The Wild Story of Mike Lynch’s Rise From Janitor to Tech Billionaire

My First Million

Hubspot

Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Episode 636: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the rise and fall of Mike Lynch aka The British Bill Gates and his mysterious death onboard his $30M dollar yacht. — Show Notes: (0:00) The British Bill Gates Dies in Freak Yacht accident (14:51) The Kennedy Curse, conspiracies and coincidences (20:49) Sam bombs his meeting with the mayor (33:50) Branding to attract equals (44:36) Work backwards from the customers (48:00) Knowing something in your head vs your hands — Links: • Philosophize This! - https://www.philosophizethis.org/ • Wait But Why - https://waitbutwhy.com/ — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd — 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/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

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0:00.0	Well I have a different billionaire story that's kind of crazy I want to tell you about.
0:02.6	So what?
0:03.5	Check this out.
0:04.6	This is a wild story.
0:06.7	I'm just going to embrace yourself.
0:08.9	I feel like I can rule the world.
0:10.8	I know I could be what I want to.
0:13.0	I put my all in it like no days off on the road.
0:17.0	Okay, let's start with this. I'm going to read you a snippet from an article first.
0:22.0	So in July, in early 2022 the courts ruled that this person
0:28.0	Mike Lynch owed four billion in damages that are still pending. Okay so so court rules that Mike Lynch owes $4 billion.
0:35.0	Next line.
0:36.0	At the same time, the US tried to extradite Lynch.
0:39.0	He was in the UK, the US says, no, no, no, we're going to come try you over here.
0:42.0	They bring him over, and he arrives in... The U.S. says, no, no, we're going to come try you over here.
0:42.8	They bring him over.
0:44.0	And he arrives in San Francisco in May of 2023.
0:48.3	And he's released on a hundred million dollar bail and consigned to house arrest in a rental home with cameras
0:54.8	installed in every room two armed guards on duty on duty around the clock.
0:58.7	Now what's interesting about this is that that rental home with cameras installed in every room and armed guards on duty around the clock is my dad's house.
1:07.0	I don't know if you know this. That guy stayed at my dad's Airbnb when he was on trial.
1:13.0	Your dad owns an air like a home in my dad's actual house he will
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