Episode of My First Million with Sam Parr and Shaan Puri.
Topics
- Early Days at Zynga and Mark Pincus Stories
- The Zynga Culture: Data, Moats, and ‘Free R&D’
- Max Levchin, Slide, and the Trap of Endless Optimization
- The ‘Scripted’ Acquisition Meeting with Slide
- Early Silicon Valley Connections and the Amplitude 400x Win
- Business Ideas: AI Email Management and AI Dating Apps
- Zynga’s Data Sophistication and Office Culture
- Medical AI Research and the N-of-1 Cure Movement
- The Mira Crypto Saga: Accidental Fundraising and pump.fun
- Stanford’s ‘Touchy-Feely’ Class: Frameworks for Interpersonal Dynamics
- Runway, Interviewing, and the Growth of ElevenLabs