The Importance of Hanging Out

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Seth Meyers: I feel like at least five, five companies where I've been a full-time employee. Do you think that the talent there are significantly smarter than any other like pretty decent tech company? He says he got into the cool shit by just like not doing his job. "I'm going to bring in one of those Nick Gray name tags that says cooler than you"

Episode 459: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk with a16z podcast host and author, Steph Smith (@stephsmithio) about trends in business, her new list - jobs of the future and so much more.

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* Power Writing Course

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Links:

* Steph Smith

* a16z podcast

* How To Be Great? Steph Smith blogpost

* Immersive Temple Instagram

* Rage Rooms Google Trends

* Raleigh Williams Twitter

* Salary Transparent Street

* The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

* Eden Data

* Hostage Tape

* Lupini Beans Google Trends

* Cool advent calendars

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Show Notes:

(00:40) - Shaan and Sam's disclaimers

(04:25) - Background on Steph Smith

(11:40) - Is a16z smarter than anywhere else you have worked?

(13:35) - Fractional real estate

(20:50) - Pay Transparency

(24:55) - OTC Hearing Aids

(29:15) - Steph's List: Jobs of the Future

(54:30) - Mouth Tape

(56:15) - Lupini Beans

(59:30) - Advent Calendars

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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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