My First Million
David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B
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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Episode 861: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with David Rubenstein ( https://x.com/DM_Rubenstein ) to talk about turning Carlyle into $500B, his $14B miss, and the greatest business lessons in history.
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Show Notes:
() Turning $5M into $500B
() Scrappy private equity
() Don’t fool yourself
() Turning down 20% of Amazon
() Recruiting big shots
() Finding the right partner
() Trade-offs
() Witnessing ascents to power
() The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
() History that repeats itself
() Recommended Reading
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Links:
• Carlyl - https://www.carlyle.com/
• David’s books - https://www.davidrubenstein.com/books/
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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
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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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