My First Million
I got rejected from YC (4x)…. now my side hustle is worth $1.16B
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 658: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Replit founder Amjad Masad ( https://x.com/amasad ) about the massive opportunities with AI Agents.
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Show Notes:
() Replit origin story
() Replit's 10-year overnight success
() Rejected 4x by YC
() Personal essays from Paul Graham
() "i hacked into my university to change my grades"
() Rickrolling into YC
() Shaan builds a food tracking app in 30 seconds
() Magic School: An AI application for educators 4M users in 1 year
() Amjad on Agents
() Building moats in a goldrush
() Replit is Shopify for software creators
() The most gangster story in Silicon Valley
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Links:
• Amjad essays - https://amasad.me/
• Replit - https://replit.com/
• Codeacademy - https://www.codecademy.com/
• Do What Makes The Best Story - https://amasad.me/story
• Magic School AI - https://www.magicschool.ai/
• 11x AI - https://www.11x.ai/
• Synthesis Tutor - https://www.synthesis.com/tutor
• The Sovereign Individual - https://tinyurl.com/4w6ns7b2
• 7 Powers - https://tinyurl.com/382ch557
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
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