I talk to Ben about creating luck, his barbell method, plus 6 half-baked business ideas

My First Million

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Episode 719: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to his business partner Ben Levy about creating luck, his barbell method for building relationships and 6 half-baked business ideas.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(4:01) Your first believer

(6:11) The K Academy

(9:38) Ben as a product

(17:53) Measuring luck

(23:43) Barbell method

(30:24) Idea: Court side seats

(33:44) Idea: Lunch Bounty

(36:51) Idea: Birkins for everyone

(45:31) Idea: Survivor for post-economic people

(50:50) Idea: Cool carpel tunnel brand

(53:42) Idea: Coach K in a box

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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano