Young, rich, and not cocky. Really respect this guy.

My nigga trappin in the fungus game

When an American starts talking in grams you know he's up to something.

This dudes the an ex weed dealer gone legit 😂

Nothing like luring grown men to a white van with the promise of a exotic mushroom.

i feel like he should be in a movie where he is the nice guy truffle dealer in the beginning and then later on as he grows he turns into like a truffle mob boss eliminating competition and hiring hitment, paying people off to move truffles, robbing other businesses of their truffles, stuff like that. Truffle king is what it should be called that or Truffle Hunter

Vice: Hanging out with drug dealers Munchies: Hanging out with truffle dealers

"come to my van i have some stuff for you"

I could watch a full movie about this guy

"A lot has changed. You were 19 last year & 20 this year." Yes that's how time works.

"hey how much do you need? 3000 a pound for the white." I see you hiding in plain site brah

Thank Munchies........ Thank you Ian Purkayastha ..... I watched this video before 3 or 4 years. I motivated and learn to start a new business. and after, 2018 Sept I started my own business Oyster mushroom and Mung Beans sprout growing and delivery to the restaurant. thank you very much.

Omg I would totally watch a reality tv show about truffle dealers

Cool to see a young guy owning a business

"The only way to get the best produce is to have first pick of the day, and there are only two way to get first pick. Grow it yourself, or bribe a grower. Voila! The best restaurant get first pick." -Colette from _Ratatouille_

Ian: 'It's super creamy'. Me: How can you say that with a straight face?

This guy is the same age as me and has his own company...and I'm just here Watching KZfaq videos...

this guy works like a horse.. am sure he will be successful

I can't afford super creamy salmon sperm sac so my gf will have to settle for mine

It’s wild how young yet how respected this kid is. Really cool to see

Here's a competitor right here he says. I'm thinking: Alpine Roofing is a competitor?!

Truffle businesses usually fail in new york within the first 5 years. God i hope this guy succeeds, and if he fails i hope he learns from it and comes back better. One of the worst things that can happen is when a young entrepreneur lose hope and gives up. I'm a restaurateur and I've seen that happen many times, you can tell when their business is nearing from their eyes.

He's literally getting stalked by the Truffle mob... that's wild 😯

"I don't want my logo on the van so my competitors don't know who I'm selling to" Years later on Great Big Story: Logo on truck. Guess he got through competition.

daaaamnnnn, this guy is hustlin.

It's so cool to see the owner being so involved in his bussiness like driving around and stuff instead of hiring someone for that 😊

This guy knows his stuff. Good for him works hard built a great company.

Them truffles look like some dank ass moon rocks lol

I respect his hustle. He's making some real good money for sure

Hey, a dealer that actually answers his phone.

Hey man... you got the stuff. Show me the money first. Yeah 250 just like you asked. Ok here it is. Thanks man, this will go great in my pasta!

Wow, I wish I were more like this young man at 21...smart, hard working and mature for his age....congrats

This seems like satire for a drug dealer lol

this is what the drug business would look like if it was deregulated

Plot twist: He's actually a drug dealer and truffle dealing is just a cover up

This young man will be going very far in life. Wishing him the best in his endeavors 🙏🏽❤️

This guy is unbelievably mature given his age, much respect

This kid getting rich as I sit over here 21 years old eating peanut butter and graham crackers watching KZfaq videos. LOL

My guy drives with his knees while reading invoices lmao

This guy is my motivation to start my business. Wish me luck, guys. Thanks.

This guy is like a drug lord, but for truffles

coming from an ex drug dealer that used to sell 2lbs a week.... this is really cool and im almost jealous

I think the thing I appreciate most about this is his curiosity/interest in unusual foods! How creative to start this sort of business

8 years later and still GOATED

but does he make truffle butter?

Still shady af like a drug dealer 😂

Good morning hustlers it's time to secure this truffles

12:07 "its uhh 3000 a pound for the white"

"how much white do ya need" nervous look around "yeah yeah 7dollar a gram" notices people looking at his van

*psst* hey kid ya want some shrooms

Every day I’m trufflin’

Kid has an amazing intellect.

This was equally bizarre and fascinating to watch.

Gold chain, broken windscreen. Priorities.

I'm a bit late but can you do "Day with the Dealer: Cocaine"?

This video is 5 years old now. If this kid isn't a multimillionaire now I'd be disappointed.

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cool, a true entrepreneur!

ya.... like anyone who knows about mushrooms can just get into the ny truffle dealing business. What I really want to know is how much capital it took to start and how you make connections to truffle sources.

this guy now has a company that delivers exotics to our restaurant in dallas, wild stuff man

if you were blind and listen to this you would swear this dude is moving dope

i started selling flowers, that i picked from my neighbours garden, i was like 10 and straight savage. made som ez 3 dollars that week.

I'm surprised he doesn't have an assistant. He could drive him around, pick things up and he'd just have to chill lol.

this is definitely one of the best episodes watching it for like the 3rd time since it came out in 2014

Please continue this serie, amazing character and video

I gotta say his strategy is amazing, he goes build a relationship with these people gives them full control over there selection this is just amazing dedication.

0:06 Buddy’s just trying to sound as shady on the phone as he possibly can lol.

When he said my girlfriend my heart dropped

Dude I love this guy, he's so down to Earth and casual even though he's a huge business owner.

this guy seems so chill

Walks into a kitchen and chef Jon Favreau is standing there waiting for his mushroom delivery. “You’re ten minutes late kid.”

these people are the ones i respect those who risk it big and work hard to be successful and at such a young age

Am I seriously the only one that noticed his reckless driving style?! Hands off the wheel while driving, looking down to papers while in motion, looking to the camera for long peiods of time! Damn, I was scared just by watching it.

my grandson sell truffle long time he 4

The guy is so switched on its scary! Knows the chefs by name, knows where his product is and knows what it is Over filling the van is a veterans trick! . For 21 the guys winning at life!

this is what America is about. Young informed/educated entrepreneurs making a living and then some with what they know. perfecting their business skills alongside with what they know and building their client base.

and some older people calling our generation dumb...

7$ a gram. Still cheaper than weed lmao

Mushroom foraging used to scare the shit out of me. We had a family near where I lived that died from eating the wrong mushrooms. But when I was in the girls scouts, they taught us about safe and edible mushrooms in Maryland. It’s actually very easy to tell even for mushrooms that look fairly identical to dangerous ones, if you know the warning signs. Also, they sell cheap mushroom growing kits on amazon which are ALWAYS super fun. We had these mushrooms growing in the lot next to my parents house and one night this man pulls up and sheepishly asks if they were cultivating them. When my dad said no, he asked if he could take them. My dad was a bit worried to agree as he wasn’t sure if they were poisonous. This guy leaves, comes back with two onions, and goes through all the mushrooms. Each one that was bad, he’d put a piece of onion on top of it and some onion around the base and said it’d take care of it. Sure enough the next day these mushrooms were black and rotting. They haven’t had any come back. Our neighborhood thinks bunnies are spreading the fungi somehow in their poop maybe because they always grow where the bunnies hang out. Overall mushrooms are pretty fascinating. And truffles are so pretty cool. I’d love to one day be able to forage for them. I have a friend who, I believe, uses basset hounds and trained pigs to find them in their country.

**Has a mushroom that is said to cure cancer** Ethan: I'm gonna dry this out!

Dude is a HUSTLER! Who knew truffles could yield such price or have such high demand.

Idk why this was in my suggested, but now I'm gonna binge watch truffle dealing all night

"Its about 3000 a pound for the white" lmao can you sound anymore sketchy😂😂😂

That kitchen was like a supercar garage. Every ingredient is exotic

Its so awesome that he's so happy selling mushrooms lol

This would make a great series. I want to see more of this guy, maybe even in a documentary.

I was really impressed I knew many of the mushrooms he unpacked. Since I was a young child my uncle and my dad took us kids to the forest every fall because they know which ones are edible. We picked many mushrooms and my grandma cooked delicious dinners. Never knew they were that expensive and sold around the globe

Breaking Shrooms

self employed , self paid , he's a BOSS !

this is tight. i want to hear some numbers though

I can really watch this for hours. Do more of this.

I need to convince my clientele to buy truffles instead of You know lol

''you were like 19 last year and now you're 20'' damn

his girlfriend isnt a mushroom person, but she loves truffles- yea, he's dating a gold digger XD

I respect his hustle.

I thought it was interesting pawpaw fruit was in his inventory. Pawpaw trees are everywhere in Missouri, you could fill a truck bed in a day in the right stretch of woods. The deer are crazy for them.

I'm in the wrong business..

Young, attractive, well-spoken and successful. Then I look at myself and my life.

This man is moving the product, food product that is.

I know this video is old now, but its wild how young Ian was when he started his business. Talk about finding a niche! Good for him. Love that the business is currently thriving online.