5 ruthless business lessons from one week in NYC
My First Million
Jul 07
5 ruthless business lessons from one week in NYC
5 ruthless business lessons from one week in NYC

My First Million
Jul 07
Shownote
Shownote
Sam's guide to run your life like a $100M business:
https://clickhubspot.com/krhd [https://clickhubspot.com/krhd]
Episode 839: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr [https://x.com/theSamParr] )
and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) talk about
everything Shaan learned from his NYC trip.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Lesson: Proximity
(9:11) Lesson: What does it really mean?
(23:04) Lesson: Trust
(18:53) Lesson: City Brands
(33:39) Lesson: Marketing
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Links:
• Ben Wilson’s GoFundMe - https://t.co/kJN7pArRIO [https://t.co/kJN7pArRIO]
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• Hampton (joinhampton.com [http://joinhampton.com]): My community for founders.
Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after
it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm [http://joinhampton.com/mfm]
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com [https://www.shaanpuri.com]
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• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can
too: http://mercury.com/ [http://mercury.com/]
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Members FDIC
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Highlights
Highlights
In this episode, Sam Parr and Shaan Puri unpack the business and life lessons Shaan gathered during a trip to New York City. They explore how physical proximity, personal trust, and sharp marketing create real value in a world of distractions and AI-generated noise.
Chapters
Chapters
Why a fancy office might be killing your creative edge
00:00How to spot and pick up 'social slack' in any room
08:27The power of a brand: from city culture to team identity
19:34Why personal trust is your most valuable asset in a fake world
26:06Marketing secrets from NYC: storytelling, positioning, and owning one word
34:57Transcript
Transcript
Shaan Puri: Okay, I just got back from New York. I was there for a week. It was probably the most fun business trip of my life. And I wrote down five bullet points I have here that I think we could dive into. And the first one I want to dive into is.
Sam ...