What Shaan Puri has said about Post-exit identity and purpose
2 quotes · 1 episode · Aug 24, 2026
Shaan Puri, Entrepreneur and investor, co-host of My First Million, former Twitch executive, has been quoted on Post-exit identity and purpose 2 times in 1 episode of My First Million, most recently on August 24, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Puri says selling a company brought relief rather than excitement because M&A processes can collapse at any moment.
“So I'd say definitely felt relief more than excitement, which was surprising”
My First Million: I built a $2,000,000,000 business on vibes (Aug 24, 2026) · Listen from 59:52
Puri argues most people's problem is not strategy or circumstance but a lack of seriousness about what they say they want.
“most people just are – decidedly unserious about the things that they're doing in life”
My First Million: I built a $2,000,000,000 business on vibes (Aug 24, 2026) · Listen from 1:06:08
Episodes
I built a $2,000,000,000 business on vibesMy First Million · Aug 24, 2026 · 1 h 16 min
Poppi co-founder Allison Ellsworth tells Sam Parr and Shaan Puri how a farmers market vinegar drink became a $1.95 billion PepsiCo exit.
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