The (Improbable) Story of Savannah Bananas' Rise to a $1B Empire

My First Million

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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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