Episode of My First Million with Sam Parr and Shaan Puri.

Topics

  • Alfred Nobel and the Origin of the Nobel Peace Prize
  • The Power of Prizes to Drive Innovation
  • Modern Bounties: The Vesuvius Challenge and Kaggle
  • Sponsor: HubSpot Trends Playbook
  • The Milk Money Grant and Corporate X Prizes
  • Business Idea: The ‘Onion’ for College Campuses
  • Peter Thiel, the College Bubble, and the Thiel Fellowship
  • Elon Musk’s Foundation and ‘Sexy Indifference’
  • Hiring Tactics: The ‘Lucky’ and ‘Toughest Problem’ Questions
  • The Cost of ‘Maybe’ Hires and Harsh Filtering
  • Personal: Parenting, Nannies, and Legacy