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The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team

2025-11-05 · 49 min · 29 entities

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  • → references joinhampton.com website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://joinhampton.com/
  • → references ideationbootcamp.co website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://ideationbootcamp.co/
  • → references copythat.com website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://copythat.com/
  • → references shaanpuri.com website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://shaanpuri.com/
  • → references Wealth website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://joinhampton.com/wealth
  • → references samslist.co website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": http://samslist.co/
  • → references ShaanVP⁠ website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://x.com/ShaanVP%E2%81%A0
  • → references qualtrics.com website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://qualtrics.com/
  • → references Jazz website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://nba.com/jazz

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  • mentioned joinhampton.com website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://joinhampton.com/
  • mentioned ideationbootcamp.co website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://ideationbootcamp.co/
  • mentioned copythat.com website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://copythat.com/
  • mentioned shaanpuri.com website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://shaanpuri.com/
  • mentioned Wealth website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://joinhampton.com/wealth
  • mentioned samslist.co website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": http://samslist.co/
  • mentioned ShaanVP⁠ website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://x.com/ShaanVP%E2%81%A0
  • mentioned qualtrics.com website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://qualtrics.com/
  • mentioned Jazz website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://nba.com/jazz
  • references joinhampton.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://joinhampton.com/
  • references ideationbootcamp.co website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://ideationbootcamp.co/
  • references copythat.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://copythat.com/
  • references shaanpuri.com website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://shaanpuri.com/
  • references Wealth website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://joinhampton.com/wealth
  • references samslist.co website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": http://samslist.co/
  • references ShaanVP⁠ website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://x.com/ShaanVP%E2%81%A0
  • references qualtrics.com website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://qualtrics.com/
  • references Jazz website
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    Link in episode "The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team": https://nba.com/jazz

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  • 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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    Feed category: Business
  • discusses Investing concept
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    Feed category: Investing
  • discusses Entrepreneurship concept
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    Feed category: Entrepreneurship
  • mentioned NBA concept
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    NBA

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  • mentioned HubSpot company
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  • mentioned Hubspot Media company
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    Feed author/publisher: Hubspot Media
  • hosted by HubSpot company
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  • hosted by Hubspot Media company
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Episode description as stored
Get the guide to build your own unicorn billion dollar biz: https://clickhubspot.com/fgk Episode 761: Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) sits down with Ryan Smith ( https://x.com/ryanqualtrics ) – the high school dropout who built an $8B company and bought an NBA team. — Show Notes: (0:00) 1.9 GPA to $2B (9:47) Starting Qualtrics (14:02) Focus (24:00)  How to be top 1% at sales (26:17) Turning down $500M (31:37) Working backwards (3814) Buying an NBA team (43:51)  The 9 most important minutes of the day — Links: • Qualtrics - https://www.qualtrics.com/ • Utah Jazz - https://www.nba.com/jazz/ — 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