My First Million
The Board Game Billionaire: From a $10k Kickstarter to $100M/Year Business
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 699: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Elan Lee ( https://x.com/elanlee ) about growing Exploding Kittens from a $10K Kickstarter campaign to $100M dollar company.
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Show Notes:
() Humble Success: Exploding Kittens Insights
() The origin story - From 10k to $9M on kickstarter
() Focus on the crowd, not the funding
() Games should not be entertaining
() The Kitty Test pilots
() $0 marketing hacks
() Pushing past the ‘no’
() Business as a game
() Creativity loves constraints
() Irritation is the source of innovation
() Designing a game with Tim Ferriss
() Do what never makes you bored
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Links:
• Exploding Kittens - https://www.explodingkittens.com/
• Paxsite - https://www.paxsite.com
• Elan on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mrelanlee
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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!
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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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