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Shaan Puri

👤 Speaker
7758 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

All right, so check this out.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

Same tweet, same idea from Levels.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

So he says, four out of the 70 plus projects I did ever made money in GRU.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

95% of everything I did failed.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

My hit rate is only 5%.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

So ship more.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

And then he had basically a list.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

It's like all projects.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

And then he has projects that made good money in GRU.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

Nomad List, Remote Talk, Rebase.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

And a YouTube network for electronic music.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

Those are the four out of 70 that he did to try to make this successful.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

I've joked before, he's like the Jordan logo for indie hackers, which is his like sitting on a couch, shirt off in his boxers, just typing on a laptop, sitting in Bali or whatever.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

And he basically showed that he has a 90 something percent failure rate.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

that it took him whatever, 50 plus projects before he had a hit.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

And, you know, all the revenue, all the success comes from like, you know, three or four projects that he did out of such a long list.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

I think you're blind to it, dude.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

You did.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

Here's projects I know that you've done.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

Just projects, right?