Shaan Puri is an entrepreneur, investor & top 50 podcast host. He was the CEO of Bebo when they sold to Twitch (Amazon) where he's now a senior director of product.

He invests in startups + recently raised $2.5mil for his "rolling fund" in 11 days, just from a tweet.

Watch + subscribe on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6Hoo38Fr07g

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In this conversation we discuss:

solopreneurship vs high growth startups
ideas + blueprints for solopreneurs
creating a life vision + the 3 stages of "becoming"
selling your company by creating your "Amazon buy button"
lessons in building trust, persuasion + social dynamics
how to get unstuck + the A, B, Z framework
why you should work like a lion, not a cow
how Shaan makes $50k/month by "working in public"

Timestamps

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:51 Shaan's Background
00:05:58 Startups vs Big Company
00:10:38 Babies, Teenagers + Startups
00:13:13 "Stay Hungry, Not Thirsty"
00:16:02 How To Correctly Slip Into The DMs
00:18:06 Raising $2.5mil In 11 Days From A Tweet
00:21:24 "Create An Amazon Buy Button For Yourself"
00:23:56 "Companies Are Either Bought Or Sold" - Selling To Amazon
00:31:02 Social Dynamics, Persuasion + Lessons From "The Game"
00:37:54 How To Come Up With A Life Vision?
00:45:19 $50k/Month To Work In Public – "1000 True Fans" Moment
00:48:24 Importance Of Emotional Juice In Decisions
00:51:33 Soloproneurship vs High Growth Startups
00:58:04 Ideas + Blueprints For Solopreneurs
01:03:14 Behind The Mind – A, B, Z Framework
01:10:27 "Work Like A Lion, Not Like A Cow"
01:14:22 "You Either Win Or You Learn"
01:15:15 Navigating "Should I Be Doing This?"
01:23:09 Feeling Down + How To Get Unstuck
01:30:11 3 Stages Of "What Do I Become"
01:31:26 Closing

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