Episode of My First Million with Sam Parr and Shaan Puri.
Topics
- Introduction and John Coogan’s Background
- The Soylent Origin Story: Hacker Houses and Viral Marketing
- Peter Thiel’s Diagnosis and the Failure of Soylent as a Venture Bet
- Lucy Gum and Product Innovation in Nicotine
- Business Idea: The Creator-Owned VPN (Beast VPN)
- Business Idea: Ammunition Supply Chain Roll-up
- The Roman Empire Meme and Masculine Daydreaming
- Founders Fund Culture and Keith Rabois
- Debate: Lifestyle Businesses vs. Venture-Backed Moonshots
- Politics, Technology, and Presidential Hindsight
- Business Idea: AI Wrappers and the Barnum Effect
- Founder Story: The Clear Tape Telephone Scam
- Outro: John Coogan’s Content Strategy and Power Law Podcast