How Replit Agent made $1M on day one (then $250M in a year)

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Episode 821: Sam Parr ( x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Replit founder Amjad Masad ( x.com/amasad ) about growing 100x in one year.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) 2.5M to 250M in 1 year

(10:28) the darkest hour

(17:00) pivot, pivot, pivot, until it hits

(28:19) companies exploding with Replit

(33:05) Amjad's business ideas

(38:44) "we are in the singularity"

(51:24) best business biography

(53:23) getting on Joe Rogan

(57:00) slowing down under pressure

(1:11:08) Vercel scandal

(1:13:35) lifestyle upgrades of being a billionaire

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Links:

• Replit - replit.com

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