#68April 15, 20201:07:31

#66: Life Coins, Amazon FBA Rollups & Going Back In Time

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About This Episode

Sam and Shaan discuss the business of Amazon FBA rollups like Thrasio, the potential for personal cryptocurrencies called 'Life Coins,' and the modernization of archaic industries like notaries. They also explore founder history through newspapers.com and evaluate the success of unconventional entrepreneurs like Jim Patterson and Greg O'Gallagher.

Episode Description

Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) are back to talk wearing ivy league swag (3:24), Thrasio Amazon FBA rollup (6:20), Classpass for online courses (16:16), Real life bruce wayne Kinobody (19:45), What's a way the hosts have hacked a shortcut for themselves? (24:31), Looking at old newspapers to see what they got right/wrong (28:50), Personal ICOs (37:31), Billionaire of the week: Jim Patterson (44:44), Do you want to become a billionaire? (52:36) and Sexy notary business (57:05). The way you write has a huge effect on what you get

Key Takeaways

Modernize archaic, high-friction service industries like notary publics and title companies by turning manual processes into digital API-driven workflows.

Study the high-conversion sales and marketing tactics of 'scammy' internet marketers to apply effective psychological triggers to legitimate products.

Utilize historical archives like newspapers.com to research founders' early trajectories and media portrayals before they were successful to identify patterns of the 'it factor.'

Business Ideas Mentioned

Class Pass for Online Courses

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Personal ICO Life Coin Platform

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Instant 10-Minute Mortgage Refinancing

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Vishal Harpalani

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Jordan Harbinger

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