The next 100 billion dollar company ( investment ideas 2020) | My First Million Podcast

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Sam and Shaan explore which companies valued at $1-5 billion today could become $100+ billion companies, discussing the concept of ‘rocket ships’ as career opportunities. They analyze potential candidates like Stripe, Rippling, Flexport, and OpenDoor, while debating why some popular suggestions like Airtable and Carta likely won’t reach that scale, and consider emerging categories like alternative search engines and self-driving cars.

Key takeaways

• Sam recounts how a friend bought Stripe secondary stock when it was a $2B company and made 10x returns; similar bets on high-growth private companies can yield massive returns even after unicorn status
• Only a handful of companies have ever reached $100B+ valuations; the bar is extremely high, and getting there typically requires either replacing an entire category (like Excel for Airtable) or commanding a massive market like residential real estate
• Beyond investing, working early at a potential ‘rocket ship’ company can be highly lucrative—Shaan notes that an early Airbnb employee with standard equity could have made $10M+ despite the company’s later valuation being much higher

Episode details: published March 10, 2020 · 1K views · 9:17 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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