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Our buddy sold his app for $200M in just 6 weeks?!

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πŸ“ˆ Steal the playbook on how to spot business trends: https://clickhubspot.com/mln Episode 607: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Dan Porter ( https://x.com/tfadp ) about selling his app for $200M after just 6 weeks plus stories about Richard Branson, Ari Emmanuel & building cult brands. β€” Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:29) Story behind OMGPop gaming company (5:23)Creating viral mobile game Draw My Thing (now Draw Something) (12:02) 25 million users a day, 1 million drawings every 5 seconds (24:10) Zynga bought the game for $200M 6 weeks after launch (32:30) The real power of money (38:32) Working with Richard Branson and Ari Emmanuel (47:44) Building Overtime (creating a brand that is part of culture) (52:28) The Travis Scott effect (1:06:45) Dan's life advice β€” Links: β€’ Overtime - https://overtimeelite.com/ β€” Check Out Shaan's Stuff: β€’ Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com β€’ 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. β€” Check Out Sam's Stuff: β€’ Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ β€’ Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ β€’ Copy That - https://copythat.com β€’ Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth β€’ 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

Top Comments (10)

@eugeniocg3079 2024-07-10

Biggest takeaways: - The most powerful people are the ones that know how to give up power - The more you can simplify it, the more it's available for everyone will resonate - Lean more into the authentic rather than the learned

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@TheRideStartsNow 2024-07-10

Jack of all trades, master of none, though often times better than master of one.Β  Great episode fellas!

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@munjikahalah 2024-07-11

The raw story telling and being honest about his experience is ELITE. Most guests sometimes hide so many key points, but Dan does an amazing job at keeping it real.

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@nyustdent 2024-07-10

this guy is so awesome. actually re-hired people back so they can make money from the zynga deal

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@dworsham4540 2024-07-31

Sold his TicketWeb company in 2000 for $40 million, but he says in this interview that he was "just doing ok" (paraphrasing) while building Draw Something

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@garypick 2024-07-21

The idea of a value-tracker should be incorporated into every app to remind people of the value they are getting. Best idea I've heard all day.

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@DidierPeroni 2024-07-11

This guy has strong Jerry Seinfeld vibes.

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@howtoactuallyinvest 2024-07-17

Draw Something was one of my fav games of all time

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@dev_alade 2024-07-11

Shaan rocking the buildspace hoodie ❀❀❀

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@MichaelTimmons1991 2024-07-21

Really appreciated what he did for his employees during the sale.

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