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A high school dropout reveals how he built a $200M brand Sep 7, 2026 · 10 mentions

  • ▶ 0:44 Danny Yeung Then I ventured in hotel furniture business, import export from China into the U.S.
  • ▶ 14:15 Danny Yeung And I knew that one day we'll enter China, and the number eight will also work in China, right? 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 19:58 Shaan Puri Is the market in China or India for that pattern, like two big population places, is the, is the supplement market the same? 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 36:32 Danny Yeung And she was like, she doesn't know how to.

Steph Smith: “This opportunity is totally overlooked” Apr 14, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 23:25 Sam Parr And one of my favorite things to watch are in different European countries, as well as in China and, uh, parts of other, a few other countries in Asia, they make the inmates do exercise hour where like you have to like get out of the cell…

The Simplest Way To Make $1,000,000 Isn't Starting A Business (it's working in one of these 10) Mar 11, 2026 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 6:59 Shaan Puri You click it, and he's got a factory in China that's like the iPhone building factory, but it actually builds all of the subcomponents for this home, 7 times in the scene

From selling ACs to becoming the tourism king of Jamaica Feb 20, 2026 · 11 mentions

  • ▶ 20:50 Sam Parr Full trust in China, mid-COVID. 9 times in the scene
  • ▶ 32:13 Shaan Puri So the first one was the China one, which is you identify promise and potential early, and then you invest in that, and they do deliberate, intensive practice, and, you know, you, the, um, those people who had potential, um,
  • ▶ 37:10 Shaan Puri And this is why I thought the China thing is so interesting because.

Scott Galloway: Why I'm selling my American stocks Feb 16, 2026 · 5 mentions

The Most Important Founder You've Never Heard Of Jan 19, 2026 · 4 mentions

I Failed 12 Times Before Making My First Million (Here's Every Failure) Nov 19, 2025 · 1 mention

The High School Dropout Who Made Billions & Bought An NBA team Nov 5, 2025 · 1 mention

How two straight guys bought Grindr and made $2B Oct 13, 2025 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 2:36 Jeff Bonforte I think it's hypothetically true that if you have the servers located in China, and you're the Chinese government, and you wanted to watch, it's sort of like, if you know the answer to the question, you can use Grindr backwards.
  • ▶ 9:28 Jeff Bonforte They had this issue with the Chinese ownership.
  • ▶ 29:43 Sam Parr China has to sell this.

The App That’ll Be Bigger Than TikTok Oct 3, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 6:29 Sam Parr When you lived in China, did you, uh, I forget what they call them, but what are the apps that are like, I think it's WhatsApp is one of them, where they're like an everything app where.

He turned a broke team into a billion dollars Sep 26, 2025 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 5:38 Sam Parr There was, like, a dig to China night, and I read about this, or listened to it on the Acquired podcast, and they're like, so you, what did you do? 3 times in the scene

3 Wild Stories to Get You Hyped This Week Aug 18, 2025 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 15:20 Shaan Puri When the tariffs hit, and Trump started raising tariffs on all the countries, and you know, one country goes to 30%, and China goes to 150%, and, which is pretty crazy. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 25:08 Shaan Puri You know, for pennies from sketchy companies in India and China and Canada and Holland, and they would sell them in bulk.

How this dumb doll makes $2M per day Jul 9, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:33 Shaan Puri Yeah, so this is made by, this, these dolls are produced by a Chinese company called Popmark, and the maker for this guy, Wang Ning, he is now the 10th richest man in China.

The Side Hustle King: “I’m making $8K/DAY from easy businesses” Jun 18, 2025 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 12:29 Chris Koerner Results not guaranteed, but 20, 20, 21, China had canceled Bitcoin mining, right? 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 32:34 Shaan Puri So he was, he runs an AB test, and he says, you can either buy, buy the one that's sourced out of China, or you could buy the one that's sourced out of America.

How to Scale a Profitable Agency with 0 Employees (Using AI Agents) Jun 6, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 23:00 Matt Mazzeo Um, I got upset, so I'd spend a lot of time with the team at ByteDance, uh, and I, one of the, I used to spend, like, a few hours a month, and we would share notes on, like, what I saw coming in the US and what they saw coming out of… 2 times in the scene

Business Is Now On Easy Mode May 30, 2025 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 25:27 Greg Isenberg So, thank you, Manis, and, uh, the People's Republic of China.
  • ▶ 30:36 Sam Parr They should put like the Chinese emoji flag at the end, and that's like the symbol for gotcha. 2 times in the scene

The Most Valuable Skill For Any Founder May 5, 2025 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 7:57 Shaan Puri They get made in China. 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 50:46 George Mack So one trend that you're seeing right now is a rise in like nationalism, like people, America for America, um, Canada for Canada, China for China.

From making $6/week selling worms to making $110M+ Apr 15, 2025 · 1 mention

Are tariffs good or bad for founders? Apr 11, 2025 · 12 mentions

  • ▶ 4:04 Shaan Puri That's basically like a slam board where he's like, China, you're getting tariffed. 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 5:13 Shaan Puri So most of us manufacture in China, not because we're like, oh, I really want to have the lowest cost goods from China. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 12:43 Shaan Puri Like this is things, all the shirts made in China, all the toys are made in China. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 15:43 Shaan Puri Like, these are jobs China doesn't even want.

7 Wild Business Ideas for this $3 Trillion Dollar Frontier Apr 7, 2025 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 21:19 Will O'Brien Like they're building like these like ultra fast, like defense focused, like vehicles and like, they're, you know, gonna make the South China Sea a hellscape and make China now wanna cross that, um, that, that, that ocean and keep Taiwan…
  • ▶ 25:57 Will O'Brien And, and like, okay, like literally the, the, like the Chinese are literally publicly advertising these cutters that they have, these cable cutters, right? 3 times in the scene

6 under-the-radar trends (+ our business ideas) Mar 19, 2025 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 4:41 Shaan Puri So they all started in China, and they're Chinese companies, but they're big in the United States.
  • ▶ 11:01 Shaan Puri And so they, you know, ha, I guess half of China's internet users are watching these, what they call mini dramas.
  • ▶ 1:01:31 Shaan Puri Today, they're all Chinese apps.

5 Conversations that broke our frames this week Mar 12, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 24:14 Shaan Puri So, you know, if you're in China right now, like, choosing to join the English network is actually, like, a really powerful decision you can make that's gonna, like, completely change the trajectory of your, of your life, being able to do…

The insane story of Blake Scholl: the high school dropout who’s building supersonic jets Feb 11, 2025 · 10 mentions

  • ▶ 36:10 Shaan Puri And they're like, oh, all the manufacturing is in China, so they moved to China, but the hilarious thing is, 7 times in the scene
  • ▶ 46:04 Sam Parr And so basically there's a guy who comes from China. 3 times in the scene

Five $10M+ Ideas (from a guy who's done it 3 times) Jan 10, 2025 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 4:08 Sheel Mohnot And so I went to China for the first time in my life just to like figure this out. 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 16:44 Sheel Mohnot If you have a bunch of stuff in China and need to get it here, there's a bunch of steps required in between, and they'll help you do those steps. 2 times in the scene

The #1 Most Underrated Quality in an Entrepreneur Dec 18, 2024 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 19:52 Sam Parr Bhutan is in between India and China.
  • ▶ 29:49 Shaan Puri China has twenty billion.
  • ▶ 35:29 Shaan Puri They also lied to me and said my dog couldn't come and, and told me that China doesn't allow dogs, and later in life found out that was a huge lie. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 37:59 Shaan Puri So they bought it for a billion dollars being like, cool, we're just going to take the IMG brand and we're going to pop it up in China and India and, and all these different countries in order to, to, to get those types of students who are… 3 times in the scene

Unicorn Founder on Unseen Arbitrages, the Paradox of Wealth + Charlie Munger Wisdom Nov 11, 2024 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 3:29 Ryan Petersen I was living in China for a while and I would use Alibaba to find a factory that would show up at the factory and they weren't expecting people to just show up and it'd be like fake factory.
  • ▶ 17:24 Ryan Petersen I was bored out of my mind sometimes, and so I bought all these books and just started reading books like hours a day, every day.
  • ▶ 19:45 Shaan Puri You said you moved to China. 6 times in the scene

You Have 70 Days to Win the Year Oct 23, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 12:17 Sam Parr So a bachelor's in applied math from Harvard, a master's in applied math from Harvard, a PhD in public policy from Oxford, two masters from Stanford, a master's in entrepreneurship from Penn, a master's from Princeton, a law degree from…

Did the creator of Bitcoin just get unmasked? Oct 14, 2024 · 1 mention

10 Startups w/ Stock Grants That’ll Make You A Millionaire | Sara’s List 2024 Sep 13, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 50:12 Shaan Puri Most tech companies are like, we value diversity and balance, and we want, you know, well-rounded people and travel is like, yo, we're doing China in America. 2 times in the scene

The Top 0.1% Of Ideas I've Stumbled Upon On The Internet Aug 31, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 32:04 George Mack And you've got China and Japan on your doorstep, which historically not the friendliest, uh, people to have on your doorstep.

You Don’t Need A Mentor. Focus On THIS Instead Aug 12, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 6:25 Shaan Puri And she's like, I bet I can figure something out in China. 2 times in the scene

We Bet This App Idea Could Be Bigger Than Reddit Jul 19, 2024 · 3 mentions

3 Startup Ideas: Mouse Jigglers, Employee Monitoring Softwares and Photoshop Copycats Jul 12, 2024 · 1 mention

Our buddy sold his app for $200M in just 6 weeks?! Jul 10, 2024 · 1 mention

The Simple Newsletter Making $20M+ A Year With 1 Employee Jul 1, 2024 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 29:17 Kevin Van Trump Brazil's got a little bit of, they're down from a little bit, but China, like, so China right now hasn't been a buyer of U.S. new crop beans, haven't booked any, any cargos, which is unusual. 4 times in the scene

He Turned A $300/Mo Gardening Side Hustle Into $45 Million/Year | Kevin Espiritu Interview May 31, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 42:55 Kevin Espiritu And so there's just like a lot of, it's not like you're, you're selling like a rug or something like that, and you can just buy rugs from China and then sell the rugs to other people in America.

The 5 Most Interesting Billionaires Alive... May 15, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 50:13 Sam Parr This woman is like one of the top five most famous women in China, and he's engaged to her.

The AI App Doing $6M With 1 Employee Apr 30, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 19:33 Sam Parr I would have thought that this was, like, some Chinese app, because wasn't there a Chinese app recently that was like, here's what you would look like if you were better looking?

From PayPal Intern to Starting 4x Billion-Dollar Companies | Joe Lonsdale Interview Apr 26, 2024 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 2:30 Shaan Puri He gave the example of, oh, if there's like a trip to China, and I'm deciding, should I go to China?
  • ▶ 4:56 Joe Lonsdale But then you say, oh, normally I would trade this, but actually this is happening because, because China just like, you know, invaded this thing over here, so actually it's not a good time to do it.
  • ▶ 21:20 Joe Lonsdale So these are gonna sound a little crazy, but like I was pretty bullish on China, like, 15 years ago. 2 times in the scene

3 Anti-Comfort Businesses That Are Making Millions Apr 1, 2024 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 23:54 Shaan Puri And the niche that he chose is basically this guy's in China and opens up a college merch shop. 5 times in the scene

The Man Who Owns 1% Of ALL Bitcoin Mar 27, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:05:10 Anthony Pompliano People have been doing that for a while, uh, and they're specifically doing it in, like, China and the Middle East and stuff, but, uh, there's a world where, like, not only can they make it rain, but also if you can change the weather…

What Stock Would Warren Buffett Buy If He Started Over In 2024? Feb 12, 2024 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 12:31 Shaan Puri People don't, you know, if you go to China, people don't know the rules of football.
  • ▶ 23:18 Sam Parr They've, I don't, I think maybe one time they've done one event in China. 2 times in the scene

5 Internet Goldmines To Spot The Next $1B Trend | Steph Smith (#529) Dec 11, 2023 · 1 mention

If I Had To Make $1 Billion... Here’s The Business I Would Start Dec 8, 2023 · 2 mentions

From $0 to $100 Million In 3 Years Selling Cold Plunges (#527) Dec 6, 2023 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 39:59 Sam Parr So is it Chinese as in in China or for Chinese American, but Chinese content? 3 times in the scene

99 Years of Charlie Munger Wisdom in 52 Minutes (#525) Nov 30, 2023 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 36:06 Shaan Puri And, um, even better, if you signed up, you won, and then you, you, uh, made friends with the person, they would take you on this all expenses paid trip to China for a week to go meet, uh, Jack Ma, the CEO of Alibaba, or the founder of… 4 times in the scene

Brainstorming Ideas with The $200M Man | ft. Patrick Campbell (#519) Nov 16, 2023 · 2 mentions

4 Profitable Business Ideas That Men Are Sleeping On | ft. Codie Sanchez (#512) Oct 26, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 35:39 Codie Sanchez I'm, I'm definitely wrong on the number, but it's like a 150 to 200 bucks for this tiny little plastic egg that has to be created in, in China.

Wait, My Intern Became a 21-Year-Old Millionaire?? (#510) Oct 20, 2023 · 1 mention

This Hedge Fund Manager Got Away With Insider Trading… Then Made Billions (#509) Oct 19, 2023 · 5 mentions

Our 2020 Predictions For OpenAI Came True… Here’s What’s Next (#508) Oct 17, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 33:17 Sam Parr They're mostly doing it because they don't like China, not because necessarily.

How Dave Ramsey Built A $300M/Year Media Empire (#428) Mar 9, 2023 · 1 mention

Andrew Tate's 3rd Month in Prison, Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury, & Covid Lab Leak Theory (#426) Mar 3, 2023 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 8:34 Shaan Puri There, there's a, I remember back when this first started, it was basically considered racist to say that the virus might've leaked from the lab in China. 2 times in the scene

The Boys React: Tech Layoffs, IG Founder Starts A New Company & More Tech News (#415) Feb 3, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 5:23 Shaan Puri And I think it's a good case to be in to say, yo, this actually already works in China and Japan.

How This OnlyFans Model Built A $40 Million Business Empire (#383) Nov 8, 2022 · 1 mention

From Flipping iPhones To Selling Oculus For $2 Billion To Facebook | Palmer Luckey (#378) Oct 25, 2022 · 9 mentions

  • ▶ 1:02:30 Palmer Luckey But now, I mean, whether you're talking about Google or in particular Apple, I mean, Apple's got 95% of their manufacturing in China. 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:15:56 Palmer Luckey More importantly, what do you think China's going to do? 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:24:51 Palmer Luckey We agree that the United States needs to have the tools that deter Russia, China, and other aggressors from getting into fights with our partners and allies.
  • ▶ 1:28:37 Sam Parr You're got your, your, I don't know what your status is on China.

9 Business Ideas To Profit From The 2022 A.I. Gold Rush (Using Dall-E & GPT3) (#376) Oct 18, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:08:06 Shaan Puri This guy was at a dinner in Davos and, um, he's, uh, he's, he's, he's there, you know, and he's, um, people are talking about this virus coming out of China.

How To Get Started With Building An Audience in 2022 (#373) Oct 12, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 14:56 Shaan Puri I think it's like sort of like somewhere between 10 and twenty million people in the US, but then it also was, it got shared like crazy on Instagram and it shared in China, like some big Chinese, like social media influencers were posting…

This Guy Went From $0 to Billionaire By Starting A Toy Factory In China (#372) Oct 11, 2022 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 2:38 Shaan Puri And so, and they're in a very small city in China. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 12:15 Shaan Puri So I moved to China. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 17:36 Shaan Puri And so they, they have this set and it like, looks like you, you went to, you know, when you go to like KFC in like China 2 times in the scene

How Successful Startups Got Their First 1000 Customers (Uber, Product Hunt & More) (#362) Sep 15, 2022 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 55:32 Sam Parr I found this laser online, this laser pointer online that's so strong that they made it illegal in America, and if you shine something, like a piece of paper, it catches, it catches fire, and you can't have it because it reaches jets in… 2 times in the scene

We Hosted A Shark Tank For Tech Startups | My First Million Demo Day (#356) Aug 31, 2022 · 1 mention

Find Profitable Business Ideas By Studying Weird Trends Mar 22, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:24 Shaan Puri Actually, before that, before it got to the warehouse, it was on a boat in a container, like sailing from fucking China on a boat with human beings just living on the boat as it sails for months, you know, two months to the coast.

Ryan Holiday On The Economics Of Book Publishing Feb 8, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 16:51 Ryan Holiday They would be much cheaper for me to make them in, in large books, like from China.

The Story of Dark Web Kingpin Ross Ulbricht Dec 29, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 22:12 Sam Parr It was developed in the early 2000 by the U S Navy because they wanted a way for officials who are in North Korea or in China to be able to use the internet and not be tracked.

This Year's Best Twitter Accounts to Follow Dec 21, 2021 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 40:15 Sam Parr Is there such a thing as this for China? 7 times in the scene
  • ▶ 51:06 Shaan Puri And he'll say, look, there was actually a lot of leverage in China and those got liquidated and that's what drove the price down.
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