The Cashflow King: “Here’s How I Do It”, Negotiating w/ Jeff Bezos, Elon’s Cracked Rocket

Use Sam's secret growth sauce: get more traffic for your biz with HubSpot's Free Landing Page Builder 🔥 https://clickhubspot.com/pgt Episode 564: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Jason Fried about his 6-Week Sprint playbook, how he’s planning for the end of subscription revenue, and what it’s like to have Jeff Bezos as an investor. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:15) Long term planning is a fantasy (8:13) The 6-Week Sprint Playbook (14:12) Using 'no' as a precision instrument (16:02) Does Jason regret selling We Work Remotely? (18:04) Cash flow king (23:48) Taking money from Jeff Bezos (31:16) Who does Jason admire? (35:00) Non-recurring revenue is back (38:51) The Founder Letter Launch strategy (45:45) Campfire v. Slack (52:28) Pile on the wackier stuff early (in life and business) (55:13) Taking financial risks that don't put you at risk (58:58) Where does Jason spend his profits? — Links: • Jason on Twitter - https://twitter.com/jasonfried • Rework - https://tinyurl.com/38mfc66n • 37Signals - https://37signals.com/ • Basecamp - https://basecamp.com/ • We Work Remotely - https://weworkremotely.com/ • Once - http://once.com/ — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire global talent (like Shaan does) and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than their US equivalents. — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth 💰 Pitch your startup for a shot at a $1M investment with Sam Parr as the MC https://clickhubspot.com/pitch My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano