Episode
Paul English: How He Built And Sold 6 Companies And Why He Believes Irritation Becomes Inspiration
44:37
Published: Fri Dec 09 2022
Description
Episode 394: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk with entrepreneur and Kayak co-founder, Paul English (@englishpaulm) about his latest business ideas, his famous missed investments, how to become a strong recruiter, and why he wants to create Twitter's competitor. ----- Links: * Paul English * Boston Venture Studio * Middle * Bipolar Social Club * 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. ------ Show Notes: (00:25) - switched jobs for a day (07:05) - who did you know before they met success (13:45) - become an excellent recruiter (20:25) - starting a company easier now? (28:15) - Irritation becomes inspiration (30:55) - Ideas he's working on (34:10) - Bipolar disorder ----- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more. ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: • #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits • #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future • #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto * #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett • #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates • Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
Chapters
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Summary
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EpisodePaul English: How He Built And Sold 6 Companies And Why He Believes Irritation Becomes Inspiration
PodcastMy First Million
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EpisodePaul English: How He Built And Sold 6 Companies And Why He Believes Irritation Becomes Inspiration
PodcastMy First Million
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EpisodePaul English: How He Built And Sold 6 Companies And Why He Believes Irritation Becomes Inspiration
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EpisodePaul English: How He Built And Sold 6 Companies And Why He Believes Irritation Becomes Inspiration
PodcastMy First Million
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EpisodePaul English: How He Built And Sold 6 Companies And Why He Believes Irritation Becomes Inspiration
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EpisodePaul English: How He Built And Sold 6 Companies And Why He Believes Irritation Becomes Inspiration
PodcastMy First Million
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EpisodePaul English: How He Built And Sold 6 Companies And Why He Believes Irritation Becomes Inspiration
PodcastMy First Million
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EpisodePaul English: How He Built And Sold 6 Companies And Why He Believes Irritation Becomes Inspiration
PodcastMy First Million
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EpisodePaul English: How He Built And Sold 6 Companies And Why He Believes Irritation Becomes Inspiration
PodcastMy First Million
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EpisodePaul English: How He Built And Sold 6 Companies And Why He Believes Irritation Becomes Inspiration
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Summary
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