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Episode 648: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Flexport founder Ryan Petersen ( https://x.com/typesfast ) about playing both games: bootstrapping a startup to millions and raising venture capital to build a multi-billion dollar company. —Show Notes: (0:00) Import Genius(5:36) Paul Graham's superpower(9:34) Data-as-a-service framework(13:51) Charlie Munger's worldly wisdom(19:45) Prioritizing adventure(24:09) The paradox of wealth(28:51) Charlie Munger's student experiment(31:00) Negotiation masterclass(37:23) Inside Founders Fund(43:16) Being in a crowd v following a crowd(46:29) Highs and lows(48:52) "You can just do things"(50:16) Unseen arbitrages(53:00) $50M Phone booths—Links:• Flexport - https://www.flexport.com/ • Flexport on X - https://x.com/flexport • ImportGenius - https://www.importgenius.com/ • Schlep Blindness - https://paulgraham.com/schlep.html• Poor Charlie’s Almanack - https://www.stripe.press/poor-charlies-almanack • Founders Fund - https://foundersfund.com/ —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