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3 Stories of Crazy Geniuses: Fenn’s Treasure, Michael Saylor’s Infinite Money Glitch + Ralph Lauren’s Bold Bet

2024/12/5
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Sam Parr
以《My First Million》播客主持人和企业家身份而闻名,专注于发现和分享高利润商业模式。
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Shaan Puri
成功主持《My First Million》播客,分享创业策略和资源。
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Sam Parr和Shaan Puri讨论了三位富人的故事,他们都采取了高风险的策略,并最终获得了成功。首先是John Collins Black,他将价值数百万美元的财宝藏匿于美国各地,并通过出版书籍提供线索进行寻宝活动。这体现了他冒险精神与财富的结合,也引发了关于其策略是否明智的讨论。其次是Forrest Fenn的寻宝活动,虽然最终有人找到了宝藏,但也导致了人员伤亡,这凸显了高风险冒险的潜在危险。最后,他们讨论了Ralph Lauren如何通过对服装的巧妙运用,塑造了品牌形象和生活方式,并最终取得了巨大的商业成功。他们的讨论涵盖了寻宝活动的风险与收益、社交媒体营销的策略、以及品牌建设的重要性。 Shaan Puri主要从风险与收益的角度分析了寻宝活动,并探讨了社交媒体在现代营销中的作用。他认为John Collins Black的寻宝活动本可以利用TikTok等社交媒体平台进行推广,以达到更广泛的影响力。他还提到了十年前一个名为“神秘现金掉落”的账号通过在现实生活中隐藏现金并发布线索的方式,在社交媒体上获得了巨大的关注度,这是一种成功的病毒式营销案例。此外,他还分析了Ralph Lauren的商业策略,认为其成功在于将生活视为电影,并通过服装来塑造个人形象和品牌形象。

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A former musician turned bitcoin millionaire, John Collins Black, hid $2-3 million worth of treasure in five chests across the US. He released a book of clues for $35, inspired by Forrest Fenn's $1.3 million Rocky Mountain treasure hunt, which tragically led to five deaths. Unlike Fenn, Black's approach may have missed virality by using a book instead of TikTok or social media.
  • John Collins Black hid $2-3 million in treasure across the US.
  • He released a book of clues titled "There's a Treasure Inside."
  • Forrest Fenn hid $1.3 million in the Rocky Mountains, resulting in five deaths.
  • TikTok or social media might have been a better platform to release the clues and engage a larger audience.

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Episode 656: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr) ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP) ) tell 3 stories of people who took insane risks that paid off. 

Show Notes: 

(0:00) Bitcoin millionaire hides $2M in treasures across US

(11:27) Building the Ralph Lauren fantasy

(23:58) Michael Saylor's infinite money glitch

Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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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/)

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano