Dr Alex Mehr - The Michael Sartain Podcast

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Nov 15, 2023

Dr. Alex Mehr, an Iranian born entrepreneur and former NASA engineer, shares his journey from Iran to the US, his work at NASA, and his success as the creator of Zoosk and Mentorbox. He discusses his experience selling his company and the idea behind Mentorbox. The conversation also touches on topics like pricing products, using AI, and the impact of online dating on society. They also explore marketing strategies, acquiring established businesses, and the correlation between narcissism, psychopathy, and online trolling.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Childhood Dream and Work at NASA

01:44 • 3min

The Journey to Zeus: From App Ideas to Online Dating

05:04 • 5min

Selling the Company and Exploring Consolidation

09:51 • 4min

Recalling Parties, Recognizing a House from a Video Game, and the Origin of MentorBox

13:48 • 2min

Shooting a Video and Marketing Strategies

16:06 • 13min

Acquiring Established Businesses and the Advantages of AI

29:21 • 9min

The Impact of Online Dating

38:13 • 13min

High Engagement Videos and Soaking the Market Share

51:38 • 10min

The Correlation Between Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Online Trolling

01:02:01 • 14min

The Impact of Reading and Taking Time Off

01:16:13 • 16min

Dr Alex Mehr (IG: @doctoralex ) is an Iranian born entrepreneur who emigrated to the US. He has a in Phd in engineering and was previously an engineer at NASA. Dr Mehr is the creator of Zoosk and Mentorbox and is currently working on Deal.AI.

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0:00 Intro 0:39 Immigrating from Iran 1:39 PhD in Engineering 2:03 Working for NASA 2:36 **Physicists are good at modeling 4:14 The application process to work at NASA 4:57 From NASA to entrepreneur 6:11 ***Online dating software 9:25 **Selling the company for $258 million 12:01 How to automate your role in the business 13:40 Meeting Tai Lopez 15:02 The idea for MentorBox 17:33 ***How to price your products 24:24 ***Recurring programs 27:03 Giving away free software 29:15 ***Using AI 35:50 Being assimilated into the country 37:50 ***Online dating 43:50 “Great ideas shine” 45::45 The depth and breadth argument 49:47 ***What makes a good funnel? 54:16 Affiliates 56:30 Give away value before selling 57:53 ***The amount of hate you get is proportional to the money you make 1:02:20 Narcissism goes down as you age 1:03:25 Exposing psychopaths 1:06:13 **Firing 1% of your customers 1:07:56 Heritability of intelligence 1:08:37 ***Evolutionary psychology as a hard science 1:16:25 Reading 1:18:03 Becoming addicted to self-help 1:19:53 Skimming books 1:21:00 ***College education vs courses 1:24:29 Objection removal for sales teams 1:29:34 Money doesn’t buy happiness but it eliminates bullshit 1:30:14 Not being a try-hard 1:30:54 Things coming up in the future 1:31:09 Social media