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Episode 802: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to 19-year-old Zach Yadegari ( https://x.com/zach_yadegari ) about selling his $50M/yr app to MyFitnessPal.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) How much?
(1:57) getting rejected from Stanford
(5:45) 60-second origin story
(7:27) “your biggest skill is your audacity”
(12:50) the truth about selling a company
(23:24) dos and don’ts
(27:04) Zach’s douchebag arc
(29:44) first dumb purchase
(33:08) decisions that made the app worth $100M
(43:51) Idea 1: Semantic search on IG
(45:10) Idea: apps
(48:00) filter for good ideas
(54:27) Dinner w/ Steve Cohen
(1:03:39) Where Zach is putting his money
(1:05:58) What Zach sucks at
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Links:
• Cal AI – https://www.calai.app/
• MyFitnessPal – https://www.myfitnesspal.com/
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