#192 - Making Billions with Greeting Cards, How the FBI Took Down Thousands of Criminals, & Rich People (not) Paying Taxes My First Million

Shaan (@ShaanVP) and Sam (@TheSamParr) break down the greeting card industry. They talk about digital cards and the staying power of card subscriptions, a new way to send gifts over social, and Shaan shares a story about his roots as a business operator. They discuss a subscription business for expecting mothers and Shaan shares an interesting story about the FBI. The end of the episode they talk about a little known Billy of the week.
---------
* Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/
* Support the pod by spreading the word, become a referrer here: https://refer.fm/million
* Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas.
---------
Show notes:
* (1:23) Recap of episode 
* (2:54) Making billions with greeting cards
* (5:46) Segue: how the podcast changed Shaan's brain
* (8:51) Back to greeting cards
* (9:56) Making millions for decades at birthdayalarm.com
* (15:54) Givingli & Hooked 
* (18:39) Thoughts on the Pro Republic article
* (25:28) The subscription for expecting mothers
* (34:20) Outpacing the S&P with the anti-Galloway Index
* (37:33) The secret FBI crackdown on criminals
* (40:51) The growth of privacy focused apps
* (43:20) Recapping the genius of Mike Maples
* (48:35) Technology at Chick-fil-a
* (54:53) McKinsey for tech consulting
* (56:55) Consensys
* (59:27) The Gordon Bombay of crypto
* (1:04:19) The hypothetical invisible medium that permeates the universe