I got rejected from YC (4x)…. now my side hustle is worth $1.16B

Episode 658: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Replit founder Amjad Masad ( https://x.com/amasad ) about the massive opportunities with AI Agents. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Replit origin story  

(9:27) Replit's 10-year overnight success

(12:27) Rejected 4x by YC

(17:28) Personal essays from Paul Graham

(20:17) "i hacked into my university to change my grades"

(25:55) Rickrolling into YC

(35:25) Shaan builds a food tracking app in 30 seconds

(43:19) Magic School: An AI application for educators 4M users in 1 year

(47:31) Amjad on Agents

(49:53) Building moats in a goldrush

(54:53) Replit is Shopify for software creators

(1:05:11) The most gangster story in Silicon Valley

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Links:

• Amjad essays - https://amasad.me/ 

• Replit - https://replit.com/ 

• Codeacademy - https://www.codecademy.com/ 

• Do What Makes The Best Story - https://amasad.me/story 

• Magic School AI - https://www.magicschool.ai/ 

• 11x AI - https://www.11x.ai/ 

• Synthesis Tutor - https://www.synthesis.com/tutor 

• The Sovereign Individual - https://tinyurl.com/4w6ns7b2 

• 7 Powers - https://tinyurl.com/382ch557 

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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

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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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