# He Built An $8M Sports Empire With $100 And Zero Funding | Ep. 428 with Suryansh Tibarewal Co-Founder of EssentiallySports

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Podcast: [Founder's Story](https://stenobird.com/podcast/founder-s-story-648906)
Published: 2026-08-03T17:31:55+00:00
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## Resource

Daniel Robbins sits down with Suryansh Tibarewal, Co-Founder of EssentiallySports, to unpack how three college students in India turned a $100 domain into a bootstrapped American sports media company doing more than $8 million a year in revenue. Suryansh shares why the company started from pure fandom, how the team discovered the power of U.S. sports audiences, and why the open web became the foundation for their business. The conversation also dives into COVID-era hypergrowth, building a 400-person media organization, the threat and opportunity of AI, audience ownership through newsletters, and why Suryansh now believes building something bigger than yourself is more fulfilling than becoming a solo founder.

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