How We Will Grow Our Podcast With Sam Parr & Shaan Puri Podcasting 101 | My First Million 04-16-2020

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Sam and Shaan discuss listener feedback on their podcast, including insights from an Amazon FBA seller about the challenges of that business model. They explore several topics including the aesthetics of remote work setups, a potential subscription platform for mid-tier comedians, Carta’s layoff announcement and its messaging, and media coverage of Silicon Valley, reflecting on tension between journalists and tech entrepreneurs.

Key takeaways

• Amazon FBA businesses face increasing difficulty: a listener reports that while sub-$10M sellers net 10-20% annually, competition has intensified since 2013 and account suspension risk remains a major threat (‘picking up pennies in front of a steamroller’)
• Podcast growth requires balancing guest appearances with host chemistry—listeners prefer Sam and Shaan’s dynamic but guest episodes help reach new audiences; the guest must bring energy and know how to communicate clearly
• Carta CEO Henry Ward’s layoff announcement, while backed by good severance actions, was tone-deaf in its framing—Sam and Shaan argue he should have simply taken responsibility rather than philosophizing about shareholder vs. employee perspectives, and should not have published it for criticism
• There’s an opportunity for a mid-tier comedy subscription platform (like Crunchyroll for anime) aggregating comedians below Netflix-special level, though precedents like Quibi and the niche success of concert app Quello suggest execution and audience discovery are critical
• Tech entrepreneurs and journalists often operate with conflicting incentives (‘kayfabe’)—journalists use befriend-and-betray tactics to create sensational headlines that misrepresent the substance of interviews, damaging relationships and trust

Episode details: published May 7, 2020 · 2K views · 1:02:11 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The business ideas, figures and results discussed are the hosts’ and guests’ own claims, shared as brainstorming and entertainment — not verified facts and not investment advice.

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