Decoding Tony Hawk’s mindset in 72 minutes
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Fourth game just got released.
What happened when Sam and Shaan met Tony Hawk in Ethiopia?
It got to be in the top 10 sales right away. And he said, the first three are still in the top 10. And I said, What does that even mean? And he's like, this is what it means. And he slid a check across the table for 4.5 million dollars. That's how he made my first million.
I feel like I could rule the world. I know I could be what I want to. I put my law in it like my days off on the road
Tony, can we show you something really quick just so you understand how real this is all about to be? Oh, sure.
How did Tony Hawk turn skate parks into a sustainable business?
So we're business nerds, but at least one of us uh has grown up watching you and show you why I like talking to you. This is me skating. Can you see this video? Wow, that's awesome. So I'm three sixty flip recent? Yeah, I'm thirty seven years old. Damn. So look, there's a six stair. I'm jealous. That's amazing.
What is the real cost of achieving greatness in skateboarding?
Was that was that the Riverside Park right there?
Riverside Skate Park. I moved right by it just and I go every Saturday and Sunday.
Sick. I'll meet you there so you can teach me how to relearn three sixty flips.
Yeah, right. Have you skated there a bunch? I can't do them on flat anymore. I I uh I can only do 'em on banks. Well, that's more impressive. But I grew up watching you forever. And so it's pretty cool that we've we've intersected at this strange place called My First Million where we talk about business and stuff. But I'm so excited to talk to you. I know Sean is too.
Yeah, actually, Sam, I have a funny story. So I met Tony once many years ago now, like 10 years ago. We went on a trip to Ethiopia with charity water. Yeah, that's true.
How did Tony Hawk survive the financial scramble after the 900?
I was like, I know that face.
Yeah, so we're in the middle of nowhere. I was like, there's no just no service, there's no nothing. There's no water, right? That's why we're there. There's no water in these these villages. And we're on the side of a mountain to kind of doing a hike. And this guy's like Tony Hawk. And he recognized Tony Hawk on the middle on the side of a mountain in Ethiopia, a place where they didn't, you know, they didn't even have anything. It was incredible. And the funny thing was the whole trip was like a bunch of who's it's like, oh, this guy created Spotify. This guy created this. Nobody knew anyone except for Tony Hawk. He got recognized on the side of a mountain. I thought that was unbelievable.
That was a fun trip. I had never experienced anything so remote for sure. But also how like yeah you know, with the whole mission of a life changing water. Like it was it was insane. We got to fix wells. That was wild.
Yeah.
We got to see the water come out for the first time in a in a building when the geyser like blasts and stuff like that. It was it was amazing.
What was the story behind the creation of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater?
How'd you get looped into that, Tony?
I was a a big donor to charity water and I had actually sponsored a well in the name of my daughter, who was very young at the time. She's now in college. But we got to go visit the actual well and people were were thanking me on my daughter's behalf and it was it was really cool.
That's one of the the the amazing things Charity Water did. And this is really not about charity. It's kind of a business lesson. You know, when Scott started Charity Water, he had no background in charity. But he decided, like, hey, you why he just asked himself the question, why don't I give to charity more? And he's like, Well, I think the main thing is you don't know where the money goes. You kind of give it, it's a black box. You just sort of you hope something good's happening, but you never really feel the impact, see the impact. And so what he was doing was you know, if you donated, you get like a GPS tracker of exactly where in the world your thing was going. You would see the flow meter of how much water is coming from your well once it comes online.
And then he you know, for for people like Tony who were doing like a a full well, you know, he he would do these once in a lifetime type of things. You could go see it. Go see the place and go talk to the people who are like the beneficiaries of this. And I just think that that was such a unlock for him and why
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:01
2
What happened when Sam and Shaan met Tony Hawk in Ethiopia?
0:01–0:33
3
How did Tony Hawk turn skate parks into a sustainable business?
0:33–0:53
4
What is the real cost of achieving greatness in skateboarding?
0:53–1:29
5
How did Tony Hawk survive the financial scramble after the 900?
1:29–2:21
6
What was the story behind the creation of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater?
2:21–3:48
7
How did the video‑game franchise change Tony’s career and finances?
3:48–4:57
8
What lessons does Tony share about investing and entrepreneurship?
4:57–1:12:33