Episode 440: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) are joined by the Acquired podcast (https://twitter.com/AcquiredFM) hosts, Ben Gilbert (https://twitter.com/gilbert) David Rosenthal (https://twitter.com/djrosent) to talk about scaling to a large podcast, the company they would like to own, the CEO's you don't want to compete against, and the 100+ year history of Nintendo. Plus, a YouTube Premium subscription giveaway! Vote for MFM to win a Webby: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2023/podcasts/general-series/business Click here to sign up for our event in Austin, TX: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/my-first-million-live-in-austin-tx-tickets-598580499387 — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire global talent (like Shaan does) and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than their US equivalents. — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth 💰 Pitch your startup for a shot at a $1M investment with Sam Parr as the MC https://clickhubspot.com/pitch ----- Links: *Acquired podcast - https://www.acquired.fm *Wait But Why - https://waitbutwhy.com/homepage *Marques Brownlee - https://www.youtube.com/user/marquesbrownlee *Nintendo - https://www.nintendo.com *NVIDIA - https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/ 📧: Sign up for The Hustle Daily Newsletter: https://mfmpod.link/xon 🎙️: Download Our Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/Xq6lWi3m A podcast where we brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities we see in the market. Sometimes we have famous guests, and they do it with us. ------ Show Notes: (00:00) - Intro (01:07) - Intro to Acquired (02:25) - What to do when your schtick runs out (07:05) - How to scale to a big podcast (14:07) - How big do you have to be to be at the top of the business category? (22:46) - What commonalities are there between weird companies? (27:12) - How to tell a real from a fake contrarian (34:40) - Nintendo (38:15) - Which company would you most want to own? (42:12) - Who would you least want to compete against? (52:42) - Business ideas (58:17) - Will you ever sell Acquired? (01:07:24) - Best ways to make money as a podcast ----- For more quality videos subscribe here ➡https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyaN6mg5u8Cjy2ZI4ikWaug?sub_confirmation=1 🔔 Turn on notifications to stay updated with new uploads #shorts #youtubeshorts Like || Share || Subscribe