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Sep 2022
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The Startup Sins Of Uber, Why Scaling Is...

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Episode 362: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about businesses that don't scale well, but are still successful, the startup sins of Uber, how to make millions from a salaried position, and more.

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Show Notes:

(01:25) - Custom rap tracks and why scaling is overrated

(14:25) - The many startup sins of Uber

(18:05) - Scott Belsky

(31:45) - How to make millions from a salaried position

(45:50) - The insanely high value of predicting things

(55:55) - The surprisingly big opportunity of private security

(01:02:30) - Writing a note to your spouse every day

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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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