Emmett Shear: Life After Twitch, Jeff Bezos Lessons & AI Doomsday Odds

Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ Support the pod by spreading the word, become a referrer here: refer.fm/million --------- --------- Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) answer your questions: (3:40) What are you both investing in? (16:16) Please update us on your rolling fund. Is it what you expected? Are you more or less bullish on it? (21:25) What do you not get a chance to talk about (either because it's off-topic/lower priority) that you wish you could? (23:08) You guys are awesome at coming up with incredible ideas and knowing how to execute them. What would it take for one to pull you out of Twitch and want to pursue in full force? (27:24) Shaan how do you balance side hustles while still outperforming at Twitch? (33:06) Who’s the worst person you admire? (39:29) Should you hire your friends? (44:19) Who can squat more weight? (44:40) What are the biggest insecurities, both of you struggle with? (48:30) Since covid is pretty much a thing of the past...when will the MFM meetup be? --------- --------- Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas.

5 Huhti 202155min

Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ Support the pod by spreading the word, become a referrer here: refer.fm/million --------- --------- Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP): (1:42) Chess.com is huge, what're other similar opportunities? (9:23) Misspelled domain opportunities (13:40) Sam's angel investing update (18:55) Brainstorming "Opendoor for X" (32:03) Franchising but for tech companies --------- --------- Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas.

2 Huhti 202148min

Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ Support the pod by spreading the word, become a referrer here: refer.fm/million --------- --------- Sam Parr (@TheSamParr), Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Jack Butcher (@JackButcher) discuss: (1:37) How Jack Butcher went from struggling founder to listing an NFT for $76m (13:38) How Sam researches wealthy people and discovers profitable businesses in the process (32:44) Why it pays to be early on new platforms (47:30) Jack explains why he's listing his art for sale for $76m (57:40) BitClout's incredible growth strategy (1:09:12) The reputational problem NFTs/Bitcoin/Bitcloud pose and are they just fads --------- --------- Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas.

31 Maalis 20211h 20min

Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ --------- --------- Sam Parr (@TheSamParr), Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Ryan Begelman (@RyanBegelman) discuss: (0:30) Shaan and Sam talk about getting blocked on Twitter (6:50) A carbon offset credit card raises millions (9:50) The guys talk about their angel strategies (11:00) Ryan's guide to how he makes investments (17:20) What is BitClout (46:33) Family offices and "entrepreneur-in-residence" (1:03:00) Why angel invest (1:21:40) Shaan is going to run a sting operation? Find Ryan at https://www.ryanbegelman.com/ --------- --------- Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas.

26 Maalis 20211h 25min

Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ --------- --------- Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) discuss: (3:38) Shaan talks about his CNBC appearance (6:45) The opportunities and riches in Chrome plugins (33:03) MFM is upping its social game (37:34) Gumroad is raising at a $100m valuation -- crazy? (49:55) Is studystream.live the future of remote studying? (57:01) The post-show --------- --------- Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas.

24 Maalis 20211h 16min

Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ --------- --------- Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) discuss: 0:45 Shaan breaks down why and how Clubhouse will fail (although he wishes it won't) 17:10 How to go viral and also improve your writing 27:07 How to win (and make millions) in the content game 36:22 How 'The Hustle' finds its talent 38:44 A simple startup idea with huge potential 50:38 How Shaan's tweet became a meme --------- --------- Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas. Editing thanks to Jonathan Gallegos (@jjonthan)

19 Maalis 20211h 1min

Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ --------- --------- Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) discuss: 5:30 How Michael sells domain names for millions 23:19 Why Bitcoin is the solution to every company's treasury problems 37:34 How Michael forecasts the cost of capital 45:25 Why fixing MicroStrategy's balance sheet, fixed the whole business 51:28 What Michael's role at the company is today 52:40 Warren Buffett calls Bitcoin rat poison. Is he right? 1:01:30 How employees feel working at MicroStrategy 1:14:58 Shaan and Sam give their reactions to the interview --------- --------- Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas. Editing thanks to Jonathan Gallegos (@jjonthan)

17 Maalis 20211h 36min

MFM #160 The guys breakdown paid communities Why paid communities are good businesses: You can make them kinda fast (much faster if you have an audience) Fun to run if you like the interest Don’t need a lot of start-up capital and can have a lean team Quite profitable Cons: Churn can be high Likely can’t scale to me huge Won’t get better with size necessarily (if user content-driven, deal-driven, or otherwise, more can be better. If connection related, less is better) Seem challenging to sell if there’s a leader To make a successful community: The amount of money you’ll make is directly proportional to the amount of revenue the members will make being connected to each other multiplied by the amount of people who’d sign up. Enthusiasts of RC cars? Likely don’t make much value from it, so you can’t charge a lot. But if it’s huge (and get better with size) then can work Underdog, us vs them, united interests, info that wants to be private, highly disjointed online,  Communities the guys like: Tiger21: A peer group for people above with a net worth of at least $10m.  Numbers: It boasts ~850 members. They generate revenue through a $30,000 membership fee and also run ads to its members. Do an estimated $24m at least in sales Sold to private equity recently Why join?: Learn and make connections. Evanta Was known as CXO Acquisition Co. and Sports Leadership Acquisition Co...so maybe started in sports? Evanta derives most of its revenue from event sponsorship. Event sponsors pay a fee to advertise at each event with pricing dependent upon the quality and level of executive attendance. 121 Unique communities worldwide 6,500 Participating organizations 253 C-level programs across 10 countries 83% of Fortune 100 represented 18,000 Participating C-level executives 87% companies with revenue of $1B+ Sold for $275m in 2016 to CEB and then Gartner Had $17m in cash when bought 12x income...so made $23m in profit! SoleSavvy A SoleSavy membership provides you the tools and resources you need to successfully purchase the products you want for retail (starting with sneakers) Raised $2m Started as a Slack group (the waitlist for the group grows by 400 people per day) 5,000 members. They charge $33 a month so $160k MRR Cook groups. AK Chef is a big one. 2000 ish members at $50. NurseLifeRN Instagram meme page with 1.2m followers BALA (a shoe for nurses company) uses this as the main advertising channel. Shaan predicts these niche communities can launch brands and hold equity in companies who need their captive audience to grow. Inertia Shaan explains inertia: Are you doing what you are doing just because or does it make you happy and are you chasing what you actually want --------- Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas. Editing thanks to Jonathan Gallegos (@jjonthan)

12 Maalis 20211h 29min