Episode 718: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about stuff that hit the group chat this week.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Apple Just Unlocked a $1B App Idea
(04:13) McKinsey got $55M for This?
(10:28) Frank Slootman’s Ice-Cold Advice
(16:20) “Treat people well, and you’ll win.”
(24:41) Man steals $122 million from Facebook and Google,
(28:17) ChatGPT’s $10B ARR retention curve
(34:58) Elon v. Trump Meltdown
(39:54) Ramp’s Monopolist Pitch Deck
(46:22) Rich Guy House Alert: Gary Tan Edition
(48:55) Sam’s First Ever Bookmark
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Links:
• Want Sam’s top 7 books for entrepreneurs (& his reading strategy)? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/kmb
• Apple AlarmKit announcement (WWDC) – https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23/
• Waymo Self-Driving Cars – https://waymo.com/
• Ramp (Eric Glyman’s company) – https://ramp.com/• Brex – https://www.brex.com/
• Amp It Up – https://tinyurl.com/5ak4ckux
• Les Schwab: Pride in Performance – https://tinyurl.com/5ch39nrv • TBPN – https://www.youtube.com/@thebrospodcastnetwork
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Check Out Shaan’s Stuff:
• Shaan’s weekly email – https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury – Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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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/
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