Spotting Billion Dollar Investments Was Hard Until I Learned These 3 Rules | Rohan Oza

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Episode 820: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Rohan Oza about how his formula for simple products that end in multi-billion dollar exits.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The brandfather

(2:40) Rule 1: influence the influencer

(7:02) Deal: Poppi on Shark Tank

(20:32) rule 2: Make a brand pop culture

(25:10) knowing winners from losers

(26:48) Rohan breaks down his formula

(29:31) "shelf space is the original algorithm"

(33:39) Closing the biggest deal of your life

(38:57) how to win with no network

(42:07) Rohan's first million

(46:45) spotting the next trend (tastebuds and TAM)

(48:09) How do you sell water?

(52:33) learning from the giants

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Links:

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