Shaan Puri, My First Million // Creating a Life Vision, Solopreneurship + Selling Your Company - a podcast by Bilal Zaidi

from 2020-11-19T04:54:54

:: ::

Shaan Puri is an entrepreneur, investor & top 50 podcast host. He was the CEO of Bebo when they sold to Twitch (Amazon) where he's now a senior director of product.

He invests in startups + recently raised $2.5mil for his "rolling fund" in 11 days, just from a tweet.

Watch + subscribe on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/6Hoo38Fr07g

Let us know what you think on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/bzaidi
https://twitter.com/ShaanVP

In this conversation we discuss:

  • solopreneurship vs high growth startups
  • ideas + blueprints for solopreneurs
  • creating a life vision + the 3 stages of "becoming"
  • selling your company by creating your "Amazon buy button"
  • lessons in building trust, persuasion + social dynamics
  • how to get unstuck + the A, B, Z framework
  • why you should work like a lion, not a cow
  • how Shaan makes $50k/month by "working in public"

Timestamps

  • 00:00:00 Intro
  • 00:01:51 Shaan's Background
  • 00:05:58 Startups vs Big Company
  • 00:10:38 Babies, Teenagers + Startups
  • 00:13:13 "Stay Hungry, Not Thirsty"
  • 00:16:02 How To Correctly Slip Into The DMs
  • 00:18:06 Raising $2.5mil In 11 Days From A Tweet
  • 00:21:24 "Create An Amazon Buy Button For Yourself"
  • 00:23:56 "Companies Are Either Bought Or Sold" - Selling To Amazon
  • 00:31:02 Social Dynamics, Persuasion + Lessons From "The Game"
  • 00:37:54 How To Come Up With A Life Vision?
  • 00:45:19 $50k/Month To Work In Public – "1000 True Fans" Moment
  • 00:48:24 Importance Of Emotional Juice In Decisions
  • 00:51:33 Soloproneurship vs High Growth Startups
  • 00:58:04 Ideas + Blueprints For Solopreneurs
  • 01:03:14 Behind The Mind – A, B, Z Framework
  • 01:10:27 "Work Like A Lion, Not Like A Cow"
  • 01:14:22 "You Either Win Or You Learn"
  • 01:15:15 Navigating "Should I Be Doing This?"
  • 01:23:09 Feeling Down + How To Get Unstuck
  • 01:30:11 3 Stages Of "What Do I Become"
  • 01:31:26 Closing

Further episodes of Creator Lab - interviews with entrepreneurs and startup founders

Further podcasts by Bilal Zaidi

Website of Bilal Zaidi