My First Million

Favorite Finds: From McDonald's to Twitter Famous, Pelosi's Finances & How To Close A Deal

Sep 22, 2023

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Entrepreneur and angel investor Shaan Puri joins the show to discuss interesting topics such as the grift of regulation, Deion Sanders' genius growth hack, understanding M&A and copy work, and monetizing attention and building a Twitter following.

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Quick takeaways

Regulatory systems hinder innovation and increase costs, as highlighted by Bill Gurley in his talk at the All In conference.

Deion Sanders' approach of taking seemingly unimportant aspects seriously has led to effective leadership and success for the Colorado Buffaloes football team.

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Bill Gurley's Talk on Regulation and Innovation

In a talk at the All In conference, Bill Gurley, the lead investor in Uber, exposed the flaws and corruption in regulatory systems. He highlighted how regulations hinder innovation and increase costs, using examples like the high cost of COVID testing in the US due to limited vendor options. Gurley emphasized the need to shine a light on these issues and called for change, even though the incentive for those in power to do so is low.

How do you show up? - The Importance of Setting Standards

02:17

Your competitive advantage can be “beautifully done”

01:19

What are you consuming?

01:25

Introduction

2min

Bill Gurley's Talk on Regulation and Innovation

3min

Challenges of Making Changes, Political Index Fund, Autopilot Startup, and the Pelosi Tracker

3min

Deon Sanders' Genius Growth Hack

11min

Understanding M&A and Copy Work

2min

Monetizing Attention and Building a Twitter Following

9min

Episode 498: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk about the coolest stuff they’ve seen this week—like why Nancy Pelosi may be out-investing Warren Buffet and how Cultural Tutor is winning Twitter by taking it more seriously than everybody else.

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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/

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/

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:00) Bill Gurley exposes the grift of regulation

(7:00) Deion Sanders on “60 Minutes”

(14:00) CFO Secrets on negotiating like an M&A master

(21:00) The Cultural Tutor’s obsession with writing one tweet

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Links:

• Bill Gurley's All-In Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9cO3-MLHOM

• Autopilot: https://www.joinautopilot.com/

• Deion Sanders “60 Minutes” interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8PSWeRLGXs

• Deion Sanders Jr’s YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_n7zvkh3y3PLBIUA1lHkjw

• The Score Takes Care of Itself - https://tinyurl.com/jtspe367

• CFO Secrets - "Uncovering The Mystery of Working Capital in M&A" - https://www.cfosecrets.io/p/working-capital-adjustment-peg-m-a

• The Cultural Tutor on David Perell - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pBxikHRCXI

• The Cultural Tutor twitter - https://twitter.com/culturaltutor

• Vacation Sunscreen - https://www.vacation.inc/

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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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