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My First Million
I built a $50M AI app in high school  (and just sold it for...)
My First Million

I built a $50M AI app in high school (and just sold it for...)

Hubspot Media 1h 9m 2 months ago
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 802: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to 19-year-old Zach Yadegari ( https://x.com/zach_yadegari ) about selling his $50M/yr app to MyFitnessPal. 
Show Notes: 
() How much?
() getting rejected from Stanford
() 60-second origin story
() "your biggest skill is your audacity"
() the truth about selling a company
() dos and don'ts
() Zach's douchebag arc
() first dumb purchase
() decisions that made the app worth $100M
() Idea 1: Semantic search on IG
() Idea: apps 
() filter for good ideas
() Dinner w/ Steve Cohen
() Where Zach is putting his money
() What Zach sucks at
Links:
• Cal AI - https://www.calai.app/ 
• MyFitnessPal - https://www.myfitnesspal.com/ 
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• 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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