What Shaan Puri has said about Film industry economics
3 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 5, 2026
Shaan Puri, Entrepreneur and investor, co-host of My First Million, former Twitch executive, has been quoted on Film industry economics 3 times in 1 episode of My First Million, most recently on October 5, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Puri said that the film and video game industries spend more on marketing than on making their products.
“they spend more money on marketing than they do on actually making the product”
My First Million: 3 businesses we think are about to blow up (Oct 5, 2026) · Listen from 42:15
Puri said he was surprised that even a studio's biggest hit returns only about two and a half times its cost, unlike startup investing.
“I would have just expected to be much more than like a two and a half X return”
My First Million: 3 businesses we think are about to blow up (Oct 5, 2026) · Listen from 45:18
Puri said film investment tax write-offs rarely justify the investment because investors usually lose their principal.
“Like if you have a million dollars and maybe you get a 300K write-off, but you might lose your million dollars”
My First Million: 3 businesses we think are about to blow up (Oct 5, 2026) · Listen from 47:04
Episodes
3 businesses we think are about to blow upMy First Million · Oct 5, 2026 · 49 min
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