Episode of My First Million with Sam Parr and Shaan Puri.
Topics
- From Selling Worms to $1.6B: James Currier’s Origin Story
- Your Life on Network Effects
- Savage Founders and the Metric of Speed
- The Emotional Reality of Speed in Startups
- Technology Window Curves and Timing
- The Four Defensibilities: Network Effects, Embedding, Scale, and Brand
- Network Vampire Attacks and Bonding Theory
- Language First: The Power of Naming and Framing
- The Story of Tickle: Virality and the ‘Fuck It’ Moment
- Selling Tickle to Monster: Ethics and Character in Deals
- Business Bromance and the Giving Competition
- The Isolation Mistake and Creating Your API
- AI Defensibility: Why Models are Like Water
- Future Predictions: TechBio, Robotics, and Services
- The Pre-History of Bitcoin and Blue.com
- Life Paths and Personal Growth