Episode 526: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talks to Jess Mah about building a +$100M biotech company as a C- Biology student. She also opens up about money stuff no one else wants to talk about–like how to save tens of thousands on taxes by buying a private jet.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(7:00) Jess's non-small boy holdco

(11:00) Building without fear of failure

(16:00) Overcoming negative the self talk

(20:00) What would Shaan do if he was a billionaire?

(26:00) The danger of waiting

(32:00) Realistic breakthroughs in the future

(36:30) Meeting belly-to-belly in business

(41:00) Pulling it off with no reputation

(47:00) Billionaire tax secrets

(52:00) 80/20-ing the Bryan Johnson Blueprint

(58:30) Buying yachts, private jets, and other luxury assets

(1:07:00) Takeaways from a 1-on-1 with Paul Graham

(1:12:00) Bold bets on science

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Links:

Mah Way - https://mahway.com/

Michael Levin TED Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3lsYlod5OU

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

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

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