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Episode 668: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the story behind Muscle Milk, Scott Galloway's bet against FTX, and how Bill Ackman spent $460M in 4 hours. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The untold Muscle Milk story

(16:41) Timelines of your heroes

(19:43) Having a social agenda

(22:29) Shaan pitches Sam a business

(38:58) Scott Galloway buys FTX claims

(47:17) The value of having a too hard pile

(55:18) Bill Ackman spends $460M in 4 hours

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Links:

• Muscle Milk - https://www.musclemilk.com/ 

• Flavor Insights - https://flavorinsights.com/ 

• Hormel - https://www.hormel.com/ 

• Arfur Rock - https://x.com/ArfurRock 

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

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

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

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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