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Episode 670: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Andrew Wilkinson ( https://x.com/awilkinson ) about the AI tools that are replacing new hires.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) AI to kill admin work
(7:37) the K-shaped future
(16:29) 24/7 agents in your business
(25:46) Software is the new commodity
(38:40) Andrew's AI hedge investments
(50:56) Buy, sell, or hold
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Links:
Lindy - https://www.lindy.ai/
Howie - https://howie.ai/
Fyxer - https://www.fyxer.com/
Fathom - https://fathom.video/
Otter - https://otter.ai/
Claude - https://claude.ai/
Zero - https://zerotax.ai/
Replit - https://replit.com/
Constellation - https://www.csisoftware.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/
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