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Episode 785: Shaan Puri (https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Nick Huber ( https://x.com/sweatystartup ) about the biggest bet he ever made and the mistakes he learned the hard way.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:24) Breaking down Nick’s portfolio
(8:49) The deal structure and terms
(11:20) Fail: Buying a domain for $400K, killing out traffic
(12:24) Fail Elon bought twitter + I invited competition
(16:49) new owner syndrome
(18:43) How to hire overseas talent (10-min masterclass)
(27:18) Pieter Thiel’s Stanford class
(30:17) Suli’s brutal advice
(34:23) Holdcos is overrated
(36:04) The tortoise always wins
(38:52) one big thing
(47:25) Roofing
(51:07) Self-storage
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