Lift Off with Aman Manazir

Lift Off with Aman Manazir helps ambitious people escape the 9-to-5 and build businesses that give them freedom.Through interviews with top founders and straight-to-the-point educational content, Aman shares the exact lessons, systems, and mindset shifts that took him from a six-figure software engineer to a millionaire entrepreneur in his 20s.If you want to think bigger, build faster, and create a life on your own terms, this show will give you the playbook.

Lift Off with Aman Manazir is a business podcast hosted by Aman Manazir, with 13 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Aman Manazir hosts Lift Off with Aman Manazir, a business show with 13 episodes published.

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  Episode #13

  ⁠⁠I Asked Ali Abdaal’s Team How to Build a $10M+ YouTube Channel

  Aug 21, 20261h 32m

  Three of the people behind Ali Abdaal's $25M YouTube empire break down exactly how they built it: the niche strategy, hiring playbook, content frameworks, and the mistakes that cost them. If you're trying to turn your YouTube channel into a real business, this is the episode you've been waiting for. Listen to all episodes of Lift Off on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LiftOffPod Listen to our new podcast, @TheEntropyShow: https://youtu.be/MDJQXbXPngg?si=vQqITmNzy3fhfcV1 Free weekly productivity insights/advice – https://amanmanazir.com/newsletter Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/amanmanazir/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/amanmanazir Saf's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/safmohammed?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios Tintin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tintin-smith-9b4720174?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios Angus's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angus-parker-469943160?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios — ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:40 Meet Ali Abdaal's Core YouTube Team 02:23 What Tintin Actually Did Day-to-Day 04:15 How Saf Became Head of Creative 06:54 Angus: Running the Whole Machine 08:15 Why Everyone's Role Constantly Changed 12:02 Ali's Business Pivots: Honest Assessment 14:42 Tiny Experiments vs. Going All In 20:26 When to Kill a Product or Idea 23:28 How to Pick Your YouTube Niche 27:52 Fame, Fortune, or Fun 33:42 What If You Have No Expertise Yet 39:14 Niche vs. Value Proposition Explained 41:12 Backward, Present, and Future Content 45:49 Your First 10 Videos: The Framework 49:32 Why Camera Confidence Beats Everything 51:14 The Truth About Packaging and Thumbnails 56:49 Should You AB Test Your Thumbnails 59:23 Why Good Videos Flop: Video Autopsies 1:04:11 Slow Burners: Dead Videos That Come Back 1:05:31 Data and Metrics: Do They Actually Matter 1:13:49 Your First Hire: Why It's Always an Editor 1:15:43 Where to Find Editors and What to Pay 1:18:51 Why Hire an Editor Before Making Money 1:21:22 YouTube Is a J-Curve Business 1:25:24 Second and Third Hires Explained 1:28:12 Why They All Left Ali Abdaal's Team

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  Episode #12

  Ex-Wall Street: The Exact Blueprint To Quit Your Job & Become a Creator!

  Mar 29, 202659 minS0

  <p>He made $250,000 a year on Wall Street — and barely qualified for a mortgage.</p><p>Eric Pan spent a decade in finance investing every dollar he had, living below his means, and still felt like it wasn't enough. Then he got laid off. Four months of zero income later, he built a $500K per year content business and says he'd never go back.</p><p>In this episode Eric gets brutally honest about the real cost of chasing the American dream, when to quit your job, and how he built a creator business from scratch after a layoff changed ev...

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  Episode #11

  YouTube Money Expert: How Any Small YouTuber Can Make $20k/Month!

  Mar 26, 20261h 49mS0

  <p>Tintin spent 2.5 years running Ali Abdaal's YouTube channel — 3 to 6 million subscribers, $10 million in revenue. Now he helps smaller creators build the same thing from scratch.</p><p>In this episode we get into how to turn what you already know into a real coaching business, why proof matters more than followers, and what actually works when you're just starting out.</p><p>🎧 Listen to all episodes of Lift Off on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LiftOffPod</p><p><br></p><p>Listen to our new podcast, @TheEntropyShow: https://youtu.be/MDJQXbXPngg?si=vQqITmNzy3fhfcV1</p><p><br></p><p>💌 Free wee...

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  Episode #10

  The Creator Money Expert: How to Start a Profitable Creator Brand in 2026!

  Feb 9, 20261h 22mS0

  <p><b>PODCAST DESCRIPTION</b></p><p>Eric Wei had the dream resume—Blackstone, McKinsey, Instagram and hated every second of it. He burned through years of PTO for therapy, stopped showing up to Coinbase after one month, and finally built Karat, a financial platform for creators like Ludwig and Nick DiGiovanni. </p><p>This episode is for anyone with an impressive LinkedIn but a quiet voice asking: "Is this really it?"</p><p><br>🎧 Listen to all episodes of Lift Off on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LiftOffPod</p><p><br></p><p>Listen to our new podcast, @TheEntropyShow: https...

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  Episode #9

  ex-Google Engineer: The 9-to-5 Nearly Killed Me! Business Saved My Life

  Jan 28, 20261h 20mS0

  <p>Sarah Pan made more than her Google salary as a creator—and still stayed trapped for three more years. In this conversation, she reveals the chronic back pain that started at 22, the scarcity mindset that kept her chained to corporate despite hitting her financial goals, and what finally forced her to break free. </p><p>This episode is for anyone stuck in a "good situation" they secretly hate, wondering if they'll ever have the courage to leave.</p><p><br>🎧 Listen to all episodes of Lift Off on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LiftOffPod</p><p><br></p><p>Listen...

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