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Feb 2024
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This AI Startup Idea Has 500 Million Cus...

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Episode 554: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) brainstorming unicorn startup ideas with  $1B founder Jason Cohen. 

Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:00) AI improved presentations

(10:30) Automated Twitter hacking

(13:00) Being a billionaire tinkerer

(17:30) Rich vs. King

(22:30) All startups are screwed up--including the ones that work

(30:30) Be so good you can't fail

(32:30) Consumers don't value their time

(35:30) Will WP Engine go public?

(37:00) Lessons from Silver Lake Capital elites

Links:

• Smart Bear - https://smartbear.com/

• Jason Cohen on Twitter - https://twitter.com/asmartbear

• Zeck - https://www.zeck.app/

• Rich v. King - https://longform.asmartbear.com/rich-vs-king-sold-company

• Box.com - http://box.com/

• Silver Lake - https://www.silverlake.com

Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth


Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd







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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