How I Sold My Company To PayPal For $800 Million | Bryan Johnson (#388)

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

November 22, 2022

Duration

1h 10m

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 388: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Bryan Johnson (https://twitter.com/bryan_johnson) about starting Braintree - which he sold for hundreds of millions - and is his current businesses as Founder/CEO of Kernel and his own personal project Blueprint, where he's working to reduce his biological age. — 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

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

• Braintree - https://www.braintreepayments.com
• Kernel - https://www.kernel.com
• Blueprint - https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.co

📧: Sign up for The Hustle Daily Newsletter: https://mfmpod.link/afg 🎙️: Download Our Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/09efDXDZ 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 (02:41) - Background starting w/Braintree (15:28) - Financial plans and life changes (21:33) - Where do you put your money (27:27) - What does Kernel do (34:55) - Blueprint blog (01:01:11) - Ideas that others could do ------ 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

• Sam Parr

  host

  Co-host of the My First Million podcast and entrepreneur known for founding The Hustle.

• Bryan Johnson

  guest

  Entrepreneur who sold Braintree/Venmo to PayPal and later founded Kernel and the Blueprint health project.

• Shaan Puri

  host

  Co-host of the My First Million podcast and entrepreneur/investor (formerly at Twitch).

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of My First Million, featuring Sam Parr and Bryan Johnson, How I Sold My Company To PayPal For $800 Million | Bryan Johnson (#388) explores bryan Johnson on Braintree, Wealth, Kernel, and Blueprint's Data-Driven Longevity Johnson explains how he went from a farm-raised door-to-door credit card salesman to bootstrapping Braintree, using early commission income to fund engineers building a solution for OpenTable.

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