The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team
My First Million
- Published
- November 5, 2025
- Duration
- 49:16
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- description
- Last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
Discusses Get the guide to build your own unicorn billion dollar biz: https://clickhubspot.com/fgk Episode 761…
Summary
Get the guide to build your own unicorn billion dollar biz: https://clickhubspot.com/fgk Episode 761: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Ryan Smith ( https://x.com/ryanqualtrics ) – the high school dropout who built an $8B company and bought an NBA team. — Show Notes: (0:00) 1.9 GPA to $2B (9:47) Starting Qualtrics (14:02) Focus (24:00)…
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Get the guide to build your own unicorn billion dollar biz: https://clickhubspot.com/fgk Episode 761: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Ryan Smith ( https://x.com/ryanqualtrics ) – the high school dropout who built an $8B company and bought an NBA team. — Show Notes: (0:00) 1.9 GPA to $2B (9:47) Starting Qualtrics (14:02) Focus (24:00) How to be top 1% at sales (26:17) Turning down $500M (31:37) Working backwards (3814) Buying an NBA team (43:51) The 9 most important minutes