We Hosted A "Shark Tank" For Tech Startups | My First Million De…
About This Episode
Sam and Shaan host a live 'Shark Tank' style event featuring six startup founders pitching their companies through the Stonks platform. The episode covers diverse sectors including hotel booking extensions, medication adherence in India, and the burgeoning NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) market for college athletes, providing raw feedback on unit economics and market timing.
Episode Description
Show Notes
- 05:35- Luke @ Cherry
- 17:40- Ankur @ Pillup
- 30:05- Steven @ Campus Ink
- 42:45- Jared @ Terrashroom
- 54:10- Morgan @ Dealbuilder
- 01:04:05- Tim @ Field Complete
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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
- * Cherry
- * Pillup
- * Campus Ink
- * Terrashroom
- * Dealbuilder
- * Field Complete
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Key Takeaways
Founders should define their business as a 'money machine' by clearly demonstrating how a dollar spent on acquisition scales into a specific, predictable profit output.
Identify 'Why Now' opportunities triggered by massive regulatory shifts, such as the NIL rule changes, which allow for rapid land-grabs in previously restricted markets.
Avoid burying core business health data under vanity metrics; investors prioritize transparency regarding active users and actual revenue over secondary figures like 'total homes serviced'.