Episode 515: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) invites Sarah Moore to tell her insane story of being a troubled teen, making it to Harvard Business School, and buying a multi-million dollar business with $0 and no experience.
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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
(8:00) Why buy
(14:30) Step 1: Scrape the databases
(16:00) Step 2: Ignore the industry
(18:00) Step 3: Find a free workforce
(22:00) Step 4: Mass outreach
(25:00) Step 5: Simplicity over innovation
(29:00) Step 6: Close the deal
(36:00) Not counting yourself out
(39:00) Growth post acquisition
(43:30) Biggest mistakes in the first year
(46:30) Sarah's unlikely background
(57:00) Being that one person for one person
(1:04:30) Sarah addresses her skeptics
(1:07:00) The best Craigslist intern ad
(1:13:00) Being a human billboard
(1:18:00) Sarah's advice for MFMers
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Links:
• Eggcartons.com - https://www.eggcartons.com/
• Get in touch with Sarah - https://tinyurl.com/4hweb9rv
• Bulk email checker - https://www.bulkemailchecker.com/
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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