Data-Based Businesses, Executive Briefings, and Spotting Scams with Anand Sanwal - Publication Date |
- Jan 31, 2023
- Episode Duration |
- 01:07:34
Episode 413: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk with Anand Sanwal (@asanwal), CEO and co-founder of CB Insights, about how Anand built his companies, the importance of data, small business niches that are growing, and much more.
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Links:
* RebelGirls
* USNews Best Colleges
* McCormick Corporation
* Anand's Twitter
* CB Insights
* How To Manage And Sell A Company In An Industry And A Country You Don’t Know
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Show Notes:
(01:15) - Anand's Background
(05:00) - "Sawdust Data" businesses
(9:00) - Tiny but growing niches
(13:30) - Daily executive briefing email
(18:30) - Pricing data business
(24:30) - Broke & Busted College Rankings
(31:30) - McCormick Spice Competitor
(41:30) - How To Manage And Sell A Company In An Industry And A Country You Don’t Know
(48:30) - Adani Group Collapse & spotting scams
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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