The (Improbable) Story of Savannah Bananas' Rise to a $1B Empire
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Episode 772: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jesse Cole ( https://x.com/YellowTuxJesse ) the owner of Savannah Bananas and creator of Banana Ball.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) 200 fans, $260 in the bank
(3:00) The team no one ever heard about
(9:01) How to become an idea machine
(13:30) Lessons from PT Barnum, Bill Veeck, Walt Disney
(15:55) Surviving embarrassment
(19:16) Rock bottom
(23:34) Inside Jesse's creative process
(27:00) Stealing from MrBeast
(28:39( Jesse opens his idea book
(32:00) Meeting Bob Iger
(33:28) Identifying the chip on Jesse's shoulder
(38:58) 11 principles
(48:14) The 12-star experience
(53:12) The sacrifice of extreme hard mode
(58:08) Attracting vs recruiting
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Links:
• Savannah Bananas - https://thesavannahbananas.com/
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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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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
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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3 Simple Businesses That Make Millions
Want to start a $1M side hustle? Get 100+ ideas here: https://clickhubspot.com/gbh
Episode 771: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about simple business ideas that are making millions.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) suckmyguttersclean
(4:51) Hill BIlly of the Week
(9:50) The MrBeast of roofing
(16:02) Shaan gives his barber business advice
(21:07) The positioning of Ari Emanuel
(27:28) Barrett-Jackson auctions
(29:41) The offline craving for content
(39:56) Noise canceling products
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Links:
• Suck My Gutters Clean - https://www.suckmyguttersclean.com/
• Billy Bob Products - https://billybobproducts.com/
• Siua Cutz - https://www.instagram.com/siuacutz/
• Frieze - https://www.frieze.com/
• Barrett-Jackson - https://www.barrett-jackson.com/
• Museum of Ice Cream - https://www.museumoficecream.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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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
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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Weird ways Ben Horowitz makes Founders more confident
Steal Sam's playbook to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/ohv
Episode 770: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Ben Horowitz ( https://x.com/bhorowitz ) about the Tupac murder, how to be a great leader, and the best opportunities for young people.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(5:36) Why most leadership books don't work
(9:25) What to do when your CTO is an asshole
(17:54) What makes Zuck a great CEO
(27:09) #1 reason why founders fail as CEOs
(33:10) Startups solving America's problems
(39:19) Opportunities for young people
(44:25) Culture rules with shock value
(55:25) Jeff Bezos' new startup
(57:00) Ben's uncommon traits
(1:00:13) Wisdom accelerators
(1:03:24) Paid in Full
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Links:
• High Output Management - https://tinyurl.com/yejpnfs8
• The Motive - https://tinyurl.com/2ba2p52m
• a16z - https://a16z.com/
• KoBold Metals - https://koboldmetals.com/
• Flock Safety - https://www.flocksafety.com/
• Paid In Full - https://paidinfullfoundation.org/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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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
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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$10M Business ideas w/ The Most Interesting Guy In Tech
Want to start a $1M side hustle? Get 100+ ideas here: https://clickhubspot.com/gtb
Episode 769: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sheel Mohnot ( https://x.com/pitdesi ) about $10M business ideas you could be early on.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:42) 50-year mortgage
(11:22) #1 - AI Yard Vision
(15:02) #2 - AI Pool Vision
(24:05) #4 - Peptides
(35:43) #5 - eHarmony for Surrogacy
(44:13) #6 - EMS - not the one you're thinking
(55:53) #7 - Prediction Marketplaces
(56:30) Books are a waste of time
(58:13) Message the owner
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Links:
• BTV - https://www.btv.vc/
• DeepLawn - https://deeplawn.com/
• Roofer - https://roofer.com/
• Hone - https://honehealth.com/
• Katalyst - https://katalyst.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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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
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business
Get the cheat sheet: Jamie's 5 steps to build a $1B product from a $200 idea: https://clickhubspot.com/ajn
Episode 768: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Ring founder Jamie Siminoff ( https://x.com/JamieSiminoff ) about the wild story of building and selling Ring–plus business ideas he thinks someone should go after.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:47) Selling Ring for $1.15B
(6:48) Getting sued by ADT
(17:18) Working with Jeff Bezos
(19:29) $400M to $4B
(24:02) Getting the wire
(26:44) Money v freedom
(28:29) Rule 1: Start with the problem
(30:02) Rule 2: Little solution, massive market
(33:31) Idea: Modern bug control ($5-10B idea)
(40:35) Rule 3: The snowball approach
(43:54) Ding Dong and other must reads
(46:32) The Tom Brady philosophy on hiring
(51:33) The too hard pile
(54:25) Stickwithitness
(56:14) Last mile marketing
(58:08) Rebuilding a town
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Links:
• Ding Dong - https://tinyurl.com/3zrsjete
• Ring - https://ring.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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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
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstorm with them.
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