Unicorn Founder on Unseen Arbitrages, the Paradox of Wealth + Charlie Munger Wisdom ft. Ryan Petersen
Description
Episode 648: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Flexport founder Ryan Petersen ( https://x.com/typesfast ) about playing both games: bootstrapping a startup to millions and raising venture capital to build a multi-billion dollar company.
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Show Notes:
(0:00 ) Import Genius
(5:36 ) Paul Graham's superpower
(9:34 ) Data-as-a-service framework
(13:51 ) Charlie Munger's worldly wisdom
(19:45 ) Prioritizing adventure
(24:09 ) The paradox of wealth
(28:51 ) Charlie Munger's student experiment
(31:00 ) Negotiation masterclass
(37:23 ) Inside Founders Fund
(43:16 ) Being in a crowd v following a crowd
(46:29 ) Highs and lows
(48:52 ) "You can just do things"
(50:16 ) Unseen arbitrages
(53:00 ) $50M Phone booths
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Links:
• Flexport - https://www.flexport.com/
• Flexport on X - https://x.com/flexport
• ImportGenius - https://www.importgenius.com/
• Schlep Blindness - https://paulgraham.com/schlep.html
• Poor Charlie’s Almanack - https://www.stripe.press/poor-charlies-almanack
• Founders Fund - https://foundersfund.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
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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