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Episode 496: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk with John Coogan (https://twitter.com/johncoogan ), co-Founder of Soylent & Lucy and EIR at Founders Fund. John shares the most underrated creator-business no ones talking about, what it's like working with Peter Theil and Keith Rabois, why he thinks lifestyle businesses are worthless and much more.
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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
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• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:15) Soylent origin story
(14:50) Lucy background
(17:00) Business Idea 1: Creator-owned VPN
(23:20) Business Idea 2: Ammunition Rollup
(28:45) How often does Sam think of the Roman Empire?
(32:20) Thoughts on Keith Rabois
(34:40) Best Twitter follows
(36:15) Debate: Lifestyle businesses vs. VC-backed
(48:15) Who John’s voting for
(51:00) Why AI wrappers are great businesses
(53:30) Business Idea 3: Lensa for ChatGPT
(57:40) Scam artist telemarketing
(1:04:05) Closing thoughts
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Links:
• John Coogan Twitter - https://twitter.com/johncoogan
• John Coogan Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/johncooganplus
• Soylent - https://soylent.com/
• Lucy Gum - https://lucy.co/
• Sam's Soylent article - https://tinyurl.com/mu8yhbyv
• Linus Tech Tips - https://www.youtube.com/user/linustechtips
• Anduril - https://www.anduril.com/
• Founders Fund - https://foundersfund.com/
• Keith Rabois - https://twitter.com/rabois
• Sean Parker - https://twitter.com/sparker
• Ligma Johnson - https://tinyurl.com/yx598zcc
• Peter Thiel - https://twitter.com/peterthiel
• Will Hurd - https://twitter.com/WillHurd
• Lensa - https://prisma-ai.com/lensa
• Power Law with John Coogan - https://tinyurl.com/3fdz6axs
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