Million $ Quilting Empire, Babyville, USA, And Rapid Fire Busine…
About This Episode
Shaan Puri is joined by guest host Ben Levy to discuss insights from their recent trip to San Francisco, including a deep dive into the business model of Missouri Star Quilt Company. They explore how turning warehouses into themed tourist destinations can transform a brand and brainstorm new business opportunities in NIL and wholesale software.
Episode Description
Show Notes
- 01:40- Al Doan and his quilting empire
- 13:20- Babyville, USA
- 17:25- Justin Caldbeck
- 24:20- Private Dinner With The Very Successful
- 49:20- Taking meetings for no reason
- 54:55- Rapid fire 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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- Additional episodes you might enjoy:
- #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
- * #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
- #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
- Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
- How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
Links
- * Follow Ben Levy on Twitter
- * Missouri Star Quilt Co.
- * Justin Caldbeck Twitter
- * Justin Caldbeck
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Key Takeaways
Transform logistics cost centers into 'Marketing Meccas' by turning warehouses into themed tourist destinations that create content and build extreme brand loyalty.
Adopt the 'Five Layers of Communication' framework to move professional relationships past surface rituals and toward sharing feelings, which builds deeper trust and connection.
Maintain a 'Do Cool Shit' budget by allocating 10-20% of your time and capital to projects with no clear ROI, as these often lead to unpredictable, massive successes like Gmail or the Like button.
Business Ideas Mentioned
Babyville USA Themed Resort
Real Estate
DTC Wholesale Automation Tool
SaaS
NIL Influencer Consumer Brand
E-commerce