Shaan Puri, My First Million // Creating a Life Vision, Solopreneurship + Selling Your Company

💰Who Is Shaan Puri?

Shaan 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.


🧠 What You’ll Learn:

  • the appeal of 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 for execution
  • working like a lion, not a cow
  • how Shaan makes $50k/month by “working in public”


⏳Time Stamps (YouTube)

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:05 Shaan’s Background
00:05:12 Startup vs Big Company
00:09:52 Babies, Teenagers + Startups
00:12:27 “Stay Hungry, Not Thirsty”
00:15:16 How To Correctly Slip Into The DMs
00:17:20 Raising $2.5mil In 11 Days From A Tweet
00:20:38 “Create An Amazon Buy Button For Yourself”
00:23:10 “Companies Are Either Bought Or Sold” – Selling To Amazon
00:30:16 Social Dynamics, Persuasion + Lessons From “The Game”
00:37:08 How To Come Up With A Life Vision?
00:44:33 $50k/Month To Work In Public – “1000 True Fans” Moment
00:47:40 Importance Of Emotional Juice In Decisions
00:50:47 Soloproneurship vs High Growth Startups
00:57:18 Ideas + Blueprints For Solopreneurs
01:02:28 Behind The Mind – A, B, Z Framework
01:09:41 “Work Like A Lion, Not Like A Cow”
01:13:36 “You Either Win Or You Learn”
01:14:29 Navigating “Should I Be Doing This?”
01:22:23 Feeling Down + How To Get Unstuck
01:29:25 3 Stages Of “What Do I Become”
01:30:40 Closing


⏳Time Stamps (Podcast)

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:51 Shaan’s Background
00:05:58 Startup 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


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