Ben and David joined Sam and Shaan of "My First Million" to talk about scaling to a large podcast, the company they would like to own, the CEO's you don't want to compete against, and the 100+ year history of Nintendo. If you liked this and want more of Sam and Shawn, subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=my+first+million">here</a>.Sponsors:<ul><li><a href="https://bit.ly/3T7R24a">Quartr</a></li></ul> Links:* <a href="https://www.joinhampton.com/">Hampton</a>* <a href="https://waitbutwhy.com/homepage">Wait But Why</a>* <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/marquesbrownlee">Marques Brownlee</a>* <a href="https://www.nintendo.com/">Nintendo</a>* <a href="https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/">NVIDIA</a>------Show Notes:(01:45) - Intro to Acquired(10:00) - How to scale to a big podcast(14:05) - How big do you have to be to be at the top of the business category?(23:55) - What commonalities are there between weird companies?(27:40) - How to tell a real from a fake contrarian(34:45) - Nintendo(37:45) - Which company would you most want to own?(40:45) - Who would you least want to compete against?(52:30) - Business ideas(56:40) - Will you ever sell Acquired?(58:20) - Best ways to make money as a podcast

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Ben and David joined Sam and Shawn of "My First Million" to talk about scaling to a large podcast, the company they would like to own, the CEO's you don't want to compete against, and the 100+ year history of Nintendo.

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