How Mike Posner built a music empire from his dorm room

My First Million

Episode 640: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP )sits down with Mike Posner ( https://x.com/MikePosner ) about his insane hustle, fame, loss and reinvention.

Show Notes: 

(0:00) iTunesU Story

(14:41) Going back to school, famous

(21:40) Getting on the radio

(26:40) “I just do what's cool to me and sometimes the whole world agrees”

(30:06) One true sentence / Writing Process

(39:50) Money, fame and Survivor

(46:52) Advice to my younger self

(48:10) Missed flight story

(58:00) The making of a hit song

(1:04:31) Walking Across America

(1:11:09) "How cheap is your happiness?"

(1:14:17) Beautiful States v Suffering States

Links:

• Mike Posner - https://mikeposner.com/

Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

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