Episode 704: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr) ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP) ) talk to Blake Scholl ( https://x.com/bscholl) ) about he went from high school dropout to Groupon to the founder of a supersonic jet startup.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Find your red line
(4:29) Problems hidden in plain sight
(13:00) The making of Boom Supersonic
(23:00) No rules of thumb
(29:13) Blake's favorite interview question
(34:22) Demo Day at YC
(38:13) Selling Richard Branson
(47:46) Being a dark matter founder
(52:14) What does the most ambition of yourself look like?
(55:51) Progressively overturning of the skeptics
(1:01:06) Working with Jeff Bezos at Amazon
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Links:
• Steal Shaan's $20M Pitch Deck: https://clickhubspot.com/wem)
• Boom - https://boomsupersonic.com/)
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd)
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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/)
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