Episode 718: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about stuff that hit the group chat this week.

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Show Notes:

(0:00 ) Apple Just Unlocked a $1B App Idea

(04:13 ) McKinsey got $55M for This?

(10:28 ) Frank Slootman’s Ice-Cold Advice

(16:20 ) “Treat people well, and you’ll win.”

(24:41 )  Man steals $122 million from Facebook and Google, 

(28:17 )  ChatGPT’s $10B ARR retention curve

(34:58 ) Elon v. Trump Meltdown

(39:54 ) Ramp’s Monopolist Pitch Deck

(46:22 ) Rich Guy House Alert: Gary Tan Edition

(48:55 ) Sam’s First Ever Bookmark

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Links:

• Want Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (& his reading strategy)? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/kmb

• Apple AlarmKit announcement (WWDC) - https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23/ 

• Waymo Self-Driving Cars - https://waymo.com/ 

• Ramp (Eric Glyman’s company) - https://ramp.com/• Brex - https://www.brex.com/ 

• Amp It Up - https://tinyurl.com/5ak4ckux 

• Les Schwab: Pride in Performance - https://tinyurl.com/5ch39nrv • TBPN - https://www.youtube.com/@thebrospodcastnetwork 

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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!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

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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/

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