These Are Some Of Silicon Valley's Craziest Startup Scams

No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd - Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about Fast and why the company has imploded, other scams like uBiome and Trust No One, and then they play a game called "genius or idiot?" — 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 ----- Links: * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBiome * Fast/Jet ski video: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tampabayedc_tampabaybiz-econdev-makeittampabay-activity-6828374454192750592-dJIq/ * Trust No One: https://www.netflix.com/title/81349029 ----- Show Notes: (00:30) - Update on Marathon Ranch (01:15) - The uBiome fraud (07:55) - The Trust No One scam (22:35) - Fast's implosion (45:40) - Elon buys Twitter (50:20) - Logan Paul at Wrestlemania (55:05) - Developing the skill of spending money