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From Idea to Reality: The Birth of Tech Innovations
Exploring the inception stories of entrepreneurial ventures like Reddit, Product Hunt, and tech giants Google and Facebook. Emphasizing the importance of belief in the vision, bold decision-making, and transforming side features into successful products.
Episode 565: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) are dropping an emergency pod to break down Paul Graham’s essay about Reddit’s IPO yesterday.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:59) If you want to learn, teach.
(3:45) Show up – the ultimate high agency move
(5:54) Trust your gut
(7:47) How to get the best ideas
(12:30) Don’t be precious about the name
(13:33) How Reddit faked early traction
(16:45) Talent filters
(19:37) “The best products are you pushed out”
(23:42) We read Chris Saccsa’s early emails
(26:32) Reddit’s exits to Conde Nast, then buys it back
(29:20) 19 years later and still not profitable
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Links:
• Y Combinator - https://www.ycombinator.com/
• Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/
• Paul Graham Essays - https://paulgraham.com/articles.html
• Product Hunt - https://www.producthunt.com/
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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
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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
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
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