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Brainstorming +$1M Business Ideas With Soylent's Co-Founder | ft. John Coogan (#496)

Episode 496: Shaan Puri and Sam Parr talk with John Coogan, co-Founder of Soylent & Lucy and EIR at Founders Fund.

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Sep 19, 20231h 6mWatch on YouTube

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EPISODE INFO

Released: September 19, 2023
Duration: 1h 6m
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 496: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk with John Coogan (https://twitter.com/johncoogan ), co-Founder of Soylent & Lucy and EIR at Founders Fund. John shares the most underrated creator-business no ones talking about, what it's like working with Peter Theil and Keith Rabois, why he thinks lifestyle businesses are worthless and much more. — Check Out Sam's Stuff:
Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com
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Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
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Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com
Other Cool Stuff:
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— Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:15) Soylent origin story (14:50) Lucy background (17:00) Business Idea 1: Creator-owned VPN (23:20) Business Idea 2: Ammunition Rollup (28:45) How often does Sam think of the Roman Empire? (32:20) Thoughts on Keith Rabois (34:40) Best Twitter follows (36:15) Debate: Lifestyle businesses vs. VC-backed (48:15) Who John’s voting for (51:00) Why AI wrappers are great businesses (53:30) Business Idea 3: Lensa for ChatGPT (57:40) Scam artist telemarketing (1:04:05) Closing thoughts — Links:
John Coogan Twitter - https://twitter.com/johncoogan
John Coogan Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/johncooganplus
Soylent - https://soylent.com/
Lucy Gum - https://lucy.co/
Sam's Soylent article - https://tinyurl.com/mu8yhbyv
Linus Tech Tips - https://www.youtube.com/user/linustechtips
Anduril - https://www.anduril.com/
Founders Fund - https://foundersfund.com/
Keith Rabois - https://twitter.com/rabois
Sean Parker - https://twitter.com/sparker
Ligma Johnson - https://tinyurl.com/yx598zcc
Peter Thiel - https://twitter.com/peterthiel
Will Hurd - https://twitter.com/WillHurd
Lensa - https://prisma-ai.com/lensa
Power Law with John Coogan - https://tinyurl.com/3fdz6axs
— Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
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— 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
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Shaan Puri
host
Co-host of My First Million and entrepreneur (built Milk Road).
Sam Parr
host
Co-host of My First Million and founder of The Hustle.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of My First Million, featuring Shaan Puri and Sam Parr, Brainstorming +$1M Business Ideas With Soylent's Co-Founder | ft. John Coogan (#496) explores Soylent co-founder brainstorms contrarian businesses: creator VPNs, ammo rollups, AI John Coogan recounts Soylent’s origin in a hacker-house environment, where minimizing living costs led to an experiment in replacing meals with powders and then turning that experiment into a company.

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