Decoding Tony Hawk’s mindset in 72 minutes
My First Million

Decoding Tony Hawk’s mindset in 72 minutes

B1IntermediateSeptember 9, 20261 hr 13 min

30+ unsexy business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/pdnb Episode 860: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) chop it up with skateboarding legend Tony Hawk. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:20) Meeting Tony in Ethiopia (3:42) Economics of skate parks (12:38) The price of greatness (17:54) Scraping by (26:33) The 900 (35:16) Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (52:20) Investing (58:53) Influencing on internet culture (1:03:47) Aging skaters (1:08:07) Tickets — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Ha...

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Fourth game just got released. It got to be in the top 10 sales right away. And he said, the first three are still in the top 10. And I said, what does that even mean?

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And he's like, this is what it means. And he slid a check across the table for $4.5 million. That's how it made my first million. That's how it made my first million.

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That's how it made my first million. I feel like I can rule the world. I know I could be what I want to. I put my all in it like no days off.

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