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Episode 697: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with James Currier ( https://x.com/JamesCurrier ) to talk about going from $0 to $110M through network effects.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) $0 to $1.6B
(4:23) Your life on network effects
(8:00) Savage founders
(13:40) Speed
(15:49) The art of unlearning
(21:23) Technology window curves
(30:29) Network Vampire attacks
(37:37) Language first
(43:15) Tickle
(42:29) Finding a business bromance
(58:47) James isolation mistake
(1:01:27) Become an API
(1:05:02) AI business ideas
(1:16:07) What to do in your 20s
(1:22:18) One world currency
(1:32:16) Go to therapy
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