From Flipping iPhones To Selling Oculus For $2 Billion To Facebook | Palmer Luckey (#378)

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

October 25, 2022

Duration

1h 32m

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 378: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talk with billionaire Palmer Luckey (https://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey) founder of Oculus and Anduril, about what he's done with his money since selling Oculus to Facebook, his ideas for a new prison system and sewer food, as well as his take on national security and why he insists on flying coach. ----- Links:

• The Blog of Palmer Luckey - http://palmerluckey.com
• Anduril - https://www.anduril.com

📧: Sign up for The Hustle Daily Newsletter: https://mfmpod.link/hj8 🎙️: Download Our Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/0vHzQsMd 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 (06:45) - How much did you make from the Oculus sale? (13:57) - Palmer's journey from minimum wage to millionaire (18:08) - What did you do with your money when you sold Occulus? (26:16) - Palmer's crypto investment (29:18) - What are the online forums that people should be hanging out in? (38:18) - What ideas were you pursuing after you sold Oculus (prisons, food)? (56:20) - What does Anduril do? (01:17:56) - Jason Calacanis vs. Palmer (01:26:32) - Flying coach ----- 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

• Palmer Luckey

  guest

  Founder of Oculus VR (acquired by Facebook) and co-founder of defense technology company Anduril Industries.

• 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 founder of The Hustle (acquired by HubSpot).

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of My First Million, featuring Palmer Luckey and Shaan Puri, From Flipping iPhones To Selling Oculus For $2 Billion To Facebook | Palmer Luckey (#378) explores palmer Luckey on Oculus, Anduril, Crypto, Wild Ideas and Flying Coach Luckey explains how he turned down a $1 billion Facebook offer and later sold Oculus because Facebook promised billions per year to speed up VR as Sony and others moved in.

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