business

7 statements across 7 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Sep 3, 2021 by Sam Parr · across every show →

Everything said about business, oldest first

Sep 3, 2021 neutral
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Parr: Employee raises must be justified by increased business output
“Our business is a machine and like humans are like part of the input. Humans effort are part of the input. And you're asking me for a raise right now. I think that the money that you were paid Like breaks even. So like we put money into this machine, we put th…”
Sam Parr Sep 3, 2021 ▶ 59:49 Why Today Is the Day to Ask For a Raise | My First Million #216
Oct 20, 2021 positive
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Wilkinson: Building a business is a hack to meet interesting people
“The cool thing about business is you get to meet interesting people. Like business is just a hack, right? So like if you're interested in health, you figure out like a health business, you suddenly can meet all the most interesting people in that world.”
Andrew Wilkinson Oct 20, 2021 ▶ 3:05 Dopamine Fasts, Cruise Ship Investing, and Elon vs Bezos with Andrew Wilkinson, Co-Founder of Tiny
Aug 19, 2024 positive
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Parr says building interesting companies requires enduring constant confrontation and tension
“To do anything interesting in life, whether it's business or whatever, It involves confrontation, and it involves tension a lot of times. That is such an uncomfortable feeling, but it's sort of like working out, where it's like, you've got to do that to make…”
Sam Parr Aug 19, 2024 ▶ 36:46 Is This The End Of The Pod?
Oct 8, 2024 neutral
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Gil: 90% of the time, startup success depends on one core variable
“I think 90% of the time plus it's, it boils down To have one area of belief or maybe one thing that you just need to see happen in the business to believe that everything else will fall into place.”
Elad Gil Oct 8, 2024 ▶ 8:43 How Silicon Valley’s Most Prolific Investor Picks Unicorns | Elad Gil Interview
Jun 25, 2025 positive
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Puri: Viewing business as a sport explains why wealthy founders keep working
“If you think about business not as a mechanism to make money, but as a sport you play, then it's like, oh, of course, just because you're great at tennis and you won a tournament doesn't mean you'll stop playing tennis. Why would you do that? That's your sport…”
Shaan Puri Jun 25, 2025 ▶ 6:56 Business as a sport, Surge AI, and Waymo vs. Robotaxi
Dec 8, 2025 positive
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Sam Parr: Scaling from $10M to $100M comes down to systems and hiring
“The difference between ten million and a hundred million a year business oftentimes is systems. So I think it typically comes down to hiring great people and creating great systems.”
Sam Parr Dec 8, 2025 ▶ 2:24 if you didn't make progress in 2025, watch the first 10 minutes.
Sep 4, 2026 positive
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Sam Parr: Nearly every business can reach $5M to $10M in revenue
“I think that most every business can get to five or ten million in revenue in some capacity, given enough time.”
Sam Parr Sep 4, 2026 ▶ 6:30 How to use your "useless” hobby to make money
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