching"

Check it out.

Salha's community: https://www.skool.com/beyondthebranddeals

Start your own community on Skool: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Dan Harrison and Alexander Om are some of the earliest community builders on Skool.

Since then, they've won the Skool Games thrice, hosted 10+ in-person masterminds and learned a TONNE about letting the right people into their community — while keeping the wrong people out.

I caught up with them on the beach in LA to find out:

Check it out <3

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Ryan Schrope is a successful online business owner who... lives in a truck along with his wife Haley. In this episode I caught up with him to find out: - Why he lives in a truck (despite owning several houses) - Succeeding without an audience through "the watering-hole method" - And his number rule: "no hypotheticals" Check it out.

@Devon Meadows lives in a forest with his wife and two-year-old daughter.

He also runs a successful Skool Community.

Here's how.

Devon's Skool: https://www.skool.com/fbads/about

Ilana and Daniel Bissonnette are the mother-son duo behind a successful female health business. In this episode, we talk about: - The pros and cons of going into business with your family - Having the courage to be different to the people around you - And why they decided to win The Skool Games together Check it out! Ilana's Skool Community: https://www.skool.com/method/about

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

@Max Perzon is a 4-time Skool Games Winner, Battle Royale Champ and recent Cybertruck owner 😉

In this episode, we talk about:

- Finding the right rocket ship to go all-in on

- Turning team members into life-long friends

- And why IRL events are the future of Skool

Check it out!

Max's Skool: https://www.skool.com/masterclass

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

@Jack Roberts and @Adam Luke are the two friends behind a $100k/month AI community on Skool.

In this episode, we talk about:

- The power of hosting in-person meetups

- Using “Leaderboard Unlocks” to supercharge engagement

- And how they cut their churn in half

Check it out.

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Join Jack's Skool here: https://www.skool.com/ai-automations-by-jack-4235/about

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Benny D is a rapper-turned-entrepreneur.

After hitting rock bottom in his music career, he joined a Skool Community to learn Copywriting.

Now... just a few years later, he runs an online business with @Ted Carr that makes $1M/year.

In this episode, we talk about:

- His rise from Skool Community Student to COO

- How to build out a world-class team who will never leave you

- And the importance of operating in your ZONE OF GENIUS

Check it out.

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Connect with Benny D on Skool: https://www.skool.com/@bennydlowkey?g=community

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Keitron Rankin is a Cybertruck winner, back-to-back Skool Games Champ and all-time leaderboard legend.

You’ve seen him flex online, smack-talk the competition and surge $50k+ MRR in 24 hours.

- But who is he REALLY?

- How is he dominating on Skool so quickly?

- And what's motivating him to make so much money?

Click here to find out👇🏼

Keitron's Skool: https://www.skool.com/billiondollarcircle/about

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Laura Buhl is a mom, journal-lover and Skool Games Winner.

In this episode, we talk about:

- Starting a 7-figure business by accident

- The “slow-growth method” that took her to $23k/month

- And how to beat your competition by creating “beautiful things”

Check it out.

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Laura's Skool: https://www.skool.com/impactstationery

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Dan Sullivan has been coaching entrepreneurs for 50+ years. His workshop-based community Strategic Coach makes $40M+ ARR.

(Yes, that’s forty million dollars of annual recurring revenue).

In this interview, he reveals:

- The 4C formula that will change the way you think about business

- Why you should never retire

- And the one question that will make you more money than you could possibly imagine.

Check it out.

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Dan’s Book “10X Is Easier Than 2x”: https://geni.us/3TJimw

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

This episode was recorded live at an invite-only mastermind in Belfast.

There were so many insane gem dropped that we felt like it was unfair for us not to share it.

Enjoy!

Calvin’s Waiting List: https://skool-communities.de/skool-international-warteliste

Discover if Skool is right for you: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

@Nicholas Fowler is a full-time, active-duty member of The US Military.

He also came 1st in the August Skool Games with $50k MRR added in 30 days.

(With only 3 hours a day to dedicate to Skool after “work”).

In this episode, we talk about:

- Turning his mum into a 6-figure TikToker

- Making more money in a month than most people do in a year

- And his daily schedule during The Skool Games

Check it out.

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Nick’s Skool: [https://www.skool.com/formula](https://www.skool.com/formula/about)

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Patrice's Skool: https://www.skool.com/herizon/about

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Shariff Dyer II is a Skool Games Winner who has done over 5000+ sales calls.

In this interview, he reveals “the sales cheatcode” you can steal to 10x your number of paying members on Skool — even if you’ve never been on a sales call before.

Check it out.

Shariff's Skool: https://www.skool.com/wealth-mindset-3527

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Ted Carr is a million-dollar community builder, Skool Games Winner and an early investor in Skool.

He’s also a pretty weird guy (he’s technically homeless, only eats fruit, and is from Canada).

But what’s even weirder is his plan to go from millionaire to billionaire in the next few years.

In this episode, I caught up with him in Vegas to find out:

- His roadmap to $1,000,000,000

- The secrets to his Skool Success

- Myths that hold beginners back from greatness

- And the bizzare events that led to him investing in Skool before most people even knew about it.

Check it out.

Ted's Skool: https://www.skool.com/contentpreneurship

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Andrew Kirby is a YouTuber with 600k subscribers and the Host of The Skool Games.

By age 21, he had made over $1M online and scaled 3 different businesses to $100k/mo.

Now, he’s on a mission to find the easiest way for you to hit your first $10k month on Skool.

In this episode, we talk about:

- Why he quit YouTube to get a 9-5 job

- How he ended up working with Skool

- His biggest lessons from Sam Ovens + Alex Hormozi

- And the fastest path to 10k/mo.

Check it out!

LAUNCH A SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

JOIN DOUG’S FREE COMMUNITY: https://www.skool.com/community-merge-mastery-2687

6 years ago, Doug Boughton was waiting tables in a restaurant.

He was $114k in debt, hated his job and was hungry for “more.”

Just 2 years later, he ended up speaking on stage with Russell Brunson after doing over $1M in online sales.

Now, he’s one of the most successful community builders on the planet.

Here’s how he did it.

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

30 days ago, @Stephen G. Pope “decided” to win the Skool Games by building a $35k per month business from scratch.

But how do you become the sort of person who can “decide” to do something like this?

What are the skills, qualities, and traits you need to achieve in one month what many people struggle to do in five years?

The good news is we caught up with Stephen in Vegas to share his secret.

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Stephen’s Free Skool: https://www.skool.com/content-academy

Stephen’s Paid Skool: https://www.skool.com/no-code-architects/about

Video documenting his full Skool journey and process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUXsQyaYvow

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

The School Of Hard Knocks have amassed over 2.5 billion views and 6 million followers on social media by asking some of the wealthiest people on the planet how they made their money.

You’ve probably seen their clips… Lots of them.

But what you haven’t seen is the hard work, failures and risks behind-the-scenes while building their massive media empire.

In this episode, we ask the question-askers what they’ve learned from rubbing shoulders with billionaires that you can apply to your life and Community today.

Check it out.

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School of Mentors Community: https://www.skool.com/school-of-mentors-1850/about

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

🎉 Skool History has officially been made 🎉 These two crazy dudes (@Valdo Ai + @CreatorPascal aka. Pascio) just sold their Community! To celebrate, I hopped on a quick call to figure out how they did it. (And how you could too). 👇🏼

Valdo's Skool Profile: https://www.skool.com/@valdo-ai-3481

Pascal’s Skool Profile: https://www.skool.com/@notion-pascio-6264

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Bijan's Skool: https://www.skool.com/@bijanizadi

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Turning broke mom’s into filthy rich Wall Street Traders might seem like a strange niche…

But it’s the idea that catapulted @Team Forex For Women to $116k monthly recurring revenue and the #1 spot on the All-Time Leaderboard 🐐

The good news is, success leaves clues.

All you gotta do is copy them.

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Forex For Women Skool Community: https://www.skool.com/forex-for-women-vip-members-4710/about

JOIN SKOOL FOR FREE: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

8-months ago, Farhoon Asim didn't have enough money for lunch.

Now he's a Skool Games Winner who makes $55k per month.

In this episode, we explore how.

Farhoon's Skool: https://www.skool.com/international-hustlers-academy/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Maximilian Saal and Eric Steigner launched their community with no course, no audience and no plan.

9 months later, they've made over 2 million dollars using The Pioneer Group Method**™.**

In this episode, they share the EXACT step-by-step blueprint of how they did it so you can COPY their strategy and apply it to your niche.

👇🏼 Check it out 👇🏼

Speak German? Check out their free German Speaking community here: https://www.skool.com/mission-1-3765/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Max Perzon is the first person to win the Skool Games twice. To celebrate, Wiktor Romanowicz and I caught up with him in Vegas to discover:

- A nugget from the 1st mastermind that doubled his sales in 30 days

- The right time to hire people (and how to do it)

- What a “Skool Specialist” is & how they can make a lot of money

- His #1 idea for reducing churn/increasing retention

- Why the MaxPremium Metaverse failed

- And the most bulletproof way to reprogram your mind to become a successful person

Check it out!

Max's Skool: https://www.skool.com/masterclass/about

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games Calvin Hollywood is the secret retention expert Skool Games Winners DM when they need help. His approach to LEADING communities is extremely counter-cultural. But the results speak for themselves.

JOIN SKOOL: http://tinyurl.com/skool-games

Three months, ago Patrice Moore quit her job to go all-in on Skool… Now she's about to hit her first $10k month!

In this episode, we talk about:

- The importance of her first sale (and how she got it)

- Going from no niche → sales-call confident in less than 30-days

- How she built a community without any audience or expertise to sell

- And the exact playbook she'd use if starting from scratch again today.

Check it out!

Patrice's Skool: https://www.skool.com/branded/about

After grinding on Skool for over two years with two failed groups and no money to show for it, Kai Nemzer launched a new community that hit $57k in one month — and won the Skool Games.

In this rollercoaster conversation, we talk about:

• The one tweak he made that changed everything
• Why his parents being therapists helped him get a billion views
• Going all-in on YouTube instead of going to college
• How insane amounts of failure and pain helped him (eventually) win
• And the cheat codes he wishes he had known when starting off.

Enjoy!

Kai's Skool: https://www.skool.com/ytgrowth