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How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business

2025-11-24 · 74 min · 28 entities

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    Feed category: Business
  • → discusses Investing concept
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    Feed category: Investing
  • → discusses Entrepreneurship concept
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    Feed category: Entrepreneurship
  • → hosted by HubSpot company
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    Feed author/publisher: Hubspot
  • → hosted by Hubspot Media company
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    Feed author/publisher: Hubspot Media
  • → references joinhampton.com website
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    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://joinhampton.com/
  • → references ideationbootcamp.co website
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    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://ideationbootcamp.co/
  • → references copythat.com website
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    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://copythat.com/
  • → references shaanpuri.com website
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    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://shaanpuri.com/
  • → references Wealth website
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    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://joinhampton.com/wealth
  • → references samslist.co website
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    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": http://samslist.co/
  • → references ShaanVP⁠ website
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    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://x.com/ShaanVP%E2%81%A0
  • → references TheSamParr⁠ website
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    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://x.com/theSamParr%E2%81%A0
  • → references ring.com website
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    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://ring.com/

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websites 18

  • mentioned joinhampton.com website
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    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://joinhampton.com/
  • mentioned ideationbootcamp.co website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://ideationbootcamp.co/
  • mentioned copythat.com website
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    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://copythat.com/
  • mentioned shaanpuri.com website
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    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://shaanpuri.com/
  • mentioned Wealth website
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    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://joinhampton.com/wealth
  • mentioned samslist.co website
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    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": http://samslist.co/
  • mentioned ShaanVP⁠ website
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    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://x.com/ShaanVP%E2%81%A0
  • mentioned TheSamParr⁠ website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://x.com/theSamParr%E2%81%A0
  • mentioned ring.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://ring.com/
  • references joinhampton.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://joinhampton.com/
  • references ideationbootcamp.co website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://ideationbootcamp.co/
  • references copythat.com website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://copythat.com/
  • references shaanpuri.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://shaanpuri.com/
  • references Wealth website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://joinhampton.com/wealth
  • references samslist.co website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": http://samslist.co/
  • references ShaanVP⁠ website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://x.com/ShaanVP%E2%81%A0
  • references TheSamParr⁠ website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://x.com/theSamParr%E2%81%A0
  • references ring.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business": https://ring.com/

concepts 6

  • mentioned Business concept
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    Feed category: Business
  • mentioned Investing concept
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    Feed category: Investing
  • mentioned Entrepreneurship concept
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    Feed category: Entrepreneurship
  • discusses Business concept
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    evidence rules-v4
    Feed category: Business
  • discusses Investing concept
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    evidence rules-v4
    Feed category: Investing
  • discusses Entrepreneurship concept
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    evidence rules-v4
    Feed category: Entrepreneurship

companys 4

  • mentioned HubSpot company
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    Feed author/publisher: Hubspot
  • mentioned Hubspot Media company
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    Feed author/publisher: Hubspot Media
  • hosted by HubSpot company
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    Feed author/publisher: Hubspot
  • hosted by Hubspot Media company
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    Feed author/publisher: Hubspot Media
Episode description as stored
Get the cheat sheet: Jamie's 5 steps to build a $1B product from a $200 idea: https://clickhubspot.com/ajn Episode 768: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Ring founder Jamie Siminoff ( https://x.com/JamieSiminoff ) about the wild story of building and selling Ring–plus business ideas he thinks someone should go after.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:47) Selling Ring for $1.15B (6:48) Getting sued by ADT (17:18) Working with Jeff Bezos (19:29) $400M to $4B (24:02) Getting the wire (26:44) Money v freedom (28:29) Rule 1: Start with the problem (30:02) Rule 2: Little solution, massive market (33:31) Idea: Modern bug control ($5-10B idea) (40:35) Rule 3: The snowball approach (43:54) Ding Dong and other must reads (46:32) The Tom Brady philosophy on hiring (51:33) The too hard pile (54:25) Stickwithitness (56:14) Last mile marketing (58:08) Rebuilding a town — Links: • Ding Dong - https://tinyurl.com/3zrsjete  • Ring - https://ring.com/  — 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 — 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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //