Episode
Fitness Hotels, Steel-Manning, and Why the Creator Economy is Overhyped
1:19:23
Published: Thu Dec 09 2021
Description
Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) discuss new business ideas including building a fitness hotel, the mental model of building a steel man argument, and why the creator economy might be overhyped. _____ * 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. _____ Links: * Click here to find out if you won $1,000 from the review giveaway: https://youtu.be/xsaO0H-0wg0 * If you won, please contact [email protected] Show Notes: (00:54) - Announcing review contest winners and. introducing the clips contest (04:50) - Recapping the Noah Kagan episode (12:30) - Steel-manning (16:05) - Why speech and debate nerds end up successful (27:39) - RockAuto.com (33:00) - Why Sam is going to start a fitness hotel (38:00) - ManualsLib.com (43:57) - Why dentists are some of the top creators on YouTube (46:00) - Why the creator economy is overhyped (01:13:35) - Dane Cook's amazing growth hack
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