We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets

2025-02-26 · 79 min · 27 entities

episode page audio

Asserted relationships

→ references Hatching Twitter book

0.71 · ×2

evidence rules-v5
x.com/nickbilton ), investigative journalist and author of American Kingpin and Hatching Twitter. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (7:03) Inside a criminal mind (12:57) Gettin
→ references American Kingpin book

0.70 · ×2

evidence rules-v5
ick Bilton ( https://x.com/nickbilton ), investigative journalist and author of American Kingpin and Hatching Twitter. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (7:03) Inside a criminal
→ discusses Business company

0.40 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Business
→ discusses Entrepreneurship website

0.40 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Entrepreneurship
→ discusses Investing concept

0.40 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Investing
→ hosted by HubSpot company

0.40 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Feed author/publisher: Hubspot
→ hosted by Hubspot Media company

0.40 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Feed author/publisher: Hubspot Media
→ references joinhampton.com website

0.38 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": https://joinhampton.com/
→ references ideationbootcamp.co website

0.38 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": https://ideationbootcamp.co/
→ references copythat.com website

0.38 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": https://copythat.com/
→ references shaanpuri.com website

0.38 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": https://shaanpuri.com/
→ references Wealth website

0.38 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": https://joinhampton.com/wealth
→ references samslist.co website

0.38 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": http://samslist.co/

Entities found in this episode

websites 14

mentioned Entrepreneurship website

0.50 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Entrepreneurship
mentioned joinhampton.com website

0.45 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": https://joinhampton.com/
mentioned ideationbootcamp.co website

0.45 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": https://ideationbootcamp.co/
mentioned copythat.com website

0.45 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": https://copythat.com/
mentioned shaanpuri.com website

0.45 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": https://shaanpuri.com/
mentioned Wealth website

0.45 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": https://joinhampton.com/wealth
mentioned samslist.co website

0.45 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": http://samslist.co/
discusses Entrepreneurship website

0.40 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Entrepreneurship
references joinhampton.com website

0.38 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": https://joinhampton.com/
references ideationbootcamp.co website

0.38 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": https://ideationbootcamp.co/
references copythat.com website

0.38 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": https://copythat.com/
references shaanpuri.com website

0.38 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": https://shaanpuri.com/
references Wealth website

0.38 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": https://joinhampton.com/wealth
references samslist.co website

0.38 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Link in episode "We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets": http://samslist.co/

companys 6

mentioned HubSpot company

0.70 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Feed author/publisher: Hubspot
mentioned Hubspot Media company

0.70 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Feed author/publisher: Hubspot Media
mentioned Business company

0.50 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Business
discusses Business company

0.40 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Business
hosted by HubSpot company

0.40 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Feed author/publisher: Hubspot
hosted by Hubspot Media company

0.40 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Feed author/publisher: Hubspot Media

books 5

mentioned Hatching Twitter book

0.83 · ×2

evidence rules-v5
x.com/nickbilton ), investigative journalist and author of American Kingpin and Hatching Twitter. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (7:03) Inside a criminal mind (12:57) Gettin
mentioned American Kingpin book

0.83 · ×2

evidence rules-v5
ick Bilton ( https://x.com/nickbilton ), investigative journalist and author of American Kingpin and Hatching Twitter. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (7:03) Inside a criminal
mentioned American Kingpin and Hatching Twitter book

0.72 · ×2

evidence rules-v4
author of American Kingpin and Hatching Twitter
references Hatching Twitter book

0.71 · ×2

evidence rules-v5
x.com/nickbilton ), investigative journalist and author of American Kingpin and Hatching Twitter. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (7:03) Inside a criminal mind (12:57) Gettin
references American Kingpin book

0.70 · ×2

evidence rules-v5
ick Bilton ( https://x.com/nickbilton ), investigative journalist and author of American Kingpin and Hatching Twitter. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (7:03) Inside a criminal

concepts 2

mentioned Investing concept

0.50 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Investing
discusses Investing concept

0.40 · ×4

evidence rules-v4
Feed category: Investing

Episode description as stored

Episode 680: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Nick Bilton ( https://x.com/nickbilton ), investigative journalist and author of American Kingpin and Hatching Twitter. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (7:03) Inside a criminal mind (12:57) Getting people to open up (20:49) The real story behind Twitter (29:40) The auras of Trump, Bezos, Musk (33:13) Becoming a journalist (37:24) Steve Jobs' reality distortion field (43:16) Who has it all in Silicon Valley? (49:43) Being a professional asshole (57:56) Nick's next story (1:03:38) Storytelling — Links: • American Kingpin - https://tinyurl.com/yckc6smh • Hatching Twitter - https://tinyurl.com/3ah2j9ym — 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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano