Creating a Community-based Advice App

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The chapter explores the concept of developing an app that fosters a community where individuals seek advice and information from real people rather than algorithms. It draws parallels to platforms like Snapchat and discusses the potential for a new app catering to millennial moms, focusing on curated, trustworthy content. The conversation touches on consumer trends, personal experiences influencing investments, and references popular culture movements like vegan lifestyles and fitness influencers.

Episode 610: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the $1b dollar app idea for millennial moms, how Solidcore founder Anne Mahlum emptied her life savings into a pilates studio that she sold for $88M + Shaan writes a movie using ChatGPT.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) APP IDEA: Reddit For Moms

(3:50) Capitalizing on a reverse craving

(14:30) How we use our wives to predict trends

(18:54) Shaan uses ChatGPT to make a movie

(22:56) How to use ChatGPT as an on-demand creative collaborator

(34:14) The mind-boggling story of Solidcore

(37:21) The insane confidence of Anne Mahlum

(41:40) There's no business that looks good on the inside

(44:07) "They drove a clown car into a gold mine"

(47:55) Who's your Elon?

(50:34) Why Ben Franklin and Jesse Itzler are Shaan's entrepreneurial heroes

(55:10) Bryan Johnson's aging leaderboard

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Links:

• Better Than Google - https://tinyurl.com/mskmpysd

• Beehiiv - https://www.beehiiv.com/

• Solidcore - https://www.solidcore.co/

• Anne Mahlum - https://www.annemahlum.com/

• Jesse Itzler’s episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff1z3GUcfO8

• I’m There For You, Baby - https://tinyurl.com/2m42ktk9

• TruDiagnostic - https://www.trudiagnostic.com/

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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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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano