Episode 529: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Steph Smith about the 5 Internet goldmines she uses to spot $1b dollar trends before anyone else.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:30) Leveraging expiring patents

(9:00) One chart sports

(14:00) Mining Sci-Fi for IRL ideas

(20:00) Spotting the mega trends

(36:30) Building off of adjacent waves

(47:30) Workshopping Steph's upcoming launch strategy

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Links:

• Internet Pipes - https://internetpipes.com/

• Blue Chew - https://bluechew.com/

• Sci-Fi Idea Bank - https://tinyurl.com/e3w5nfrd

• Fastest growing sports (based on SFIA data) - https://recreateyou.com/blog/post/the-25-fastest-growing-sports-in-America

• Newsletter on patent filings: https://patentdrop.substack.com/

• Patent expiry tracker: https://patentsexpiringtoday.com/

• Entering the 2024 public domain: https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2024/

• Patrick Collison's pollution page: https://patrickcollison.com/pollution

• Our World in Data air pollution home base: https://ourworldindata.org/air-pollution

• Varda - https://www.varda.com/

• Gadget Flow - https://thegadgetflow.com/

• Dyson Zone - https://www.dyson.com/headphones/zone

• Berkey Water Filter - https://www.usaberkeyfilters.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/

• Free 2024 Goal-Setting Session - https://planfor2024.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/

Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.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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