Episode 639: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Peter Rahal ( https://x.com/peterrahal ) about starting RXBAR with $10K and selling it for $600M, business ideas he would chase today, plus why he’s back with another bar.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) RX Bar's path to $600M
(8:32) Branding to solve a problem
(14:03) David Protein
(16:22) Idea 1: Differentiated vasodilator
(27:53) Idea 2: The coffee of sleep
(32:28) Idea 3: Continuous Testosterone meter
(36:58)Idea 4: New religion
(42:03) Why do this again?
(45:28) How to survive the first year after exiting
(53:03) How big is David going to get?
(56:18) Remote v in-office
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Links:
• RXBAR - https://www.rxbar.com/
• SCOTT & VICTOR - https://scottandvictor.com/
• David’s Protein - https://davidprotein.com/
• Lucy - https://lucy.co/
• Moonbrew - https://moonbrew.co/
• Levels - https://www.levels.com/
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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
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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/
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