Episode 505: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk about their biggest regrets as first-time CEOs and the shortcuts they’ve learned after 15 years of running businesses. (Disclaimer: This is not the type of stuff they teach at Harvard Business School.)

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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

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• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/

• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant

• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing

• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/

• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:00) Doomed Mission Statements

(7:00) Hiring people you want to be around

(12:00) Naming, Branding and Trademarks

(17:00) How to make better hires

(26:00) Ambitious Goal Setting vs Achievable Goal Setting

(31:00) Not losing my shit

(35:00) Firing 101

(38:00) Focus vs. Saying 'no' too much

(46:00) Pre- vs. Post-product market fit

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