“$100M dollar brands are being built for boring products” - Harley Finkelstein of Shopify
My First Million12 Jun 2025

“$100M dollar brands are being built for boring products” - Harley Finkelstein of Shopify

Episode 715: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Harley Finkelstein ( https://x.com/harleyf ) about boring products that could be worth $100M. — Show Notes: (0:00) Disrupting boring products (15:05) Swiss Army knife founders (21:42) "People only remember your weird" (31:45) Considering an exit (39:32) Becoming a better storyteller (46:17) Shopify's leaked memo about AI (51:26) Biohacking Longevity — Links: • Shopify - https://shopify.com/ • Touchland - https://touchland.com/ • Firebelly Tea - https://firebellytea.com/ • Ember Mug - https://ember.com/ • David’s Tea - https://davidstea.com/ • AG1 - https://drinkag1.com/ • Method - https://www.methodhome.com/ • Olly - https://www.olly.com/ • Welly - https://www.getwelly.com/ • Ritual - https://ritual.com/ • Seed - https://seed.com/ • Prose - https://prose.com/ • Prenuvo - https://www.prenuvo.com/ • CLEERLY - https://cleerlyhealth.com/ • 29029 - https://29029everesting.com/ — 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 — 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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