Spotting Billion Dollar Investments Was Hard Until I Learned These 3 Rules | Rohan Oza

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Rohan Oza shares his insights on spotting billion dollar investments and the rules behind successful branding.

Get our Unsexy Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/fjsc Episode 820: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Rohan Oza about how his formula for simple products that end in multi-billion dollar exits. — Show Notes: (0:00) The brandfather (2:40) Rule 1: influence the influencer (7:02) Deal: Poppi on Shark Tank (20:32) rule 2: Make a brand pop culture (25:10) knowing winners from losers (26:48) Rohan breaks down his formula (29:31) "shelf space is the original algorithm" (33:39) Closing the biggest deal of your life (38:57) how to win with no network (42:07) Rohan's first million (46:45) spotting the next trend (tastebuds and TAM) (48:09) How do you sell water? (52:33) learning from the giants — Links: • CAVU - https://cavuconsumer.com/ — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam Parr, Shaan Puri

Guest: Rohan Oza

Topics covered

• billion dollar investments
• branding
• entrepreneurship
• pop culture
• business strategies

Keywords

• billion dollar exits
• influence
• pop culture
• business ideas
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cavu, Poppi, Hampton, Mercury

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