Jun 25, 2026 · 24 min · 6 segments
Andy tells Hanna & Fish about one of his entrepreneurial inspirations, hardcore musician, merch designer, and speaker Johnny "Cupcakes" Earle. Intro music is from "Across the Line" by the…
Do you
remember the Wayback Machine? I don't know.
Oh,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
All right,
okay.
To the far back day of 1982.
I wasn't there.
When a Mr. and Mrs. Earl loved each other so much, they hugged real tight.
And on December 13th, they gave birth to a little baby boy named John.
So John Earl saw his parents commuting to and from work, and very early on, he kind of had this desire to be in business for himself.
And according to him, he says he had 16 businesses before he was 16.
Okay, I got this.
He had lemonade stands.
He would sell candy in school.
Like all the little kid side hustles that you would side hustle.
Hannah has no idea who I'm talking about.
No, I'm going to figure it out.
I'm there.
Don't tell me.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm there.
You'll get there.
I got there.
Do you
remember the Wayback Machine? I don't know.
Oh,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
All right,
okay.
To the far back day of 1982.
I wasn't there.
When a Mr. and Mrs. Earl loved each other so much, they hugged real tight.
And on December 13th, they gave birth to a little baby boy named John.
So John Earl saw his parents commuting to and from work, and very early on, he kind of had this desire to be in business for himself.
And according to him, he says he had 16 businesses before he was 16.
Okay, I got this.
He had lemonade stands.
He would sell candy in school.
Like all the little kid side hustles that you would side hustle.
Hannah has no idea who I'm talking about.
No, I'm going to figure it out.
I'm there.
Don't tell me.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm there.
You'll get there.
I got there.
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