Episode 713: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jason Lemkin ( https://x.com/jasonlk ) about cloning yourself with AI and how ChatGPT will be the end of incumbent apps.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) AI body doubles Users tell AI things they won’t tell humans
(15:15) The incumbents are dying
(27:25) Inside the office of OpenAI
(34:12) How to be an AI billionaire
(44:40) The story of Saastr
(55:49) Being a relentless recruiter
(58:52) Seeing through the fog of war
(1:07:53) The future of work for gen alpha
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Links:
• Want Sam’s playbook to turn ChatGPT into your executive coach? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/ejv
• Saastr – https://www.saastr.com/
• Delphi – https://www.delphi.ai/
• Windsurf – https://windsurf.com
• Coursiv – https://coursiv.io/
• Lovable – https://lovable.dev/
• Higsfield – http://higsfield.ai/
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