Show Notes
Episode 673: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Nick Mowbray ( https://x.com/NMowbray23 ), the founder of the most profitable toy company in the world.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Selling DIY hot air balloons door-to-door
(5:57) First product
(21:32) $30M David Beckham Tamagotchi fail
(30:18) Nightball
(36:18) Robofish
(41:43) Diapers
(48:44) Shampoo, pet food, confectionary, supplements, home products
(1:00:07) Zurutech - a self-funded moonshot
(1:03:28) Serial entrepreneur flywheel
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Links:
• Zuru - https://zurutoys.com/
• Zuru Tech - https://zuru.tech/
• Boom Supersonic - https://boomsupersonic.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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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/
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