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My First Million · August 22, 2024 · 45m
How to Make a Boring Business Interesting
Sam and Shaan on turning boring businesses into interesting ones through content, brand, and community. The thesis: the most profitable businesses are boring; the most successful boring businesses find ways to make them culturally interesting.
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Shaan: every boring business has an interesting true self hidden beneath the P&L. The laundromat owner who genuinely cares about neighborhood cleanliness. The plumber who finds beauty in well-designed piping. Finding that true self is what makes the content authentic.
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Sam: the 'boring business' trend of 2023-2024 was luck for small business operators who happened to have content skills. The return on that luck went to operators who had both the business expertise AND the ability to tell their story publicly.
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