My First Million
Greatest Hits #4 - How To Sell Your Company for $750M - Meet Vungle's Jack Smith
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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Jack Smith (@_jacksmith) is the most clever entrepreneur I know. He’s cofounded multiple startups: Vungle, Coin, Shyp. With Vungle recently selling for $750M, we talk about his early businesses as a kid, selling prank itching powder on the playground - all the way to his infamous “LinkedIn Hack” that got him his first $120k investment check.
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Show notes:
* () Episode Intro by Sam
* () Who is Jack Smith?
* () How Jack hustled as a 12-year-old
* () Jack on productivity and procrastination
* () How Jack raised for Vungle
* () How Shaan got his in at Monkey Inferno
* () The early iterations of Vungle
* () How Jack leveraged his beginner's mindset
* () Jack on VC norms & selling his stock
* () What Jack would do if he was 20 again
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