#222 - How to Get a Slice of Harvard's Billion Dollar Case Study Industry

My First Million

Hubspot

Entrepreneurship, Business, Investing

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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In this episode Sam (@theSamParr) and Shaan (@ShaanVP) break down Harvard's publishing arm and how you can create something to get a slice of the action. Sam also shares how he would approach Trends if he were to make it again. They also talk about the end of the MFM NFT auction and Shaan recaps a LinkedIn post about the early days of Canva. --------- * Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ * Support the pod by spreading the word, become a referrer here: https://refer.fm/million * Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas. * The Canva story - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/21-questions-from-aussie-startups-highs-lows-lessons-learned-perkins/ --------- Show notes: * (0:59) Shaan is jacked * (2:53) Strength correlations to longevity * (11:02) The MFM NFT * (15:06) Harvard Business Review * (25:35) Getting in on the case study game * (31:37) Other spaces to make this work * (34:58) Maybe don't fake it til you make it * (39:50) On investor due diligence * (45:33) Don't be this guy * (53:42) The long path for Canva's success

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0:00.0	All right, QuickBag to tell you about another podcast that we're interested in right now.
0:04.4	Hosepot just launched a Shark Tank rewatch podcast called Another Bite.
0:08.9	Every week, the host relived the latest and greatest pitches from Shark Tank, from Squatty
0:13.1	Potty, to the Mention a Bench, to Ring Doorbell, and they break down why these pitches were
0:18.6	winners or losers, and each company's go-to-market strategy, branding, pricing, valuation, everything.
0:24.2	Basically, all the things you want to know about how to survive the tank and scale your
0:28.4	company on your own.
0:29.6	If you want to give it a listen, you can find another bite on whatever podcast that you
0:32.9	listen to, like Apple or Spotify, or whatever you're using right now.
0:36.2	All right, back to the show.
0:37.4	There's a whole bunch of big-money industry financial players that will happily pay $25,000,
0:42.8	$150,000, $100,000 a year, just to be like, uh, explain this shit to me.
1:00.5	Sean, what, um, what are you wearing?
1:05.6	You get so offended when I don't have sleeves, I forgot.
1:07.6	I'm not offended.
1:08.6	I just feel like shook.
1:10.2	I completely flabbergasted.
1:13.2	I think that I wear it.
1:14.5	I think that a sleeveless hoodie is an interesting choice.
1:16.3	I think it looked, you look nice in there, you look jacked.
1:18.7	Thank you.
1:19.7	I'm trying to be jacked.
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