Asking A $100M/Year Founder For Profitable Business Ideas (#413)

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

January 31, 2023

Duration

1h 7m

Channel

My First Million

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd - Episode 413: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talk with Anand Sanwal (https://twitter.com/asanwal) CEO and co-founder of CB Insights, about how Anand built his companies, the importance of data, small business niches that are growing, and much more. — Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire global talent (like Shaan does) and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than their US equivalents.

— 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

💰 Pitch your startup for a shot at a $1M investment with Sam Parr as the MC https://clickhubspot.com/pitch ----- Links:

• CB Insights - https://www.cbinsights.com
• RebelGirls - https://www.rebelgirls.com/collections/books
• USNews Best Colleges - https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges
• McCormick Corporation - https://www.mccormickcorporation.com
• Anand's Twitter - https://twitter.com/asanwal
• How To Manage And Sell A Company In An Industry And A Country You Don’t Know - https://www.cbinsights.com/research/team-blog/run-sell-company/

📧: Sign up for The Hustle Daily Newsletter: https://mfmpod.link/xon 🎙️: Download Our Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/Xq6lWi3m A podcast where we brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities we see in the market. Sometimes we have famous guests, and they do it with us. ------ Show Notes: (00:00) - Intro (00:40) - Anand's Background (04:01) - "Sawdust Data" businesses (08:17) - Tiny but growing niches (12:38) - Daily executive briefing email (17:32) - Pricing data business (24:06) - Broke & Busted College Rankings (30:33) - McCormick Spice Competitor (41:59) - How To Manage And Sell A Company In An Industry And A Country You Don’t Know (48:56) - Adani Group Collapse & spotting scams ----- For more quality videos subscribe here ➡https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyaN6mg5u8Cjy2ZI4ikWaug?sub_confirmation=1 🔔 Turn on notifications to stay updated with new uploads #shorts #youtubeshorts Like || Share || Subscribe

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Shaan Puri

  host

  Co-host of the My First Million podcast and entrepreneur/investor.

• Sam Parr

  host

  Co-host of the My First Million podcast and entrepreneur.

• Anand Sanwal

  guest

  Founder and CEO of CB Insights.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of My First Million, featuring Shaan Puri and Sam Parr, Asking A $100M/Year Founder For Profitable Business Ideas (#413) explores cB Insights Founder Pitches Data Business Ideas and Shares Hard-Won Lessons Anand Sanwal pitches data-centric business ideas such as monetizing 'sawdust data' exhaust, crawling opaque pricing, and ranking colleges by graduate earnings, using a framework of variable SKU, high consideration, and opacity.

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