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Introduction
The hosts discuss a person's decision to turn down a two million dollar offer and introduce Sean, their former intern, who has had a rollercoaster journey from behind the scenes to being on the stage. They tease about sharing Sean's story.
Episode 510: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) sits down with his former intern Ishan Haque (https://twitter.com/ishanhaq). Ishan went from making $30k/year to $40K in one minute by taking one big bet. Today he’s a 22-year-old millionaire thanks to early investments in companies now worth billions like Animoca and Afterpay. (This episode is not intended to be personal financial advice).
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• 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/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) Recruiting tactic: Sliding into the DMs
(7:00) Knowing your win condition
(11:00) Content creation for serendipity
(14:00) Ishan makes $40k in one minute
(20:00) $100k bet on Animoca
(28:00) Passing on $2,000,000
(35:00) Spending habits of a 21-year-old millionaire
(40:00) Crypto casinos and starting Shuffle
(48:00) Managing regulatory risk
(51:00) Getting first customers
(54:00) Influencer campaigns that work
(1:05:00) Business Idea: YC for nerdy kids
(1:10:00) Business Idea: CRM for cashed up niches
(1:13:00) Business Idea: VIP Management Software
(1:16:00) Business Idea: Cultural Concierge for Biz Dev
(1:22:00) The underrated growth model behind MrBeast
(1:24:00) Content creator rollups
(1:26:00) No small boy stuff
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Links:
• AfterPay - https://www.afterpay.com/
• Animoca - https://www.animocabrands.com/
• Stake - https://stake.com/
• Shuffle - https://shuffle.com/
• Kick - https://kick.com/
• RuneScape - https://play.runescape.com/
• Spotter - https://spotter.la/
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