entrepreneur
also referred to as: entrepreneurs
24 statements across 21 episodes · 8 bullish · 4 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Mar 19, 2021 by Sam Parr · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2024 · across every show →
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Mar 19, 2021 neutral
Mar 19, 2021
Shaan Puri: Find B2B startup ideas by targeting growing corporate budget lines
“So if you're out there as an entrepreneur trying to figure out Where can I build a company where there's, I don't want to just guess on demand. This is one way. You go talk to somebody who's in charge, you figure out what they're, what's stressing them out, wh…”
May 26, 2021 bullish
Shaan Puri: Founders with moderate exits are the most dangerous entrepreneurs
“That entrepreneur who's done that is the most dangerous entrepreneur because they have enough money where the next thing they chase, they're going to go bigger. But they didn't get enough where they're just satisfied and going to go chill on the couch or on an…”
Jun 1, 2022
Sonnenfeldt: Business profits disguise founders' poor investing skills
“Many people think they're great investors because when they own a business, if they make an investment, they have to talk about it at a cocktail party, and if they lose money on an investment, it gets swept under the carpet because the business itself is profi…”
Jun 1, 2022
Sonnenfeldt: The traits that make great entrepreneurs make them mediocre investors
“It turns out that what it takes to be a great entrepreneur might qualify you to be a mediocre investor. When you're an entrepreneur, you focus on a single opportunity. You're highly emotional about it. You give it everything you can. When you're an investor, y…”
Jun 1, 2022
Sonnenfeldt: Founders systematically overestimate their skills after their first exit
“Many people systematically overestimate their own skills when they've been successful. And there's a real comeuppance that after they sell their first successful business, They assume they'll be successful in the next one, and they get their clock handed to th…”
Jul 28, 2022 bullish
The digital romance fiction niche lacks competition because serious entrepreneurs avoid it
“There's so little competition because most, most serious people could never bring themselves to do this. So it's just, you're going to compete with the other not so serious people that are out there on earth.”
Oct 11, 2022 positive
Shaan Puri: It is easier to out-earn taxes than compromise lifestyle
“It's easier to make more for a guy like guys like us than it is to adjust your lifestyle to try to save more. I find it, I would rather work harder to make more money than change my lifestyle in a way that I feel like I'm making some compromise in order to sav…”
Nov 22, 2022 positive
Johnson: Entrepreneurs must prioritize liquid cash over illiquid investments
“Cash is king. Like don't put your money in anything that's going to be illiquid. So there's been times in the past couple of years where I desperately needed cash and it was not, I didn't have liquid levels that I wanted it. And so liquidity for entrepreneurs …”
Jan 24, 2023 negative
Ali: Telling acquirers you are not for sale often gets you disqualified
“When you ask an entrepreneur if they want to sell their business, entrepreneurs are told to say, no, I do not want to sell my business. And they expect that the buyer is going to come over the top and say, even if you don't want to sell your business, we're su…”
Sep 7, 2023 neutral
Nov 27, 2023 neutral
Puri: For wellness founders, customer belief in products trumps scientific truth
“And I'm not even saying that this is all BS. Like maybe it's all true. Maybe it's all false. I have no idea. But they believe it's true. And as an entrepreneur, that's all that matters is that there are people that, that are all bought in, like they are bought…”
Jun 25, 2024
Suby: Satisfy entrepreneurial restlessness within core business, not new ventures
“The big sin that I made early on in my career is I looked at scratching that itch Through other business opportunities and other like things when what I do now is I'm present that that is the law of gravity. I'm always going to want to do new and novel things,…”
Jun 28, 2024 neutral
Sam Parr: 70% of Wealthy Founders Endured Miserable Grinds for Money
“If I had to guess, 60 to 70% Of the people who we know who we would consider wealthy enough that money doesn't really matter, probably made money in a way that looking back, they were like, that was really hard and miserable. And I don't think I can do that ag…”
Jul 8, 2024 positive
Sep 18, 2024
Parr: Branding Exercises Are Unimportant for First-Time Founders
“I think that for most entrepreneurs who are like new, I think that branding and some of these exercises aren't terribly important, but I think that if you have a proven track record where you're like this person executes well and they execute. When you have th…”
Oct 30, 2024 negative
Parr: Post-Exit Founders Rush Into Bad Projects Like Horny Teenagers
“When you make a lot of money, you get bored. And because of that, you start kind of, it's like falling in love with someone when you're, like, really horny. It's like, dude, you don't actually love that person. You know what I mean? Like, don't actually do it.…”
Dec 18, 2024 positive
Apr 15, 2025 positive
May 2, 2025 positive
Puri: Great founders are past-ignorant, present-realistic, and future-delusional
“I think a great entrepreneur's mindset is
They're ignorant of the past because it's already done.
If they live there, they'll die there.
And if you just stay stuck on, well, I've been failing for five years, you know, then you will feel like a failure and you …”
Nov 17, 2025
Apr 9, 2026 negative
Entrepreneurs who get too comfortable lose relatability, just like rich comedians
“As an entrepreneur, if your life gets too comfortable, you lose your ability to spot problems. It's like comedians. When comedians get too rich, they fall off a cliff because they don't have relatable jokes anymore because their life is completely unrelatable …”
Apr 14, 2026 neutral