Navigating the E-commerce Landscape: Community, Authenticity, and Niche Success

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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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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