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Episode 699: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Elan Lee ( https://x.com/elanlee ) about growing Exploding Kittens from a $10K Kickstarter campaign to $100M dollar company. —Show Notes: (0:00) Humble Success: Exploding Kittens Insights(8:07) The origin story - From 10k to $9M on kickstarter(16:17) Focus on the crowd, not the funding(20:41) Games should not be entertaining(23:52) The Kitty Test pilots(27:57) $0 marketing hacks(38:49) Pushing past the ‘no’(41:07) Business as a game(45:32) Creativity loves constraints(54:28) Irritation is the source of innovation(59:13) Designing a game with Tim Ferriss(01:04:08) Do what never makes you bored

—Links:• Exploding Kittens - https://www.explodingkittens.com/ • Paxsite - https://www.paxsite.com • Elan on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mrelanlee 

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