“$100M dollar brands are being built for boring products” - Harley Finkelstein of Shopify

Episode 715: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Harley Finkelstein ( https://x.com/harleyf ) about boring products that could be worth $100M. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Disrupting boring products

(15:05) Swiss Army knife founders

(21:42) "People only remember your weird"

(31:45) Considering an exit

(39:32) Becoming a better storyteller

(46:17) Shopify's leaked memo about AI

(51:26) Biohacking Longevity

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Links:

• Shopify - https://shopify.com/ 

• Touchland - https://touchland.com/ 

• Firebelly Tea - https://firebellytea.com/ 

• Ember Mug - https://ember.com/ 

• David’s Tea - https://davidstea.com/ 

• AG1 - https://drinkag1.com/ 

• Method - https://www.methodhome.com/ 

• Olly - https://www.olly.com/ 

• Welly - https://www.getwelly.com/ 

• Ritual - https://ritual.com/ 

• Seed - https://seed.com/ 

• Prose - https://prose.com/ 

• Prenuvo - https://www.prenuvo.com/ 

• CLEERLY - https://cleerlyhealth.com/ 

• 29029 - https://29029everesting.com/ 

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

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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

• 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