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Shaan Puri

@shaanvp

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I'm an idea dealer

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Dec 17 cofounding a business with your wife is easy. simply never talk work. she does product. you do ads & finance never, ever, attempt to collaborate. only do meetings when you want to jointly shit talk low-performers over coffee and snacks. keep it simple. 639 10 59 72.7k 267 .
Dec 16 bookmark this episode. It's a banger -how to plan an epic 2025 (without setting goals) https://t.co/Pn0pghpT1v 331 6 28 51.2k 112 .
Dec 16 xmas shopping assets this morning: 20% Coinbase 20% Shopify 20% Tesla 20% Eli Lily 20% BTC what did I miss? 512 8 136 151.3k 118 .
Dec 13 13 questions that will change your life: 539 57 19 109.7k 40 .
Dec 11 Producer Arie: "My personal favorite episode of the year. 10 out of 10." Arie doesn't lie. 214 9 17 51.3k 92 .
Dec 10 Missing the garbage truck pickup is the biggest L you can take as an adult 1.3k 43 146 85.4k 74 .
Dec 03 if you're interested in AI Agents -- this podcast episode was great. I wrote my big takeaways / notes on this google doc: https://t.co/VI6qHFpZqb https://t.co/c0Fu2BTRV9 1.1k 94 108 135.9k 174 .
Dec 01 can’t lie… I’m a little offended I wasn’t considered important enough to get debanked for crypto 636 2 33 63.6k 96 .
Nov 27 audiobooks are completely unlistenable for me. The voice, pace, tone puts me to sleep. - am I doing it wrong? - is there some initial hump to get over? - or are there more people who can't stand them - and we need a better product / innovation? 359 10 381 161.3k 250 .
Nov 26 just had my boy @FurqanR on the pod!! he’s one of the smartest people i know we talked about: - how to build ai agent workflows - his favorite ai tools - why VR is a sleeping giant - betting on -1 to 0 https://t.co/wyaREOJPTo 378 21 46 50.7k 227 .
Nov 25 I should have asked the question differently. "What is the most likely scenario where the MSTR strategy unravels?" Eg. BTC or MSTR drops below $ X when the bond term ends, and they convert, causing MSTR to force sell BTC to pay back ? 168 4 50 149.8k 237 .
Nov 14 The Onion just bought Info Wars They’re gonna turn it into a parody site, mocking Alex Jones types The CEO quote in the press release “we acquired it because this is the funniest thing that has ever happened” Legend move @jeffiel 880 17 91 153.1k 237 .
Nov 07 just did a podcast with Christina - humble ✅ built a multi-billion dollar company (Vanta) ✅ hustler mentality ✅ my favorite bit from the pod: https://t.co/r5lLWJKuvx 314 21 14 60.5k 167 .
Nov 05 the new bachelor party: trip to turkey with the boys for hair transplants 923 21 54 135.9k 73 .
Nov 05 My sources tell me the moron who lies will win the presidency tonight. 388 6 87 119.7k 70 .
Oct 31 Putting Trump below the fold is wild. The person who did this has UI/UX as their pronouns 2k 65 112 225.8k 90 .
Oct 29 Need a manufacturer that does print-on-demand (personalized products) -- anyone got an intro for me? 100 1 53 50.3k 100 .
Oct 25 People overreacting about a 65/35 probability have never had aces cracked by a runner runner flush 601 10 59 154.4k 98 .
Oct 25 this is one of the best interviews we've ever done on the podcast... https://t.co/kuZxc4F0Yy 191 8 27 55.7k 92 .
Oct 22 70 DAYS LEFT IN THE YEAR JUST ENOUGH TIME TO DO THE THING WHATEVER YOUR THING IS. -- GET IN SHAPE. QUIT THE JOB. LAUNCH THE BUSINESS. ASK HER OUT. MAKE YOUR MOVE! 70 DAYS. THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF TIME TO BEND YOUR TRAJECTORY ONLY LOSERS WAIT FOR JAN 1. WE GO NOW 1.1k 75 59 61.4k 270 .
Oct 18 OK you’re going to like this. A few months ago - I met the “Indian Warren Buffett”. Not only was he fun to hangout with (and really nice), but he has banger stories. Here was one he shared: I asked him how he built his $100M+ fortune, and he said “Two words…Shamelessly Cloning”. I love that phrase - ‘Shamelessly Cloning’. Here’s how he tells the story: 1/ Like all of us - when he’s young, he wants to be successful. 2/ One day, he reads a book by Tom Peters (a big management guru in the 80’s). The book says: humans are surprisingly bad at copying successful ideas. The book gives an example - the Story of Two Gas Stations . Imagine two gas stations are across the street from each other. Same concept: Gas station with snacks inside. ‍Owner A pays a guy $150 to make his signage look better, and gets brighter lights for the evening. ‍ Owner B looks at that and says: “Psh, what a waste of money”. Owner A’s traffic goes up a bit. Owner B shrugs it off. ‍Owner A walks outside every time he sees one of his regular customers, and does a complimentary window wash. ‍ Owner B thinks: “What an idiot. That’s not sustainable, you can’t do it for everyone. And they’re not even paying for it!” As time goes on, Owner A continues to make small improvements to his service. Eventually he’s making 2-3x more per week than the station across the street. Most people want to study what the smart owner does. But I think the more interesting question is: “why the heck is owner B not doing what he sees is working??” Is it ego? Ignorance? It’s obvious he should copy what’s working, but he doesn’t. Tom Peters argues that this is common. You can go to your direct competitors, and tell them all your trade secrets. Everything you’ve learned. They will listen to you but there will be no change in behavior. Mohnish thought this was ridiculous & made a promise to himself that he would become a great copier of great ideas. Picasso said: “Good artists borrow. Great artists steal”. Don’t get me wrong. There IS a bad way to copy. Don’t copy people’s art. I’d say the gas station owner shouldn’t copy the exact signage, but the idea of “I should make my business look more approachable too” and put his own twist on it. And in many areas of life, copying is positive-sum. For example: - Religion is people copying the morals/beliefs of others. They want you to copy them. - CrossFit is people copying the exercise habits of fit people. - Grandma’s delicious spaghetti recipe is a copy of someone else’s spaghetti recipe. You may not be the smart gas station owner who figures everything out. But you can choose to not be the idiot owner across the street. - Uncle Shaan 749 41 35 113.4k 2.7k .
Oct 15 Who should we have on MFM next month? This month we’re doing: - Mike posner (🎵took a pill in Ibiza) - Garry Tan (president of YC) - Peter Rahal (founder of RxBar) - Steph smith (idea machine) - Elad Gil (super angel investor) - Issac French ($7M Airbnb biz) Who’s next? 431 5 222 74.3k 272 .
Oct 11 I’ve been looking for mispriced assets in my daily life For example, what personality traits are undervalued?  Everyone wants to be smart. That’s fairly priced Here’s one answer: showmanship The more we’ve become bent-neck nerds, staring at phones, old school showmanship has become rare Quick story: I recently hired a basketball coach (It’s weird, I know. What 36 year old out-of-shape dude hires a basketball skills coach?) Well, because running on a treadmill makes me want to murder kittens, and playing basketball makes me happy.  Anyway, I show up for the session – and he’s already surprised… He normally trains NBA prospects…and here I am: a tech nerd with greying hair, wearing mismatched socks, and a Michael Scott style tank top jersey I do a little stretching, and he tells me to shoot a free throw so he can take a look at my form. He’s trying to figure out my baseline I step to the free throw line.. **dribble..dribble.. exhale…CLANK!** On purpose, I threw up the ugliest jump shot you’ve ever seen. I would have put Bo Outlaw to shame (deep reference for my NBA boys). My coach was stunned. I’ve never seen a face say so clearly: “what the hell have I got myself into” Then I paused before saying: “I’m just kidding man”… **shoots a normal shot, makes it** He busted out laughing. “Oh man, you got me. That was good. That was so good. That was my favorite moment at work this whole year. That’s funny.” It took 10 seconds, but just choosing to have a little showmanship, or playfulness, made this guys day. He told all his coworkers, and was still laughing about it the next session As adults, it’s easy to have all your playfulness, and showmanship beaten out of you. The world wants you to be serious But why? Why so serious? Everybody likes fun. But we act like doing fun things is wrong or inappropriate Baloney! Today - find a moment to play. Find a moment to do something with a little finesse. A little style. A little…showmanship!  - Uncle Shaan 867 26 68 97.9k 2k .
Oct 07 people who love to read biographies - why? what's the 1 sentence explanation of why you love reading biographies 253 5 438 123.7k 114 .
Oct 04 MJ's last 3 plays as a Bull: drive & finish, steal on defense, and a mid-ranger to win the '98 championship 🐐 https://t.co/49dzPQ5Oda 407 19 38 78.7k 137 .
Oct 03 I have so many questions: 1) Is this real? 2) Is this legal? 3) What is this network (OMG)? 4) How hot is this undercover reporter -- she made this moron admit all this stuff over some pita and hummus? I don't care about politics, just curious about the mechanics of this 249 6 47 88.9k 278 .
Sep 30 how does ONE family own ~70% of all motels in the U.S.??? https://t.co/fsYRPSIYZT 430 27 35 100.5k 81 .
Sep 28 OK - here’s a short story that will make you a better leader/CEO. I just hired a new CEO for one of my companies. On Day 1 - he started doing what most CEO’s would do: - Meet & greet the team - Get access/permission to our tools - Start coming up with a Big Picture plan/vision to present to the team. I pulled him aside and told him about a different way that I learned from @natfriedman. Nat was named CEO of Github, and what he did on Day 1 was amazing. [8 am: everyone in the company gets on a call]. Instead of sharing the vision & multi-year plan. Nat screen-shared and displayed a giant list of 100+ issues & complaints from customers. He said: “Today, we’re going to find one item on here, and fix it” “And tomorrow, we’re going to pick another one, and fix that” “And the next day.. And the next.. Until we’ve nailed 20+ of these” This did 3 big things: 1) Shock Therapy. The team used to “think in quarters and years”. Suddenly the timeline shrinks to “ship something today”. 2) Taught Him The Business, Bottoms Up. Where are the problems? Where’s the tech debt? Which teams are good at getting shit done? 3) Action Speaks Louder. Customers were worried when Microsoft bought GitHub. Will they ruin it? Should we leave? But immediately seeing the product improve built faith that things will be OK. I call this the ‘Broken Shelf Approach’. Every home has broken shelves. The people living in the house have learned to ignore it, and just live with it. If you want to make an impression when you move in. Find the broken shelves, and fix them first. 1.9k 164 81 203.7k 1.6k .
Sep 27 when I travel, I scribble down "micro memories". bite-sized notes of everything cool or weird that happened. for example - I just did a 72 hour trip to LA. Here are 21 "micro memories" I wrote down: (Reply with a number, and I’ll break it down in a tweet.) – LA TRIP NOTES (RAW): 1/ meeting mike posner 2/ best growth hack i've heard in years 3/ the richer the guy, the weirder the guy 4/ the low-status-technique for becoming high-status at a conference 5/ the craziest breakfast meeting of all time 6/ i saved a life? 7/ dinner with millionaires 8/ the one thing I overnight order from amazon whenever I travel 9/ jetsuite X 10/ delayed flight story 11/ better call saul 12/ little luxuries of life 13/ dressing well vs. dressing comfortably 14/ ben's kid is a genius?? next einstein?? 15/ what i learned from a bottle of toothpaste 16/ the clean colon market 17/ erewhon. wtf?? 18/ white guys wearing vests -- RUN 19/ would you take your top 300 followers to war? 20/ how to stop shoulder dislocations? 21/ LA traffic 390 12 88 154.3k 1k .
Sep 20 11 days - bang! I needed a shopify ops person to handle all our products, theme changes, tags, merchandising, etc.. Went to Somewhere dot com...11 days later, found her! - 5yrs+ in shopify - full time, fluent english, loves ops - only $24k/yr -saved ~$80K by hiring overseas 177 7 29 112.8k 279 .
Sep 20 having a high 'first draft speed' in business is such an advantage. I wish I could measure this, like athletes running the 40 at the combine. Going from "we need to figure out X" to "ok here's a rough prototype/doc" in < 1 hour changes the entire clock speed of the company 856 54 42 65.1k 280 .
Sep 07 what makes a great cofounder? they need to be ‘Down’ https://t.co/dXKe5tOMYl 484 38 32 74.3k 77 .
Sep 05 there are 10,000x more “ways to win” than you realize https://t.co/vF8zWoSVQb 501 22 31 60.9k 77 .
Sep 04 A question I keep coming back to: What feels like play for you, but looks like work to others? 694 25 216 130.4k 95 .
Sep 03 energy is the key to success https://t.co/e8xmnufS1a 1.1k 95 65 106.4k 52 .
Aug 31 the 3-step plan to figuring out what you want to do in life: https://t.co/RkA496ruNO https://t.co/lBTOHaC2VM 342 22 26 52.3k 108 .
Aug 28 An engineer who can “build anything” is worth $1M An engineer who can figure out “what to build” is worth 100X that In business, the GPS creates more value than the engine. 2.2k 162 98 164.6k 176 .
Aug 28 Good friends consume together, Great friends create together 708 74 56 63.7k 60 .
Aug 28 new pod out now! - the Merchant of Death (wild story) - the new biz idea i'm funding ($10K) for any college kid to run with - elon musk and jess bezos' best interview q's to attract the best talent this episode will be the best 53 minutes of your day. https://t.co/dRzPvDw9CC 75 1 15 52.9k 279 .
Aug 27 Most people piss away their 20's They do boring, entry jobs to collect resume stamps Your 20's = peak freedom. no expenses. no kids Every year of 20's is worth 4 in your 40s Instead: - travel like hell - build skills (do projects, not jobs) - figure out what you love to do 1.7k 147 144 211.8k 277 .
Aug 25 Action is a skill. How to become high-action: https://t.co/ma1qUeZLF4 825 54 28 125.6k 71 .
Aug 21 Most people don't realize you can get rock solid engineers in Brazil for ~$5k/month Look at this guy: Mats (Brazil) - an iOS dev w 8 yrs exp. Worked at startups & the biggest bank in Brazil. $60K/year (same dev is $200k+ in SF) DM or email for an intro (shaan@shaanpuri.com) https://t.co/XcedXdhb6f 144 4 30 111.3k 307 .
Aug 21 9 lessons from building an audience over the last 10+ years... 👇 https://t.co/vjnknH9HNN 440 35 32 88.3k 88 .
Aug 20 I've got $5m funding ready for anyone at facebook who wants to spin this out as a general co one of my favorite business blueprints = exporting internal tools eg. Launchdarkly -- exported fb feature flag tool Statsig -- exported fb testing tool Sift -- exported fb fraud tool 130 5 15 51.1k 279 .
Aug 19 new @myfirstmilpod out now !! https://t.co/EUUlD7toJq 145 3 36 62.8k 53 .
Aug 15 our video editor deserves a raise https://t.co/cC6hQQZiOp 368 9 60 59.3k 57 .
Aug 15 every. damn. time https://t.co/1VpzPoo9U2 1.4k 152 51 164.2k 41 .
Aug 13 Reading is about sparking a fire in your mind - @naval https://t.co/W9nTOVxO5k 890 86 33 132.8k 78 .
Aug 02 My new blog is called Good Friday because the worst thing on earth is getting long emails on Friday... Except this one. This one is Good. This week, I went back-and-forth with the newsletter daddy himself - @thesamparr We talked about The 10 Richest Guys On Earth, Divorces, Olympics & Books. Enjoy (link below 👇) 189 4 23 67.8k 318 .
Jul 26 I love bloggers like Paul Graham, Tim Urban, and Naval. But one thing blogs lack is the back and forth banter that you get in podcasts. So I started thinking - could I make an insightful blog that has the banter of a podcast? It's the greatest mashup since the Doritos Locos Taco. Well - I tried it. And I think I love how it turned out. (the blog idea, not the taco) Check out the first post with @george__mack and let me know what you think 👇 485 18 99 111.4k 449 .
Jul 23 Most business books are bad, this one is really good. I chewed it up in 3 days https://t.co/EV6GN3YW3O 1.7k 53 110 199.7k 102 .
Jul 14 Wikipedia is better than Netflix tonight... Listen to this: I was looking up past presidents who had assassination attempts, and this Teddy Roosevelt story is incredible: ---> story: Teddy was walking to his car - when an assassin shot him in the chest. He's hit, but his life is saved because the bullet hits his glasses case and a 50-page speech before entering his chest cavity. He had the speech printed and in his jacket pocket because he was about to go give a campaign speech. With a bullet sitting in his chest, he looks for the shooter. Teddy's secretary is an ex-football player who tackled the guy. Teddy says "bring him to me" He looks him in the eye and asks "why'd you do it?". No answer. He says "forget it" and tells the cops to take him away. Instead of going to the hospital - he decides to drive to his campaign rally and give a 50 minute speech with a bullet in his chest. Blood is soaking through his shirt (see pic) He finishes the speech saying "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose." He then goes to the hospital. They see that he's got a bullet there, but they're afraid to take it out because OH THATS HOW THE PRIOR PRESIDENT (MCKINLEY) JUST DIED (crazy ass times) So they leave it in, and he lives his whole life with the bullet in his chest. They ask him 30 years later if it hurts and he said "I do not mind it any more than if the bullet were in my pocket" Despite his G-Unit credentials- he loses the election. (he ran as a third party candidate, with his self-made party called the Bull Moose Party) 525 27 41 142k 1.7k .
Jul 14 26% of all US Presidents have been shot at (attempted assassination) dangerous odds for a job that pays as much as owning 2 subway sandwich locations 334 15 27 52.3k 150 .
Jul 09 A prototype is worth a thousand meetings. 866 111 62 121.1k 41 .
Jul 08 I would have bet my life that Steph can spin the ball on his finger 183 16 18 65.6k 67 .
Jul 03 Have people asked Pelosi about her crazy trading track record? - what does she say? - how can she explain beating the market? I need to watch an interview of someone grilling her about this https://t.co/5jcntLSwnI 189 3 46 56.3k 215 .
Jun 26 if you're curious about Ozempic, watch this... https://t.co/BxTao8A16B 582 52 77 160.5k 70 .
Jun 25 Pickup basketball game for founders/investors on Friday in SF - reply if interested, need a few more 197 3 122 73.1k 100 .
Jun 25 lotta corny shit on the timeline nowadays for my niche (business/tech) who are the top 1-2 people you enjoy following? - raw/unpolished - good sense of humor - interesting things to say (not just regurgitating generic advice) - not constantly fluffing their accomplishments / 427 8 102 163.7k 278 .
Jun 21 you have no idea how badly you needed an exec assistant, until you get an exec assistant 261 10 42 99.9k 88 .
Jun 20 Wait, is this supposed to be an ad…FOR botox? https://t.co/qEIEEe19H6 204 10 80 130.4k 69 .
Jun 19 new essay: someday https://t.co/NRA9q7N6sR https://t.co/80f1mWCyAa 727 70 66 121.5k 67 .
Jun 13 one of my favorite founders : @tfadp - co-founded Teach for America - got recruited by Ari Emanuel - created OMGPOP, almost failed, hail mary last game went mega viral (Draw Something) and sold to zynga for $183M - created Overtime, won over black hoops culture despite being a 40+yr old white dude and best of all: * funny as hell * no ego , self secure * isn't driven by money... or even a higher purpose...just likes to do things for the adventure/challenge Going to tie him to a chair and force him to do a podcast with me 126 2 11 59.3k 534 .
Jun 12 "The word 'dog'...competitive people call themselves dogs...well I was a Wolf. I used to eat dogs" -RIP Jerry West https://t.co/CtpUztkIIc 394 29 15 93k 140 .
Jun 06 Can you wear Apple Vision Pro and feel like you’re courtside at the nba finals tonight? If so, take my money If not, why not? What’s the bottleneck, tech? Rights? Something else? 213 3 49 95.8k 180 .
Jun 06 i love that this guy is pivoting from building a second brain to getting more head. Smart move, much bigger market. 155 0 24 60.7k 117 .
Jun 06 when it comes to advice, here's who to listen to: 1st - ignore everyone who's never actually done it 2nd - ignore everyone who's selling you their service Even though that eliminates almost everyone, there will be a few people left. Then ignore them too. 874 62 96 74k 257 .
Jun 05 new pod is out with @jasonfried ! and like they say in the rap game... Jason dropped some bars. 25 years of founder wisdom in under 60 minutes 👇 126 3 13 59.3k 147 .
May 30 This podcast episode will hit 1M views today (!!). It's my first time hitting 1M+ on an ep. The power of 'just keep showing up'... This is episode #568....And this 1 episode will do more downloads than the entire first year of the podcast. 989k views in 13 days. wild! https://t.co/Kt2Dn4KtdW 1k 26 172 96.4k 298 .
May 29 you are the average of the five podcasts you listen to the most 806 64 174 129.9k 63 .
May 29 Just realized the small reason I love @paulg essay style: I feel like i'm reading a mathematical proof, but instead of numbers it's founder life advice. It starts with a question (an unsolved equation) then you watch him think it through, solving it like a proof 1.8k 56 33 166k 265 .
May 20 What's the #1 trait for a great investor? "Patience" - @MohnishPabrai He explains here... (and drop one of the best @SeinfeldTV references of all time in the process) https://t.co/FRMp0iaWWI 502 68 41 182.7k 192 .
May 15 What's hard about doing this? The biggest blocker for most people is 'work'. You spend ~8 hours a day working (half your waking life) and for most people it is: - not fun (would rather be doing something else) - not with people they like hanging with (doesn't fill friends bucket) - not flexible (don't control own schedule/time) this is like a huge collission on the highway to happiness. It creates a giant jam. So the biggest unlock would be to figure out what work you: - actually enjoy doing - with people you enjoy being with everyday - that pays you for results, not hours of butt-in-chair, This unblocks your life, and gives you a powerstrip to start plugging in various life integrations. 217 11 20 50.6k 711 .
May 15 Integration multiplies your time. If you feel like there's not enough time, that's really just 'not enough integration'. We all have ~16 waking hours, but if you're using 1 hour to fill up multiple buckets (eg. exercising with friends) - then you've multiplied your time. 152 4 1 50.3k 273 .
May 13 New pod is out! We talk about… - How Shepherd grew to a $52M biz in 4 years - How @sweatystartup raised $29M to acquire controlling interest in the company - And why I didn’t sell a single share and am still invested 👇 196 5 26 62.7k 221 .
May 12 OOOOOOOOKAYYY My First Muscle challenge is in the books: 34 min 38 sec 100 burpees 100 pushups 100 squats And did it with my mom & daughter on mother’s day ! Full video later https://t.co/xQc5wawPSh 481 7 76 69.6k 209 .
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