Living in a garage to building the $1B+ 'Savannah Bananas'

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Episode 772: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Jesse Cole ( https://x.com/YellowTuxJesse ) the owner of Savannah Bananas and creator of Banana Ball.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) 200 fans, $260 in the bank
(3:00) The team no one ever heard about
(9:01) How to become an idea machine
(13:30) Lessons from PT Barnum, Bill Veeck, Walt Disney
(15:55) Surviving embarrassment
(19:16) Rock bottom
(23:34) Inside Jesse's creative process
(27:00) Stealing from MrBeast
(28:39( Jesse opens his idea book
(32:00) Meeting Bob Iger
(33:28) Identifying the chip on Jesse's shoulder
(38:58) 11 principles
(48:14) The 12-star experience
(53:12) The sacrifice of extreme hard mode
(58:08) Attracting vs recruiting

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Links:
• Savannah Bananas - https://thesavannahbananas.com/

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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