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
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…”
Oct 20, 2021 positive
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.”
Aug 19, 2024 positive
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…”
Oct 8, 2024 neutral
Jun 25, 2025 positive
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…”
Dec 8, 2025 positive