Paul English: How He Built And Sold 6 Companies And Why He Believes Irritation Becomes Inspiration
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12/09/22 • 47 min
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Episode 394: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk with entrepreneur and Kayak co-founder, Paul English (@englishpaulm) about his latest business ideas, his famous missed investments, how to become a strong recruiter, and why he wants to create Twitter's competitor.
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Show Notes:
(00:25) - switched jobs for a day
(07:05) - who did you know before they met success
(13:45) - become an excellent recruiter
(20:25) - starting a company easier now?
(28:15) - Irritation becomes inspiration
(30:55) - Ideas he's working on
(34:10) - Bipolar disorder
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Episode 394: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk with entrepreneur and Kayak co-founder, Paul English (@englishpaulm) about his latest business ideas, his famous missed investments, how to become a strong recruiter, and why he wants to create Twitter's competitor.
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Links:
Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter.
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Show Notes:
(00:25) - switched jobs for a day
(07:05) - who did you know before they met success
(13:45) - become an excellent recruiter
(20:25) - starting a company easier now?
(28:15) - Irritation becomes inspiration
(30:55) - Ideas he's working on
(34:10) - Bipolar disorder
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
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Show Notes:
(01:30) - Are courses legit?
(07:30) - Unpopular things learned on MFM
(32:30) - Mark Jenney
(44:15) - Last minute gourmet gift ideas
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
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Episode 395: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about Shaan's interview with entrepreneur, investor, author, podcaster, and lifestyle guru, Tim Ferriss (@tferriss). They review his money and life advice, as well as his new NFT project. Plus, real estate insights and one business idea... plugins and SaaS tools for Only Fans.
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Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter.
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Show Notes:
(05:05) - Isaac French
(09:50) - What Shaan learned from Tim Ferriss
(17:35) - Tim Ferriss money advice
(37:05) - Real estate insights
(51:05) - Only Fans
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
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