Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates | My First Million #218

No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd - In this episode Sam (@theSamParr) and Shaan (@ShaanVP) talk about what Shaan has learned over the last week by taking a Bill Gates-inspired week off to dive deep into crypto. They also talk about Wilbur Wright, identifying stories from your work experiences, and who they follow in real estate Twitter. They close it out talking about a Twitter thread with a different take on levels of wealth and then potential solutions to Sam's occasional panic attack. --------- * Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ * Support the pod by spreading the word, become a referrer here: https://refer.fm/million * Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas. — 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 --------- Show notes: * (0:00) The backstory of Wilbur Wright * (7:56) First, last, best, worst, weirdest * (11:16) Sell the story * (15:34) Real estate Twitter * (27:49) Opportunities for niche content creators * (31:05) Shaan's think week is crypto week * (35:17) Meet Andre * (37:43) Observations from crypto week * (41:10) #1 - crypto dev tools * (42:46) #2 - NFT research tools * (46:00) Shaan's take on NFTs * (56:33) Levels of wealth thread * (1:04:36) Parallels to Naval and financial freedom * (1:12:56) Panic attacks ----- Check out our website for more business ideas: https://mfmpod.link/i1z Subscribe to the podcast if you’d like to listen instead: https://mfmpod.link/1tv