Building A 100+ Year Legacy + Peter Thiel’s Fellowship + Bomb Hiring Questions
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Episode 623: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the underrated philanthropy style of Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Alfred Nobel. MFM Scholarship: Apply for $10K to start The Onion For College - https://www.shaanpuri.com/collegepaper — Show Notes:  (0:00) Alfred Nobel's $266M Legacy (6:06) Competitions vs. Trusts (15:28) Idea: XPRIZE but for companies (19:15) Shaan’s Prize: Win $10K to start a college paper (23:07) How Barstool Sports started (26:47) Peter Thiel’s contrarian philanthropy (32:30) Elon Musks sexy indifference (37:22) Interview questions designed to repel and attract (44:25) Be a harsh grader of people (47:49) Great people are great in the first 2 weeks — Links: • Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm • Nobel Peace Prize - https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/ • XPRIZE - https://www.xprize.org/ • Darpa - https://www.darpa.mil/ • Vesuvius Challenge - https://scrollprize.org/ • Kaggle - https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ • Thiel Foundation - https://www.thielfoundation.org/ • Musk Foundation - https://www.muskfoundation.org/ — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd — 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 • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ 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
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