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Aug 2024
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He Sold His Company For $15M, Then Got A...

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Episode 615: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of Scott Heiferman, the reindustrialization of America, plus Elon’s Problem Solving Method. 

Show Notes: 

(0:00) Millionaire working at McDonalds

(11:40) Scott Heiferman’s path to $15M

(17:32) Building Meetup.com to $156M exit

(24:20) Rosie the Riveter 3.0

(34:32) Elon's Problem Solving Method


Links:

• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm

• Meetup - https://www.meetup.com/

• Bowling Alone - https://tinyurl.com/23etxxdp

• Careers Built To Last - https://www.careersbuilttolast.com/

• BlueForge Alliance - https://www.blueforgealliance.us/

• Gundo Deep Dive - https://x.com/johncoogan/status/1741512539979325733



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

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/


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




My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

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