Episode 691: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Immad Akhund ( https://x.com/immad )  about the businesses he would start if he wasn’t running a unicorn.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(2:17) IDEA: Lunar nuclear power plant

(5:04) IDEA: Defense tech

(10:09) The Peter Thiel test

(13:52) IDEA: Selling stars

(15:54) IDEA: Enterprise Agents

(22:45) IDEA: Digital Twin CEO

(32:39) Find accepted abuse

(36:18) Silicon Valley Bank fail

(44:15) Bets with asymmetric upside

(54:07) Choose your mess

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Links:

• Mercury - https://mercury.com/ 

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• 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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Episode 690: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of the smartest YouTube rollup they’ve ever seen. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) $3B of nursery rhymes rollup

(21:55) Sam goes all-in on IRL

(36:03) All-in dads

(38:37) Shotsy

(41:49) PEDs for business

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Links:

• CoCoMelon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlnJ9attCOc 

• Blippi - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5PYHgAzJ1wLEidB58SK6Xw 

• Companies House - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house 

• RollUpEurope - https://rollupeurope.beehiiv.com/ 

• Shotsy - https://shotsyapp.com/ 

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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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• 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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Episode 689: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down the craziest stories of corporate espionage in history. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Rippling vs Deel

(10:21) The British East India Company

(17:11) Oracle vs Microsoft

(21:28) Coke vs. Pepsi

(24:14) Uber vs. Waymo

(26:03) U.S. Intellectual piracy

(28:10) Wiz sells for $32B

(39:40) A case for Glassdoor

(45:54) Marc Lore's new thing

(51:52) Money, Status, Power

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Links:

• Errol Musk interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5WyTw0oXDs

• Gili Ranaan interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG0SiUtBSh0&t=187s&ab_channel=MetisStrategy 

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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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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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Episode 688: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about 6 under-the-radar trends.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(2:24) Short Drama Apps

(13:55) Rucking

(22:10) Plastic-free everything

(31:58) "Nervous System Work"

(41:46) Biohacking plants

(46:48) AI Social Networks

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Links:

• ReelShort - https://www.reelshort.com/ 

• DramaBox - https://www.dramaboxdb.com/ 

• GORUCK - https://www.goruck.com/ 

• Ryker Clothing - https://rykerclothingco.com/ 

• AlphaFold - https://deepmind.google/technologies/alphafold/ 

• Ohalo - https://www.ohalo.com/ 

• Suno - https://suno.com/ 

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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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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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Episode 687: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Zach Yadegari ( https://x.com/zach_yadegari/ ), the high school kid who went from $0 - $20M in 10 months.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(3:45) $0 - $20M in 10 months

(17:12) Sold first business for $100K at 16

(20:42) Zach's Influencer marketing playbook

(24:23) Being worth $30M at 18

(34:40) How to find problems to solve with AI

(38:28) IDEA: AI journal

(41:09) IDEA: iOS to Android project converter

(44:01) IDEA: Remotely-configurable onboarding flows for mobile apps

(47:05) Running away from home at age 10

(51:10) Being peerless

(54:41) Who Zach admires

(56:02) Gen Z trends

(1:00:06) Aging out as a prodigy

(1:06:43) Keeping a beginner's mind

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Links:

• Cal AI - https://www.calai.app/ 

• Totally Science - https://totallyscience.co/ 

• The Great CEO Within - https://tinyurl.com/4xuvr95m 

• TurboLearn - https://www.turbolearn.ai/ 

• Fitness AI - https://www.fitnessai.com/ 

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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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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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Episode 686: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the two trends that could make you rich in the next 12 months.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Trend: Fleamarkets

(20:03) Trend: True Crime

(26:05) Business ideas brainstorm

(43:52) Fyre Festival update

(48:27) Shaan's dad's travel hacks

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Links:

• Brimfield Antique Flea Market - https://www.brimfieldantiquefleamarket.com/ 

• First Monday Trade Days - https://www.firstmondaycanton.com/ 

• Rosebowl Flea Market - https://www.instagram.com/rosebowl_fleamarket/?hl=en 

• Goodwill Finds - https://www.goodwillfinds.com/ 

• MFM Vault - https://mfmvault.com/ 

• My Favorite Murder - https://www.myfavoritemurder.com/ 

• Hunt A Killer - https://www.huntakiller.com/ 

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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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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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Episode 685: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the most interesting things they’ve found this week. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Justin Caldbeck

(8:02) Steve Houghton

(20:15) James Currier

(38:36) Furqan Rydhan

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Links:

• NFX - https://www.nfx.com/ 

• James Altucher - https://www.jamesaltucher.com/ 

• Agora - https://theagora.com/ 

• Sheel’s MFM episode - https://youtu.be/-HfUCbnapKo 

• Digital Gold - https://tinyurl.com/5n6kvm8d 

• Predictably Irrational - ​​https://tinyurl.com/4beh8axz 

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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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• 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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Episode 684: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sean Frank ( https://x.com/SeanEcom ) about his $200M ecom playbook. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Sean's first million

(8:35) $5M - $200M in 6 years

(25:57) What people get wrong in ecom

(30:33) Case study: HexClad

(36:52) Fast-emerging trends

(40:57) How to spot trends

(44:54) Services-to-product playbook

(51:47) Sean calls his shot

(54:01) Winning at the trends game

(59:01) Being outspoken on the internet

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Links:

• Operators Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@Operators9 

• Ridge - https://ridge.com/ 

• PostPilot - https://www.postpilot.com/ 

• LVMH - https://www.lvmh.com/en 

• Tapestry - https://www.tapestry.com/ 

• HexClad - https://hexclad.com/ 

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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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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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Episode 683: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Craig Clemens ( https://x.com/craigclemens ) to talk about the greatest marketing lines in history. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(2:22) Does not contain an illegal sexual stimulant

(9:09) 4-hour erection

(10:56) Operators are standing by

(15:17) They’re eating the cats

(21:54) A diamond is forever

(26:09) Buy these worms, catch more fish

(30:26) Joseph Duveen

(41:30) Every ‘no’ has a value

(44:46) Be a consumer of ads

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Links:

• Golden Hippo - https://www.goldenhippo.com/ 

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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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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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Episode 682: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to three high school founders about their biggest business problems.  

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(5:02) Sunshine Exteriors

(29:16) Teens2Table

(45:53) Totally Mums

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Links:

• Formidable Fellows - http://formidablefellowship.org/ 

• Sunshine Exteriors - https://www.hhpressurecleanings.com/ 

• Teens2Table - https://www.teens2table.com/ 

• Totally Mums - https://www.instagram.com/abigayle_lett 

• “Getting Everything You Can Out of Everything You’ve Got” - https://tinyurl.com/4rb9z8jd 

• How to Cold Email Like a Boss - https://copywritingcourse.com/heres-how-to-cold-email-like-a-boss/ 

• Gary Halbert Letter - https://swiped.co/file/famous-dollar-letter-by-gary-halbert/ 

• Sonith on X - https://x.com/sonith__/highlights 

• NextDoor - https://nextdoor.com/ 

• 1-800-Got-Junk - https://www.1800gotjunk.com/ 

• “The Sweaty Startup” - https://tinyurl.com/2eftpkv6 

• Quiet Light Brokerage - https://quietlight.com/ 

• Future Titans - https://www.youtube.com/@future_titans 

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• 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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