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Ex-Tesla President reveals EVERYTHING Elon does to win Apr 9, 2026 · 13 mentions

  • ▶ 0:34 Shaan Puri It's like, oh, we get to sit here with the guy who was the president of one of the most important companies of our time, Tesla, for years. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 3:32 Jon McNeill Straubel, the co-founder of Tesla, came up with this method 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 10:20 Shaan Puri Well, one of the stories I loved in the book, so I have, I have the book here, so I have, like, highlighting all my favorite stories as we go, but you have a sale, a Tesla sales story. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 17:46 Jon McNeill Uh, and so when I started at Tesla, we were having a super big problem producing Model Xs and getting the Falcon wing doors to fit.
  • ▶ 17:46 Jon McNeill Uh, and so when I started at Tesla, we were having a super big problem producing Model Xs and getting the Falcon wing doors to fit.
  • ▶ 31:56 Shaan Puri It's like, you know, Tesla is this, you know, high tech, kind of, the most tech forward company, but actually the e-commerce, the online sales were, were, were pretty weak at the time. 2 times in the scene

Elon’s wildest interview yet — our reaction Feb 18, 2026 · 15 mentions

  • ▶ 6:01 Shaan Puri Tesla, obviously, worth more than the next 20 car companies combined.
  • ▶ 12:50 Shaan Puri Uh, so like Tesla's building like 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 30:04 Shaan Puri So Tesla's building Optimus, which is the robot that can do any of the work that a human could do. 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 30:04 Shaan Puri So Tesla's building Optimus, which is the robot that can do any of the work that a human could do. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 31:48 Shaan Puri So he's like, um, you know, he's like, he's like, it'll take at least three more beers for me to get, you know, to reveal that, but he's like, it'll be something like the way that Tesla solved self-driving. 3 times in the scene

4 dumb ideas that made people rich Jan 23, 2026 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 1:01:54 Shaan Puri I would basically, I put Tesla like self-driving and I just talked to myself for like an hour and it's like a one-on-one because 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:01:54 Shaan Puri I would basically, I put Tesla like self-driving and I just talked to myself for like an hour and it's like a one-on-one because

The Most Important Founder You've Never Heard Of Jan 19, 2026 · 1 mention

60 Minute Business Masterclass (worth more than your Stanford MBA) Dec 1, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 35:17 Ben Horowitz So now, whereas like only Elon could have financed Tesla, normal people can start to finance these things now because Elon has shown that it's possible. 2 times in the scene

Make $8K/day From These Side Hustles You’ve Never Heard Of Sep 22, 2025 · 2 mentions

This guy made Millions by inventing the $1 Menu Sep 10, 2025 · 11 mentions

  • ▶ 38:13 Shaan Puri Oh, you know, Tesla, you know, they need to sell this many crazy amount of cars in order to justify this or like even self-driving and have to be like bigger than Uber to, um, to just be where it's valued at currently, right?
  • ▶ 40:49 Shaan Puri So Tesla is the, the next one, which is basically, if you think about what are the next big industries to get unlocked, a combination of self-driving cars is going to change the world and then the robots. 9 times in the scene
  • ▶ 50:38 Shaan Puri I think Tesla is uniquely defensible.

Business as a sport, Surge AI, and Waymo vs. Robotaxi Jun 25, 2025 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 9:02 Shaan Puri He's like, he literally generates businesses like the boring company and Neuralink and SpaceX and Tesla.
  • ▶ 39:49 Shaan Puri I've taken the Waymo's in San Francisco and RoboTaxi in Austin, the Tesla, the Tesla self-driving just launched in Austin, um, I think like two days ago or something, but they took two different approaches. 4 times in the scene

How to Scale a Profitable Agency with 0 Employees (Using AI Agents) Jun 6, 2025 · 1 mention

Asking A Billionaire How To Make $1,000,000 May 2, 2025 · 1 mention

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

  • ▶ 21:06 James Currier Well, when I was working at Tesla, when I was working at SpaceX, like, it's the most amazing time of your life.

7 Wild Business Ideas for this $3 Trillion Dollar Frontier Apr 7, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 32:59 Shaan Puri Automobiles was 25 years, and so in a 25 year window, you got Buick, Dodge, Ford, Cadillac, GM, Chevrolet, Lincoln, Chrysler, all of it within a very short window, and then you had nothing for another about 80 years, and then the window…

He launched a sweaty startup in high school. Now he'll be a millionaire by 18 Mar 3, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 58:23 Shaan Puri I'm writing a paper about Tesla strategy because I think you're such an innovative company and we're going to put together our recommendations on the future of your corporate strategy. 2 times in the scene

The insane story of Blake Scholl: the high school dropout who’s building supersonic jets Feb 11, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 35:14 Shaan Puri Um, not only all that, he now is building the largest factory in the world, bigger than the Tesla factory, bigger than all that, where robots are going to build houses.

We spent 48 hours with MrBeast + 11 Billionaires Jan 29, 2025 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 3:37 Sam Parr It was, uh, another billionaire who was one of the first investors in Tesla and SpaceX.
  • ▶ 25:04 Sam Parr There is this one guy who was one of the first investors in a variety of Elon companies, and presumably a billionaire, like, you know, investing in Tesla at a
  • ▶ 33:09 Sam Parr Dude, do you know he's on the board of Tesla?

The Crazy Story of Google’s 7 Angel investors Jan 16, 2025 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 7:17 Shaan Puri And this is the guy that made Tesla and, uh, you know, SpaceX and building rockets.
  • ▶ 55:52 Shaan Puri Sometimes even relative will screw you up because, um, I remember investing in Tesla when Tesla was like a, like a five or six billion dollar valuation. 7 times in the scene

The 2024 Milly Awards Dec 30, 2024 · 1 mention

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

  • ▶ 7:44 Shaan Puri Literally the Democrats were attacking him or, you know, demonizing him, sue, you know, doing, uh, suing Tesla and SpaceX and all of his companies and adding more and more regulation.

Inside The Marketing Machine Of Billion-Dollar Presidential Campaigns Nov 2, 2024 · 3 mentions

The Wild Story of Mike Lynch’s Rise From Janitor to Tech Billionaire Oct 10, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 39:59 Shaan Puri But I actually want you to write about what we're doing with AI, with Neuralink, with Tesla.

How Silicon Valley’s Most Prolific Investor Picks Unicorns | Elad Gil Interview Oct 8, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 43:54 Shaan Puri Like, I think the closest thing we have to that is like Tesla and SpaceX, to be honest, uh, these like, that's our moon mission, right?

The guy who gets paid $80K/yr to do nothing Oct 2, 2024 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 26:55 Sam Parr Yeah, he did like the, the Tesla, the Cybertruck, uh, so, so check out this thread.
  • ▶ 26:55 Sam Parr Yeah, he did like the, the Tesla, the Cybertruck, uh, so, so check out this thread. 2 times in the scene

10 Startups w/ Stock Grants That’ll Make You A Millionaire | Sara’s List 2024 Sep 13, 2024 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 11:37 Sam Parr Dude, I read some crazy stat that Tesla has something like 50,000 people a day applying to work there, and I have to imagine that OpenAI, uh, it's somewhat similar, where they are just, like, inundated with applications.
  • ▶ 44:32 Shaan Puri They're kind of at the, uh, they made the first Tesla Roadster.
  • ▶ 44:36 Shaan Puri That's where they're at in the, uh, the Tesla journey right now. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:02:42 Shaan Puri It's like the Tesla master plan.

The $70M/yr Sports Bar + Sleepy Industries Worth $100M Sep 11, 2024 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 11:32 Sam Parr And the reason why it bothers me is because Tesla, when that came about, that was like,
  • ▶ 16:14 Shaan Puri I think the reason that Rivian and Tesla have so much, had so much heat when they came out, even though they weren't selling that many units was 4 times in the scene

Life Hacks From The King of Introverts + 7 Business Ideas Sep 6, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 2:08 Sam Parr He put all of his money in Tesla stock and got incredibly wealthy. 2 times in the scene

Jack Smith On Biohacking, 2 Easy Business Ideas, PLUS Why Procrastination Is Good Aug 23, 2024 · 1 mention

He Sold His Company For $15M, Then Got A Job At McDonald’s Aug 7, 2024 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 32:20 Shaan Puri Culture, which I think they're trying to do, you know, uh, you know, Tesla, SpaceX, uh, being based here, I think is really awesome.
  • ▶ 37:48 Sam Parr Like I have a Tesla. 2 times in the scene

10 AI Business Ideas From The Queen of AI ft. Sarah Guo Jul 24, 2024 · 4 mentions

We Bet This App Idea Could Be Bigger Than Reddit Jul 19, 2024 · 1 mention

Marketing Lessons from Jingles, Candy Crush, and Betting Sites Jul 17, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 14:28 Shaan Puri So you could bet like, will Tesla stock be above this price in July on July.

3 Startup Ideas: Mouse Jigglers, Employee Monitoring Softwares and Photoshop Copycats Jul 12, 2024 · 6 mentions

How I Made My First $1M - The Andrew Wilkinson Story Jul 5, 2024 · 1 mention

The Simple Newsletter Making $20M+ A Year With 1 Employee Jul 1, 2024 · 2 mentions

3 Things You Need To Outperform 99% Of Entrepreneurs Jun 21, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 3:03 Shaan Puri So I think Tesla and SpaceX would not have happened, um, and would not have happened at least for another 50 years had he not made those happen.

EXCLUSIVE: $3B Founder Reveals His Next Big Idea | Brett Adcock Interview Jun 17, 2024 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 25:41 Sam Parr You know, you think, um, I think Tesla did this where they started more expensive, even though he was like, you know, I, I would like it to be the model T where everyone could have one, but I'm just gonna start with high end because that… 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 28:05 Brett Adcock Like, there's really no good precedent, maybe outside of, like, Tesla and SpaceX, that have done this well at scale. 2 times in the scene

This $50M/Yr Side Hustle Is On Track To Make $1 Billion By 2030 Jun 3, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 13:27 Shaan Puri You basically funded it through the pre the deposits, kind of like how Tesla does with the trucks and all that before they before they build the trucks, they they take the deposits and they use that to basically finance the manufacturing.

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

  • ▶ 1:00:30 Sam Parr So Coop is like, it's like they, like the tagline that I saw in the article was like, it's like the Tesla for a chicken coop.

From PayPal Intern to Starting 4x Billion-Dollar Companies | Joe Lonsdale Interview Apr 26, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 34:33 Shaan Puri Cause he's got like five things that, you know, he's got Twitter, he's got SpaceX, he's got Tesla, he's got Neuralink, he's got Boring Company, he's got so many things.

The Man Who Owns 1% Of ALL Bitcoin Mar 27, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 23:00 Anthony Pompliano So I was reading, uh, the biography on Elon Musk and, uh, in it every Sunday, he would have the Tesla team bring him a car. 2 times in the scene

Get LASER FOCUSED for 2024 (in 18 minutes) Mar 18, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 6:11 Shaan Puri And so let's say you're Elon Musk, your mission for SpaceX might be, um, you know, make humans interplanetary species, a multi-planetary species, um, or for Tesla, for him, it might be.
  • ▶ 11:17 Shaan Puri So for example, when Elon launched Tesla, he set a product goal and he was like, how do we make a car that is, um, I think it was like faster than a Porsche and, um, better for the environment than a Prius.

Elon Musk SUES Sam Altman Mar 8, 2024 · 11 mentions

  • ▶ 1:40 Shaan Puri So right now, a lot of people are talking about Tesla because Elon Musk came out and he said, the future of Tesla is this humanoid robot. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:50 Shaan Puri And I forgot what they call him, like optimists or some shit like that.
  • ▶ 11:01 Shaan Puri So similarly, I think the timing of the opportunity is not in the, the Tesla robot or even, sorry, the figure robot, which is like just a human robot that could do everything.
  • ▶ 20:16 Sam Parr Or like on a Tesla, like my Tesla self-drives, and it's, the autopilot is mostly good, unless it's a flashing yellow light.
  • ▶ 20:16 Sam Parr Or like on a Tesla, like my Tesla self-drives, and it's, the autopilot is mostly good, unless it's a flashing yellow light.
  • ▶ 39:04 Shaan Puri And I should have known this because Tesla runs, basically spends nothing on TV commercials. 4 times in the scene

What Stock Would Warren Buffett Buy If He Started Over In 2024? Feb 12, 2024 · 4 mentions

The Dark Story Behind Pornhub’s $1.5B Business Empire Feb 7, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 37:37 Sam Parr And I don't think that it's fair to compare all these products to the Tesla's or whatever, or like these existential crisis things, because like just having a piece of clothing item or an item of clothing that you can give to someone or…

Brainstorming +$1M Weird Business Ideas With Morning Brew’s CEO Austin Rief (#543) Jan 24, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 50:34 Shaan Puri You know, telling a story about your product, the way he demos, you know, Tesla every time and sells hundreds of thousands of cars before they're even ready.

5 Internet Goldmines To Spot The Next $1B Trend | Steph Smith (#529) Dec 11, 2023 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 8:49 unnamed speaker Yeah, so like right now, I should make like the Cybertruck Mini, basically, is like the thing I should do. 2 times in the scene

If I Had To Make $1 Billion... Here’s The Business I Would Start Dec 8, 2023 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 28:27 Sam Parr What if I told you I had an idea that Elon Musk himself would be bigger than Tesla? 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 29:35 Sam Parr I think it's called Optimus is what it's called. 2 times in the scene

If I Could Start Over Again, This Is What I’d Do To Get Rich - Scott Galloway Oct 24, 2023 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 36:30 Sam Parr And seen a whopping 61% return, even excluding Tesla. 3 times in the scene

Wait, My Intern Became a 21-Year-Old Millionaire?? (#510) Oct 20, 2023 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 38:17 Ishan Haque I got an apartment, I got a, I got a Tesla.
  • ▶ 1:31:34 Shaan Puri I remember watching some documentary about him on the plane before he even started like, uh, Tesla, I think, or it was like, long time ago.

Metaverse IRL, Bollywood Protein Powder & AI Gadgets That Suck (#507) Oct 13, 2023 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 20:33 Sam Parr I have a Tesla so I could use the directions on my, uh, on my car.
  • ▶ 41:26 Shaan Puri And 250 or whatever million dollars was the difference of Tesla and SpaceX existing versus maybe they wouldn't have, um, or surviving maybe they wouldn't have because he was able to put the money in.

CEO Lessons: Bulls**t Mission Statements, Firing People & Saying ‘NO' (#505) Oct 10, 2023 · 2 mentions

How I Live On $25,000/Month In New York City Sep 29, 2023 · 1 mention

This $3B Founder Is The Next Elon Musk (#499) Sep 26, 2023 · 2 mentions

Martin Shkreli Reveals How He Made His First $100 Million (#445) Apr 20, 2023 · 1 mention

Brainstorming ChatGPT Business Ideas With A Billionaire | ft. Dharmesh Shah (#438) Mar 30, 2023 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 2:59 Dharmesh Shah I think, um, you know, a lot of the kind of Tesla gains we've sort of seen, I'm not sure if there's like big surprises left. 3 times in the scene

The 2022 Milly Awards (#401) Dec 29, 2022 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 32:51 Shaan Puri So if you go look at their dispensers, they basically made like the Tesla of, of dispensers and they install it on the wall.
  • ▶ 1:04:47 Sam Parr And Tesla stock completely tanks.

BREAKING: Shaan Sells the Milk Road - A Conversation With the Buyers Dec 17, 2022 · 18 mentions

  • ▶ 2:38 Shaan Puri Like, you know, he, you know, he's the guy who hacked the Tesla referral program and ended up getting multiple Tesla roadsters. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 2:38 Shaan Puri Like, you know, he, you know, he's the guy who hacked the Tesla referral program and ended up getting multiple Tesla roadsters.
  • ▶ 20:54 Shaan Puri Let's do the, uh, the Tesla 10 times in the scene
  • ▶ 22:42 Shaan Puri So you made a slash roadster slash Tesla, like extension basically. 5 times in the scene
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