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#427November 1, 20221:04:41

The Inside Story Of The Fake Twitter Employees Who Trolled The M…

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Shaan and Sam discuss the viral prank involving fake fired Twitter employees and delve into the economics of the 10 billion dollar Halloween industry, including pop-up real estate and costume licensing. They also explore new seasonal business opportunities and debate the merits of opting out of the corporate rat race through niche software acquisition.

Episode Description

Episode 381: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) have the inside story about the two fake Twitter employees who trolled the media, where billions are spent for Halloween, and eight side hustles for the holidays. -----

Show Notes

  • 01:30- Troll of the year: Rahul Ligma & Daniel Johnson
  • 08:25- Elon Taking Over Twitter and Elon's War Room
  • 19:00- Halloween Research - How much people spend
  • 29:25- Zombie Pumpkins
  • 30:15- Halloween Ideas
  • 37:35- VR Haunted House
  • 43:30- Pet costumes
  • 44:20- Hu.ma.ne
  • 54:15- Suleman Ali's Twitter thread
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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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  • * #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
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  • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Links

  • * Spirit Halloween
  • * Rubies
  • * Zombie Pumpkins
  • * Pumpkinsteins
  • * Hu.ma.ne
  • * Suleman Ali
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Key Takeaways

1

Leverage seasonal real estate by negotiating short-term kickout clauses for vacant properties to build high-margin pop-up stores like Spirit Halloween.

2

Capitalize on Zuckerbergs Law by creating products that help users capture and share the increasingly large percentage of their lives they are willing to make public.

3

Identify boring digital assets with high cash flow that can be maintained with minimal effort to achieve financial independence and exit the rat race.

Business Ideas Mentioned

VR Haunted House App

Content & Media

Spirit Store for Christmas

Boring Business

Neighborhood Holiday Light Service

Boring Business

Niche Pet Costume E-commerce

E-commerce

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