India

11 statements across 9 episodes · 7 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Mar 13, 2020 by Shaan Puri · said 239 times in 80 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Mar 13, 2020 neutral
Insight
Email contact-import viral loops still work exceptionally well in emerging markets
“In India, people still open it like they did in the U.S. 10 years ago, and they forward even higher rates. They don't care. They'll forward everything to everybody. And so, India, Turkey, all these little countries where we would see this crazy growth that you…”
Shaan Puri Mar 13, 2020 ▶ 13:49 Lead Gen Businesses, Islamic Finance & COVID-19 Virality | My First Million Podcast 03-10-2020
Apr 2, 2021 neutral
Assertion Supported
Sam Parr: Major media brands expand internationally via local licensing partnerships
“This is actually quite common in media. So there's Business Insider India, there's Business Insider Australia, there's Business Insider Germany, I believe.”
Sam Parr Apr 2, 2021 ▶ 34:43 MFM #166: Why a Sudoku Company Sold for $640m, "Opendoor for X" & Franchising Tech Companies
Jun 30, 2021 bullish
Disclosure
Puri: First two Indian startup investments rank among his best deals
“Having said all that, the two Indian investments I've done so far are probably two of my best investments.”
Shaan Puri Jun 30, 2021 ▶ 18:22 A Discussion on Sam & Shaan's Recent Investments | My First Million #195
Dec 21, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Puri: India's $133B software exports exceed Saudi Arabia's oil exports
“India now exports more software, one hundred thirty three billion than Saudi Arabia exports oil, one hundred thirteen billion.”
Shaan Puri Dec 21, 2021 ▶ 39:03 This Year's Best Twitter Accounts to Follow
Dec 31, 2021 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Tech salary inflation will reverse as remote hiring shifts overseas
“I think that this high salary inflation is not here to stay. I think what's happened is all these companies down in San Francisco are going, oh, crazy. We can hire cheap people in Canada, but they're not yet going, oh, hey, we can hire people in India and the …”
Andrew Wilkinson Dec 31, 2021 ▶ 1:36:36 The Milly Awards 2021
Dec 31, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Vitalik Buterin donated $1B in SHIB and burned remaining $5B
“And what he did was he donated a billion dollars of it immediately to India. And then he dumped the other five billion and just burned it and just said you know, so, so that like it would, so that the price, if he sold it all on the open market, it would it wo…”
Shaan Puri Dec 31, 2021 ▶ 11:08 The Milly Awards 2021
Aug 31, 2022 bullish
Opinion
Shaan Puri: Cheap Mobile Data Created A Golden Cohort Of Indian Startups
“Like now is a, it's a golden cohort of companies. Cause they're all riding the back of this thing where one company basically gave away for the internet essentially a dirt dirt cheap cost cheaper than in America. So a lot of people got online.”
Shaan Puri Aug 31, 2022 ▶ 25:52 We Hosted A Shark Tank For Tech Startups | My First Million Demo Day (#356)
Oct 13, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
India's fitness and supplement industry will become 10x larger than America's
“If fitness is now the thing, if getting shredded is now the thing, the whole supplements and fitness industry that we have here is going to translate over there. It's going to be rebuilt overnight and it's going to be 10 times bigger, right?”
Shaan Puri Oct 13, 2023 ▶ 35:23 Metaverse IRL, Bollywood Protein Powder & AI Gadgets That Suck (#507)
Aug 23, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Smith: AIWO's $6,000 Indian Wellness Retreat Includes Full MRI and Hotel
“But 6000 dollars included that MRI that in America you're paying more than 3000 dollars for. And that was just like a few hours part of it. This was a whole week and including your hotels, et cetera.”
Jack Smith Aug 23, 2024 ▶ 25:42 Jack Smith On Biohacking, 2 Easy Business Ideas, PLUS Why Procrastination Is Good
Aug 23, 2024 bullish
Insight
Smith: Medical Concierges Can Arbitrage Lower-Cost Foreign Diagnostic Clinics Without Buying Hardware
“I feel you could just brand a biohacking center in any other country if you have strong links to the country, because what they were doing here is they don't have their own MRI scanner. He just took us to MRI. He just took us to all these different labs in Ind…”
Jack Smith Aug 23, 2024 ▶ 26:39 Jack Smith On Biohacking, 2 Easy Business Ideas, PLUS Why Procrastination Is Good
May 14, 2025
Opinion
Nagpal: DIY home maintenance is high-status in US, unlike India
“Like, self, self-reliance was not a status symbol. In the US, it is a status symbol. Like, you are higher status if you can actually fix stuff. In India, it's like, oh, you have someone to do all this stuff for you.”
Ankur Nagpal May 14, 2025 ▶ 46:08 How to retire with millions (and pay $0 taxes)
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