My First Million

Wordle Copycat Loses It All, Introducing Milk Road, and Guru Shaan on Finding Your Next Project

Feb 8, 2022

Ben Levy, a mobile app developer turned entrepreneur, shares his rollercoaster journey from creating a Wordle copycat that soared to app store glory to losing it all. He discusses the ethical dilemmas of app cloning and the challenges of public perception in tech. Levy also dives into his new venture, Milk Road, a crypto-focused newsletter, highlighting the excitement of choosing projects that align with personal passions and learning from past missteps. The conversation explores the emotional highs and lows of entrepreneurship.

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Ben Levy

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Episode notes

Intro

4min

The Rise and Fall of a Wordle Clone

12min

Navigating Identity and Success in Content Creation

10min

Navigating Crypto Entrepreneurship

13min

Embracing the Roller Coaster of Entrepreneurship

3min

Valuing Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin vs Ethereum

9min

Exploring Walt Disney's Legacy and Innovation Parallels

5min

Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) are joined by Ben Levy (@BenMLevy) to discuss the story of the World copycat who topped the app store charts and then lost everything, Shaan and Ben's new project, Milk Road, and how to pick your next project. Find out more about Milk Road at MilkRoad.com.

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Show Notes:

(00:25) - Why Sam is only eating fruit and meat

(04:00) - Wordle copycats

(24:00) - The many businesses of Pomp

(35:30) - Why what you do and who you do it with is more important than how hard you work

(42:15) - Focusing on the things that give you energy

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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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