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My First Million

Brainstorming +$1M Weird Business Ideas With Morning Brew’s CEO

Jan 24, 2024

Austin Rief, the founder of Morning Brew, dives into the world of bizarre business ideas like Gen Z Bingo and Binge-Eating Bars. He discusses the profitability of unconventional entertainment and explores the eccentric realm of extreme food challenges on social media. Rief also touches upon innovative ventures inspired by personal experiences, including meat influencers and creator economy trends. He shares amusing anecdotes about interviewing notable figures and highlights the intense focus of high achievers like Mr. Beast.

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Quick takeaways

Creating immersive entertainment experiences can generate significant revenue.

Catering to niche passion audiences can lead to business opportunities.

Building a strong brand as a creator can drive success and resonate with the audience.

Deep dives

The Power of HubSpot Sales Hub for Streamlining Sales Processes

HubSpot's Sales Hub is a valuable tool for optimizing sales processes. It helps salespeople move customers through the pipeline, from initial contact to signed contracts, all while providing organized data and forecasting capabilities.

Identifying Lucrative Business Types

Spending with Intention

Success in Creator Brands and Entrepreneurial Partnerships

Depth of Knowledge

1.

Intro

5min

2.

Exploring Unconventional Business Ideas in Entertainment

3min

3.

Exploring Extreme Food Challenges and Social Media Opportunities

2min

4.

Innovative Ventures and the Creator Economy

18min

5.

Meeting the Heroes

5min

6.

Inside the Eccentric World of Crypto's Infamous CEO

5min

7.

The Singular Focus of High Achievers

2min

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Reflections on Fame and Lifestyle

18min

Episode 543: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Morning Brew founder Austin Rief ( https://twitter.com/austin_rief ). In this episode, the three amigos of newsletters are brainstorming weird business ideas like Gen Z Bingo, Binge-Eating Bars, and Meat Influencers.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:00) $120M Bingo idea

(5:00) Pizza-Binge Bar

(11:00) No more alpha in newsletters

(13:00) Meat influencers

(19:30) Creator brands that actually work

(26:00) Interviewing Tony Robbins

(31:30) Dinner with SBF

(41:30) Being Goggins for 1 hour a day

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Links:

• Austin’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/austin_rief

• Bingo Loco - https://www.bingo-loco.com/

• Bongo Bingo - https://www.bongosbingo.co.uk/

• Beard Meats Food - http://tinyurl.com/2wzszdaa

• Museum Hack - https://museumhack.com/

• Jonathan Katz-Moses - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXBNF-A7QlYT3tT-B9N4ElA

• Oklahoma Smokes - https://itsoklahomas.com/

• Albany Bahamas - https://www.albanybahamas.com/

• Aman - https://www.aman.com/

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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

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/

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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Other episodes you might enjoy:

• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits

• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future

• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett

• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates

• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More

• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

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