The Hustle presents - My First Million. A podcast where we brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities we see in the market. Sometimes we have famous guests, and they do it with us.
You Have 70 Days to Win the Year
Episode 640: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about setting one priority–one sprint–to turn your entire year into a win. It’s time for life or death mode.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) 70 days left to win 2024
(10:27) The prestige hacking of Jamie Beaton
(25:32) Billy of the Week: Ken Fisher (and his marketing playbook)
(39:25)The shocking economics of public monuments
(46:19) Pro tip for founders: Find a banker
(54:28) The double standard of VCs
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Links:
• My Body Tutor - https://www.mybodytutor.com/
• Fisher Investments - https://www.fisherinvestments.com/
• Motley Fool Asset Management - https://fooletfs.com/
• American Colossus - https://americancolossus.org/
• Built To Sell - https://builttosell.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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
10/23/2024 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 31 seconds
The $600M Protein Bar Founder is Back Again | Peter Rahal Interview
Episode 639: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Peter Rahal ( https://x.com/peterrahal ) about starting RXBAR with $10K and selling it for $600M, business ideas he would chase today, plus why he’s back with another bar.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) RX Bar's path to $600M
(8:32) Branding to solve a problem
(14:03) David Protein
(16:22) Idea 1: Differentiated vasodilator
(27:53) Idea 2: The coffee of sleep
(32:28) Idea 3: Continuous Testosterone meter
(36:58)Idea 4: New religion
(42:03) Why do this again?
(45:28) How to survive the first year after exiting
(53:03) How big is David going to get?
(56:18) Remote v in-office
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Links:
• RXBAR - https://www.rxbar.com/
• SCOTT & VICTOR - https://scottandvictor.com/
• David’s Protein - https://davidprotein.com/
• Lucy - https://lucy.co/
• Moonbrew - https://moonbrew.co/
• Levels - https://www.levels.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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
10/18/2024 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 56 seconds
Meet the 14yo entrepreneur who's already launched 2 businesses
Episode 638: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to 14-year-old founder Isaac Katayev ( https://x.com/isaackatayev ) about the startup he launched out of his 7th grade computer class.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Cookieduck
(4:18) Making $1,500 a day at age 12
(6:19) Price Satellite
(11:08) Being peerless
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Links:
• Cookieduck Games - http://cookieduck.com
• Price Satellite - http://pricesatellite.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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
10/16/2024 • 19 minutes, 34 seconds
Did the creator of Bitcoin just get unmasked?
Episode 637: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the conspiracy theory behind Bitcoin’s biggest mystery.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The making of Satoshi
(14:02) Is Peter Todd the guy?
(30:20) A "1 minute" case for Bitcoin
(35:21) “It's political suicide to not be pro crypto"
(43:42) Must watch crypto thriller movies
(46:32) SBF and FTX update
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Links:
• Money Electric - https://tinyurl.com/yw5mktnn
• Bitcoin Forum - https://bitcointalk.org/
• Fidelity Crypto Funds - https://www.fidelity.com/etfs/crypto-funds
• Trust No One - https://tinyurl.com/32fxa9y3
• The Night Of - https://tinyurl.com/3wmm68cc
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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
10/14/2024 • 58 minutes, 53 seconds
The Wild Story of Mike Lynch’s Rise From Janitor to Tech Billionaire
Episode 636: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the rise and fall of Mike Lynch aka The British Bill Gates and his mysterious death onboard his $30M dollar yacht.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The British Bill Gates Dies in Freak Yacht accident
(14:51) The Kennedy Curse, conspiracies and coincidences
(20:49) Sam bombs his meeting with the mayor
(33:50) Branding to attract equals
(44:36) Work backwards from the customers
(48:00) Knowing something in your head vs your hands
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Links:
• Philosophize This! - https://www.philosophizethis.org/
• Wait But Why - https://waitbutwhy.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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
10/10/2024 • 53 minutes, 56 seconds
How Silicon Valley’s Most Prolific Investor Picks Unicorns | Elad Gil Interview
Episode 635: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Elad Gil ( https://x.com/eladgil ) about the three things he looks for when betting on startups, how he became an early investor in Anduril, plus 3 business ideas he thinks someone should go after.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) How to be successful in angel investing
(3:00) How to create a bankroll
(5:00) Making the great works of history available to anyone anywhere
(7:21) The 1 thing that matters in a business
(10:21) How to master a new topic like defense tech
(12:15) Investing in Anduril in the first round
(15:47) $1b dollar 1 person companies
(18:51) Missionary vs mercenary
(22:12) Idea: new schools inspired by Ancient Greece
(25:49) Idea: A drug that makes you live longer
(34:56) Idea: Large scale monuments to flex
(44:25) Gil's Guide to Intensive Travel
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Links:
• Elad’s blog - https://eladgil.com/
• Proof School - https://www.proofschool.org/
• BioAge Labs - https://bioagelabs.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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
10/8/2024 • 52 minutes, 23 seconds
5 Random But Useful Things I Learned At A Private Equity Conference
Episode 635: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the things Shaan learned while at Re-convene in Los Angeles.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) the low-status-technique for becoming high-status at a conference
(7:09) the richer the guy, the weirder the guy
(12:17) dressing well vs. dressing comfortably
(18:25) meeting mike posner
(26:06) little luxuries
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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
10/4/2024 • 33 minutes, 24 seconds
The guy who gets paid $80K/yr to do nothing
Episode 634: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about Shoji Morimoto, the Japanese guy who’s making $80k/yr renting himself out to friendless people, Autopilot’s viral marketing stunt, PLUS how to make $1M in 8 weeks.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The Do Nothing Man: $80K/yr for doing nothing
(4:23) The new male situationship
(11:24) Setting long term intentions
(14:06) Non-sexual companionship-as-a-service
(21:52) Professional grievers
(24:18) Autopilot’s badass marketing stunt
(32:37) Blue Collar Side Hustle: Porch Pumpkins ($1M in 8 weeks)
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Links:
• Rent a Friend - https://rentafriend.com/
• Papa - https://www.papa.com/
• Sugar Daddy - https://www.sugardaddy.com/
• Autopilot - https://www.joinautopilot.com/
• Porch Pumpkins - https://porchpumpkins.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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
10/2/2024 • 45 minutes, 47 seconds
Steph Smith: “This opportunity is totally overlooked”
Episode 633: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Steph Smith ( https://x.com/stephsmithio ) about the mega trend called the Silver Tsunami.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Silver tsunami
(7:10) Perimenopause = 6k new customers a day
(10:57) One chart opportunity: Nursing homes and assisted living
(18:28) Why entrepreneurs are sleeping on this space
(20:11) Opportunity: Measuring and tracking
(27:36) Idea: Stava for CGMs
(39:41) Idea: Solutions for nerd neck
(44:19) Idea: Niche paddle sports leagues
(56:18) The smile curve
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Links:
• Our World In Data - https://ourworldindata.org/
• The Longevity Imperative - https://tinyurl.com/mr2m46vk
• Bonafide Health - https://hellobonafide.com/
• Gennev - https://www.gennev.com/
• All Akiyas - https://www.allakiyas.com/
• Numlock News - https://www.numlock.com/
• Outlive - https://tinyurl.com/ybewhrw4
• Levels - https://www.levels.com/
• Dexcom - https://www.dexcom.com/
• Stelo - https://www.stelo.com/
• Q Bio - https://www.q.bio/
• Internet Pipes - http://internetpipes.com/
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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/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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
9/30/2024 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 57 seconds
From Navy SEAL To Viral Content Creator - MrBallen’s Insane Story
Episode 632: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to John Allen ( https://x.com/MrBallen ) and Nick Witters ( https://x.com/themrwitters ), the minds behind MrBallen and Ballen Studios.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Being a creator on hard mode
(7:19) Slow is smooth and smooth is fast
(8:44) Being hit by a grenade in combat
(17:03) Elite Meet
(18:29) John's TikTok ideas bank
(21:42) The SEALs turn on John
(25:02) How telling 1 story launched MrBallen
(28:18) Getting unstuck
(35:02) Be rich or be a king?
(40:44) The North Star for Ballen
(44:00) 1 thing to be a better storyteller
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Links:
• MrBallen on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen
• MrBallen on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mrballen
• Ballen Studios - https://ballenstudios.com/
• Elite Meet - https://elitemeetus.org/
• Dyaltov Pass TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mrballen/video/6799049964937809157
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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/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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
9/27/2024 • 52 minutes, 21 seconds
How I Went From Broke to $7 Million With An Airbnb Business
Get our episode with MrBallen before anyone else: https://clickhubspot.com/mbe
Episode 631: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Isaac French ( https://x.com/isaacfrench_ ) about how to he bought his first investment property at age 24 with $2K down and sold it 2 years later for $7M.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Buying an investment property with $2K
(9:53) $7M exit in 2 years
(16:41) Repeating the formula
(20:35) Blueprint for flipping properties into Airbnbs
(27:27) Mistakes to avoid
(31:07) Games that are easy to play, but hard to win
(34:56) How to write 20M view threads
(54:58) 2 quotes to live by
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Links:
• Isaac’s Newsletter - https://www.isaacjfrench.com/newsletter
• Live Oak Lake - https://www.liveoaklake.com/
• Isaac on IG - https://www.instagram.com/isaacfrench_/
• Isaac on X - https://x.com/isaacfrench_
• Isaac on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/isaacfrench
• Isaac on LI - https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacjfrench
• Experiential Hospitality - https://experiential-hospitality.com/
• Isaac’s site - https://www.isaacjfrench.com/
• Unreasonable Hospitality - https://tinyurl.com/3j8ymjpp
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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
9/20/2024 • 1 hour, 13 seconds
From Nonprofit Founder To Building A $300M Pilates Business
Get our episode with MrBallen before anyone else: https://clickhubspot.com/mbe
Episode 630: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Anne Mahlum ( https://www.instagram.com/annemahlum/ ) about starting an $8M/yr charity from scratch and betting her entire life savings ($175K) on a pilates studio.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Building a $8M/yr non-profit
(16:27) The economics of [solidcore]
(22:07) Play a game you can win
(24:16) How to be a killer negotiator
(27:00) Turning down $75k
(30:39) 0 - 27 locations in 4 years
(43:50) Idea: Endurance events
(50:21) Idea: Taboo for recruiters
(51:37) Idea: AI Personal trainer
(56:45) Idea: SeatGeek for airlines
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Links:
• Back on My Feet - https://backonmyfeet.org/
• [solicore] - https://www.solidcore.co/
• 29029 - https://29029everesting.com/
• HYROX - https://hyrox.com/
• OxeFit - https://www.oxefit.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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
9/18/2024 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 19 seconds
10 Startups w/ Stock Grants That’ll Make You A Millionaire | Sara’s List 2024
Episode 629: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) bring you the third installment of Sara’s List. A path to wealth that doesn’t involve insane amounts of risk, luck, or burnout. Just get a job at the right company. The criteria? Growth-stage startups that have the potential to 5-10x over the next 5 years.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Auditing Cohort 1
(9:56) OpenAI
(12:07) Retool
(17:04) Mercury
(23:04) Cursor
(27:28) Epirus
(33:30) Wiz
(42:52) Neuralink
(46:00) Perplexity AI
(49:43) Traba
(54:54) Replit
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Links:
• OpenAI - https://openai.com/
• Retool - https://retool.com/
• Mercury - https://mercury.com/
• Cursor - https://www.cursor.com/
• Epirus - https://www.epirusinc.com/
• Wiz - https://www.wiz.io/
• Neuralink - https://neuralink.com/
• Perplexity - https://www.perplexity.ai/
• Traba - https://traba.work/
• Replit - https://replit.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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
9/13/2024 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 39 seconds
The $70M/yr Sports Bar + Sleepy Industries Worth $100M
Episode 628: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down the business behind the sports bar Cosm and the massive trend coming to out-of-home entertainment.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Cosm’s playground virality
(10:38) The Tesla of home appliances
(18:13) $100M sleepy industries
(23:11) The rise and fall (and rise?) of Weight Watchers
(40:42) "What story is the data telling me?"
(48:54) What certainty level is needed to make a decision
(53:49) Confidence vs certainty
(57:22) Shaan's monthly impact grid
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Links:
• Cosm - https://www.cosm.com/
• Impulse Labs - https://www.impulselabs.com/
• Rivian - https://rivian.com/
• Brick - https://getbrick.app/
• June Oven - https://juneoven.com/
• Shark Ninja - https://sharkninja.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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
9/11/2024 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 43 seconds
Life Hacks From The King of Introverts + 7 Business Ideas | ft. Nick Gray
Episode 627: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the socially rich, “Friends Billionaire”, Nick Gray ( https://x.com/nickgraynews ) about how to be a master networker, throw the perfect cocktail party, plus 7 simple business ideas.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(4:12) If you had $10M, how would you live?
(10:11) Find who your heroes follow
(13:29) Speedrun of Nick Gray's career
(22:15) Idea: White label enterprise sales
(26:08) Idea: Millionaire Matchmaker
(37:22) Idea: web-hosting services
(45:00) Idea: Airbnb experiences
(48:55) Idea: Geek Squad as a service
(55:00) Idea: VHS to digital conversion as a service
(58:58) Idea: Bring blogging back
(1:04:05) The persuasion of liking
(1:09:14) How to throw a Nick Gray party
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Links:
• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm
• Museum Hack - https://museumhack.com/
• “If I Had $10M” - https://nickgray.net/if-i-had-10m/
• vs3 Web Services - https://vs3.net/
• Airbnb Experiences - https://www.airbnb.com/s/experiences
• Elemind - https://x.com/elemindtech
• Nick’s blog - https://nickgray.net
• The 2-Hour Cocktail Party - https://tinyurl.com/4p6h4xnu
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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
9/6/2024 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 19 seconds
The Guy Who Studied Buffett for 25 Years
Episode 626: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Guy Spier ( https://x.com/GSpier ) about everything he’s learned from studying the greatest value investors of all time.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The Posse
(5:41) Farmer Mac
(17:30) Lessons from going to 9 Tony Robbins seminars
(28:57) Handwritten notes from Warren Buffett
(42:00) Don’t study lottery winners
(59:22) Berkshire vs Index
(1:05:13) Finite vs infinite games
(1:13:26) Be a promiscuous reader
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Links:
• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm
• VALUEx - https://www.valuex.ch/
• Aquamarine - https://www.aquamarinefund.com/
• Guy’s book - https://tinyurl.com/47zvxatr
• Power vs Force - https://tinyurl.com/2fn9peya
• Influence - https://tinyurl.com/3z2vyfdt
• Shareholder Letters - https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.html
• Poor Charlie’s Almanack - https://tinyurl.com/bdf6pcww
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• 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/
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9/4/2024 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 49 seconds
The Top 0.1% Of Ideas I've Stumbled Upon On The Internet
Episode 625: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) are back with George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack) to talk about the best ideas he’s come across.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Spotting high agency people
(26:12) The Kale phone vs the Cocaine phone
(31:37) The obsessiveness of Lee Kuan Yew
(37:34) Life as a Midwit meme
(43:22) Work like a lion, not like a cow
(51:52)The Buffett Coin
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Links:
• Relentlessly Resourceful - https://paulgraham.com/relres.html
• 3:1 Work Structure - https://science.drinklmnt.com/lmnt-at-work/lmnt-3-1-work-structure/
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—
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• 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/
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8/31/2024 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 8 seconds
5 Dead Simple Business Ideas You Can Start With A FB Ad | ft. George Mack
Episode 624: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) brainstorm cash-printing business ideas with George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack).
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:49) Idea: Self Awareness Test
(16:35) Idea: Designer babies
(26:30) Idea: Selling eyes as art
(30:40) Idea: Personal color analysis
(34:45) Idea: Mold removal as a service
(40:11) Idea: CMO of the UK
(46:43) George's favorite ad campaigns
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Links:
• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm
• Cities and Ambition - https://paulgraham.com/cities.html
• Jack Skeen - https://jackskeen.com/
• Thinking Fast and Slow - https://tinyurl.com/345d9fsb
• Iris Galerie - https://en.irisgalerie.com/
• Ad Professor on Twitter - https://x.com/The_AdProfessor
• r/adporn - https://www.reddit.com/r/AdPorn/
• Ad Professor - https://www.adprofessor.com/
—
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—
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• 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
8/30/2024 • 56 minutes, 4 seconds
Building A 100+ Year Legacy + Peter Thiel’s Fellowship + Bomb Hiring Questions
Episode 623: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the underrated philanthropy style of Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Alfred Nobel.
MFM Scholarship: Apply for $10K to start The Onion For College - https://www.shaanpuri.com/collegepaper
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Alfred Nobel's $266M Legacy
(6:06) Competitions vs. Trusts
(15:28) Idea: XPRIZE but for companies
(19:15) Shaan’s Prize: Win $10K to start a college paper
(23:07) How Barstool Sports started
(26:47) Peter Thiel’s contrarian philanthropy
(32:30) Elon Musks sexy indifference
(37:22) Interview questions designed to repel and attract
(44:25) Be a harsh grader of people
(47:49) Great people are great in the first 2 weeks
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Links:
• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm
• Nobel Peace Prize - https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/
• XPRIZE - https://www.xprize.org/
• Darpa - https://www.darpa.mil/
• Vesuvius Challenge - https://scrollprize.org/
• Kaggle - https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/
• Thiel Foundation - https://www.thielfoundation.org/
• Musk Foundation - https://www.muskfoundation.org/
—
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—
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• 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
8/28/2024 • 56 minutes, 44 seconds
Bootstrapping a +$1B Business + Selling To The Ultra Rich | Jesse Pujji
Episode 622: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jesse Pujji ( https://x.com/jspujji ) about bootstrapping Ampush and the four levers of digital marketing.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Unique insight + unfair advantage
(3:05) How Jesse bootstrapped Ampush using GLG
(14:00) Digital marketing in masterclass in 3 minutes
(20:30) How to sell to the ultra rich
(27:38) Red Ventures' Playbook
(32:40) The Four Big Levers
(41:00) Calling Zuck's cell
(46:30) Noah Kagan's $100M mistake at facebook
(58:45) What's the thing you can't not do?
(1:01:00) Nelly performs at Jesse's birthday party
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Links:
• Gateway X - https://www.gateway.xyz/
• Aux Insights - https://www.auxinsights.com/
• Accordion - https://www.accordion.com/
• GrowthAssistant - https://growthassistant.com/
• GLG Insights - https://glginsights.com/
• Triple Whale - https://www.triplewhale.com/
• Ampush Lead Gen Overview - https://tinyurl.com/mw3f7cbk
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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/
—
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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
8/26/2024 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 26 seconds
Jack Smith On Biohacking, 2 Easy Business Ideas, PLUS Why Procrastination Is Good
Episode 621: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jack Smith ( https://x.com/_jacksmith ) about his under-the-radar biohacking experiments plus 2 $1M dollar business ideas.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Is reverse-aging a scam
(3:23) The 1% of biohacking
(12:28) Business idea: Mobile Dexa Scan
(25:30) Business idea: Medical tourism brokers
(32:06) Anti-beast mode
(39:10) Why smart people have bad ideas
(45:40) Hunt for the starving crowd
(49:27) AppLovin origin story
(54:20) Finding demand that feels like a landmine
(56:03) Jack's book recommendation
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Links:
• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm
• BodySpec - https://www.bodyspec.com/
• Prenuvo - https://www.prenuvo.com/
• Q Bio - https://www.q.bio/
• Aiwo - https://aiwo.com/
• “Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas” - https://paulgraham.com/bronze.html
• Vungle - https://vungle.com/privacy/
• The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success - https://tinyurl.com/mwyf6spw
• Jack on MFM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVwLEocqK0E
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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/
—
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8/23/2024 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 35 seconds
How To Grow An Audience If You Have 0 Followers
Episode 620: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) breaks down the 9 lessons he’s learned while building an audience.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:17) Forget the numbers
(6:11) Find your inner nerd
(9:57)Build a magnet
(10:40) First, Last, Best, Worst, Weirdest
(12:40) The thing I wish I knew earlier
(15:53) No such thing as too long
(16:18) A+ content with C- delivery
(17:58) Create a binge bank
(18:32) People don’t want information
(19:55) Be so good they can’t ignore you
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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
8/21/2024 • 28 minutes, 57 seconds
Is This The End Of The Pod?
Episode 619: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) do a post-mortem on a fight they had yesterday.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Fights don't start as fights
(9:08) Gottman's Fourhorseman of the Apocalypse
(11:28) The magic ratio of 5:1
(15:42) The body keeps the score
(19:36) No winners in war
(24:19) Mistaken attribution
(26:40) Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy
(29:17) The cardinal sin is measuring
(32:55) The best relationships are bigger than you
(40:00) Identify the skill issue
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Links:
• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm
• The Body Keeps the Score - https://tinyurl.com/sf66b2tj
• How to Win Friends and Influence People - https://tinyurl.com/4wbafxyf
• Fight Right - https://tinyurl.com/pdvub4b4
—
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—
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• 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
8/19/2024 • 48 minutes, 21 seconds
I Lost Everything Twice… Then Made $26M In 18 Months | Alex Hormozi Interview
Episode 618: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Alex Hormozi ( https://x.com/AlexHormozi ) about losing everything overnight, investing in Skool, and Acquisition’s $250M/yr playbook.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Brink of oblivion to $26M in 18 months
(18:13) Crafting a killer offer
(28:14) Investing in Skool
(36:25) Acquisition’s $250M/yr playbook
(52:46) “Here's what I would buy now”
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Links:
• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm
• Alex on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/alexhormozi
• Acquisition - https://www.acquisition.com/
• Skool - https://www.skool.com/
• Gym Launch - https://www.gymlaunch.com/
• Alex Hormozi on MFM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KfuQwB5rIs
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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/
—
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8/15/2024 • 58 minutes, 59 seconds
You Don’t Need A Mentor -> Focus On THIS Instead
Episode 617: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the most important conversations they had when they were just getting started.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Scott Belsky’s pep talk
(5:43) Enrolling in Getting Rich
(9:37) John Prendergrast asks a better question
(13:37 Michael Birch pulls Shaan aside
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Links:
• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm
• Sabi - https://sabisushi.wordpress.com/
• Shaan’s online “resume” - https://shaan-sample.mystrikingly.com/
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—
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• 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
8/12/2024 • 22 minutes, 48 seconds
The Market Is Crashing. Here’s What We’re Doing About It…
Episode 616: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about what they are doing in response to the market dip, plus The Olympics biggest winners and losers of the week.
Show Notes:
(0:00) Boys React: The market dip
(4:32) React or respond?
(10:48) The Olympics winners and losers
(19:03) Winner: Fem Kabul
(21:26) Winner: Team Refugees
(24:48) Loser: Simone Biles and Gymnastics in general
(27:30) Loser: Pole vault guy memes
(28:18) Winner: Noah Lyles
(30:41) Loser: The Olympic's programming
(34:00) The $75B dollar uniform rental empire
(38:18) Building a line of succession for your business
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Links:
• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm
• Cintas - https://www.cintas.com/
—
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—
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• 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
8/9/2024 • 53 minutes, 14 seconds
He Sold His Company For $15M, Then Got A Job At McDonald’s
Episode 615: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of Scott Heiferman, the reindustrialization of America, plus Elon’s Problem Solving Method.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Millionaire working at McDonalds
(11:40) Scott Heiferman’s path to $15M
(17:32) Building Meetup.com to $156M exit
(24:20) Rosie the Riveter 3.0
(34:32) Elon's Problem Solving Method
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Links:
• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm
• Meetup - https://www.meetup.com/
• Bowling Alone - https://tinyurl.com/23etxxdp
• Careers Built To Last - https://www.careersbuilttolast.com/
• BlueForge Alliance - https://www.blueforgealliance.us/
• Gundo Deep Dive - https://x.com/johncoogan/status/1741512539979325733
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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/
—
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8/7/2024 • 46 minutes, 23 seconds
3 Underdog Stories That’ll Get You Inspired This Week
Episode 614: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) share the stories of people who took shots on goal and were just one hit away from blowing up.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The Jewish Ed Sheeran
(10:22) The actual Ed Sheeran
(15:00) Eric the Eel
(20:00) How CarEdge is quietly crushing it
(29:21) How a car dealership is pulling millions of views on TikTok
(33:07) $100M+ Pokemon sleep tracking app
(35:55) Nick Gray's new thing
(39:37) “The best advice is free by definition”
(43:29) Take a 360 review of your life
(50:16) Shaan bombs a talk at a conference (lessons learned)
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Links:
• CarEdge - https://caredge.com/
• Mohawk Chevrolet - https://www.tiktok.com/@mohawkchevrolet
• Jack Skeen - https://jackskeen.com/
—
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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
7/31/2024 • 58 minutes, 54 seconds
6 Things I Learned From Not Drinking For 1 Year
Episode 613: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to about the giving up drinking 11 years ago and the lessons he learned for anyone wanting to make a major change in their life.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Lesson 1: Figure out your why and go all in on that.
(4:14) Lesson 2: Tell your friends
(8:40) Lesson 3: Recreate your identity.
(13:00) Lesson 4: Don’t be perfect, just mostly good.
(15:50) Lesson 5: You’ll attract more people.
(18:26) Lesson 6. Find inspiration. (It’s ok to be corny)
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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
7/29/2024 • 28 minutes, 2 seconds
10 AI Business Ideas From The Queen of AI ft. Sarah Guo
Episode 612: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sarah Guo ( https://x.com/saranormous ) about the Ai ideas she thinks could be $1B swings.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(4:00) IDEA: AI companions
(16:00) IDEA: AI interior design / professional headshots
(22:30) IDEA: A richer version of The Sims
(25:00) The speedy way to do this if you're non-technical
(27:00) IDEA: Your Personal Seller
(32:00) IDEA: Generative Voice API for service providers, SMBs, restaurants
(38:00) IDEA: Next Gen Auto-Fill
(40:00) Software 3.0--what's coming
(42:00) Boring verticals fertile for AI: Legal and medical
(44:00) Ask: What's already being outsourced?
(47:00) Ripe for disruption: energy storage, chips,
(49:00) “Ai's $600B Question”
(52:00) Sarah Reacts: Doomsday scenarios in Ai
(56:30) If you're 22, hungry and optimistic, go west
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Links:
• Sarah Guo - https://sarahguo.com/
• Conviction - https://www.conviction.com/
• Replika - https://replika.com/
• Character.ai - https://character.ai/
• HeyGen - https://www.heygen.com/
• Icon - https://icon.me/
• Arcads - https://www.arcads.ai/
• Interior AI - https://interiorai.com/
• Aragon - https://aragon.ai/
• Chatbot App - https://chatbotapp.ai/
• Cartesia - https://cartesia.ai/
• Somewhere - https://www.somewhere.com/
• AI’s $600B Question - https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/ais-600b-question/
• Eureka Labs - https://eurekalabs.ai/
• Conviction Embed - https://embed.conviction.com/
—
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—
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• 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
7/24/2024 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 36 seconds
Business Brainstorm: SAT Prep Cartoons, The Onion For Millennial Moms & More
Episode 611: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) catch up and share 3 business ideas they came up with over the weekend.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Shaan's no phone weekend
(5:17) Control your inputs
(10:20) Life hack: Play with your kid
(15:38) Business Idea: Sketchy
(25:15) Business Idea: Niche Fake News You Can Trust
(34:41) Business Idea: Tampons that won't kill you
(40:28) An unqualified brief history of presidential assassinations
(46:09) The ceaseless action of Teddy Roosevelt
(55:10) MFM Required Readling List
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Links:
• r/regretfulparents - https://www.reddit.com/r/regretfulparents/
• Sketchy - https://www.sketchy.com/
• Babylon Bee - https://babylonbee.com/
• Manhunt - https://tinyurl.com/bdepazn4
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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/
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7/22/2024 • 1 hour, 4 minutes
We Bet This App Idea Could Be Bigger Than Reddit
Episode 610: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the $1b dollar app idea for millennial moms, how Solidcore founder Anne Mahlum emptied her life savings into a pilates studio that she sold for $88M + Shaan writes a movie using ChatGPT.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) APP IDEA: Reddit For Moms
(3:50) Capitalizing on a reverse craving
(14:30) How we use our wives to predict trends
(18:54) Shaan uses ChatGPT to make a movie
(22:56) How to use ChatGPT as an on-demand creative collaborator
(34:14) The mind-boggling story of Solidcore
(37:21) The insane confidence of Anne Mahlum
(41:40) There's no business that looks good on the inside
(44:07) "They drove a clown car into a gold mine"
(47:55) Who's your Elon?
(50:34) Why Ben Franklin and Jesse Itzler are Shaan's entrepreneurial heroes
(55:10) Bryan Johnson's aging leaderboard
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Links:
• Better Than Google - https://tinyurl.com/mskmpysd
• Beehiiv - https://www.beehiiv.com/
• Solidcore - https://www.solidcore.co/
• Anne Mahlum - https://www.annemahlum.com/
• Jesse Itzler’s episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff1z3GUcfO8
• I’m There For You, Baby - https://tinyurl.com/2m42ktk9
• TruDiagnostic - https://www.trudiagnostic.com/
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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/
—
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7/19/2024 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 11 seconds
How to hijack attention: Lessons from jingles, candy crush, and betting sites
Episode 609: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) break down the genius marketing tactics used by the brands you can’t get out of your brain–no matter how much you want to.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The history of jingles (Bring them back!)
(11:07) Prediction: Polymarket is going to be massive
(21:25) The wisdom on the crowd phenomenon
(26:36) How gaming apps hunt for whales
(31:00) Corporate Slang That Doesn't Exist But Should
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Links:
• DatPiff - https://www.datpiff.com/
• Polymarket - https://polymarket.com/
—
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Need to hire
? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
Episode 608: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) react to the $22M "fake-work" app, mouse jigglers & Ryan Serhant’s Netflix show.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Devices helping the overemployed cheat on their bosses
(6:50) $22M ARR side hustle catching mouse jigglers
(8:36) Career polygamy support at r/overemployed
(11:18) Is this a good strategy for financial freedom?
(15:58) Big Desk Energy
(20:22) Life hack: Intentional internet consumption
(26:58) Indie hacking on steroids
(32:44) Shaan tries a self-driving car, becomes evangelist
(36:50) Secondary effects of autonomous vehicles
(40:16) Ryan Serhant’s Netflix show
(45:28) Don’t try to be noticed; try to be great.
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Links:
• Hubstaff - http://hubstaff.com/
• Teramind - https://democompany.teramind.co/
• Mouse Mover - https://tech8usa.com/
• r/overemployed - https://www.reddit.com/r/overemployed/
• Overemployed - https://overemployed.com/
• Beehiiv - https://www.beehiiv.com/
• Big Desk Energy - http://bigdeskenergy.com/
• Brian Koppelman blog - https://briankoppelman.com/
• Photopea - https://www.photopea.com/
• Pikimov - https://pikimov.com/
• Waymo - https://waymo.com/
• Sellit.com - https://sellit.com/
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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/
—
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7/12/2024 • 56 minutes, 36 seconds
Our buddy sold his app for $200M in just 6 weeks?!
Episode 607: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Dan Porter ( https://x.com/tfadp ) about selling his app for $200M after just 6 weeks plus stories about Richard Branson, Ari Emmanuel & building cult brands.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:29) Story behind OMGPop gaming company
(5:23)Creating viral mobile game Draw My Thing (now Draw Something)
(12:02) 25 million users a day, 1 million drawings every 5 seconds
(24:10) Zynga bought the game for $200M 6 weeks after launch
(32:30) The real power of money
(38:32) Working with Richard Branson and Ari Emmanuel
(47:44) Building Overtime (creating a brand that is part of culture)
(52:28) The Travis Scott effect
(1:06:45) Dan's life advice
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Links:
• Overtime - https://overtimeelite.com/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
7/10/2024 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 33 seconds
How To Go Beast Mode As A Founder
Episode 606: Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) brings you 24 minutes of raw motivation. Think of this as an angry love letter to kick off your week.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Peter Thiel’s One Priority Philosophy
(4:30) 3 lies you’re telling yourself
(7:55) Zuck closes a $1B dollar deal in 48 hours
(13:41) The Collison Installation
(16:13) Lead bullets v Silver bullets
(18:51) When to sprint
(20:44) The 3 Big Questions
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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
7/8/2024 • 27 minutes, 25 seconds
How I Made My First $1M - The Andrew Wilkinson Story
Episode 604: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Andrew Wilkinson ( https://x.com/awilkinson ) about how he went from a $6.50/hr barista to millionaire in just 4 years.
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Show Notes:
(1:00) From barista to billionaire
(1:40) Andrew’s 1st level up: From day job to self employed
(3:26) Shaan 1st money made as an entrepreneur
(4:40) Sam’s 1st money as an entrepreneur
(7:15) Andrew’s 2nd level up: From self employed to boss
(8:40) From selling your time to selling other people's time
(9:30) Book: The E-Myth (Thinking of your business as a machine) (10:10) Andrew makes his first million dollars profit
(12:00) Robert Kiyosaki’s cashflow quadrant
(13:20) Andrew’s 3rd level up: Incubating Businesses - The decathlon of failed businesses
(17:00) Andrew sells one of his businesses and creates a nest egg
(18:45) Andrew discovers Warren Buffet’s teachings and starts learning to invest.
(19:48) Andrew's 20% rule
(20:33) Sam's pauper tendencies
(22:58) Andrew starts angel investing
(24:00) Andrew starts hiring CEOs and removes himself from his businesses
(28:30) Poker v Roulette in investing
(31:20) Andrew’s 4th level up: Taking his company public and reaching the end goal. However money didn’t buy happiness.
(33:46) What’s the actual amount that will make you happy?
(34:37) Business is a good way to build relationships
(35:35) Figuring out your annual burn rate
(36:48) The goals every entrepreneur should have. Launchpad. Enough. Life’s Work
(38:23) $10M = financial freedom
(41:28) It doesn’t take a special skill set to get to financial independence
(46:41) Shaan’s learns about the deferred life plan
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Links:
• Never Enough - https://www.neverenough.com/ (⬅️ Andrew’s book!)
• The E-Myth - https://shorturl.at/h7Q1J
• Rich Dad Poor Dad - https://shorturl.at/S28Dd
• How To Get Rich - https://shorturl.at/pGTSm
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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/
—
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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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7/5/2024 • 59 minutes, 4 seconds
The Simple Newsletter Making $20M+ A Year With 1 Employee
Episode 603: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Kevin Van Trump ( https://x.com/KevinVanTrump ) about his journey from rural farm kid, to commodities trader, to creator of a farm newsletter that’s making $20M/year.
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Show Notes:
(0:45) How Sam met Kevin, then got his mind blown
(2:05) Shaan's reaction at his 1st Farmcon experience (Corn futures and options trading)
(4:35) The farmer's theory of the old bear and the young bull
(5:00) How Kevin's newsletter inspired Shaan to start Milk Road
(6:25) Breaking down The Van Trump Report ($18M ARR run by 4 ppl)
(8:05) Rural farm kid gets into trading
(12:28) Farmers operating at the highest level
(13:50) Ag Swag
(16:18) The Van Trump Business Model "People buy value not price"
(19:00) The customer continuum
(20:43) Poker vs chess
(23:57) The decision to do nothing is still a decision
(25:04) Trader v investor
(28:20) How most people should be building wealth
(32:37) Why the wealthy are getting into agriculture
(33:55) The succession plan for farms
(36:00) The economics of professional bull riding
(39:14) The come up of FarmersOnly
(41:15) How to buy a farm
(44:32) Wearables for livestock
(45:18) Blockchaining farms
(47:55) Kevin's take on lab-grown meat
(50:00) Opportunity zones: air, shelter, food, water
(52:35) New trend: trade schools
(54:24) Roll ups for wealth creation
(55:30) How to gain new perspectives (purposefully)
(57:50) Windows vs doors
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Links:
• FARMCON - https://www.farmcon.com/
• The Van Trump Report - https://www.vantrumpreport.com/
• AgSwag - https://agswag.com/
• Bid On Beef - https://www.bidonbeef.com/
• AcreTrader - https://acretrader.com/
• Zoetis - https://www.zoetisus.com/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
7/1/2024 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 14 seconds
Business Tricks We've Learned From Gamblers, Pickup Artists, & Feynman
Episode 602: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how to 10x your odds of success.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Ed Thorp and the mathematics of gambling
(7:51) World's first hedge fund
(12:12) Sam and Shaan revisit “The Game”
(16:06) The Feynman technique for learning
(21:14) Shaan's one criteria for action
(24:58) Why you don't need privilege to start
(29:06) Playing "the game" of business
(33:37) Switching to better games
(36:15) How the Roger Bannister Effect crushes limiting beliefs
(40:13) Step 0: Believe it can be done
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Links:
• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy
• Ed Thorp biography - https://tinyurl.com/yjcp4645
• Beat The Dealer - https://tinyurl.com/yc426fc5
• Ed Thorp website - https://www.edwardothorp.com/
• The Game - https://tinyurl.com/3kh3xfhn
• Jack Smith’s episode - https://tinyurl.com/yc4zdnem
• Kaggle - https://www.kaggle.com/
• Bringing Down The House - https://tinyurl.com/4txm492n
• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf
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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/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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6/28/2024 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 13 seconds
The Dark, Untold Story of Ozempic
Episode 601: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Calley Means ( https://x.com/calleymeans ) about the $50T drug that has Americans in a chokehold.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:54) The problem with Ozempic
(4:25) America is a dirty fish tank
(9:58) The Flexner Report
(12:06) 90% of doctors never study nutrition or fitness
(15:38) Cigarette companies invented processed food
(17:16) A case for Ozempic
(21:56) The macroeconomics of Ozempic
(26:37) Why you shouldn't trust Stanford or Harvard
(34:11) How one family got America hooked on drugs for life
(36:51) Nothing is more profitable than a child who gets sick early
(39:00) The 80/20 on nutrition and health
(42:32) How the death of a parent radicalized Calley
(46:46) Why Japanese children only have 3% obesity rate
(49:07) The difference between European and American candy
(52:33) HBS is a conformity factory
(55:50)"Psilocybin is the single most thing we should be doing"
(1:05:47) When the student is ready, the teacher appears
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Links:
• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy
• Truemed - https://trumed.ai/
• The Flexner Report - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3178858/
• Good Energy - https://tinyurl.com/39jzb6zs
• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf
—
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/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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6/26/2024 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 52 seconds
5 Business Ideas To Start Today With $0 ft. Shark Tank's Sabri Suby
Episode 600: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sabri Suby ( https://x.com/sabrisuby) about business ideas he would go after if he was starting from scratch.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:04) Idea: Done-For-You Channel Growth
(7:28) Idea: Affiliate arbitrage for Chiropractors
(13:02) Idea: Live Chat as a service
(14:50) Look for customers with a bleeding neck
(17:39) Idea: $100K/day opportunity with TikTok Shops
(26:42) Get paid to learn the most valuable skills as a marketer
(29:24) Kill the little bitch inside
(32:18) Philosophy: Have more fun
(44:31) How to be better at small talk
(45:44) Invest in building your year
(47:53) Showmanship
(51:42) The difference between good and great
(53:26) Stop praying to the internet gods
(54:45) How to get your target market to raise their hand
(56:33) Sabri's 1M copy book funnel
(59:47) The Yes, Yes, Yes, No Funnel
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Links:
• Sabri on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SabriSubyOfficial
• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy
• Sell Like Crazy - https://selllikecrazybook.com/
• King Kong - https://kingkong.co/
• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf
—
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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
6/25/2024 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 42 seconds
3 Things You Need To Outperform 99% Of Entrepreneurs
Episode 599: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the best traits of a startup founder and lessons from how Dana White, Elon Musk, and Emmett Shear cut through the bullshit.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Top traits founders should take from Dana White
(5:35) 1 - Brute force
(10:21) 2 - Extreme bias for action
(14:55) Quick audit of Dana White's gambling claims
(18:00) 3 - Speed
(19:00) Checklist for a perfect niche event business
(22:56) IDEA: The Beer Mile
(24:45) IDEA: Paddle Prison Break
(25:47) IDEA: Skyline Scramble
(30:17) Growth vs EBITDA vs cash flow
(32:27) Shaan's Guide to Increase EBITDA
(34:19) Step 1: create a EBITDA budget
(37:08) Step 2: communicate the plan relentlessly
(37:48) Step 3: Track and report
(38:04) Step 4: Tie into incentives
(38:30) Step 5: Repeat every 30 days
(40:02) Next stage: Cash flow
(41:28) The benefit of playing on Hard Mode
(43:38) Is e-commerce dead?
(44:54) Shaan's $30M dollar dream house
(47:56) Shaan writes an essay
(49:43) Sexier core principles
(1:00:53) Culture: What people do when the boss isn't around
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Links:
• Shaan Puri essays - https://www.shaanpuri.com/essays
• Brunello Cucinelli - https://shop.brunellocucinelli.com/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
6/22/2024 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 9 seconds
Listen To These 40 Minutes To Unf*ck Your Life
Episode 598: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about which path is worth pursuing: money or passion?
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The rise and fall of the Lehman Brothers
(4:56) The life we live vs the unlived life
(9:13) How Jerry Seinfeld puts in the work
(12:54) You don't have to save the world
(21:45) “What would I work on if I wasn't afraid?”
(23:27) Sylvester Stallone and the wolf at the door
(30:10) Low Key Billy of the Week: Michael Pryor
(39:29) Sam reflects on being popular
(40:58) Sam and Shaan's "number" to walk away
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Links:
• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy
• The War of Art - https://tinyurl.com/4w9evyk8
• Fog Bugz - https://ignitetech.com/softwarelibrary/fogbugz
• Stack Overflow - https://stackoverflow.com/
• Joel on Software - https://www.joelonsoftware.com/
• Wander - https://www.wander.com/mfm (Enter to win a free trip and use code MFM300 at checkout for $300 off your booking)
• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf
—
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/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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6/19/2024 • 49 minutes, 54 seconds
EXCLUSIVE: $3B Founder Reveals His Next Big Idea
Episode 597: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to Brett Adcock ( https://x.com/adcock_brett ) about his next big idea, his checklist for entrepreneurs, and his framework for learning new things and moving fast.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Solving school shootings
(3:15) Cold calling NASA
(6:14) Spotting the mega-trend
(8:37) "Thinking big is easier"
(12:42) Brett's philosophy on company names
(16:22) Brett's ideas note app: genetics, super-sonic travel, synthetic foods
(19:45) "I just want to win"
(21:46) Brett's checklist for entrepreneurs
(25:17) Being fast in hardware
(30:15) Brett's framework for learning new things
(33:00) Who does Brett admire
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Links:
• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy
• Brett Adcock - https://www.brettadcock.com/
• Cover - https://www.cover.ai/
• Figure - https://figure.ai/
—
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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/
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6/17/2024 • 39 minutes, 37 seconds
He Got Fired By His DAD… So He Built a $60M/yr Empire
Episode 596: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to Craig Fuller ( https://x.com/FreightAlley ) about how he turned dying hobby magazines into a cash flow machine.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:45) Economics of long-haul trucking
(3:36) Getting fired from the family business
(5:30) Fuel cards for truck drivers
(6:40) How FreightWaves hit $20M ARR in 2 years
(9:08) Acquiring FLYING for $3.5M
(12:14) Opportunity: Depressed media properties
(16:02) From losing $8 per subscriber to profitability in 1 year
(20:31) A media side hustle becomes a real estate main hustle
(22:55) Craig's tolerance for being leveraged
(25:32) Pre-selling $28M units pre-construction
(28:51) Diversity, Asymmetrical risk, and generational security
(31:11) Teams to diversify your time
(34:21) Building a portfolio of hobby magazines
(37:20) Content to commerce playbook
(47:03) The story of William Randolph Hearst
(51:32) What's the chase?
(53:15) "The best thing to give a founder is an enemy"
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Links:
• FreightWaves - https://www.freightwaves.com/
• Knight-Swift - https://knight-swift.com/
• Firecrown - https://firecrown.com/
• The Chief - https://tinyurl.com/36khrt8y
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• 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/
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6/13/2024 • 59 minutes, 36 seconds
$100M Founder Reveals The Secret To Making Data Profitable
Episode 595: Anand Sanwal ( https://x.com/asanwal ) joins Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) to reveal his playbook for building an insanely profitable data business.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Anand’s data arbitrage playbook
(9:51) Starting weird as Chubby Brain
(12:03) Don't run 100mph in the wrong direction
(14:53) Edge, Collection, and Opportunity
(19:24) IDEA: High-end Glassdoor
(27:00) IDEA: C-Suite Head Hunting Service
(28:57) IDEA: HomeOptions for Founder Exits
(32:17) Anand's School of Entrepreneuring
(36:03) Learn how to think, not what to think
(38:18) The Die-At-Your-Desk Life Philosophy
(39:26) Competency-based curriculum
(42:47) IDEA: Slime Museums
(46:40) IDEA: Autonomous HOA Convenience Stores
(51:32) IDEA: Online Addiction Centers
(58:51) Leadership lessons from legendary coaches
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Links:
• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy
• CB Insights - https://www.cbinsights.com/
• Bloomberg article - https://tinyurl.com/32ns9beu
• Blackbaud - https://www.blackbaud.com/solutions/total-fundraising-solutions
• HomeOptions - https://www.homeoptions.com/
• IMG Academy - https://www.imgacademy.com/
• American Addiction Centers - https://americanaddictioncenters.org/
• Weapons of Mass Instruction - https://tinyurl.com/49s6xhpk
• Chasing Perfection - https://tinyurl.com/46hc5zxj
• The Score Takes Care of Itself - https://tinyurl.com/4v6k72h3
• The Talent Code - https://tinyurl.com/4h2z9yer
• The Learner Lab - https://thelearnerlab.com/
• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf
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• 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/
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6/11/2024 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 45 seconds
The GameStop Guy Has Returned… (And Has A New $210M Bet)
Episode 594: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) explain what’s happening with GameStop AGAIN and how Keith Gill turned $56k into $210M with memes.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Roaring Kitty's $200M GameStop holding
(8:41) Is Keith Gill the most genius creator behind a brand?
(14:53) Where did the $65M come from?
(17:44) The 7 Stages of GameStop FOMO
(20:00) Ryan Cohen's activist investments in GameStop, Bed Bath and Beyond
(26:34) Shaan's honest take on paternity leave
(31:53) Painting the windows black
(35:42) Zach Pogrob's The Year of Obsession
(37:03) What's the deal with run clubs right now?
(39:19) Sexy faces and sexy paces
(42:04) Endurance event businesses
(45:06) Opportunity: The suburban Iron Man
(51:19) Scott Harrison gives Shaan unsolicited feedback
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Links:
• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy
• wallstreetbets - https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/
• Unusual Whales - https://unusualwhales.com/
• WSJ on Ryan Cohen - https://tinyurl.com/4zue9xps
• Wander - https://www.wander.com/
• The Lehman Trilogy - https://thelehmantrilogy.com/
• The Year of Obsession - https://tinyurl.com/4nsrh689
• Nick Bare - https://www.instagram.com/nickbarefitness
• RAWDAWG - https://www.instagram.com/rawdawgrunclub
• River - https://www.getriver.io/
• 29029 Everesting - https://29029everesting.com/
• Rock n Roll Running - https://www.runrocknroll.com/
• thespeedproject - https://www.instagram.com/thespeedproject
• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf
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• 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/
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6/7/2024 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 40 seconds
25 Years Of Founder WISDOM In 55 Minutes (ft. Jason Fried)
Episode 593: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Jason Fried ( https://x.com/jasonfried ) open up about personal finances, raising kids around wealth and dealing with risk.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Sam and Jason play Would You Rather...
(5:15) Loosening the grip on the stick
(12:35) The pale blue dot
(14:03) Why does the businessworld deserve our best lessons?
(18:30) Early days vs. vs. middle days vs later days
(24:47) "A founder's job is to inject risk"
(29:36) “Cool wears off but useful never does”
(31:07) Striking balance with a business partner
(34:14) The value of talking about money
(37:28) Navigating luxury with kids
(40:08) Midwestern values on blast
(43:39) The truth about luck
(46:55) Staying up vs. staying off
(49:45) New insights from old biographies
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Links:
• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy
• The Most Important Thing - https://tinyurl.com/9ym3xw5b
• Peter Lynch books - https://tinyurl.com/2nf87pzb
• The Pale Blue Dot - https://www.planetary.org/worlds/pale-blue-dot
• The Messy Middle = https://tinyurl.com/2paw5jmk
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
• Newspapers.com - http://newpapers.com/
• Pessimists Archive - https://pessimistsarchive.org/
• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf
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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
—
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6/5/2024 • 59 minutes, 43 seconds
This $50M/Yr Side Hustle Is On Track To Make $1 Billion By 2030
Episode 592: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) break down the economics of luxury hobby magazines, make a prediction about Ai cameras, and explain how to find the next tech wave.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Craig Fuller's field of dreams
(5:12) $50M side hustle
(9:16) We call to find out EXACTLY how he did it
(19:02) The New York Times is a gaming company
(23:27) Idea: Third party LinkedIn games developer
(27:00) How rich people spend money
(29:00) The myth of the second home
(30:57) Ai cameras
(36:31) Prediction: A camera on every field, every court
(38:31) How to find the next wave: What's the next menus on the internet?
(40:41) How to avoid product obsolescence
(44:09) "Measure twice. Cut once"
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Links:
• FreighWaves - https://www.freightwaves.com/
• FLYING Magazine - https://www.flyingmag.com/
• Firecrown - https://firecrown.com/
• Veo - https://launch.veo.co/
• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow - https://clickhubspot.com/fmf
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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
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6/3/2024 • 52 minutes, 49 seconds
He Turned $300/mo Into $3,750,000/mo From GARDENING
Episode 591: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to Kevin Espiritu ( https://x.com/KevinEspiritu ), AKA The Plant Daddy, about how he turned a side hustle into a $45M business in his backyard.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:41) $250k playing online poker
(6:04) The influence of Pat Flynn
(7:43) Cocoa butter cream review site
(8:30) Printing on-demand shirts
(12:26) From Scribe to $300/mo gardening blog
(15:06) Inflection point: The metal raised bed
(17:42) Billion-dollar blogs
(19:20) Life-changing money
(23:56) 5 Languages of the love of money
(26:47) Lessons from Ramit Sethi
(28:25) Path to $100M through acquisitions
(29:19) Buying a seed tray business for less than $500K
(33:22) Buying a competing gardening blog
(37:00) Acquiring Botanical Interests
(42:16) Red and green flags in acquisitions
(46:12) The danger of being a celebrity on the internet
(48:45) Idea: Branded hybrid plant species
(52:38) Floyd Zaiger, the godfather of licenced plants
(57:26) The lie behind Blue Zones
(1:00:12) The Tesla of chicken coops
(1:00:53) Beekeeping
(1:04:46) Choosing your hobbies wisely
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Links:
• Kevin on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@kevinmespiritu
• Epic Gardening on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@epicgardening
• The Chernin Group - https://tcg.co/
• The Billion Dollar Creator - https://nathanbarry.com/billion/
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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
—
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5/31/2024 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 42 seconds
How This Ex-Navy SEAL Turned A Book Into A $1M+ Empire - Jack Carr
Episode 590: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr ( https://twitter.com/JackCarrUSA ) about how he churns out hit after hit and what the SEALs has taught him about hardship, mission readiness, and hitting targets.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:15) Launching a book how Red Bull launches a drink
(7:30) 6 books in 6 years
(9:41) Manifesting success from age 11
(11:36) Defining your own calculus
(13:35) Lessons from Mr Ballen and other SEALs
(15:23) Made-to-stick branding
(19:44) How to build an audience today
(24:10) The writing and launch process
(26:11) Master the one-pager
(28:43) Anti self-publishing
(30:03) Modern masculinity in America
(33:26) Creating a rite of passage
(37:27) Voluntary hardship
(39:36) Manifesting Chris Pratt
(44:51) Hitting your mission
(48:38) Jack's recommended reading list
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Links:
• Jack Carr - https://www.officialjackcarr.com/
• Made to Stick - https://tinyurl.com/2rumfmjw
• The Comfort Crisis - https://tinyurl.com/y5wfjnfz
• The Terminal List - https://tinyurl.com/2cvvmtfx
• The Successful Novelist - https://tinyurl.com/4ba29jtn
• The Hero with a Thousand Faces - https://tinyurl.com/2bnmxua4
• Get HubSpot's Free AI-Powered Sales Hub: enhance support, retention, and revenue all in one place https://clickhubspot.com/sym
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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Pitch your startup for a shot at a $1M investment with Sam Parr as the MC https://clickhubspot.com/pitch
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5/29/2024 • 54 minutes, 29 seconds
How To Master Storytelling
Episode 589: Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with David Perell to reveal every framework he knows to become a better storyteller, a better writer, and a better creator of binge-worthy content.
This episode was originally recorded for the podcast “How I Write,” hosted by David Perell. —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2BnqYArwaw
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:16) Binge bank
(6:03) Storytelling
(8:05) Intention & Obstacle
(14:22) Hasan Minhaj
(15:53) Writing vs Speaking
(18:06) Pacing
(19:01) Hooks vs Frames
(22:30) Viral tweets
(26:49) MrBeast
(27:26) Storyworthy
(29:10) 5-second moment of change
(32:02) Origin Stories
(42:07) Tony Robbins
(43:25) Transformations
(44:12) Steven Bartlett
(46:17) Viral videos
(49:09) Miss Excel
(56:04) Change your state & focus
(58:31) Paul Graham
(1:03:43) Advice to writers
(1:06:53) Writer's voice
(1:11:48) Dave Chappelle vs Netflix
(1:18:18) Distribution
(1:21:40) Twitter / X
(1:32:34) Writing with humor
(1:45:02) Newsletters
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Links:
• Write of Passage - https://writeofpassage.com/
• David on Twitter - https://twitter.com/david_perell
• David’s Website - https://perell.com/
• David Perell on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0a_pO439rhcyHBZq3AKdrw
• David’s Podcast - https://writeofpassage.com/how-i-write
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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Pitch your startup for a shot at a $1M investment with Sam Parr as the MC https://clickhubspot.com/pitch
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5/27/2024 • 1 hour, 54 minutes, 21 seconds
How Gary Vee Predicts The Next Facebook (Every Time)
Episode 588: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) chop it up with Gary Vee about which of his investments paid off the most, how much cash he keeps as a safety net and what he’s noticed from hanging out with people like Logan Paul, Zuck, and MrBeast.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:28) Good news for the “C” students out there
(5:31) Break the Web
(8:12) Attention is the only universal asset class
(12:26) Perplexity.ai/podcast
(14:30) Alex Schultz on growth and language translation
(16:23) Adult camps better than conferences
(20:06) Millionaires v billionaires
(25:44) Planning for a post-iPhone world
(28:43) Gary's safety net
(31:41) Micro v macro gratitude
(37:45) Gary's best investment
(39:08) Gary's take of Zuck, Logan Paul
(45:44) Who Gary admires
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Links:
• Gary Vaynerchuk - https://garyvaynerchuk.com/
• Gary on Twitter - https://twitter.com/garyvee
• Day Trading Attention - https://tinyurl.com/yckc8erw
• Break The Web - https://www.breaktheweb.co/
• Lecture 6 - Growth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_yHZ_vKjno
• Get HubSpot's Free AI-Powered Sales Hub: enhance support, retention, and revenue all in one place https://clickhubspot.com/sym
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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Pitch your startup for a shot at a $1M investment with Sam Parr as the MC https://clickhubspot.com/pitch
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5/22/2024 • 53 minutes, 25 seconds
A Masterclass On Hiring A CEO To Run Your Company ft. Andrew Wilkinson
Episode 587: Andrew Wilkinson ( https://twitter.com/awilkinson ) teaches the exact step-by-step process he uses to find, diligence, hire, and transition a great CEO.
Get Andrew’s CEO Hiring Guide and Checklist - https://tinyurl.com/ms8938kn
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:36) Why you need a CEO
(4:44) The third door: leave the business, keep the cash flow
(8:48) Get back to your flow state
(10:46) Step 1: Are you ready to hire a CEO?
(15:16) Is this going to hurt my business?
(16:46) Step 2: Find the RIGHT CEO
(17:52) Hiring a recruiter
(21:34) Look for a #2 with the right hammer
(23:23) Be a collector of people
(27:14) Step 3: Diligencing the candidate
(28:48) Green flags, yellow flags, and red flags
(32:21) 2x not 20x
(34:41) Step 4: First 100 days
(36:35) Don't poison the water
(38:12) Flesh wounds not mortal wounds
(40:06) Meet them in person
(40:29) More on diligencing: Trust but verify
(42:38) The DIY path
(44:48) Step 5: Negotiating and structuring compensation
(46:34) Uncapped bonuses vs equity
(49:55) Myth: Is a founder-led business always better?
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Links:
• Burke and Associates - https://burkeandassociates.com/executive-search/
• Business Intelligence Advisors - https://www.biadvisors.com/
• Never Enough - https://neverenough.com/
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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
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5/20/2024 • 59 minutes, 26 seconds
RARE interview with the "Indian Warren Buffett" - Mohnish Pabrai
Episode 586: Shaan Puri sits down with Mohnish Pabrai for a rare interview about value investing.
Mohnish is sometimes called the "Indian Warren Buffett" for having turned $1M into over $1B+ through stock investing. In this podcast they talk about how founders can become great investors, how to avoid big mistakes, and lessons learned from Buffett & Munger.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:41) Why entrepreneurs make the best investors
(4:40) How Warren Buffett’s pre-paid for his college education
(9:56) Becoming Ben Graham’s Protege
(13:57) What Buffett learned about branding from See’s Candies
(17:53) Buffett’s failed play to be a candy mogul
(20:54) Identifying offering gaps
(21:47) Getting an MBA at age 14 as the son of an entrepreneur
(26:12) The 3 tells of a future millionaire
(28:49) Mohnish builds his first product with maxed out credit cards at 24
(31:21) The 168 hour framework
(33:56) “Entrepreneurs do not take risks”
(36:10) How Richard Branson launches Virgin Atlantic with no money
(39:09) How 0.1 percent of the population owns 70 percent of all the motels in America
(43:45) The unfair advantage of being a low-cost producer
(44:49) How Mohnish turned his first million into $13M in 5 years
(48:18) Pabrai Funds grows to $600M in assets in less than 10 years
(49:42) What Mohnish knows about fundraising that we don’t
(55:46) Pivoting from tech investments in 1999 to value investments
(58:50) $2M lunch with Warren Buffett
(1:04:15) Be a harsh grader of people
(1:08:09) The Givers, The Takers, and The Matchers
(1:11:30) “Heads I win, tails I don’t lose much”
(1:16:41) Private markets v public auctions
(1:21:15) The #1 trait that makes a great investor
(1:22:50) What people of Reddit think of Mohnish Pabrai
(1:24:26) Starting capital, annual rate of return, length of runway
(1:25:04) The rule of 72
(1;26:03) “The most important rule in life is how long something takes to double”
(1:30:21) Circle the Wagons Philosophy
(1:32:14) Losing $3B in one unfortunate event
(1:37:34) Be fearful when the world is greedy; Be greedy when the world is fearful
(1:38:34)What a value investor thinks of bitcoin
(1:39:50) Nick Sleep bets
(1:52:49) The Best Of: Capital Allocators
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Links:
• The Intelligent Investor - https://tinyurl.com/3jmpjrmc
• The Dhandho Investor - https://tinyurl.com/53p9bhfv
• Get HubSpot's Free AI-Powered Sales Hub: enhance support, retention, and revenue all in one place https://clickhubspot.com/sym
—
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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
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5/17/2024 • 1 hour, 53 minutes, 59 seconds
The 5 Most Shocking Businessmen Alive...
5/15/2024 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 22 seconds
Shaan Tells All: Shepherd Sells For $52M, Paper Gains, Plus Why B2B Influencers Are Coming
Episode 584: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about using the massive upside of investing in your P&L, the ballsy-ness of Nick Huber and how to turn your annual income intro your monthly income.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Shepherd gets acquired for $50M
(5:44) Invest in your P&L
(7:57) The ballsiness of Nick Huber
(13:42) The evolution of celebrity partnerships
(17:04) A large, trusted audience
(20:30) 2. Product-audience fit
(21:42) 3. That Viral Touch
(22:12) Creators who are the best at this
(29:29) $280 millions dollar tumblers
(31:10) Giving as you go: Do it early, make it uncomfortable
(37:11) The curse of familiar riches
(39:57) How to 10x your annual income
(48:32) For the same inputs, can you get more outputs
(50:08) Acting As If
—
Links:
• Shepherd - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• The Sweaty Startup - https://sweatystartup.com/
• Dr DisRespect - https://www.youtube.com/user/drdisrespect
• Truemed - https://www.truemed.com/
• SimpleModern - https://www.simplemodern.com/
• Empower - https://www.empower.com/
• Get HubSpot's Free AI-Powered Sales Hub: enhance support, retention, and revenue all in one place https://clickhubspot.com/sym
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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
5/13/2024 • 56 minutes, 50 seconds
This Gas Station Pizza Business Makes $540M/Yr?!
Episode 583: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the genius business model of Hunt Brothers Pizza, and bring you three totally different inspirational stories of people doing cool shit.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Shaan gets triggered
(3:16) $540M ARR Pizza Business
(14:02) This silly game is making $22M a year
(22:11) Shaan's white collar side hustle of the week
(26:48) "The house always has an edge"
(33:08) Nick Gray's unconventional dating experiment
(37:22) Real life Rom Com plays out on Twitter
(45:23) Scott Galloway: "I can get down but I won't stay down"
(50:11) How To Lose Weight In 4 Easy Steps
—
Links:
• Jambys - https://www.jambys.com/
• Hunt Brothers Pizza - https://www.huntbrotherspizza.com/
• Geoguessr - https://www.geoguessr.com/
• The New Yorker article - https://tinyurl.com/yh95wcm8
• Nick Gray on Twitter - https://tinyurl.com/pjctk56b
• “How To Lose Weight In $ Ebay Steps” - https://tinyurl.com/yw7u4xbp
• Get HubSpot's Free AI-Powered Sales Hub: enhance support, retention, and revenue all in one place https://clickhubspot.com/sym
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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
5/10/2024 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 18 seconds
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5/9/2024 • 5 minutes, 58 seconds
CEOs Pay Him $10,000 Per Appointment?!
Episode 582: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the $1B idea that is basically inevitable, why stock exchanges are the smartest business model ever created and the female Pieter Levels who we’re crowning our Hustler of the Week.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Shaan's billion-dollar idea: Executive Check-ups
(2:12) Mayo Clinic’s $100M proof of concept
(12:58) $15K/mo lead gen arbitrage
(17:25) Pizza intelligence
(19:41) Shaan's Mount Rushmore of indexes
(24:54) The most profitable companies in the world
(26:32) Why stock exchanges have the best business model
(33:20) "Shoot your old idea in the head" - Eric Ries
(41:20) Hustler of the week: The Female Pieter Levels
(43:30) "Marketing is the tax you pay for an unremarkable product"
—
Links:
• Prenuvo - https://www.prenuvo.com/
• Big Desk Energy playlist - https://shorturl.at/ajuG5
• Suno - http://suno.ai/
• ICE Index - https://www.ice.com/index
• Long-term Stock Exchange - https://ltse.com/
• “Startup Lessons Learned” - https://www.startuplessonslearned.com/
• Branded Fruit - https://brandedfruit.com/
• Danielle Baskins - https://daniellebaskin.com/
• Get HubSpot's Free AI-Powered Sales Hub: enhance support, retention, and revenue all in one place https://clickhubspot.com/sym
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
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
5/8/2024 • 54 minutes, 20 seconds
Scott Galloway: Do This In Your 20s To Make Millions In Your 30s
Episode 581: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Scott Galloway about his Get-Rich formula they won’t teach you in school and the hard-to-hear but essential advice every 20-year old should hear.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Don't follow your passion
(3:08) Reverse engineering $160M exit
(7:30) How to keep top talent in your company
(11:12) "I'm not your friend"
(13:41) Scott's best and worst hedge fund deals
(16:20) Losing $10M every day
(18:14) Handle triumph and disasters the same way
(20:54) If you can't fix it, you have to stand it
(24:28) Lessons about happiness from the dying
(25:51) Statute of limitations on suffering
(28:57) Where Scott steals his powerful phrases
(33:09) Shaan opens his notes app of funny phrases
(34:52) Scott's anti-excited list
(37:33) “Go live in a city”
(39:50) Opportunity in America v Europe
(42:30) The fallacy of hard work over time
(46:56) Money does buy happiness
(52:20) The Algebra of Wealth
(55:33) If you have a side hustle you need a better main hustle
—
Links:
• The Algebra of Wealth - https://tinyurl.com/44yw3h6k
Get HubSpot's Free AI-Powered Sales Hub: enhance support, retention, and revenue all in one place https://clickhubspot.com/sym
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
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
5/6/2024 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 23 seconds
The Formula To Break 100 Million Views On Shorts (ft/ Jenny Hoyos)
Episode 580: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talks to Jenny Hoyos, the 18-year-old who has mastered the recipe of viral shorts. They break down her step-by-step process for creating content that pulls in over a 100M views.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:14) How to build charisma
(6:35) The 4 criteria of a great idea (jumpcut)
(8:48) Make it personal
(14:45) Mastering the hook
(17:29) Metrics
(18:52) The first frame
(21:09) Foreshadowing
(22:37) Storytelling in one word is “change”
(25:06) The But & Therefore Rule
(27:21) Building the stakes
(30:43) Craft the close
(32:14) Steal like an artist
(33:52) Figure out who's watching
(36:46) Study the channel for outliers
(39:28) Where is the puck going?
—
Links:
• Jenny Hoyos YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@JennyHoyosLOL
• Charisma on Command - https://www.youtube.com/@Charismaoncommand
• Miss Excel - https://www.miss-excel.com/
• Infinite Ratatouille Glitch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tskvmb0HPDU
• Steal Like An Artist - https://austinkleon.com/steal/
• Get HubSpot's Free AI-Powered Sales Hub: enhance support, retention, and revenue all in one place https://clickhubspot.com/sym
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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
5/3/2024 • 48 minutes, 19 seconds
The AI App Doing $6M With 1 Employee
Episode 579: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about 3 niche trends they’ve found that are guaranteed to make $1M+.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Shaan gets his hotness score
(2:30) Reddit trend leads to $6M ARR beauty app for men
(10:12) Male nail care influencers
(12:42) Sam upstages Shaan's beauty score
(14:00) Spin-off businesses: Med Spas
(16:00) Aging influencers and modern male grooming products
(20:27) The story of Teflon and Dupont's billion dollar problem
(22:49) Forever chemicals are in our water
(26:14) Pfas free products
(29:12) A regulatory inflection point is here
(33:16) Trend: Assassins with water guns
(34:32) $0 - $250K MRR app
(35:22) Playground virality
(38:00) Trading expertise for social vouching
(49:10) Exporting a profitable internal tool
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Links:
• Umax - https://tinyurl.com/mezh49ac
• Acqua Pana - https://www.acquapanna.com
• MAMAVATION - https://www.mamavation.com
• Splashin - https://www.splashin.app
• Splashin TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/discover/splashin-app
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/30/2024 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 17 seconds
From PayPal Intern to Starting 4x Billion-Dollar Companies - Joe Lonsdale Interview
Episode 578: Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Joe Lonsdale ( https://twitter.com/JTLonsdale ) to talk about how he leveraged one internship at PayPal into one billion dollar success after another. Today Joe is Managing Partner of 8VC and an early investor in Anduril.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) The One Reason strategy
(3:18) Learning Global Macro Finance from Peter Thiel
(5:35) Taking multi-million dollar bets at 4:30am
(8:43) Hire for raw IQ over expertise
(10:33) Nurturing employees into unicorn founders
(12:24) Solving hard problems with Addepar
(13:53) Always “Being on”
(15:32) How to spot opportunities for new businesses
(21:10) How Epirus landed a military defense contract
(27:09) Getting hits in hard domains
(28:24) Business Idea: AI-powered Estate Planning
(29:19) Business Idea: Business Process Outsourcing for local government
(30:58) Big swings vs. base hits
(31:49) Idea vs. execution
(32:38) Focus vs. diversity of thought/attention
(33:33) Insights from Elon’s inner circle
(35:36) Joe Lonsdale’s unfair advantages
(38:48) How to invest your time to make your first $1M
(40:40) Working on an A+ problem as an intern at PayPal
(43:15) Be within 2 standard deviations of top talent
(44:14) Early days at Palantir
(46:56) Building a top engineering culture
(48:31) Borrowing trust as 21-year old defense contractor
(52:22) Peter Thiel’s biggest contrarian bet
—
Links:
• Joe's Twitter - https://twitter.com/JTLonsdale
• Joe's blog - https://blog.joelonsdale.com/
• Joe's podcast - https://www.americanoptimist.com/
• 8VC - https://www.8vc.com/
• Addepar - https://addepar.com/
• Palantir - https://www.palantir.com/
• Epirus- https://www.epirusinc.com/
• OpenGov - https://opengov.com/
• Prologis - https://www.prologis.com/
• Lessons from Peter Thiel - https://joelonsdale.com/lessons-peter-thiel/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/26/2024 • 58 minutes, 28 seconds
The Wild Story Of ‘Mr. Tull’ - From Laundromats To $3.5B Hollywood Production Company
Episode 577: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about mysterious billionaire Thomas Tull.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Blue Collar Billy of The Week: Thomas Tull
(2:29) Moneyball strategy for movies
(5:20) Formula for box office hits: Bigger is better
(7:25) International appeal (specifically China)
(8:22) Data analytics for movie marketing
(13:15) Flywheels at the highest level
(24:31) Moneyball for X
(26:42) Business lessons from the UFC
(31:03) We give Zuck PR advice
(33:02) What Dana White taught me about marketing
(34:06) Level 1: Sell a product
(34:46) Level 2: Sell a solution not a product
(35:20) Level 3: Sell a Lifestyle
(36:55) Level 4: Sell a feeling
(39:18) Level 5: Identity in a box
(46:49) Why Sam's new project will fail
(52:38) Shaan workshops Sam's idea
—
Links:
• The Information article - https://tinyurl.com/4csvs9ab
• Legendary - https://www.legendary.com/
• “We Don’t Sell Saddles Here” - https://tinyurl.com/2s39sjzf
• SmartAsset - https://smartasset.com/
• Sam’s List - https://samslist.co/
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/24/2024 • 1 hour, 26 seconds
Tim Ferriss Opens Up: What I Do In A Day, Unfair Advantages & The "Barbell Strategy"
Episode 576: Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Tim Ferriss ( https://twitter.com/tferriss ) to talk about his latest lifestyle experiments and how to spend a perfect 24-hours.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Tim’s "What's next?" framework
(7:22) Creativity gyms + why money doesn't buy happiness
(12:11) Book Recommendation: The New Toughness Training for Sports
(15:51) Tim Ferriss's perfectly optimized day
(23:06) The art of podcasting
(32:03) From selling supplements to published author
(38:42) Law of Category
(42:23) Barbell strategy for Youtube
(54:12) What would it look like if it was easy?
(56:14) What is Tim's unfair advantage?
(59:47) What silly story are we telling ourselves?
(1:02:23) Stories about Naval
—
Links:
• Tim’s blog - https://tim.blog/
• Tim’s books - https://tim.blog/tim-ferriss-books/
• “The New Toughness Training for Sports” - https://tinyurl.com/nhh6m4px
• “The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing” - https://tinyurl.com/2bmz43ve
• 1,000 True Fans - https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/
• Blue Ocean Strategy - https://tinyurl.com/5739vvry
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/22/2024 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 32 seconds
The 3 Surprising Businesses That Make Kid Rock $30M+/yr
Episode 575: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the weirdest things they’ve seen this week in business.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Kid Rock, our honorary Billy of the Week
(8:13) Shaan's *new* rules for content (Partial list)
(9:05) Rule 1: Older is better
(13:07) Rule 5: Early. Arbitrage. Exploit
(17:58) Rule 4: Pay for learning
(19:45) Sam's cheat code for better alpha
(23:57) How Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History
(29:48) Three rules of wealth. Compounding rate, length of runway, and…
(34:11) Must Listen: Business Untitled
(36:28) LeBron James is now a podcaster?
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Links:
• Kid Rock on Theo Von - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nReTPXtTDDc
• Kid Rock’s Rodeo - https://kidrock.com/blogs/news/kid-rocks-rock-roll-rodeo
• Kid Rock’s Honky Tonk - https://www.kidrockshonkytonkandsteakhouse.com/
• Nick Sleep Letters - https://tinyurl.com/2thhv6cy
• AirChat - https://www.air.chat/
• GLG Insights - https://glginsights.com/
• The Gambler - https://tinyurl.com/4d4e62m2
• Business Untitled - https://tinyurl.com/26zkw9pr
• LeBron’s new podcast - https://tinyurl.com/2kuvsv5v
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/19/2024 • 50 minutes, 26 seconds
One Chart Businesses Guaranteed To Make +$1M From Day 1
Episode 574: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jeremy Giffon about what businesses he would buy if he was starting Tiny TODAY and a bunch of opportunities that he sees people sleeping on.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:23) Idea: Build businesses for people with audiences
(5:48) Idea: Wirecutter for products that won't kill you
(10:30) One chart business category: Regulation
(14:55) Opportunity: Become a protege
(19:19) Philosophy students > Business students
(22:00) The myth the holdco
(26:14) The pre- and post- fall
(28:17) Idea: “Special situations" I.e. Distressed Venture
(32:15) Working hard vs working winning while lazy
(40:19) Hanging around the hoop
(42:30) The most successful people respond immediately
(43:55) Be Dennis the Menace
(45:15) MrBeast shouldn’t be selling chocolate
(47:53) Billionaire is a state of mind
(51:05) Silicon Valley guys envy hedge fund guys
—
Links:
• Jeremy Giffon’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/jeremygiffon
• Live Oasis - https://www.live-oasis.com/
• Afina - http://afina.com/
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/17/2024 • 58 minutes, 24 seconds
We Turned $5M Into $419M Buying Cashflow Businesses ft. Jeremy Giffon
Episode 573: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jeremy Giffon about how Tiny Capital turned $5M in equity into 30 profitable companies.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Humble beginnings at Tiny Capital
(4:40) Tiny’s first acquisition
(8:17) 50X return on Dribbble
(10:14) Skip the cash flow statements
(11:57) How to spot the opportunity
(14:00) Chris’s superpower
(16:20) Stomaching aggressively low offers
(17:46) Make an offer and stop talking
(19:36) It’s not you vs. them
(22:06) "What would need to be true to make this deal?"
(23:03) How to crush the cold email
(25:15) Worst deal -- ignored red flags, lost everything
(27:00) Best deal: Mealime (25X return)
(29:16) Weirdest deal ($36.00 acquisition)
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Links:
• Tiny Capital - https://www.tiny.com/
• Dribbble - https://dribbble.com/
• Metalab - https://www.metalab.com/
• Mealime - https://www.mealime.com/
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/16/2024 • 35 minutes, 45 seconds
I Spent 7 Days With The Richest Men In Texas | 10 Things I Learned
Episode 572: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the 10 revelations learned from spending a week with Texas billionaires.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Tim Ferriss asks Shaan a hard question (panic ensues)
(2:46) The Indian Warren Buffett
(7:25) "Investing is not a team sport"
(8:31) Mohnish Pabrai’s Nap Room
(10:28) Required reading list of a billionaire
(11:47) He built 5 billion-dollar companies by 41
(15:39) 5 Revelations from a day with Joe Lonsdale
(19:50) The final level of the money game: private chefs, full size basketball court, etc
(20:52) Nick Gray, cocktail party legend
(23:45) Hanging out with smarter people
(27:17) Nerd sports that make the best entrepreneurs
(31:17) Pay attention to what other people pay attention to
(33:47) Ben Levy's superpower as a superconnector
—
Links:
• The Dhando Investor - https://tinyurl.com/53p9bhfv
• PeachyBbies - https://peachybbies.com/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/12/2024 • 44 minutes, 7 seconds
How I Reverse Engineered A $100 Million Exit - Jason Lemkin
Episode 571: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talks to Jason Lemkin (https://twitter.com/jasonlk ) talk about the 7 rules of building a $100M business.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Jason Lemkin’s first million
(4:19) The rules of getting to a 9-figure exit
(5:32) Rule 1: New minimum is $400K per employee
(7:58) Rule 2: Go multi-product
(9:40) Rule 3: Your second product must be bigger than your first product
(11:05) Cheat code: Double your prices
(13:48) Rule 4: 30% of your revenue is international
(15:43) Rule 5: Localize your product
(19:05) Cheat code: Remove friction
(22:42) Rule 6: 100% net revenue retention
(29:01) Business models that won’t get you there
(33:38) $100M conferences
(39:35) Rule 7: Don’t raise double digit millions
—
Links:
• Saastr - https://www.saastr.com/
• HLTH - https://www.hlth.com/
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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
4/10/2024 • 48 minutes, 25 seconds
The Anti-Mr. Beast Breaks Down Her Step By Step Process For Virality
Episode 571: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talks to creator Jenny Hoyos who’s mastered the virality recipe, about her step by step process for creating viral content that’s pulled in over a BILLION views.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(00:00) Intro - Jenny’s back story. From single digit views to hundreds of millions of views per episode.
(1:15) Jenny is the anti-Mr. Beast. “They call me Mr. Least.”
(2:10) Breaking down the perfect short. “Returning viewership is incredibly important.”
(3:10) Examples of brands/channels that are doing the viral thing well.
(4:00) The 4 criteria for a viral video.
(8:20) Weaving your personal life into your content.
(12:30) Shaan and Jenny build a viral video concept in real time.
(16:50) The hook dictates the idea.
(18:00) Power words - What are they and how to use them.
(20:10) The metrics to pay attention to.
(21:40) What your visuals should be.
(24:10) Foreshadowing and how to use it.
(25:25) The best storytelling.
(26:50) Getting people to rewatch.
(33:30) Nailing the ending.
(35:00) Steal like an artist
(36:40) Building tools to understand viewer psychology.
(40:25) Guiding principle to winning audiences.
(42:15) Predictions for the future of content demand.
(43:30) Mindset for being creative.
(48:25) Jenny’s ultimate goal.
(51:00) Where to find Jenny.
—
Links:
Jenny’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JennyHoyosLOL
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/8/2024 • 50 minutes, 37 seconds
The step-by-step process to building a $1m+ business
Episode 570: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) go through Sam’s journey of launching his company Hampton. It’s a step by step walkthrough of what went right and what went wrong.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(00:00) Intro - A radically transparent look inside Hampton launch.
(2:22) The beginning of the idea just after Sam sells The Hustle, starts tinkering with buying AirBnBs.
(3:00) Fail #1: Short-term rental crew. Fail #2: Community of truckers.
(4:30) The Hampton idea and what the business is.
(5:45) Fail #3: V1, V2, V3 of Hampton - no one wanted it
(8:00) Accepted where the demand was and found the hook for Hampton. Research begins.
(10:08) Where the name came from.
(12:05) Hired a branding agency (This was a hack that helped build the brand)
(14:12) Things Sam said no to
(17:00) Leverage the founder story
(20:18) Shaan's branding agency experience
(21:40) Shaan’s $25K Mistake: Hiring a naming agency
(26:00) Takeaways
—
Links:
https://www.joinhampton.com/
Hampton Brand Inspiration doc: https://tinyurl.com/4uw5a9sv
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/5/2024 • 30 minutes, 6 seconds
How To Get Sh*t Done Without Being Busy
Episode 569: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) get into being productive without being a slave to your calendar. How to disable distractions, being effective vs being efficient, and living the unscheduled life.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) The joy of an unscheduled life
(01:56) Maker vs manager schedule
(02:32) Working in intentional spaces
(04:59) Living without a to-do list
(05:27) Reverse engineer your ideal day
(8:26) "Show me your calendar and I'll show you your priorities"
(09:19) Name your top 3 (quarterly)
(12:56) Disable distractions
(13:33) Be effective, not efficient
(14:55) Do the big thing first
(16:30) No loser works out at 7:00 am
(17:47) The barbell strategy for building relationships
(20:17) No as a default mode
(21:04) Accepting the trade-offs
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/3/2024 • 29 minutes, 21 seconds
Why CEOs Need This 1 Japanese Ritual
Episode 568: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) challenge each other to the Japanese practice of misogi, plus they’re breaking down the new economy of suffering.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:20) Sam challenges Shaan to a Misogi
(5:13) The rules of Misogi
(11:42) Shaan challenges Sam to not be bothered
(14:04) The Speed Project
(15:08) The Monkey Run
(16:00) Barkley Marathon
(18:38) Iconic branding
(20:02) "The definition of luxury is dominating your customer"
(21:48) Shaan's favorite luxury brand: Harvard
(27:16) How to put a 10% remix on an idea
(29:09) Remixing corporate merch
(30:50) Greg Isenberg gets a free jacket, starts a movement
(32:58) Marissa Mayer's hilarious launch
(37:01) Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey?
(47:55) $14K Specialty beds
—
Links:
• Jesse Itzler’s Big A## Calendar - https://jesseitzler.com/products/calendar-2024
• The Comfort Crisis - https://eastermichael.com/book/
• Monkey Run - https://www.theadventurists.com/monkey-run/
• The Speed Project - https://www.instagram.com/thespeedproject
• Exporting American prestige - https://tinyurl.com/2k76ssdz
• Marissa Mayer’s hard launch - https://twitter.com/marissamayer/status/1772664475331473680
• “Management Time: Who’s Got The Monkey” - https://hbr.org/1999/11/management-time-whos-got-the-monkey
• Cubby Beds - https://cubbybeds.com/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/1/2024 • 57 minutes, 50 seconds
The Man Who Owns 1% Of ALL Bitcoin
Episode 567: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Anthony Pompliano ( https://twitter.com/apompliano ) about Michael Saylor’s $900M bet on Bitcoin, invisible blue-collar businesses he’s buying, plus 10 tech startups that could 10x your income and your reputation.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
Listen to the first episode of MoneyWise here - https://tinyurl.com/7m5ff3rt
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(00:25) Bitcoin going up?
(5:26) Michael Saylor's bet-the-company, burn-the-boats strategy
(14:18) Pomp's take: genius or insane?
(16:42)Product manager to people manager to money manager
(20:35) Pomp's weird side businesses
(28:51) The truth about buying blue-collar businesses
(30:01) You can't put rocket fuel in a car
(35:06) The prolific ownership of Philip Anschutz
(36:35) Pomp's List: Startups You Should Work For
(38:58) 10X reputation: Anduril or OpenAI
(43:37) Shaan interviews at Facebook
(50:35) 10X Potential: Eight Sleep, Varda, Figure.ai, Traba, Placer.ai, Rainmaker, Galvanick
(1:04:45) How Pomp thinks about trade positions
(1:10:28) A simple thesis on Solana
(1:11:22) Being early on Andrew Tate
—
Links:
• MicroStrategy - https://www.microstrategy.com/
• Out Where The West Begins - https://tinyurl.com/4v5mc8y5
• Figure - http://figure.ai/
• Eight Sleep - https://www.eightsleep.com
• Varda - https://www.varda.com/
• Traba - https://traba.work/
• Placer - https://www.placer.ai/
• Rainmaker - https://www.makerain.com/
• Galvanick - https://www.galvanick.com/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/27/2024 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 47 seconds
How This Mom Built A +$10 Million Parenting Advice Empire
Episode 566: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) bring you the most taboo business model they’ve ever seen–plus the content funnel making this momfluencer $10M/yr.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
Access Hampton’s “2023 Ecommerce Analysis: People, Profits, and Projections” here - http://joinhampton.com/ecom
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Sam and Shaan have "the talk"
(2:50) Free egg freezing. Really?
(8:37) Assessing the regret score of your life decisions
(10:20) Economics of revenue per employee for ecomm
(13:38) The content funnel of Dr. Becky
(21:34) How momfluencers build trust
(25:00) Strategic relatability, beautifully done
(29:45) Genius marketing antics of Mini Katana
(33:55) $1b dollar business plan: Freeze-dried candy
(35:17) Hormozi's best advice - Find the 10/10 opportunity
(38:10) The function of quitting
—
Links:
• Cofertility - https://www.cofertility.com/
• Good Inside - https://www.goodinside.com/
• Dr. Becky on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drbeckyatgoodinside
• Big Little Feelings - https://biglittlefeelings.com/
• V Shred - https://vshred.com/
• Miss Excel - https://www.miss-excel.com/
• Kinobody - https://www.facebook.com/kinobodyfitness
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/25/2024 • 44 minutes, 50 seconds
The Underdog Story of Reddit
Episode 565: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) are dropping an emergency pod to break down Paul Graham’s essay about Reddit’s IPO yesterday.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:59) If you want to learn, teach.
(3:45) Show up – the ultimate high agency move
(5:54) Trust your gut
(7:47) How to get the best ideas
(12:30) Don’t be precious about the name
(13:33) How Reddit faked early traction
(16:45) Talent filters
(19:37) “The best products are you pushed out”
(23:42) We read Chris Saccsa’s early emails
(26:32) Reddit’s exits to Conde Nast, then buys it back
(29:20) 19 years later and still not profitable
—
Links:
• Y Combinator - https://www.ycombinator.com/
• Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/
• Paul Graham Essays - https://paulgraham.com/articles.html
• Product Hunt - https://www.producthunt.com/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/22/2024 • 35 minutes, 46 seconds
The Cashflow King: “Here’s How I Do It”, Negotiating w/ Jeff Bezos, Elon’s Cracked Rocket - Jason Fried
Episode 564: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Jason Fried about his 6-Week Sprint playbook, how he’s planning for the end of subscription revenue, and what it’s like to have Jeff Bezos as an investor.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:30) Long term planning is a fantasy
(8:30) The 6-Week Sprint Playbook
(14:00) Does Jason regret selling We Work Remotely?
(16:00) Cash flow king
(21:00) Taking money from Jeff Bezos
(29:30) Who does Jason admire?
(33:00) Non-recurring revenue is back
(37:00) The Founder Letter Launch strategy
(45:30) Campfire v. Slack
(50:40) Pile on the wackier stuff early (in life and business)
(53:30) Taking financial risks that don't put you at risk
(57:00) Where does Jason spend his profits?
—
Links:
• Jason on Twitter - https://twitter.com/jasonfried
• Rework - https://tinyurl.com/38mfc66n
• 37Signals - https://37signals.com/
• Basecamp - https://basecamp.com/
• We Work Remotely - https://weworkremotely.com/
• Once - http://once.com/
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/20/2024 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 24 seconds
Get LASER FOCUSED for 2024 (in 18 minutes)
Episode 563: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) teaches his framework for ruthless focus. Follow these 5 steps to crush your goals in 2024.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) Define your Yes Threshold
(4:00) Manager schedule vs. Maker schedule
(6:30) The Pyramid of Clarity
(8:30) Floor goals and F*ck Yeah Goals
(10:00) Write it out. Be specific
(12:00) Input vs. Output
(16:00) Putting it all together
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/18/2024 • 22 minutes, 36 seconds
We Tested Our Grit (And Were Humbled Immediately)
Episode 562: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) get into the economics of personality tests–including the most famous one which is used by 89% of Fortune 100 companies.
Want to talk to Shaan? Text “hi” to 650-334-0790
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Data mining the basketball court
(7:00) Origin of Myers-Briggs Test
(14:30) Formula for Grit
(16:00) Sam takes the Grit Scale Test
(23:00) Cognition Labs, a math nerd's wet dream
(34:00) Be willing to walk backwards
(39:50) Speedrunning: 3 Founders Who Repeated the Playbook
(42:00) Don't explore, exploit
(49:00) $600M protein bar in 4 years
—
Links:
• Grit - https://angeladuckworth.com/grit-book/
• Gallup - https://www.gallup.com/
• Lunchclub - https://lunchclub.com
• Cognition - https://www.cognition-labs.com/
• Gold-Medalist Coders article - https://tinyurl.com/tc65a2vc
• David Protein - http://davidprotein.com/
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/15/2024 • 56 minutes, 44 seconds
MrBeast of Gardening!? How The Plant Daddy Built A $27M+ Garden
Episode 561: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) tell the story of a niche plant blog becoming a $27M/yr gardening empire.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) $27M ARR gardening influencer
(14:30) Fruit Marketing: How Hass avocados became #1
(23:30) New Movement: Man Camps
(31:00) Search Engines - Best Business In The World
(44:00) Sergey Brin and Larry Page Stories You've Never Heard
—
Links:
• Plant Daddy on YouTube - https://tinyurl.com/3ep46m9h
• Epic Gardening - https://www.epicgardening.com/
• Kagi - https://kagi.com/
• Camp MFM Sizzle - https://tinyurl.com/5bam77eb
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/13/2024 • 51 minutes, 31 seconds
Elon Musk SUES Sam Altman
Episode 559: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr)
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Single purpose robots are here
(4:00) Self-driving lawn mowers
(19:30) Robot line cooks
(13:00) Op ex over cap ex
(18:30) What could go wrong?
(21:00) Sam Altman's call for Universal Basic Income
(23:00) Preparing for the AI winter
(27:00) Robotics-first Chipotle
(31:30) Sergey Brin's viral Q+A
(37:30) Elon is suing Sam Altman
(41:30) Larry Page calls Elon a "speciest"
(44:00) The Manhattan Project of AI
(47:30) Rumors around Q-Star
(50:00) We read Elon's emails
(57:30) Making sense of the war against OpenAI
—
Links:
• Tesla Bot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCQaJEtyKf0
• Sheep Robotics - https://sheeprobotics.ai/
• Kernel - https://www.kernel.inc/
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/8/2024 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 16 seconds
Why You Should Rent Even If You’re A Millionaire
Episode 559: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talks to Ramit Sethi ( https://twitter.com/ramit ) about why buying a house makes zero financial sense.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:30) Set your rich life intention
(7:30) Don't confuse luck with skill
(8:00) Sam's journey from owner to renter
(11:30) Do the math: Real cost of ownership
(15:30) Buy for desire
(17:30) Pay in cash for large purchases
(19:00) The 10 year rule
(24:30) Ramit's list of must-haves
(29:00) Sam's dream house
(32:00) Sam's war on stuff
(39:00) When to overspend
(44:00) Millionaires who rent
—
Links:
• Ramit on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ramit
• Ramit on YouTube - https://tinyurl.com/m2s8cuyp
• I Will Teach You To Be Rich - https://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/6/2024 • 51 minutes, 26 seconds
How James Patterson Turned Writing Into an $800M Business
Episode 558: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) break down the 5 genius business tactics that have turned broke authors into millionaires.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:00) James Patterson's hit-making formula
(11:30) Jack Carr's shameless product placement
(17:00) Steve Rinella's $100M content to commerce play
(22:30) Other $20M - $50M authors
(26:00) The genius of the Navalmanack
(29:00) How Hugh Howey became self-publishing's unlikely hero
(38:30) James Clear's new habit app
(43:00) The super networking tactics of Andrew Wilkinson
—
Links:
• Daily Stoic - https://dailystoic.com/
• Stratemeyer Syndicate - https://stratemeyer.org/
• Jack Carr - https://www.officialjackcarr.com/books/
• Meateater - http://meateater.com/
• Navalmanack - https://www.navalmanack.com/
• Wool - https://hughhowey.com/books/wool/
• Goodreads - http://goodreads.com/
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/4/2024 • 52 minutes, 28 seconds
The Craziest Stuff We Found On The Internet This Week
Episode 557: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) spent all week combing the Internet for the weirdest stuff happening in business.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) 1 - Genius VC dealflow hack
(3:30) 2 - Group therapy on Reddit
(7:30) 3 - The 10M Hormozi bump
(13:30) 4 - Breaking down other people's personal finances
(18:30) 5 - Liquid Death viral marketing stunt
(21:00) 6 - Product reviews sites on blast
—
Links:
• Stealth Startup Spy- https://twitter.com/StealthCoSpy
• MVMT - https://www.mvmt.com/
• Skool - https://www.skool.com/
• Circle - https://circle.so/
• MFM episode on Liquid Death - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVU3bP8jIuA
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
3/1/2024 • 31 minutes, 50 seconds
She BEAT The S&P 500 By 41%?!
Episode 556: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) try to outsmart ruthless investor, 83-year old Nancy Pelosi.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Tracking Pelosi’s trades
(8:00) Google's woke AI moment (time to buy)
(13:00) Index fund vs. individual stocks
(18:00) Business idea: Outsourced baby monitoring
(27:00) Jay Penske - The Rupert Murdoch of Entertainment
(37:00) Parr's 30 Studs Under 30
—
Links:
• Pelosi Tracker - https://twitter.com/PelosiTracker_/status/1762139692051702069?s=20
• Nvidia - https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/
• r/Money - https://www.reddit.com/r/Money/
• Harbor.co - http://harbor.co/
• Owlet - https://owletcare.com/
• Mizzen and Main - https://www.mizzenandmain.com/
• MyBodyTutor - mybodytutor.com/sam
• Penske Truck Rental - https://www.pensketruckrental.com/
• Penske Media - https://www.pmc.com/
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
2/28/2024 • 42 minutes, 48 seconds
The #1 Personality Trait That Made These Business Moguls +$450M
Episode 555: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) break down the ruthless mindsets the top 1% of business moguls have in common.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Egon Durban of Silver Lake
(15:00) The methods of Ari Emanuel
(20:00) The making of Dana White and UFC
(37:00) Insane habits of the Fertittas brothers
(40:00) Sam's loyalty complex
(44:00) Other f*ck you qualities
(46:00) Knowing your pucker number
(48:30) How cheap is your happiness?
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
2/26/2024 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 3 seconds
This AI Startup Idea Has 500 Million Customers Waiting For It
Episode 554: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) brainstorming unicorn startup ideas with $1B founder Jason Cohen.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:00) AI improved presentations
(10:30) Automated Twitter hacking
(13:00) Being a billionaire tinkerer
(17:30) Rich vs. King
(22:30) All startups are screwed up--including the ones that work
(30:30) Be so good you can't fail
(32:30) Consumers don't value their time
(35:30) Will WP Engine go public?
(37:00) Lessons from Silver Lake Capital elites
—
Links:
• Smart Bear - https://smartbear.com/
• Jason Cohen on Twitter - https://twitter.com/asmartbear
• Zeck - https://www.zeck.app/
• Rich v. King - https://longform.asmartbear.com/rich-vs-king-sold-company
• Box.com - http://box.com/
• Silver Lake - https://www.silverlake.com
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
2/23/2024 • 43 minutes, 34 seconds
3 Genius Business Ideas We're 'Borrowing' From Syed Balkhi
Episode 553: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Syed Balkhi about the business ideas he would go after if he wasn’t already running WPBeginner.
Watch Syed's $0 To +$100M story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzHdrQ5pDFo
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:30) Offshore bookkeeping
(6:00) Level it up with reseller and white label
(8:30) Sourcing your outsourced talent
(12:00) Barnacle on the Whale: Quickbooks plugins
(19:00) The most powerful idea of our generation
(22:30) X but open source (x= popular platform)
(27:30) Creating disproportionate value
(31:30) Flavors of capital funds
(39:30) Is $10-50M the perfect amount in the bank?
(45:30) First you own your things, then they own you
(47:30) The true cost of luxury
(52:30) Paid marketing vs. acquiring resellers
(58:00) Compounding goodwill is the best form of compounding
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Links:
• Syed Balkhi Twitter - https://twitter.com/syedbalkhi
• WPBeginner - https://www.wpbeginner.com/
• Appflowy - https://www.appflowy.io/
• Stability AI - https://stability.ai/
• Cal.com - http://cal.com/
• OSS Capital Twitter - http://tinyurl.com/ynvpmu7j
• Automattic - https://automattic.com/
• WooCommerce - https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/
• CleanShot X - https://cleanshot.com/
• GitLab - https://about.gitlab.com/
• Guy Spier - https://www.guyspier.com/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
—
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
2/21/2024 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 22 seconds
Become A Better Writer In 60 Minutes (Masterclass)
Episode 552: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) teach the 3-step writing framework that helped them build +$10M newsletters.
Get Shaan’s writing course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
Get Sam’s writing course - https://copythat.com/
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:50) Why not how - Persuasion at scale
(6:00) To write clearly, you must think clearly
(7:00) Begin with the end in mind
(10:30) Headlines not outlines
(12:30) Warmup with copywork
(15:30) Draft fast, incubate slow
(16:30) Great writing is great editing
(19:00) Build your swipe file
(21:00) Don't bury the lead
(23:30) Create a curiosity gap
(25:00) Write like you talk
(28:00) The voice memo test
(30:30) Lower the reading level
(32:00) How to tell a great story
(34:30) Intention meets obstacle
(38:00) High emotional stakes in a low stakes situation
(39:00) Short sentences
(41:00) Great writing has rhythm
(44:00) Our favorite resources
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Links:
• Hemingway Editor - https://hemingwayapp.com/
• Neville Medhora on Louis C.K. - https://copywritingcourse.com/louis-ck-direct-video-sales/
• The Hustle Writes about Hint Founder - http://tinyurl.com/2d537k7f
• Hey.com - https://www.hey.com/
• On Writing - http://tinyurl.com/5f334swt
• Theo Von - https://www.theovon.com/
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
2/19/2024 • 59 minutes, 53 seconds
3 Niche Business Ideas We Thought Would Fail… But Actually Crushed It
Episode 551: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) were wrong. How wrong? You’ll have to listen to find out.
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Jenni AI’s rise from $2k MRR to $300K MRR
(4:00) The zoom-in pivot
(7:00) First 100 customers
(12:30) Fortune favors the bold
(16:30) How to do a TikTok ad right
(24:00) Sam's mea culpa: Hostage Tape update
(27:30) Shaan's $500M L
(34:00) How to pick the right market
(44:00) Jason Kelce > Travis Kelce
(48:00) Tracy Chapman's beacon of authenticity
—
Links:
• Jenni - https://jenni.ai/
• The Mom Test - http://tinyurl.com/va428xyz
• David Park Twitter - https://twitter.com/Davidjpark96
• Hostage Tape - https://hostagetape.com/
• Flo Health - https://flo.health/
• Palta Pitch Deck - http://tinyurl.com/ycf7e5hn
• Tracy Chapman on Charlie Rose - https://charlierose.com/videos/11899
—
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
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd & tell ‘em Shaan sent you.
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
2/16/2024 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 28 seconds
My Mom Started a $1M Side Hustle In Her 50's
Episode 550: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) tell how Sam’s mother-in-law built a million-dollar Etsy store out of nothing.
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(0:30) Sam rents his nemesis’s house
(2:00) Should we kiss?
(4:00) Sam's mother-in-law's pillow hustle
(14:30) Mad Muscles
(21:00) How to know which entrepreneurs to bet on
(26:00) Dumpster enterprises
(29:00) Niche lead gen business blueprint
(33:00) The Review No One Asked Us For: Apple Vision Pro
(43:00) uBiome’s $100M scam update: Happy ending?
—
Links:
• Smithy Home Couture - https://smithyhomecouture.com/
• Mad Muscles - https://www.facebook.com/MadMusclesApp
• Amo Publishing - https://amo.tech/company/amo-publishing
• Dumpster Enterprises - https://dumpsterenterprises.com/
• Apple Vision Pro - https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro
• Paul Buchheit post - http://tinyurl.com/4wzvnb7s
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
2/14/2024 • 58 minutes, 39 seconds
What Stock Would Warren Buffett Buy If He Started Over In 2024?
Episode 549: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) bring you the first annual MFM Stock-a-palooza. Sam and Shaan go head-to-head with their #1 stock picks.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:00) Rules of Stock-a-palooza
(7:30) 5 reasons to buy brands not stocks
(9:30) Shaan's stock pick: TKO
(18:30) But the risks...
(21:00) Forecast: Rising micro tide
(27:30) Sam's rule: Numbers be damned
(29:00) LVMH model
(33:00) Sam's pick: Ferrari
(36:00) The ultimate brand play: Exclusivity
(43:30) The downsides
(49:00) Lamborghini’s revenge
—
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
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
2/12/2024 • 58 minutes, 24 seconds
The Story Behind The $1.5B Pornhub Curse
Episode 548: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) tell you the greek tragedy behind the Pornhub empire. If you like stories about nerds taking over, arson, secret billionaires and….foosball tables, you’re going to like this episode.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) Who's the new king of porn?
(16:00) Bill Ackman vs Pornhub
(24:00) Pornhub's $77M exit
(29:30)The reality distortion of entertainment businesses
(35:30) Sam shrinks Shaan
(38:00) DuckDuckGo in the top 10?!?
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
2/7/2024 • 45 minutes, 4 seconds
The Fastest Way To Get Promoted (Career Cheat Codes)
Episode 547: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) are dropping 16 career principles that will get you promoted so fast it’ll make your neck hurt.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:00) Work WITH not FOR
(5:00) Write an internal newsletter
(9:00) Present your work well
(11:00) Be a maker not a taker
(12:00) Work in public
(14:00) Logos matter more than titles
(17:00) Choose your manager wisely
(18:30) 5% Rule
(22:30) Fix your zoom setup, dawg
(25:30) The McKinsey Pyramid for better communication
(28:00) Beat your numbers
(30:30) Ask assumption-breaking questions
(33:30) Find the 5 most interesting people
(36:30) Solve a papercut problem
(40:00) Work on the A+ problem
(40:30) Create a brand for yourself
—
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
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
2/5/2024 • 50 minutes, 32 seconds
How This +$80M Founder Launches A Startup In A Weekend
Episode 546: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Noah Kagan ( https://twitter.com/noahkagan ) about how to launch a million dollar business in 48 hours.
Give Sam your email address at The Anti-MBA ( https://www.theantimba.com/ ) for a chance to win a free copy of Noah’s new book.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Now not how
(4:30) The upside of asking
(5:00) Airbnb sales formula revealed
(12:00) Appsumo quietly crushing it with $80M arr
(19:00) The lore of Zuck and early facebook
(32:30) Only say yes to 10x
(41:00) Million Dollar Weekend giveaway
—
Links:
• Noah Kagan - http://noahkagan.com/
• Million Dollar Weekend - http://tinyurl.com/vmmfwpcb
• AppSumo - https://appsumo.com/
• Carrd - https://carrd.co/
• The Anti-MBA - https://www.theantimba.com/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
2/2/2024 • 50 minutes, 41 seconds
6 Retro Business Ideas That Could Be As Big As LEGO ($11.8B)
Episode 545: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) brainstorm $100M retro business ideas: LEGO for adults, Tamagotchis for millennials & MORE.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:30) Sam auditions a 7,500 sf house
(5:00) LEGO for adults
(13:00) Kidult market trends
(20:00) Tamigachi babies for millennials
(21:30) K'nex 2.0
(23:30) Easier Rubik’s cube
(25:30) Candle pouring kits
(29:00) The rabid community behind Rebrickable
(35:30) The fascinating legacy of BrickLink
(46:00) Grow like Fanfiction
(51:00) Build the reverse funnel
(58:00) Palworld's $200M week
(1:03:00) Midwit strikes again
—
Links:
• Calm - http://calm.com/
• Rebrickable - http://tinyurl.com/4tt7974b
• BrickLink - http://tinyurl.com/yjzhja28
• Kim Jung-ju - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jung-ju
• Wattpad - https://www.wattpad.com/
• Palworld on Steam - http://tinyurl.com/2tus5wfz
—
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
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
1/31/2024 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 57 seconds
$2.4M In ONE Day?!
Episode 544: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk about Bryan Johnson’s $2.4M dollar day, Pieter Levels investment portfolio, and the $500M exit no one saw coming.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Follow Up Boss sold for $500M
(4:00) Boring Mattress
(17:00) Pieter Levels is insane
(23:50) Bryan Johnson: Zero to $200M Hero
(34:00) OpenAI's new App Store
(38:00) Vertical Google for research papers
(43:00) Shaan's season of intentional internet
(50:30) Joe Speiser's hyper-growth to failure
(53:30 Partnership agreements
(59:00) Shaan's nighttime routine
—
Links:
• Boring Mattress - http://boring.co/
• Pieter Levels portfolio - https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1748713482692759647
• Bryan Johnson Blueprint - https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.com/
• Salary.com - http://salary.com/
• Consensus - https://consensus.app/
• Perplexity - http://perplexity.ai/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
1/29/2024 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 9 seconds
Brainstorming +$1M Weird Business Ideas With Morning Brew’s CEO
Episode 543: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Morning Brew founder Austin Rief ( https://twitter.com/austin_rief ). In this episode, the three amigos of newsletters are brainstorming weird business ideas like Gen Z Bingo, Binge-Eating Bars, and Meat Influencers.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) $120M Bingo idea
(5:00) Pizza-Binge Bar
(11:00) No more alpha in newsletters
(13:00) Meat influencers
(19:30) Creator brands that actually work
(26:00) Interviewing Tony Robbins
(31:30) Dinner with SBF
(41:30) Being Goggins for 1 hour a day
—
Links:
• Austin’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/austin_rief
• Bingo Loco - https://www.bingo-loco.com/
• Bongo Bingo - https://www.bongosbingo.co.uk/
• Beard Meats Food - http://tinyurl.com/2wzszdaa
• Museum Hack - https://museumhack.com/
• Jonathan Katz-Moses - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXBNF-A7QlYT3tT-B9N4ElA
• Oklahoma Smokes - https://itsoklahomas.com/
• Albany Bahamas - https://www.albanybahamas.com/
• Aman - https://www.aman.com/
—
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
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
1/24/2024 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 32 seconds
Tony Robbins Changes My Life (48 Minute Coaching Session)
Episode 542: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talks to Tony Robbins, the #1 life and performance coach in the world. Tony has built a $7 billion dollar empire and helped people like Ray Dalio, Connor McGregor and Nelson Mandela level up. In this conversation he shares what makes a championship mindset and what he’s learned from working with the top %1.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(4:30) How Tony Robbins became Tony Robbins
(10:30) You're rewarded in public for what you practice in private
(13:30) Lessons from the top 1%
(19:00) “Honey, I’m home” energy
(22:00) 90 Seconds of Suffering
(24:30) The Holy Grail of Investing
(36:00) Owning a professional sports team
(40:00) Giving early
(48:00) Shaan is sending 40 people to go see Tony
—
Links:
• The Holy Grail of Investing - https://theholygrailofinvesting.com/
• Time to Rise with Tony Robbins - https://timetorisesummit.com/
• Apply to attend Unleash The Power Within for FREE - http://tinyurl.com/ykheacrn
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
1/22/2024 • 55 minutes
$250M Founder Reveals How The Rich Avoid Taxes (Legally)
Episode 541: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) are on a campaign to make sure no entrepreneur pays more taxes than absolutely necessary. They’re joined by Ankur Nagpal, the founder of Teachable and resident tax genius, to share the 10 tax loopholes every founder should know.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:00) Biggest secret to pay less in taxes
(6:20) QSBS - the most generous tax break available
(15:30) Do NOT move to Puerto Rico
(20:00) There's no true alpha in investing
(25:00) Sam's credit card tax hack
(29:00) Solo 401(k)
(33:30) Your CPA is not is not your tax strategist
(41:30) Owning real estate to lower your tax bill
(43:00) 4 triggers to happiness
(47:30) Putting the Indian diet on blast
—
Links:
• Ankur Nagpal Twitter - https://twitter.com/ankurnagpal
• Teachable - https://teachable.com/
• Carry - http://carrymoney.com/
• Mo Points - https://mopoints.com/
• Points.me - http://points.me
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Moneywise - https://joinhampton.com/moneywise-podcast
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
1/17/2024 • 59 minutes, 17 seconds
We Got Drunk And Came Up With 8 Business Ideas
Episode 540: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) are popping open some cold ones and telling you about 8 business ideas that are so crazy that they just might be crazy genius.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:40) Habit Island
(8:30) Fake Tate
(15:50) Frivolous Lawsuit Company
(23:00) Better Than Google
(28:00) ShaanBox
(32:30) Shots for Sober People
(37:45) Divorce island
(40:30) Double or Nothing Coffee
—
Links:
• Liquid Death - https://liquiddeath.com/
• Emily Pellegrini - https://www.instagram.com/emilypellegrini
• Stanley - https://www.stanley1913.com/
• Better Than Google - https://www.facebook.com/groups/911532289867164/
• NevBox - http://tinyurl.com/24fffey8
• The Agora - https://theagora.com/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
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
1/15/2024 • 45 minutes, 28 seconds
Everything I Learned From 48 Hours With MrBeast (The +$1B Mindset)
Episode 539: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) recap the biggest takeaways from spending the weekend with 10 billionaires including MrBeast, Andrew Wilkinson, Joe Gebbia and more.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:30) An evil genius affiliate play
(6:30) MrBeast's glow up
(14:30) Being uncommon among uncommon people
(34:30) The lowlights
(38:00) Breaking down billion-dollar energy drinks
(48:30) Big takeaways from Tiny Talks
—
Links:
• The sperm donor tweet - http://tinyurl.com/5ervvtav
• MrBeast on YouTube - http://tinyurl.com/bdfp7waz
• Feastables - https://feastables.com/
• MrBeast’s Clone - http://tinyurl.com/3dj635ee
• Prime - https://drinkprime.com/
• Alani Nu - https://www.alaninu.com/
—
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
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
1/10/2024 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 7 seconds
Nick Bare Reveals How To Get Jacked & Run Sub-3 Marathons ft. Sahil Bloom
Episode 538: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) nerds out on fitness with Nick Bare and Sahil Bloom. They answer listeners questions about training techniques, blood doping, and the worst things about fitness influencers and the trends they create.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Is Nick natural?
(4:00) Genetics vs. Effort
(12:30) Changing your brain chemistry
(14:30) Monthly burn rates
(20:00) Biggest health and fitness mistakes
(29:00) The truth about running
(35:00) Designing your workout program
(40:30) Who are Sahil and Nick's influencers
(51:00) Running a sub-3 hour marathon
(1:04:00) The media machine behind BPN
(1:10:00) The business of supplements
(1:18:00) Outsourcing CEOs
—
Links:
• Nick Bare Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nickbarefitness/
• Sahil Bloom Twitter - https://twitter.com/SahilBloom
• Bare Performance Nutrition - https://www.bareperformancenutrition.com/
• Winning - http://tinyurl.com/jpxe2c39
• The Speed Project - https://www.instagram.com/thespeedproject/
• Carbon Diet Coach - https://www.joincarbon.com/
• Perplexity - https://www.perplexity.ai/
• Trust - http://tinyurl.com/2s3sxuu3
• Eric Cressey - https://ericcressey.com/
• Ben Bruno - https://benbruno.com/
• Zach Rocheleau - https://www.instagram.com/theflexibledietinglifestyle/
• CREAMi - http://tinyurl.com/y65x3uub
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
1/8/2024 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 49 seconds
SaaS CEO QUIT His Job To Start A Trash Company
Episode 537: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk about alternative New Year’s resolutions and Sam meets a SaaS CEO that quit everything to start a +$1M trash collecting business.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Shaan's apology
(6:00) “F” New Year's goals
(8:00) Gen Z Bingo Cards
(10:00) New Year's anticipations
(12:30) Year of Obsession
(14:30) New Year's reflection
(20:00) The magic word
(22:00) Lone Star Trash
(31:30) Marketing advice for trash daddies
(40:30) Birdie
(45:30) Sam needs advice
(53:00) Camp MFM
—
Links:
• Year of Obsession - https://twitter.com/zachpogrob
• Anti-MBA - https://www.theantimba.com/
• Spencer Scott’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/AKASpencerScott
• Harry’s pre-launch email - http://tinyurl.com/ycw
6xc25
• Birdie - https://www.birdie.design/
—
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
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
1/3/2024 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 2 seconds
3 Blue Collar Side Hustle Ideas From A $40M Founder
Episode 536: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Sam Rattner about selling his first company for $40M in just 18 months and the blue collar side hustles Sam is investing his cash in.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(4:30) Door-to-door snow plowing
(7:00) $40M in 18 months
(14:30) Riverboat casinos
(25:30) Vending machine mafia
(34:00) $5b UberWater
(43:00) Shaan's blue collar fellowship
(47:30) A better Google Shopping
(52:30) Never pitch twice
(1:00:00) The value is in the duck calls
—
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
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
1/1/2024 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 16 seconds
We Got 100M Views In 12 Months, Here’s What We Learned
Episode 535: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) look back at 2023 and the nine new philosophies they’ve picked up after 133 episodes of MFM.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(5:00) Shill without shame
(9:30) Base hits over home runs
(14:00) Question of the year: Like what?
(18:30) Get uncomfortable negotiating
(22:00) Real estate for tax savings
(26:30) Loose cannon, loose results
(31:00) Curate up market deal flow
(40:00) Choose the game; play the sh*t out of it
(46:00) You will always want more
—
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
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
12/27/2023 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 59 seconds
How We Got Our First 100 Customers (No Bulls**t, Specific Details)
Episode 534: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) answer the question, “How did you get your first 100 customers?” In this episode, they'll share you 11 methods.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) Throw an event method
(6:00) The floor-to-floor method
(12:30) Magnet method
(14:00) "Made to Stick" method
(19:00) The no risk offer
(25:00) Viral content
(30:00) Use the personal story
(35:00) Pissing in the pond
(37:00) Booth babes method
(44:30) Launchpad method
(48:30) The David Blaine method
—
Links:
• The Anti-MBA - https://www.theantimba.com/
• Neville Medhora’s blog on Hustle Con - https://www.nevblog.com/hustlecon-2014/
• Ryan Hoover in Fast Company - http://tinyurl.com/muva968r
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
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
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
12/22/2023 • 56 minutes, 36 seconds
The Investment Strategy To Build Generational Wealth (ft. Morgan Housel)
Episode 533: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Morgan Housel about the psychology of building generational wealth and the one strategy that works better than any 20% return.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:30) Strive for averageness
(12:00) Financial anti-goals
(14:30) Sam and Morgan argue about money and anxiety
(17:30) Biggest psychological trap with money
(22:00) The biggest risk no one is talking about
(26:00) Worry about what doesn't change
(29:00) How to action sameness
(32:00) Morgan's history book diet
—
Links:
• Same as Ever - https://tinyurl.com/2zd2u9mt
• Psychology of Money - https://tinyurl.com/yc423xct
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
12/20/2023 • 39 minutes, 38 seconds
The 2023 Milly Awards: Part 2
Episode 532: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) bring you…..Part 2 of The 2023 Milly Awards. Christmas has come early for business junkies.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(0:30) Most Delusional Person of the Year
(11:30) Best/Worst Investments
(40:30) Unsexy Business of the Year
(44:00) Content of the Year
(52:30) Wildest Predictions
(56:00) Coolest Moment of the Year
(1:02:00) Breakout of the Year
—
Links:
• Letterboxd - https://letterboxd.com/
• Whatnot - https://www.whatnot.com/
• Shuffle - https://shuffle.com/
• Pantone - https://www.pantone.com/
• WGSN - https://mlp.wgsn.com/
• Unreasonable Hospitality - https://tinyurl.com/5n6uh93j
• Speak Like Churchill; Stand Like Lincoln - https://tinyurl.com/3r2ud8hd
• The Wager - https://tinyurl.com/484j52ya
• World World II: From the Frontlines - https://tinyurl.com/mpc6hwum
• The Coming Wave - https://www.the-coming-wave.com/
• Same as Ever - https://tinyurl.com/ywmvtame
• Snipd - https://www.snipd.com/
• Cyber Health - http://cyberhealth.co/
• The Shadow Work Journal - https://tinyurl.com/mrxc4v3y
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
12/18/2023 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 28 seconds
The 2023 Milly Awards: Part 1
Episode 531: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) bring you…..The 2023 Milly Awards. Actors have the Oscars, musicians have the Grammy’s and what do business people have? They have The Milly Awards.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:30) Favorite MFM Guests of the Year
(10:30) Billies of the Year
(18:00) Biggest Change for 2024
(34:00) Person You'd Bet It All On
(40:30) Best Business for Someone Else to Do
—
Links:
• Kevin Ryan’s episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cLWUCE02KE
• Sarah Moore’s episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF6zvTXimxY
• Connor Price’s episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4KFqL3z2fg
• Palmer Luckey’s episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBeosjr7PyY
• Jesse Itzler episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff1z3GUcfO8
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
12/18/2023 • 53 minutes, 51 seconds
How Ali Abdaal Made 2 Million Dollars In One Week
Episode 530: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Ali Abdaal about his most most-effective productivity tactics, how creators should run their channels like CEOs, and how he made $2M in one week.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) The Neil Patel fallacy
(7:30) Adventure framing the to-do list
(15:00) The hourglass technique
(17:00) YouTube creator CEOs
(22:00) $100k - $1M content side hustle
(27:00) The irresistible offer
(31:00) Challenging Ali's infinite game
(38:00) Rejection as an advantage
(48:00) Viral YouTube titles and thumbnails
(55:30) Distribution + product = $$$
(1:02:00) Prediction: $1b Twitter creator?
—
Links:
• The 2-Hour Cocktail Party - http://tinyurl.com/4md6my4k
• DotCom Secrets - http://tinyurl.com/5n7dhddm
• Copywriting Secrets - http://tinyurl.com/a2zudjhc
• Voicepal - http://voicepal.me
• Rize - https://rize.io/
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Free 2024 Goal-Setting Session - https://planfor2024.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Free 2024 Goal-Setting Session - https://planfor2024.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
12/13/2023 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 32 seconds
5 Internet Goldmines To Spot The Next $1B Trend | Steph Smith
Episode 529: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Steph Smith about the 5 Internet goldmines she uses to spot $1b dollar trends before anyone else.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:30) Leveraging expiring patents
(9:00) One chart sports
(14:00) Mining Sci-Fi for IRL ideas
(20:00) Spotting the mega trends
(36:30) Building off of adjacent waves
(47:30) Workshopping Steph's upcoming launch strategy
—
Links:
• Internet Pipes - https://internetpipes.com/
• Blue Chew - https://bluechew.com/
• Sci-Fi Idea Bank - https://tinyurl.com/e3w5nfrd
• SFIA - https://sfia.org/research/
• Our World in Data - https://ourworldindata.org/charts
• Varda - https://www.varda.com/
• Gadget Flow - https://thegadgetflow.com/
• Dyson Zone - https://www.dyson.com/headphones/zone
• Berkey Water Filter - https://www.usaberkeyfilters.com/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Free 2024 Goal-Setting Session - https://planfor2024.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
12/11/2023 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 29 seconds
If I Had To Make $1 Billion... Here’s The Business I Would Start
Episode 528: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) answer the question they get most often: “If you had to pick one idea that to make a million dollars this year, what would it be?”
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:00) Idea 1 - The "Me Also" strategy
(12:00) Idea 2 - Niche community that solves for X
(16:00) Idea 3 - QSBS advisory firm
(24:00) Idea 4 - Pizza robots
(44:00) Idea 5 - Buying a university
—
Links:
• Quiet Light - https://quietlight.com/
• Exit Five - https://www.exitfive.com/
• Figure - http://figure.ai/
• Renovate Robotics - https://www.renovaterobotics.com/
• Anduril - https://anduril.com/
• DealStream - https://dealstream.com/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Free 2024 Goal-Setting Session - https://planfor2024.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
12/8/2023 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 35 seconds
From $0 to $100 Million In 3 Years Selling Cold Plunges
Episode 527: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) reveal the numbers behind Plunge.com, predict the next TikTok, and share $100M business ideas for the health and wellness trends of 2024.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(0:30) Plunge.com - $270K to $100M in 3 years
(12:30) Trusted Supplements Tester
(19:30) It's time for a new Consumer Reports
(25:30) How Andrew Huberman monetizes trust
(30:00) Gossip like your life depends on it
(39:00) ReelShort - the next TikTok
(51:00) Shaan hires an AI tutor
—
Links:
• Plunge.com - https://plunge.com/
• Examine.com - http://examine.com/
• Flavcity - https://tinyurl.com/2xndaj9e
• Consumer Reports - https://www.consumerreports.org/
• ReelShort Romance - https://tinyurl.com/npkta3sx
• The 4-Day MBA - https://keystothevault.com/the-4-day-mba/
• Good Business - Bad Business - https://tinyurl.com/y6aejb22
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
12/6/2023 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 50 seconds
From High School Dropout To $952 Million At 33
Episode 526: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talks to Jess Mah about building a +$100M biotech company as a C- Biology student. She also opens up about money stuff no one else wants to talk about–like how to save tens of thousands on taxes by buying a private jet.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(7:00) Jess's non-small boy holdco
(11:00) Building without fear of failure
(16:00) Overcoming negative the self talk
(20:00) What would Shaan do if he was a billionaire?
(26:00) The danger of waiting
(32:00) Realistic breakthroughs in the future
(36:30) Meeting belly-to-belly in business
(41:00) Pulling it off with no reputation
(47:00) Billionaire tax secrets
(52:00) 80/20-ing the Bryan Johnson Blueprint
(58:30) Buying yachts, private jets, and other luxury assets
(1:07:00) Takeaways from a 1-on-1 with Paul Graham
(1:12:00) Bold bets on science
—
Links:
Mah Way - https://mahway.com/
Michael Levin TED Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3lsYlod5OU
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
12/4/2023 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 57 seconds
99 Years of Charlie Munger Wisdom in 44 Minutes
Episode 525: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) pay tribute to Charlie Munger by telling stories about how his wisdom changed their lives and businesses.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) To get what you want, deserve what you want
(6:30) I'm not entitled to an opinion unless...
(8:00) Churchillian self-confidence
(12:30) Avoiding stupidity is easier than seeking brilliance
(18:00) Optimize for the truth
(23:00) Invert, always invert
(35:30) Learn all the big ideas in your space
—
Links:
• MFM meetups - https://getriver.io/mfm
• Cloud Poker tournament - cloudpokernight.com/mfm
• Free 2024 Goal-Setting Session - https://planfor2024.com/
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
11/29/2023 • 49 minutes, 11 seconds
Pomp Shares 3 Non-Obvious Business Ideas with Massive TAMs
Episode 524: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) are joined by Anthony Pompliano about what secret sauce makes for the most successful investors, billionaires you’ve probably never heard of, plus three 10/10 business ideas.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:20) Meeting hedge fund legend Julian Robertson
(10:00) What makes a master investor
(13:00) Pomp's $1M bet
(20:00) Warren Buffett: Finance's first influencer
(26:00) Idea 1 - Real estate content platform
(32:00) Navigating the idea maze
(35:00) How Nikita Bier engineers virality
(40:30) 7X billionaire Brad Jacobs
(46:30) Idea 2 - Persistent Patrol Companies
(53:00) Idea 3 - AI agents
(59:00) Pomp's business portfolio
—
Links:
• Tiger Management - https://www.tigerglobal.com/
• ResiClub - https://www.resiclubanalytics.com/
• “How to Make a Few Billion Dollars” - https://tinyurl.com/ybtrwxey
• Jakob Greenfeld’s list - https://tinyurl.com/yjn52dek
• Upwork - https://www.upwork.com/
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
11/29/2023 • 1 hour, 12 minutes
Finding +$1M Businesses From Weird Trends
Episode 523: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) reveal +$1M dollar business ideas based on weird trends they’re seeing plus the easiest ways to level up your life.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:30) The meteoric rise of Bret Taylor
(8:00) Lessons from dinner with billionaires
(16:00) Josh Kushner's subtle flex
(19:00) The TJ Parker way: Do dope sh*t
(28:00) The Dr. Dre Question
(35:00) New One Chart Business!
(51:00) Sexier fiber supplements
(1:05:00) Visual kill shots
—
Links:
• Warehouse - https://warehousepc.com/
• TJ Parker’s Twitter - https://tinyurl.com/mwcbpkf6
• Primer - https://primer.com/
• Create Wellness - https://trycreate.co/
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
11/27/2023 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 11 seconds
My $100M Mistake + 6 Company Exit F**k Ups To Avoid
Episode 522: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) play the drinking game “Never Will I Ever,” revealing all the painful mistakes they made when selling their +$10M companies.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:30) Ignoring QSBS
(7:30) Shutting down a company
(13:00) Putting out desperate vibes
(17:30) Choosing the highest offer over the best offer
(22:00) Assuming you’re talking to the decision-maker
(27:00) Not getting uncomfortable in a negotiation
(37:00) Being disorganized
(43:00) Muddying your margins
(47:00) Closing a deal remotely
—
Links:
• $100M mistake” - https://tinyurl.com/yphh46sk
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
11/24/2023 • 54 minutes, 53 seconds
Andrew Wilkinson's $20,000 to $260,000,000 story
Episode 521:Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Andrew Wilkinson about the “Profit First” strategy, how to be a master networker, and his Barnacle On The Whale Strategy for growing 10x with zero marketing.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) Business on hard mode vs. easy mode
(12:00) Cliffs Notes for “Profit First”
(19:30) Leveraging incentives
(24:00) Breakdown: Holdco acquisition funnels
(28:00) Andrew sends Sam a private jet
(32:30) Shooting your shot with your heroes
(38:00) Crashing the Oscars afterparty
(43:00) Buying vs earning your way into the room
(47:00) POV: Peter Attia is your doctor
(50:00) Barnacle on the Whale Strategy
(57:00) People always suffer in silence
(1:00:00)Hitting rock bottom
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
11/22/2023 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 49 seconds
SHOTS FIRED!! OPEN AI Explodes
Episode 520: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) are dropping an EMERGENCY POD. They’ve been on Twitter all weekend–ignoring their families–just to bring you this breakdown of the chaos going down at OpenAI.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) Act One - Sam Altman gets fired from OpenAI
(6:30) Act Two - The Board vs The Team
(9:30) Act Three: A new CEO is crowned
(12:30) Sam Altman: the man, the myth
(18:00) Who is Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever?
(32:30) Emmett Shear enters the chat
(48:00) The boys make predictions
(50:00) Takeaway: The best and worst of Silicon Valley in 48 hours
—
Links:
• Sam Altman’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/sama
• Greg Brockman’s Blog - https://blog.gregbrockman.com
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
11/20/2023 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 31 seconds
Brainstorming Ideas with The $200M Man
Episode 519: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) are jamming with Patrick Campbell on trends that are doubling in popularity and the businesses you can start to pounce on them. Patrick also shares three product frameworks, the importance of freedom-inducing purchases, and what his research has revealed about the ultra wealthy.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) The Bezo's Number Framework
(5:30) Trends: Coral bleaching, School shootings, teenage abstinence
(12:30) More trends: French Bulldogs, sports betting, and other vices
(21:00) Philosophy: Don't innovate
(24:30) Patrick's tax strategy: Gas stations
(30:00) The 5 Phases of "I just sold my company"
(33:30) Freedom-inducing purchases
(36:00) Secrets of the wealthy: To-do lists and exercise
(39:00) How a researcher measures happiness
(41:30) The trap of chasing a "freedom number"
(45:00) Wealth, Status, Power
(50:00) Product Remix Framework
(55:00) Pricing strategy breakdown
(1:02:00) New bod, who dis?
—
Links:
• Patrick’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/Patticus
• Paddle - https://www.paddle.com/
• Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.com/
• Bezo's Numbers - https://shorturl.at/dgJSV
• Casino affiliate - https://playnj.com/
• MyBodyTutor - https://www.mybodytutor.com/
• Price change email copy - https://shorturl.at/kqE49
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
Episode 518: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Native founder Moiz Ali about his $100M portfolio, investment strategy, and the three businesses he would start today. Disclaimer: This episode contains profanity and may not be suitable for everyone.
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:30) The worst way Moiz earned money
(8:30) True or False: Moiz stole the branding for Native
(12:00) Business Idea: Stock Market for residential real estate
(18:00) Rapid fire real estate ideas
(26:30) Business idea: Founders Card for X
(32:30) Business Idea:Shopify for $100M DTCs
(36:00) $20 Shopify apps from India
(40:00) Twitter real estate is full of fraud
(45:30) Why Moiz is bullish on Facebook stock
(50:00) Underpriced assets to grab today
(55:00) $100M managed on a Google Sheet
(1:03:00) The boys give Moiz advice
—
Links:
• Moiz Ali’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/moizali
• Native - https://www.nativecos.com/
• HomeOptions - https://www.homeoptions.com/about
• Steady.capital - https://www.steady.capital/
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
11/14/2023 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 53 seconds
Business Brainstorm: AG1 For Dogs, Sexy Sweaty Startups & Luxury Newsletters
Episode 517: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) are joined by Greg Isenberg to brainstorm 6 business ideas you can start with no funding.
Want to see the best clips from MFM? Subscribe to our clips channel here.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(7:00) Playing for style points
(11:00) AG1 for Dogs
(15:00) Daily Fabler
(22:00) Sweaty Franchises
(35:00) Entrepreneur Operating System
(39:00) Luxury Newsletters
(45:00) Veblen goods
(48:00) Stripe Atlas for Trademarks
(55:00) Greg’s Life Hacks
—
Links:
• Late Checkout - https://www.latecheckout.studio/
• Boring Marketing - https://www.boringmarketing.com/
• Daily Stoic - https://dailystoic.com/
• Pink’s Windows - https://www.pinkswindows.com/franchising
• EOS - https://www.eosworldwide.com/
• ResiBrands - https://resibrands.com/
• Playing Field - https://www.playingfield.com/
• Raya - https://www.rayatheapp.com/
• Superhuman - https://superhuman.com/
• Little Lifehacks Guaranteed to Improve your Life - https://tinyurl.com/2zhdz2uh
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
11/9/2023 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 25 seconds
Sam Returns - The Boys Hang Out
Episode 516: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) catch up after Sam’s paternity leave.
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—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:30) Shaan's ‘All-In’ CEO application
(7:00) Sam's life as a dad
(12:00) Parenthood and happiness
(15:00) Fatherhood and masculinity
(20:00) How responsibility can improve your life
(25:00)Parenting advice from Shaan
(28:00) Cheat code: Night nurse
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Links:
• Shaan’s fake CEO application - https://tinyurl.com/yxh4d4hb
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
11/7/2023 • 34 minutes, 49 seconds
The "Queen of Business" Leaves Shaan SPEECHLESS
Episode 515: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) invites Sarah Moore to tell her insane story of being a troubled teen, making it Harvard Business School, and buying a multi-million dollar business with $0 and no experience.
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—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(8:00) Why buy
(14:30) Step 1: Scrape the databases
(16:00) Step 2: Ignore the industry
(18:00) Step 3: Find a free workforce
(22:00) Step 4: Mass outreach
(25:00) Step 5: Simplicity over innovation
(29:00) Step 6: Close the deal
(36:00) Not counting yourself out
(39:00) Growth post acquisition
(43:30) Biggest mistakes in the first year
(46:30) Sarah's unlikely background
(57:00) Being that one person for one person
(1:04:30) Sarah addresses her skeptics
(1:07:00) The best Craigslist intern ad
(1:13:00) Being a human billboard
(1:18:00) Sarah's advice for MFMers
—
Links:
• Eggcartons.com - https://www.eggcartons.com/
• Get in touch with Sarah - https://tinyurl.com/4hweb9rv
• Bulk email checker - https://www.bulkemailchecker.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
11/2/2023 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 37 seconds
How I’ve Sold $1 Billion In Products Online (A Marketing Masterclass)
Episode 514: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) invites Craig Clemens (https://twitter.com/craigclemens) to drop a knowledge bomb based on 15 years and a billion dollars worth of marketing insights. If you want to hear Craig’s backstory check out episode 95 (https://tinyurl.com/jwbb88sd).
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(4:00) The Illusion of Choice
(7:00) Pepsodent: Make it about them
(12:00) Otis: A Powerful Demonstration
(24:00) Lucky Strike Cigarettes: Help them rebel
(35:00) Great American Breakfast: Unquestionable proof
(43:00) NIKE: Sell the dream
(49:00) Social campaigns: Verbal Kill Shots
(56:00) Probiotics: Creating a category
(1:04:00) Recap: 7 Human Hijacks
—
Links:
• Golden Hippo - https://www.goldenhippo.com/
• Craig’s first MFM episode - https://tinyurl.com/jwbb88sd
• Pepsodent - https://www.pepsodent.com/
• Otis - https://www.otis.com/
• Lucky Strike - https://www.luckystrike.com/
• Vibram - https://www.vibram.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
10/31/2023 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 3 seconds
My $0 to $1 Million Guide - How I Would Start Over in 2024
Episode 513: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) answers the question he gets most often: If he was starting from scratch—and had no money in the bank—how would he make $1,000,000?
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) Optimize for your current phase
(6:00) Identify your edge
(12:00) Join a company or start a company?
(15:00) Work on an A+ problem
(19:00) Create luck
(22:00) Service agency blueprint
(28:00) Invest in yourself
(31:00) Leaving a legacy
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
10/30/2023 • 37 minutes, 33 seconds
Codie Sanchez Reveals 4 Profitable Business Ideas Men Are Sleeping On
Episode 512: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) is joined by guest co-host Codie Sanchez(https://twitter.com/Codie_Sanchez) to bring some estrogen up in this b*tch. Today’s episode breaks down 4 businesses women would throw their money at if they existed.
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—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:00) Traditional Wife Movement
(7:00) Anti-Call Her Daddy
(13:00) Business idea: Hobby Lobby 2.0
(21:00) Business idea: Pop-up Seasonal Retail
(26:00) Business Idea: Fantasy Werewolf Romance Novel
(33:00) Business Idea: Gamified Fertility Tracking
(38:00) Business Idea: Helping Gay Male Couples Adopt
(46:00) Codie's small business acquisition portfolio
(49:00) Codie's first million
(53:00) Laundromats: The gateway drug of businesses
(59:00) Codie’s Best and Worst deals
(1:08:00) Shaan's basic b*tch hobbies
(1:10:00) How to be more interesting
(1:13:00) American Enterprise Institute and Arthur Brooks
(1:17:00) Unpopular political opinion: Govern yourself
(1:20:00) Playbook: Creating the Codie Sanchez brand
(1:24:00) Content flywheel for business acquisition
(1:27:00) Codie addresses her critics
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Links:
• Contrarian Thinking - https://contrarianthinking.co/
• Codie’s website - https://www.codiesanchez.com/
• Mira - https://www.miracare.com/
• Flo - https://www.flow.health/
• Farmgirl Flowers - http://farmgirlflowers.com/
• Hone - https://honehealth.com/
• Sam’s blog post about ebooks - https://tinyurl.com/mypk8rkb
• AEI - https://www.aei.org/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
10/26/2023 • 1 hour, 47 minutes
Scott Galloway Tells All - $100M Net Worth, $4 Trillion Business Opp & Career Advice
Episode 511: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) are talking to Scott Galloway a.k.a Prof G (https://twitter.com/profgalloway). In this episode Scott opens up about his scarcity mindset despite a $100M net worth and the best way for young people to get rich slowly.
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:00) Surviving rejection
(5:00) Scott Galloway’s net worth
(9:00) How Sam made $20M in 6 months
(12:00) Scott gives Sam financial advice
(16:00) Get Rich Slow Strategy: Seller-financed boomer businesses
(19:00) Get Rich Slow Strategy: Go work for a big company
(20:00) Trillion-dollar carcass: AI for Healthcare
(22:00) Prediction: GLP - 1 will be bigger than GPT-4
(28:00) Second order effects of Ozempic
(31:00) The economics of obesity
(33:00) The drug that changed Scott's life
(35:00) Inverse Galloway Index
(40:00) Is Putin cyber-bullying Scott Galloway?
(44:00) $5M/year to speak
—
Links:
• No Mercy / No Malice - https://www.profgalloway.com/
• Inverse Galloway Index - https://inversegallowayindex.com/
• Adrift - https://tinyurl.com/5ajwcy35
• The Prof G Pod - https://tinyurl.com/5dfdbywx
• Prof G Media - https://profgmedia.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
10/24/2023 • 52 minutes, 18 seconds
Wait, My Intern Became a 21-Year-Old Millionaire??
Episode 510: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) sits down with his former intern Ishan Haque (https://twitter.com/ishanhaq). Ishan went from making $30k/year to $40K in one minute by taking one big bet. Today he’s a 22-year-old millionaire thanks to early investments in companies now worth billions like Animoca and Afterpay. (This episode is not intended to be personal financial advice).
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—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) Recruiting tactic: Sliding into the DMs
(7:00) Knowing your win condition
(11:00) Content creation for serendipity
(14:00) Ishan makes $40k in one minute
(20:00) $100k bet on Animoca
(28:00) Passing on $2,000,000
(35:00) Spending habits of a 21-year-old millionaire
(40:00) Crypto casinos and starting Shuffle
(48:00) Managing regulatory risk
(51:00) Getting first customers
(54:00) Influencer campaigns that work
(1:05:00) Business Idea: YC for nerdy kids
(1:10:00) Business Idea: CRM for cashed up niches
(1:13:00) Business Idea: VIP Management Software
(1:16:00) Business Idea: Cultural Concierge for Biz Dev
(1:22:00) The underrated growth model behind MrBeast
(1:24:00) Content creator rollups
(1:26:00) No small boy stuff
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Links:
• AfterPay - https://www.afterpay.com/
• Animoca - https://www.animocabrands.com/
• Stake - https://stake.com/
• Shuffle - https://shuffle.com/
• Kick - https://kick.com/
• RuneScape - https://play.runescape.com/
• Spotter - https://spotter.la/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
10/20/2023 • 1 hour, 41 minutes, 41 seconds
This Hedge Fund Manager Got Away With Insider Trading… Then Made Billions
Episode 509: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) dive into the white collar crimes of Steve Cohen, the pros and cons of working 100 hours a week, and how to play the right game as a founder, investor, or asset manager.
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) Steve Cohen's $19b insider trading empire
(12:30) 996 Work Culture
(20:00) Sam and Shaan's daily work schedules
(24:00) Best Career Advice: Stuff the "Other" column
(30:30) Law and Crime acquired for 9-figures
(40:00) Tyler Hogge on sardines and tech valuations
(44:00) Profit is a hypothesis. Cash is s fact
(49:00) Know what game you're paying
(53:00) Inside the weird world of Bryan Johnson
—
Links:
• Black Edge: https://tinyurl.com/j5646dbd
• GLG Insights - https://glginsights.com/
• Sapiens - https://www.ynharari.com/book/sapiens-2/
• Abrams Media - https://dan-abrams.com/projects/
• Soap Hub - https://soaphub.com/
• Margin of Safety - https://tinyurl.com/5etkzb7t
• Tyler Hogge article - https://tinyurl.com/4wmjnmfm
• The Smartest Guys in the Room - https://tinyurl.com/2jec5z23
• Blueprint | Bryan Johnson - https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.co/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
10/19/2023 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 39 seconds
Our 2020 Predictions For OpenAI Came True… Here’s What’s Next
Episode 508: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) revisit predictions they’ve made over the last three years to see how they stacked up. Were they wrong? Were they right? Did they miss the biggest opportunities of their lives? Find out.
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• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(5:00) Prediction: Freezing sperm + DTC-TRT
(11:00) Whiff: Bitclout
(18:00) Prediction: Clout Kitchens
(22:00) Prediction: Clubhouse fails
(27:00) Whiff: Thrasio
(30:00) Whiff: Privacy as a Service
(33:00) Prediction: GPT-3
(37:00) Prediction: Bryan Johnson's Blueprint
(43:00) Inertia is a b*tch
(51:00) Prediction: Paid communities
(58:00) Takeaway: The predictions that matter are on the ones you act on
(1:00:00) Paying attention to irrational behaviors
(1:04:00) Uber credit loophole guy - Where is he?
(1:07:00) New Prediction: Beta.character.ai
(1:09:00) New Prediction: Wounded unicorns
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Links:
• Derek from MPMD on MFM - https://tinyurl.com/2kmvsf3c
• Bucked Up - https://www.buckedup.com/
• Legacy - https://www.givelegacy.com/
• Dadi (acquired by Ro) - https://ro.co/
• Hone - https://honehealth.com/
• Bitclout - https://bitclout.com/
• friend.tech - https://www.friend.tech/
• Clout Kitchens clip - https://tinyurl.com/ycxtp8nk
• Clubhouse - https://www.clubhouse.com/
• Trasio - https://www.thrasio.com/
• DuckDuckGo - https://duckduckgo.com/
• Episode 94 - Is GPT-3 the Next Big Thing - https://tinyurl.com/37wfyphx
• Jasper.ai - https://www.jasper.ai/
• Anthropic - https://www.anthropic.com/
• Blueprint | Bryan Johnson - https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.co/
• Braintree - https://www.braintreepayments.com/
• Monkey Inferno - https://tinyurl.com/yc842nww
• Vistage - https://www.vistage.com/
• EcommerceFuel - https://www.ecommercefuel.com/
• Character.ai - https://beta.character.ai/
• Replika - https://replika.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
10/17/2023 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 26 seconds
Metaverse IRL, Bollywood Protein Powder & AI Gadgets That Suck
Episode 507: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk about Mark Zuckerberg’s sweet revenge on his haters, the inevitability of wearables, and how to cash in on India’s biggest untapped resource: fitness influencers.
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:30) First interview in the Metaverse
(11:30) ZozoFit's 3D body-scanning suit
(16:00) Rewind Pendant backlash
(22:00) Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses
(24:00) InstaCart and Klaviyo go public
(28:00) How InstaCart got into YC
(30:00) What's behind India's fitness craze?
(34:00) Business Idea: Protein Powder for Bollywood fans
(39:00) Is CB Insights about to sell for $1b?
(43:00) Parking platform Metropolis buys SP Plus for $1.5b
(45:00) Constellation's vertical SaaS blueprint
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Links:
• Mark Zuckerberg on Lex Fridman - https://tinyurl.com/2p8r92uy
• ZozoFit - https://zozofit.com/
• Snap Calorie - https://www.snapcalorie.com/
• Rewind Pendant - https://www.rewind.ai/pendant
• Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses - https://tinyurl.com/mr77me5d
• Klaviyo - https://www.klaviyo.com/
• Anand Sanwal on MFM - https://tinyurl.com/42wmc7x9
• Metropolis - https://www.metropolis.io/
• Constellation - https://www.csisoftware.com
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
10/13/2023 • 51 minutes, 54 seconds
10 AI Business Ideas in 43 Minutes
Episode 506: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) is coming at you with 10 AI-specific business ideas that he would invest in tomorrow if they existed.
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(5:00) 10 - AI Sales Agent
(10:00) 9 - Therapy for everyone, everywhere
(13:00) 8 - Robots that automate warehousing
(15:00) 7 - McKinsey for AI
(19:00) 6 - Licensable deepfakes
(22:00) 5 - Celebrity deepfake monitoring
(24:00) 4 - AI Tutor
(26:00) 3 - Call center accent customization
(28:00) 2 - AI Porn
(31:00) 1 - Self-doing to-do list
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Links:
• Episode 94 - Is GPT-3 the Next Big Thing - https://tinyurl.com/37wfyphx
• Sameday - https://www.gosameday.com/
• Hims - https://www.hims.com/
• Amazon Robotics - https://tinyurl.com/5fu22r8x
• LaunchDarkly - https://launchdarkly.com/
• Invideo AI - https://invideo.io/
• OpenAI - https://openai.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
10/12/2023 • 45 minutes, 11 seconds
CEO Lessons: Bulls**t Mission Statements, Firing People & Saying ‘NO'
Episode 505: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk about their biggest regrets as first-time CEOs and the shortcuts they’ve learned after 15 years of running businesses. (Disclaimer: This is not the type of stuff they teach at Harvard Business School.)
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:00) Doomed Mission Statements
(7:00) Hiring people you want to be around
(12:00) Naming, Branding and Trademarks
(17:00) How to make better hires
(26:00) Ambitious Goal Setting vs Achievable Goal Setting
(31:00) Not losing my shit
(35:00) Firing 101
(38:00) Focus vs. Saying 'no' too much
(46:00) Pre- vs. Post-product market fit
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
10/10/2023 • 52 minutes
Jesse Itzler's Exact Playbook For Creating HIT AFTER HIT
Episode 504: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk to Jesse Itzler (https://twitter.com/jesseitzler) about how he turned $118 into massive businesses including Marquis Jet and ZICO coconut water.
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(4:30) $10K for 10% of your life
(7:30) Can vs Will
(13:30) Going from Jingles to Jets
(17:30) Jesse’s underdog mentality
(23:00) Marquis Jet: The craziest origin story of all time
(32:30) How Marquis Jets worked
(36:30) Getting celebrities as first customers
(43:00) Zico: Finding profitable super niches
(50:00) Business Idea 1: Private travel experience for commercial travelers
(54:00) Business Idea 2: Pickles!
(58:00) Business Idea 3: Quickies-Ready-made 8oz Drinks
(1:02:00) Jesse Itzler's Philosophy on Money
(1:08:00) Jesse Itzler's Philosophy on Relationships: Compliment, Congratulate, and Console
(1:08:00) Jesse Itzler's Philosophy on Defining a Year
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Links:
• Jesse Itzler’s website - https://jesseitzler.com/
• New York Knicks theme song "Go NY Go" - https://tinyurl.com/9yfach3r
• Living with a Seal - https://tinyurl.com/wdjkj2je
• Marquis Jet - https://www.marquisjetset.com/
• All Day Running Co. - https://www.alldayrunningco.com/
• Big A## Calendar - https://tinyurl.com/22ujummp
• ZICO - https://zico.com/
• Sara Blakely - https://tinyurl.com/6ye642w4
• SPANX - https://spanx.com/
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
10/5/2023 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 26 seconds
How A Viral Meme App Launched My +$1M YouTube Empire | Cody Ko
Episode 503: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) sits down with Cody Ko (https://twitter.com/codyko) to talk about building the viral app I’d Cap That, his +$1M YouTube empire & partying with Elon Musk.
Looking for episode 502? Check out Shaan’s Reaction to the Linda Yaccarin Interview on YouTube.
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) I’d Cap That hits #1 in the App Store
(9:00) App developer to content creator
(13:00) 1M views overnight
(17:00) How to crush live shows
(23:00) Get better at your craft
(36:00) Tiny Beat Gang and making music videos
(44:00) Frozen S’mores, Shark Tank for Creators, AI Thumbnail app
(51:00) Going to Elon Musk’s house party
—
Links:
• Vine - https://vine.co/
• Cody Ko YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/codyko
• That’s Cringe - https://tinyurl.com/2adyejay
• Cody’s Run Club - https://www.ko-official.com/
• Living with a Seal - https://tinyurl.com/wdjkj2je
• Marquis Jetset - https://www.marquisjetset.com/
• Tiny Meat Gang - Keep Ya D*ck Fat (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - https://tinyurl.com/559w6pve
• Tiny Meat Gang - Super Xan (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - https://tinyurl.com/57ks7yat
• Tiny Meat Gang - Broke B*tch - https://tinyurl.com/pz8jya2p
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
10/3/2023 • 59 minutes, 56 seconds
How I Live On $25,000/Month In New York City
Episode 501: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) answers fan questions about his spending habits after selling his company, his approach to fatherhood and the words that changed his life.
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(0:42) What is top of mind as you become a dad?
(3:30) What's the biggest difference in your lifestyle now that you're effing rich?
(8:00) What were your alternative business ideas if you didn’t do Hampton?
(11:30) What was the most painful thing someone told you and how did that change you?
(15:00) What’s one trendy business model you think is over-hyped?
(17:00) What did you do when you arrived [at SF] to start laying the foundation to meet interesting people and business builders?
—
Links:
• “Lottery winners and accident victims: is happiness relative?” - https://tinyurl.com/ykbh275y
• CB Insights - https://www.cbinsights.com/
• PitchBook - https://pitchbook.com/
• The Anti-MBA - http://www.theantimba.com/
• Monkey Inferno - https://tinyurl.com/yc842nww
• Ikagai - https://tinyurl.com/3x9mytpb
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
9/29/2023 • 25 minutes, 32 seconds
How Blockworks Bootstrapped To A +$20M/yr Crypto Empire
Episode 500: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talks to Jason Yanowitz (https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz) founder of Blockworks, which covers crypto news, information and analytics. Jason shares the revenue numbers behind Blockworks, the secret to hosting profitable events, and why he would put 100% of his portfolio in crypto.
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:45) Blockworks revenue and profitability
(4:00) How to crush it with a conference
(10:00) Conferences are really 3-day marketplaces
(15:00) Jason's accidental MLM success story
(23:00) The difference between MLMs and pyramid schemes
(27:00) How Sam Ovens inspired Blockworks
(30:00) The fallacy of founder origin stories
(35:00) How Sam is optimizing his life
(42:00) Business Idea: Beehiiv for Conferences
(45:00) Business Idea: Hair transplants for the masses
(48:00) Blockworks Research
(55:00) Where is Jason putting his money?
(1:00:00) How Sam thinks about crypto
—
Links:
• Blockworks - https://blockworks.co/
• Blockworks Research - https://www.blockworksresearch.com/
• Blockworks Twitter - https://twitter.com/blockworks_
• Jason’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz
• Sam Ovens Consulting company - https://www.consulting.com/
• Peter Turchin - https://peterturchin.com/
• beehiiv - https://www.beehiiv.com/
• Eventbrite - https://www.eventbrite.com/
• Splash - https://splashthat.com/
• Hopin acquisition - https://tinyurl.com/2zn2kk3p
• ‘Elon Musk,’ by Walter Isaacson - https://tinyurl.com/bde53vpr
• Jeff Bezo’s Regret Minimization Framework - https://tinyurl.com/m34hmyfk
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
9/28/2023 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 7 seconds
This $3B Founder Is The Next Elon Musk
Episode 499: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talks to Brett Adcock (https://twitter.com/adcock_brett) about how he nearly went bankrupt after his +$100m exit from Vettery (now Hired). How? Betting everything on the next big idea. And he’s doing it again today with Figure.ai, a robotics company bringing a general purpose humanoid to life.
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) How Brett self-funded Archer Aviation
(13:00) Nearly going personally bankrupt
(19:00) Street of Walls and being a self-taught finance expert
(24:00) How to choose the right idea to work on
(28:00) Why Future could be the biggest business in the world
(32:00) Addressing objections to a robot workforce
(35:00) Why hardware is actually easier than software
(40:00) How big is Figure going to be in 5 years?
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Links:
• Brett Adcock’s website - https://www.brettadcock.com/
• Figure (AI Robotics) - https://www.figure.ai/
• Archer Aviation - https://www.archer.com/
• Vettery (now Hired) - https://hired.com/
• Ikagai - https://tinyurl.com/3x9mytpb
• Street of Walls - https://www.streetofwalls.com/
• The Fast Track: https://tinyurl.com/yeyz7j7p
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
9/26/2023 • 48 minutes, 24 seconds
Favorite Finds: From McDonald's to Twitter Famous, Pelosi's Finances & How To Close A Deal
Episode 498: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk about the coolest stuff they’ve seen this week—like why Nancy Pelosi may be out-investing Warren Buffet and how Cultural Tutor is winning Twitter by taking it more seriously than everybody else.
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) Bill Gurley exposes the grift of regulation
(7:00) Deion Sanders on “60 Minutes”
(14:00) CFO Secrets on negotiating like an M&A master
(21:00) The Cultural Tutor’s obsession with writing one tweet
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Links:
• Bill Gurley's All-In Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9cO3-MLHOM
• Autopilot: https://www.joinautopilot.com/
• Deion Sanders “60 Minutes” interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8PSWeRLGXs
• Deion Sanders Jr’s YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_n7zvkh3y3PLBIUA1lHkjw
• The Score Takes Care of Itself - https://tinyurl.com/jtspe367
• CFO Secrets - "Uncovering The Mystery of Working Capital in M&A" - https://www.cfosecrets.io/p/working-capital-adjustment-peg-m-a
• The Cultural Tutor on David Perell - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pBxikHRCXI
• The Cultural Tutor twitter - https://twitter.com/culturaltutor
• Vacation Sunscreen - https://www.vacation.inc/
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
9/22/2023 • 32 minutes, 49 seconds
Breaking Down Two +$1B Companies Hidden In Plain Sight
Episode 497: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) share 4 businesses that are crushing it — from airport security to Etsy store-owner’s favorite machine to well-branded women’s products. Plus, Shaan shares a dating app idea that‘s thoroughly OP.
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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3 Special Announcements:
1) MFM Merch - https://store.mfmpod.com/
2) MFM Clips Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@ClipMFM
3) MFM Poker Tournament - www.cloudpokernight.com/mfm
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(0:30) Surprise 1: Merch!
(5:05) Surprise 2: New YouTube Clips Channel!
(8:15) Business breakdown 1: Clear ($3b)
(19:33) Business breakdown 2: Cricut
(25:20) The real story behind Native Deodorant
(29:20) Business breakdown 3: Aunt Flow
(32:52) iCracked
(38:00) Business breakdown 5: Cloud Poker Night
(45:30) Products that grow virally (not word-of-mouth)
(47:20) Gamer Dating App
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Links:
• MFM Merch - https://store.mfmpod.com/
• MFM Clips Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@ClipMFM
• Clear - https://www.clearme.com/
• Cricut - https://cricut.com/en-us/
• Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/
• Native Deodorant - https://www.nativecos.com/
• Aunt Flow - https://goauntflow.com/
• iCracked - https://www.youtube.com/c/icracked
• Cloud Poker Night - https://cloudpokernight.com/
• Dil Mill - https://dilmil.co/
• Evolv - https://www.evolvtechnology.com/
• Farmers Only - https://www.farmersonly.com/
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
9/21/2023 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 5 seconds
3 Niche Business Ideas: AI Psychics, Creator-Owned VPNs & Guns with Soylent co-Founder John Coogan
Episode 496: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk with John Coogan (https://twitter.com/johncoogan), co-Founder of Soylent & Lucy and EIR at Founders Fund. John shares the most underrated creator-business no ones talking about, what Peter Theil and Keith Rabois are like, why he thinks lifestyle businesses are worthless and much more.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Want MFM Merch? Check out our store here.
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Other Cool Stuff:
• MFM Clips Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@ClipMFM
• MFM Merch - https://store.mfmpod.com/
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:15) Soylent origin story
(14:50) Lucy background
(17:00) Business Idea 1: Creator-owned VPN
(23:20) Business Idea 2: Ammunition Rollup
(28:45) How often does Sam think of the Roman Empire?
(32:20) Thoughts on Keith Rabois
(34:40) Best Twitter follows
(36:15) Debate: Lifestyle businesses vs. VC-backed
(48:15) Who John’s voting for
(51:00) Why AI wrappers are great businesses
(53:30) Business Idea 3: Lensa for ChatGPT
(57:40) Scam artist telemarketing
(1:04:05) Closing thoughts
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Links:
• John Coogan Twitter - https://twitter.com/johncoogan
• John Coogan Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/johncooganplus
• Soylent - https://soylent.com/
• Lucy Gum - https://lucy.co/
• Sam's Soylent article - https://tinyurl.com/mu8yhbyv
• Linus Tech Tips - https://www.youtube.com/user/linustechtips
• Anduril - https://www.anduril.com/
• Founders Fund - https://foundersfund.com/
• Keith Rabois - https://twitter.com/rabois
• Sean Parker - https://twitter.com/sparker
• Ligma Johnson - https://tinyurl.com/yx598zcc
• Peter Thiel - https://twitter.com/peterthiel
• Will Hurd - https://twitter.com/WillHurd
• Lensa - https://prisma-ai.com/lensa
• Power Law with John Coogan - https://tinyurl.com/3fdz6axs
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
9/19/2023 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 18 seconds
Kevin Ryan: How This Billionaire Founder Finds +$20B Business Ideas
Episode 495: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk with Kevin Ryan, Founder and CEO of AlleyCorp, an incubator and venture capital fund behind Business Insider, MongoDB, GILT and Zola among others. Kevin shares how he runs his +$20B venture studio AlleyCorp, why Buzzfeed ultimately failed, how he launches 8 companies a year and much more.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:15) Selling DoubleClick to Google for ~$3B
(5:20) Starting Business Insider, MongoDB and Gilt
(11:00) What led Kevin to start Business Insider
(15:00) Why Kevin hired Henry Blodget to run Business Insider
(16:45) What did Buzzfeed get wrong?
(18:45) Why has AlleyCorp been such a success compared to other venture studios?
(29:20) What businesses Kevin’s excited about right now
(39:00) Thoughts on buy vs. build vs. bootstrap
(41:00) What business has been the easiest and most profitable?
(42:50) Thoughts on AI
(44:50) Launching 8 companies a year
(47:40) Why Kevin isn’t on social media
(50:20) Starting companies in the recruiting space
(54:20) The benefit of being emotionally stable
(56:20) Kevin’s investment portfolio
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Links:
• Kevin’s Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinryan3/
• AlleyCorp - https://alleycorp.com/
• Business Insider - https://www.businessinsider.com/
• Henry Blodget - https://twitter.com/hblodget
• MongoDB - https://www.mongodb.com/
• Gilt - https://www.gilt.com/
• The Ladders - https://www.theladders.com/
• RippleMatch - https://ripplematch.com/
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
9/14/2023 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 4 seconds
Derek From More Plates More Dates: His +$100M Business Empire, Bryan Johnson & TRT
Episode 495: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk with Derek from More Plates More Dates (https://www.youtube.com/@MorePlatesMoreDates) about his origin story, +$100M business empire, investment portfolio, his thoughts on Bryan Johnson, how he sources his food and much more.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(7:15) Why Pickup artists are often great entrepreneurs
(12:50) Derek’s business empire
(21:30) Degrees of difficulty with Derek’s businesses
(28:00) What are Derek’s business goals?
(39:25) Derek’s investment portfolio
(43:45) The origin story of More Plates More Dates
(52:00) How Derek became a health science expert
(54:20) Thoughts on Bryan Johnson
(1:00:25) Taking TRT and other supplements
(1:06:15) Where Derek buys his food
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Links:
• More Plates More Dates Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/MorePlatesMoreDates
• Derek's Twitter - https://twitter.com/Derek_Fitness
• Gorilla Mind - https://gorillamind.com/
• Marek Health - https://marekhealth.com/
• Intelligent Elephant - https://intelligent.shop/
• Good Looking Loser - https://www.goodlookingloser.com/
• Chris's Twitter - https://twitter.com/goodlookinglosr
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
9/12/2023 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 22 seconds
Emmett Shear: Life After Twitch, Jeff Bezos Lessons & AI Doomsday Odds
Episode 494: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talks with ex-CEO & co-founder of Twitch, Emmett Shear (https://twitter.com/eshear), about the potential of artificial intelligence, the value of understanding consumer / users needs, his simple framework for problem-solving, the power of seemingly small ideas that can have a huge impact and lessons he’s directly learned from Silicon Valley greats like Paul Graham and Andy Jassey.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(4:30) Did you always have an insatiable curiosity?
(8:30) How to solve any problem
(13:23) The importance of understanding your customers / users needs
(22:15) Emmett’s favorite business ideas right now
(41:00) Is AI going to kill us all?
(56:50) Was Twitch luck or skill? Will Emmett try to build another unicorn?
(59:00) Lessons from Paul Graham
(1:09:00) What’s the difference between people who are good vs. great?
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Links:
• Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv
• Paul Graham - https://twitter.com/paulg
• Patrick Collison - https://twitter.com/patrickc
• Andy Jassey - https://twitter.com/ajassy
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
Episode 493: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/thesamparr) cover everything from the power of charisma in politics to the allure of unconventional ventures and investments. Tune in as they dive into the significance of re-reading books + uncovering the stories embedded in our own lives and breakdown Paperscraper — a tool with big potential that can be copied and pasted in a number of industries.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(0:40) Scott Galloway’s personal finances
(2:45) Why big financial wins are rarely from your main thing
(9:14) Crazy stories about Warren Buffet
(18:10) Takeaways from listening to Founders podcast w/ David Senra
(30:16) Why people prefer complexity over simplicity
(35:21) Everyone’s looking for a magic pill
(42:50) Create a TV show to find our next president
(1:06:11) Paperscrapper
(1:11:29) Sam could’ve been a Youtuber
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Links:
• Tony Robbins vid - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nONTbIlCtKM
• Scott Galloway's Personal FInance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxQ4agvOvTI
• Founders Podcast episode - https://tinyurl.com/zzc3d96f
• Seth Bannon Tweet - https://twitter.com/sethbannon/status/1676683104986218502?s=20
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
9/7/2023 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 19 seconds
Business Brainstorm: Ozempic Hotline, Klout 2.0 & Failed Churches
Episode 492: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/thesamparr) are back with a classic business brainstorm episode. They share 9 business ideas — everything from Dribble for X, to capitalizing on the Ozempic mega-trend, to building an AI-enabled marketplace for teachers.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:55) Klout 2.0
(13:00) Dribbble for X
(24:50) Private Elementary School
(35:20) Sam's telemarketer days
(45:00) Yelp for investors
(46:50) Teacher's Pet
(49:10) 1-800-Ozempic
(54:00) Recruiting Elite Nerds
(1:00:20) Failed churches
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Links:
• Klout - https://khoros.com/platform/klout
• Dribbble - https://dribbble.com/
• The Hamlin School - https://hamlin.org/
• Towerview Ventures - https://www.av.vc/funds/towerview
• Teachers Pay Teachers - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/
• Mind Sport Olympiad - https://mindsportsolympiad.com/
• Niagra Consulting - https://www.niagaraconsulting.net/
• Church house - http://tinyurl.com/y33rfmbr
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
9/5/2023 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 49 seconds
Samir Chaudry: Why 99% Of Content Creators Fail At YouTube
Episode 491: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talks with Samir Chaudry (https://twitter.com/samirchaudry) — Youtuber and co-host of the Colin and Samir. You’ll hear Samir share how he prepares for interviews with folks like Tim Ferriss, MKBHD and Dream, where he thinks the creator economy puck is heading, what he’s learned from working with MrBeast, which Youtubers are building billion-dollar empires, and much more.
Subscribe to Samir's newsletter → https://www.thepublishpress.com/
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) High stakes interviews
(5:15) How Samir preps for big interviews
(11:45) Learnings from Tim Ferriss interview
(19:45) The next wave of creators
(26:00) The future of the creator economy
(34:30) AI tools Samir uses
(37:30) What’s MrBeast actually like?
(44:00) If Samir was advising MrBeast…
(49:00) Why Samir made a newspaper
(56:00) Creating scared
(1:05:30) Hiring a collaborator
(1:07:45) Most interesting creator businesses
(1:18:55) Which Youtubers are building billion-dollar empires?
(1:39:30) How long does it take to “make it” on Youtube?
(1:44:10) Dabblers vs. Masters
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Links:
• Publish Press - https://www.thepublishpress.com/
• Autopod - https://www.autopod.fm/
• Dude Perfect - https://tinyurl.com/4jdpsbkj
• Cody Ko - https://www.youtube.com/c/codyko
• Chicken Shop Date - https://tinyurl.com/2wbfu9xc
• Deestroying - https://www.youtube.com/@Deestroying
• Paul Rabil - https://www.youtube.com/c/paulrabil
• PPL - https://premierlacrosseleague.com/
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
9/4/2023 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 57 seconds
3 Crazy Billionaire Stories
Episode 490: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) share 3 wild billionaire stories. From the secret acquisition of OnlyFans by a mysterious entrepreneur to Elon Musk's quirky right-hand man', to the controversial history of the Sackler family and their involvement with Purdue Pharma.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:10) OnlyFans Annual Report
(5:00) Leo Radvinsky
(17:50) The Saclker Family
(32:30) Billy of the Week - Steve Davis
(49:30) PostPilot
(57:30) Kiss back
—
Links:
• Companies House - https://tinyurl.com/mr3m28x8
• OnlyFans Annual Report - https://tinyurl.com/3nw46jxj
• Leo Radvinsky - https://leoradvinsky.com/
• Guy Stokley - https://tinyurl.com/vhbn6jef
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
8/31/2023 • 1 hour, 43 seconds
Mark Manson TELLS ALL: Money, Dating, & The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Episode 489: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talks with 3x #1 NYTimes Bestselling Author Mark Manson (https://twitter.com/IAmMarkManson) about the pitfalls of relying on pickup lines and cheesy routines, and the importance of embracing authenticity and natural approaches. He also delves into his approach to YouTube — turning the Mr.Beast model on it’s head and creating Youtube challenges that are story driven in a world of quick dopamine hits. Join us as we dive deep into Mark's story, exploring the impact of self-help content and the future of media and entertainment
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
—
Show Notes:
0:00) Intro
(2:00) Did you show signs as a kid
(3:10) Why didn’t you become a professional poker player?
(5:15) How The Game changed Mark’s life
(12:45) Mark’s realization about picking up women
(21:45) Thoughts on Andrew Tate
(25:30) How Mark learned to write
(33:20) Mark’s Youtube strategy
(45:30) Youtube learnings
(54:20) Why Mark’s bullish on Youtube
(57:20) Mark’s process for writing viral titles
(1:03:20) Is blogging dead?
(1:05:00) What’s Will Smith like?
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Links:
• Mark’s Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@iammarkmanson
• The Consequences of Caring - https://tinyurl.com/38us6hjr
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
8/29/2023 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 44 seconds
Why Is Andrew Wilkinson Monetizing His Twitter Followers?
Episode 488: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk with Andrew Wilkinson (https://twitter.com/awilkinson) - entrepreneur and co-founder of Tiny - about how he’s easily making +$200k a year on Twitter. Andrew also opens up about his $80m a year agency that provides the cash flow to expand his business portfolio, why you should take a profit-first approach, the classic trap the rich fall into and more. Plus, Sam reveals his game plan for Hampton.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
—
Show Notes:
0:00) Intro
(8:34) How to make millions from Twitter/X
(13:54) The reality of meeting celebrities and billionaires
(18:18) How do you play the status game?
(21:54) The reality of going on a $100M yacht
(25:05) The trap of always wanting more
(27:40) How does MetaLab make so much money?
(35:42) How Andrew would start from scratch
(39:47) The 1+1=100 business model
(43:58) Businesses that turn your family member’s life into a book
(52:00) Business that runs you through the day of successful people
(55:32) Why he invested in Maui Nui Venison
(1:07:03) How much will Hampton be worth in 10 years?
(1:16:59) Why you should adopt the profit-first mindset
(1:28:36) Closing thoughts
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Links:
• Andrew’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/awilkinson
• Storyworth - https://tinyurl.com/bdfubc58
• No Story Lost - https://nostorylost.com/
• Routines - Routines.club
• Tamba - https://www.tamba.ca/
• Maui Nui Venison - https://mauinuivenison.com/
• Profit First Book - https://tinyurl.com/3pb9mzzs
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
8/24/2023 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 10 seconds
Meet The Man Behind Conor McGregor’s +$650M Empire
Episode 487: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk with Audie Attar (https://twitter.com/audieattar) — the man behind Conor McGregor's +$650M empire. Audie pulls back the curtain on the MMA business empire he's built, sharing the behind-the-scenes story of signing and working with big names like Michael Bisping and Conor McGregor. He offers an inside look into the economics of the Mayweather vs. McGregor and dissects the evolution, explosive growth, and structure of MMA. He also addresses the challenges and public criticisms McGregor’s faced. Whether you're an MMA superfan or simply interested in the business side of combat sports, you’ll enjoy this conversation with the manager who helped shape modern MMA.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
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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/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(6:13) Early UFC days
(9:17) Signing Michael Bisping and discovering Conor McGregor
(13:20) How Audie signed Conor
(17:15) What’s it like managing fighters?
(19:45) How they created Proper Twelve
(23:00) The value of owning a brand vs. doing sponsorships
(28:30) McGregor vs. Mayweather payout
(34:00) The appetite for blockbuster boxing matches
(45:00) What was it like after the Proper Twelve exit?
(52:21) How he handles McGregor’s criticisms and allegations
(57:24) Advice to his younger self
(01:03:31) Conor's transition from beloved fighter to highly criticized
(01:09:40) Closing thoughts on UFC
—
Links:
• Audie’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/audieattar
• Audie’s IG - https://www.instagram.com/audieattar/
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
8/22/2023 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 1 second
Asking My Friend How He Went From $0 To +$100M Before Age 30
Episode 486: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk with Syed Balkhi (https://twitter.com/syedbalkhi) about moving from Pakistan with no money to building a 9-figure WordPress empire before he turned 30. Learn why he turned down a $70M offer, why he bought a gas station as a baby shower gift, the difference between recurring revenue vs. re-occurring revenue, and much more.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(7:00) Starts first business at 13
(12:00) Starts WPBeginner at 16
(17:00) Syed’s 1st million at 21
(22:05) Buying gas stations
(28:20) Recurring revenue vs. Re-occurring revenue
(31:00) Heads I win, tails I don't lose (much)
(34:20) Mismanaged gems
(44:00) Business Idea #1: Content Agency
(46:00) Going from creator/operator to capital allocator
(51:30) Straight cash, homie
(55:30) Idea #2: AI Wrappers
(57:00) Idea #3: Freedom of Information Act Arbitrage
(1:00:50) Net worth breakdown
(1:03:15) Learning how to spend money
(1:06:40) Thoughts on buy vs. build
(1:09:00) Closing thoughts
—
Links:
• Syed’s Company Site - https://awesomemotive.com/
• Syed’s Net Worth Article - https://syedbalkhi.com/what-is-syed-balkhi-net-worth/
• Clay - https://clay.com
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
8/17/2023 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 7 seconds
The Secret Founders Of +$1,000,000,000 Brands
Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) dive into the business moguls behind the world’s biggest celebrity brands. Learn how Emma Grede leveraged the Kardashian’s name to build multiple 9-figure brands, how Guthy-Renker cornered the TV market with Proactiv ads, and how Scott Storch produced some of the most popular songs of all-time and managed to (literally) blow his $100M earnings away.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter: https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:30) Sam Broke His Finger
(4:45) Emma Grede: Skims, Good American, Safely, etc.
(14:15) Brian Lee: Honest Company
(17:05) Robert Earl: Virtual Dining Concepts, Planet Hollywood, etc.
(26:30) Guthy-Renker: Proactiv, JLo Beauty, etc.
(51:20) Rise of the creator brand
(54:30) Scott Storch: Still D.R.E., Lean Back, etc.
(1:02:15) People who game the system
—
Links:
• Skims - https://skims.com/
• Good American - https://goodamerican.com/
• Safely - https://getsafely.com/
• Guthy-Renker - https://www.guthy-renker.com/
• Ben Van De Bunt Clips - https://tinyurl.com/3tchy5su
• Austin Rief Tweet - https://twitter.com/austin_rief/status/1690737829943402497
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
8/15/2023 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 17 seconds
Connor & Breanna Price: The Viral Formula to Make Millions on Spotify
Episode 486: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) interview Connor & Breanna Price (https://www.tiktok.com/@connorprice__) about how they went from packing boxes in a warehouse to making +$200k / mo on Spotify.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter: https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:00) Connor & Breanna’s background
(15:00) Break out moment: Spinning The Globe series
(19:30) Breaking down their viral video w/ +140M views
(21:30) $0 to +$200k / mo from Spotify streams
(25:15) Maintaining relationships as a family business
(28:35) Revenue streams
(33:40) Is touring worth it?
(41:00) Selling their catalog for +$50M in 3-4 years
(43:00) Creative & marketing process
(51:00) Decoding virality and creating your own lane
(56:00) Getting recognition from celebs like T-Pain & Russ
(59:00) Underrated creator: IconBrick
(1:02:40) The struggle before the fame
(1:05:10) How homeschooling benefited Breanna
(1:10:00) Baby advice for Sam
(1:16:30) Socials + Connor’s Copyright Free Playlist
—
Links:
• Connor's Spotify - https://tinyurl.com/3y9dp8na
• Connor's IG - https://www.instagram.com/connorprice/
• Connor’s TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@connorprice__?lang=en
• Breanna's IG - https://www.instagram.com/breannaprice/
• Connor's Copyright Free Playlist - https://tinyurl.com/mwjdyup3
• IconBrick - https://www.instagram.com/iconbrick/?hl=en
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
8/10/2023 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 5 seconds
Laird Hamilton: The Big Wave Surfer Who Built a +$10 Million Business Empire
Episode 483: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talks with Laird Hamilton (https://lairdhamilton.com) about his well-rounded approach to life, the story behind launching Laird Superfood, why he’s such a viscous competitor, what vices he’s struggled with in the past, his thoughts on Bryan Johnson’s longevity protocol, and much more.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter: https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:00) How Laird describes himself
(5:30) How Laird got into entrepreneurship
(10:20) Laird’s revenue streams
(11:30) Reaction to Laird’s Superfood stock plummeting
(21:15) Other business ideas Laird considered pursuing
(29:00) Laird’s epic house & training regimen
(36:15) Most impressive athlete Laird’s trained with
(39:20) Being a viscous competitor
(43:00) Laird’s vices
(48:30) Thoughts on Bryan Johnson
(54:15) Laird's relationship with technology
(56:25) How Laird tracks his personal finances
(1:03:40) Laird’s 2023 goals
(1:06:45) Laird’s book recommendations
(1:12:25) Why the world’s so soft right now
—
Links:
• XPTLife - http://xptlife.com/
• Life After Life - https://tinyurl.com/35w8227v
• Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World - https://tinyurl.com/yckeyysm
• The Psychology of Totalitarianism - https://tinyurl.com/2mksfrds
• The Trap - https://tinyurl.com/y77bsj53
• The Wager - https://tinyurl.com/pvu9drrb
• The Heart of the Sea -
• Undaunted Courage - https://tinyurl.com/ya6zkw6k
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
8/9/2023 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 53 seconds
Newsletter Schemes, Copywriting Scams and Chaotic Singles
Episode 484: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk about a questionable newsletter growth hack called co-reg, try to figure out how Bobbi Althoff became an overnight success, explore the wild world of Chaotic Singles Parties & DateMe Docs, go through a list of things our grandkids will think are insane and discuss the greatest copywriting scam ever written.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter: https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(4:05) Newsletter growth scheme
(16:25) Laird Hamilton interview recap
(18:10) Why is Bobbi Althoff famous?
(24:30) Chaotic Singles Party
(30:00) DateMe Docs
(43:50) Things our grandkids will think are insane
(1:01:55) The greatest copywriting scam ever written
—
Links:
• Bobbi Althoff - https://www.instagram.com/bobbialthoff/
• Chaos Singles Parties - https://tinyurl.com/mpuedh9h
• DateMe Docs - https://dateme.directory/#4b549b56a88049da98be378370125912
• The League - https://www.theleague.com/
• Raya - https://www.rayatheapp.com/
• Copywriting Scam - https://thewalrus.ca/the-greatest-scam-ever-written/
• Boron Letters - https://morgancrozier.com/boron-letters/
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
8/8/2023 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 33 seconds
The 5 Part Process to Networking Effectively - From the Archive
Episode 483: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) shares how he thinks about networking (without the sleaze). Simply put, you should build your network like Noah built his Arc. Wtf does that mean? Listen to find out.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System
• Power Writing Course
• Daily Newsletter
• Small Boy Newsletter
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton
• Ideation Bootcamp
• Copy That
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(0:50) Michael Rubin’s White Party
(4:00) One-Chart Businesses
(12:35) Being a Conscious Consumer
(19:30) One Choice Is No Choice
8/4/2023 • 8 minutes, 21 seconds
Shaan Goes to LA, The Number 2 Guy Network and Getting Bucked Up
Episode 482: Shaan leaves his house! In this episode, Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) tells Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) about his wild trip to LA. You’ll hear about an NBA players “cheating agreement” with his wife, the difference between LA obnoxious vs. SF obnoxious, why the Number 2 Guy network is widely underrated, how Bucked Up scaled to $250M / yr, and much more.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System
• Power Writing Course
• Daily Newsletter
• Small Boy Newsletter
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton
• Ideation Bootcamp
• Copy That
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:30) Sam & Shaan’s Cadence
(5:00) Shaan’s LA trip
(9:30) CEO perplexed by sweaty startups
(14:45) How CEO turned failing company around
(24:05) NBA player’s agreement with his wife
(26:10) LA obnoxious vs. SF obnoxious
(33:35) Rich person who donated +$10M to a high school
(37:00) Shaan's VC friend who only goes all-in
(42:30) Neighborhoods, not cities
(46:00) The best networker Shaan’s ever met
(49:15) The Number 2 Guy Network
(52:10) Bucked Up: $250m / yr supplement company
(1:00:25) The Enhanced Games
(1:06:00) Shaan’s Youtube channel idea
(1:10:00) Shaan’s Erewhon experience
—
Links:
• Little Big Details - http://littlebigdetails.com/
• Bucked Up - http://buckedup.com/
• Aron D’Souza - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/arondsouza
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
8/3/2023 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 15 seconds
One-Chart Businesses, The Lice Lady and Having A Micro-Hustle Mentality
Episode 481: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk about how the biggest opportunities lie in one-chart businesses, how Covet & Mane became a massive beauty-care business, why The Lice Lady is a killer blue-collar side hustle, and how to apply a micro-hustle mentality into your everyday life.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton
• Ideation Bootcamp
• Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System
• Power Writing Course
• Daily Newsletter
• Small Boy Newsletter
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(0:50) Michael Rubin’s White Party
(4:00) One-Chart Businesses
(12:35) Being a Conscious Consumer
(19:30) One Choice Is No Choice
(22:00) Covet & Mane
(37:20) The Lice Lady
(44:30) AAA Locksmith: The Micro-hustle Mentality
(53:00) Weird AI Tool of the Week: Roundtable.ai
—
Links:
• After.com
• Steph Smith’s Tweet
• Covet & Mane
• Style Seat
• MindBody
• Squire
• Bricia Lopez
• LiceTreatmentLA.com
• LiceBustersUSA.com
• Roundtable.ai
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
8/1/2023 • 1 hour, 26 seconds
A Guide to Asking Better Questions - From the Archive
Episode 480: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) has a motto — "Ask a better question, get a better answer". In this episode, he shares the most valuable questions he’s collected over the years that provide outsized returns in business and life.
If you want a worksheet with all the questions from this episode, you can download it here: https://tinyurl.com/4mr262f7
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
—
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System
• Power Writing Course
• Daily Newsletter
• Small Boy Newsletter
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton
• Ideation Bootcamp
• Copy That
—
Show Notes:
(00:00) Intro
(2:00) Small Talk Questions
(4:15) Work-Related Questions
(7:45) Self-Talk Questions
—
Links:
• Download Shaan’s Guide here - https://tinyurl.com/4mr262f7
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
—
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
—
Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
7/28/2023 • 17 minutes, 29 seconds
My 6-Step Process To Find +$1,000,000 Business Ideas
Episode 479: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) answers listener questions in this special Q&A episode. Learn how he researches & validates business ideas, what his hiring process looks like, how he’s managed to build huge, passionate communities, and much more.
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton
• Ideation Bootcamp
• Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System
• Power Writing Course
• Daily Newsletter
• Small Boy Newsletter
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Show Notes:
(00:00) Intro
(00:40) How Sam Researches Business Ideas
(9:45) Sam’s Health & Fitness Routine
(14:55) When to Embrace Shiny Object Syndrome
(19:00) How to be Interesting
(26:20) Why Loyalty is Everything
(28:45) How to Hire
(33:30) How to Build Community
(37:00) Tips to Start a Productized-service
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Links:
• Similarweb - https://www.similarweb.com/
• Annual Reports - https://www.annualreports.com/
• Companies House - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house
• Central Athlete - https://www.centralathlete.com/
• MyBodyTutor - https://www.mybodytutor.com/daily-coach/
• ViralCuts - https://www.viralcuts.co/
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Other episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
7/27/2023 • 41 minutes, 42 seconds
3 Unconventional Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read
Episode 478: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) shares 3 non-obvious books that have helped him become a better entrepreneur and the major takeaways from each that anyone can implement today.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System
• Power Writing Course
• Daily Newsletter
• Small Boy Newsletter
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton
• Ideation Bootcamp
• Copy That
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Show Notes:
(00:00) Intro
(1:30) Book #1 - Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
(8:30) Book #2 - The Operator by Robert O'Neill
(12:05) Book #3 - Titan by Ron Chernow
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Links:
• Undaunted Courage - https://shorturl.at/hBO24
• The Operator - https://shorturl.at/noB14
• Titan - https://shorturl.at/fltCS
Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
7/25/2023 • 21 minutes, 41 seconds
The Decision Register, Newsletter Woes and An Audience of One
Episode 477: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talk about how to make better decisions using Shaan’s Decision Register (download here: https://shorturl.at/jzIXY ), they discuss why most newsletters are destined to fail in the long-term and the importance of creating content for an audience of one — yourself.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton
• Ideation Bootcamp
• Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System
• Power Writing Course
• Daily Newsletter
• Small Boy Newsletter
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Show Notes:
(00:00) Intro
(2:05) The Decision Register
(10:55) Small Boy Newsletter Update
(13:45) Why Most Newsletters Aren’t Valuable
(1:15:00) The Power of Creating Content You Love
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Links:
• Shaan’s Decision Register: https://shorturl.at/jzIXY
• Joe Rogan on Breaking Points: https://spoti.fi/3pZFmpN
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
7/21/2023 • 26 minutes, 32 seconds
Sam’s +$10 Million Portfolio, Shaan's Money Philosophy and The Spending vs. Saving Paradox
Episode 476: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) dive into Sam’s +$10m Financial Portfolio, Shaan shares his philosophy around money and they both explore the psychological barrier of spending money once you finally have it.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton
• Ideation Bootcamp
• Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System
• Power Writing Course
• Daily Newsletter
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:00) Sam's Portfolio Review - Pt. 1
(13:00) Shaan’s Bad Investment Decisions
(22:20) The F*cked Up Psychology of Spending Money
(31:40) Wisdom > Smarts
(35:00) Sam's Portfolio Review - Pt. 2
(40:30) Why Shaan Tracks His Portfolio Manually
(42:30) Shaan's Money Mindset
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Links:
• Tiller: https://www.tillerhq.com/
• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
7/20/2023 • 57 minutes, 18 seconds
Reed Duchscher: Inside Feastables, Night Media and Niche Creator Businesses
Episode 475: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talk to CEO of Night Media & Mr. Beast’s Manager — Reed Duchscher (https://twitter.com/Reedjd) — about his agency, his favorite creator businesses, why he chose to go up against Hershey’s with Feastables, and more.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Try Shepherd
* Shaan's Personal Assistant System
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
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Show Notes:
(03:45) - Are Talent Management Agencies Good or Bad Businesses?
(12:00) - Night Media’s Org Structure
(23:35) - How Kick is Overtaking Twitch
(26:00) - How Reed Finds CEOs for Creator Businesses (like Feastables)
(28:50) - Why Creator Businesses are Challenging
(29:50) - How Logan Paul & KSI started Prime
(35:00) - Why Reed & Mr. Beast Believe Feastables is a Massive Opportunity
(41:00) - How Does Feastables Play Out?
(48:30) - Reed’s Favorite Creator Businesses (Mainstream + Niche)
(1:02:50) - Reed's Thoughts on Twitter vs. Threads
(1:08:30) - Would Reed Sell Night Media?
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Links:
* Producer Ben Twitter - https://twitter.com/BenWilsonTweets
* How to Take Over the World - https://open.spotify.com/show/1gqvQ7h7BxNSVoQVTnwihr
* Ithaca Holdings - https://hybecorp.com/eng/news/news/189?companyCode=ALL&page=0
* Night Media - https://www.night.co/
* Kick - https://kick.com/
* Prime - https://drinkprime.com/
* Rare Candy - https://rarecandy.com/
* Chamberlain Coffee - https://chamberlaincoffee.com
* Dhar Mann - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_hK9fOxyy_TM8FJGXIyG8Q
* Ryan Hall Y’all - https://www.youtube.com/@RyanHallYall
* Millennial Farmer - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0rRUsMDlJ1meYAQ6_37Dw
* Cole The Cornstar - https://www.youtube.com/c/ColeTheCornstar
* Blake Robbins - https://twitter.com/blakeir
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
7/18/2023 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 44 seconds
Tech All-Star Game, Milk Road Pro and Big Box Strategies
Episode 474: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about big box store strategies, Sam's latest body experiment, Milk Road Pro, and the Tech All-Star game that Shaan wants to start.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Try Shepherd
* Shaan's Personal Assistant System
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Show Notes:
(00:30) - Big Box Strategy
(07:45) - Sam's body experiment
(25:25) - Milk Road
(37:10) - Particl
(41:20) - Tech All-Star Game
(49:35) - OnlyPaige
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Links:
* EchelonFit
* Milk Road Pro
* Particl.com
* Silicon Valley Sports League
* OnlyPaige
* Paige Spiranac
* Uscreen
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
7/13/2023 • 1 hour, 34 seconds
Threads vs Twitter & Millionaire Sam Ovens Doesn't Believe In A.I. Hype
Episode 473: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) (Threads @shaanvpuri) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) (Threads @thesamparr) talk about Threads... the latest competitor to Twitter. And an interview with entrepreneur Sam Ovens (@samovensnz) - who made millions off of courses - his latest project and why he's not into A.I.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Try Shepherd
* Shaan's Personal Assistant System
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
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Show Notes:
(02:10) - Threads vs Twitter
(04:15) - Zuck vs Elon
(13:30) - Threads Bull case
(14:40) - Threads Bear case
(21:05) - Predictions
(34:30) - L of the Week
(40:40) - Intro Sam Ovens
(45:05) - Why sell courses?
(59:50) - Getting traffic on Skool
(01:03:20) - How large will Skool become?
(01:04:50) - Are you weird in other areas of your life?
(01:17:20) - Why Sam's not into A.I.
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Links:
* Skool
* Mixergy
* SnapInspect
* Consulting.com
* Rebecca Zamolo
* Jasper ai
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
7/11/2023 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 55 seconds
Tiny Desk Awards: 13 Companies Making $1M+ With 0 Employees
Episode 472: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) unveil their list of the best companies making more than $1M annually with no full time employees.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Try Shepherd
* Shaan's Personal Assistant System
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Show Notes:
(00:00) - Introduction
(03:50) - Biggest One-Person Business - Stardew Valley, Streamyard, and Plenty of Fish
(15:45) - Highest Degree of Difficulty - TinyWow and Photopea
(26:00) - Easiest to Recreate: GetCyberLeads, Lenny Rachitsky, and Marketing Examples
(36:00) - Most Fun: Joe Rogan and Gym Streak
(42:00) - Business You Would Most Want to Own: Milled and BuiltWith
(46:30) - Rookie of the Year: Joseph Mambwe and Only Finder
(55:30) - Worst of the Best: The Van Trump Report
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Links:
* Stardew Valley
* Streamyard
* Plenty of Fish
* TinyWow
* Photopea
* GetCyberLeads
* Lenny Rachitsky
* Marketing Examples
* Gym Streak
* Milled
* BuiltWith
* Hampton Blog on Joseph Mambwe
* OnlyFinder
* Van Trump Report
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
7/6/2023 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 58 seconds
Masterclass: Money Wisdom from Shaan
Episode 471: In this episode, Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) presents a masterclass on money lessons that he has learned over the last ten years. Go to the MFM YouTube channel to watch the presentation.
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
* Try Shepherd
* Shaan's Personal Assistant System
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Show Notes:
(01:30) - Rich people aren't just lucky
(04:30) - Hard work to smart work
(05:45) - What should you work on?
(08:30) - Hanging out with money
(13:45) - Small swings to fat pitches
(19:35) - Intensity is the strategy
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
7/4/2023 • 24 minutes, 37 seconds
Jack Smith: Selling A Company For $800M At 29, Million Dollar Businesses that Can Be Started Just From Reading a Manual, and More
Episode 470: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk to entrepreneur Jack Smith (@_jacksmith) about selling his company for $800 million, how he's choosing to raise his child, his latest business idea, and more.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Try Shepherd
* Shaan's Personal Assistant System
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
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Show Notes:
() - Jack's first company
() - Baby stuff
() - Unschooling
() - Early Retirement
() - Business Ideas: Nomad Capitalist
() - RTFM
() - Why You Should Hack the Apple Vision Pro
() - Law of Attraction
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Links:
* Don't Tell Me I Can't: An Ambitious Homeschooler's Journey
* Nomad Capitalist
* Practical Law of Attraction
* Portugal Nature Getaway
* Tweet thread of Jack's favorite products
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
Episode 469: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about companies that have lasted more than 100 years, business opportunities using deepfake technology, knowing your values, and one listener's question is answered.
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Try Shepherd
* Shaan's Personal Assistant System
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Show Notes:
(00:00) - The "6 inches in front of your face" concept
(16:20) - Long lasting companies & values
(22:00) - Business Idea: Pandemic monitoring
(29:45) - Business Idea: Deep fake business opportunities + risk
(43:55) - Athletes who crossover into business & tech + Russell Okung 40-day water fast
(55:00) - Listener question
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Links:
* Lessons From Century Club Companies
* Okung Fast
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
6/27/2023 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 47 seconds
The Man Month, Shaan's Feud with Jason Calacanis & Elon vs Zuckerberg Fight
Episode 468: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about Shaan's feud with Jason Calacanis, who would win in an Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg fight, and the owners of the successful veteran-owned coffee company on being a total man.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Try Shepherd
* Shaan's Personal Assistant System
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
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Show Notes:
(00:40) - Sam's Hampton Offsite
(02:00) - Why you're better on your second venture
(08:05) - Shaan's feud with Jason Calacanis
(12:20) - Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg fight
(24:15) - Beehiiv
(39:10) - Investor Updates
(50:40) - Black Rifle Coffee
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Links:
* Beehiiv
* Black Rifle Coffee
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
6/23/2023 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 14 seconds
Replay: Jack Smith on How r/WallStreetBets is Beating Wall Street, Taboola's Billion-dollar Payday, and How Grayscale is Printing Money
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP), Sam Parr (@theSamParr), and Jack Smith (@_jacksmith) discuss:
Balaji Srinivasan on why people will have to hide their real identities in the future
How Silkroad was actually a well-run company while co-workers remained anonymous (American Kingpin)
The crazy story of the founder of Silkroad ordering killings on his co-workers
Taboola's billion-dollar payday
Clubhouse just raised at $1B -- but are its best days behind it?
How Wall Street Bets is beating Wall Street - How Grayscale is printing money with GBTC
Why a VC firm (Andreessen Horowitz) is entering the media game
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Try Shepherd
* Shaan's Personal Assistant System
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
6/22/2023 • 50 minutes, 14 seconds
Joe Rogan Offers $100,000 To Vaccine Expert For A Debate, MJ Sells NC Hornets For Billions & More
Episode 467: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about Joe Rogan's interview with presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that spiraled into a vaccine debate challenge, the problem with Google Analytics, MJ sells the NC Hornets, and more.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Try Shepherd
* Shaan's Personal Assistant System
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Show Notes:
(02:05) - RFK Jr.'s interview on Joe Rogan
(8:30) - Beef with Jason Calacanis
(24:10) - How to resolve debates and the Delphi method
(30:20) - Google Analytics and GA4 Businesses
(36:15) - Michael Jordan Selling Team
(46:50) - UKi and Trade Show Businesses
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Links:
* RFK's interview on Joe Rogan
* Thinking Time
* UKi Media & Events
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
6/20/2023 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 2 seconds
Shaan's Masterclass: How To Sell A Business For Millions
Episode 466: In this episode, Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) presents a masterclass on how to sell a business for the most money. Go to the MFM YouTube channel to watch the presentation.
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Show Notes:
(05:25) - Why would you sell?
(07:40) - When should I sell?
(08:10 - Who do you discuss with?
(11:00) - Who might buy you?
(17:20) - Nurture dependence
(21:30) - Do the work for them
(24:00) - Neglect Emotionally
(25:30) - Sell entirely
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
6/19/2023 • 26 minutes, 45 seconds
Rob Dyrdek Tells All - Net Worth, Houses, His Investment Portfolio & Health
Episode 465: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk with Rob Dyrdek (@robdyrdek) about his plan to become a billionaire by 2050, how he grew his wealth, his longevity plan and so much more. Shaan and Sam claim this is the best MFM episode to date. You decide... reach out to Shaan and Sam on Twitter.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
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Show Notes:
(08:25) - Momentous supplements
(26:00) - How Rob plays the game of business
(33:45) - How Rob Sold His Media Company for $300M
(40:15) - Rob's net worth
(49:45) - Forever Estates
(56:20) - Rob on longevity
(01:16:50) - Economics of a production company
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Links:
* Rob Dyrdek
* Dyrdek Machine
* Momentous Supplements
* Jolie Shower Filter
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
6/15/2023 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 32 seconds
The Reddit Revolt, Turpentine, & Shaan's Latest Business Venture
* Try Support Shepherd --> https://www.supportshepherd.com/
* Shaan's Personal Assistant System --> http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
Episode 464: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about the Reddit revolt, the Turpentine network of business and technology podcasts, and how Shaan invested his Milk Road money.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
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Show Notes:
(00:50) - Reddit Revolt
(30:00) - Turpentine
(41:15) - What Shaan did with his Milk Road money
(47:00) - Shaan’s newest acquisition
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Links:
* Reddark
* Spezless
* Turpentine
* Aging Media Network
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
6/13/2023 • 1 hour, 23 minutes
The Total Man Lifestyle Explained & Two Of The Best NBA Players' Backstories
Episode 463: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about the Total Man Lifestyle, how to make money on OnlyFans, the backstory of two NBA Finals players, and more.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
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Show Notes:
(05:00) - Andrew Tate and The Total Man Lifestyle
(22:50) - How to Deal With Woke
(35:00) - How people actually make money on OnlyFans
(42:55) - Pinkertons and Private Security
(52:15) - Jimmy Butler's Backstory
(55:10) - Nikola Jokic's Backstory
(01:00:45) - FloSports and Minor Sports
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Links:
* The Light Phone
* DuckDuckGo
* Andy Frisella
* Pinkerton
* Deep Sentinel
* Bannerman
* FloSports
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
6/8/2023 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 4 seconds
Alex Hormozi: Why He's Trying To Make More Money & How He's Doing It
Shaan's Free Workshop --> http://bit.ly/3INb6EV
Episode 462: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk with Alex Hormozi (@AlexHormozi), founder of GymLaunch and Acquisition.com, about what he regrets about selling his business and why he's pumped about starting a new one, how he spends his money, and his secret to a successful marriage.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
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Show Notes:
(04:00) - Upsides and Downsides of being famous
(10:45) - Status of Acquisition
(31:55) - Regrets about selling
(41:30) - Why do people get mega rich?
(58:20) - Who do you admire?
(01:04:40) - Secrets of successful marriages
(01:13:30) - What products/brands are you obsessed with?
(01:18:10) - What are you doing with your money?
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Links:
* Acquisition
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
6/6/2023 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 32 seconds
Business Breakdown Duel & The Story of Nike's Sonny Vaccaro
Shaan's Free Workshop --> http://bit.ly/3INb6EV
Episode 461: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) engage in a business breakdown duel where they dive deep into some interesting businesses. Vote for the winner of the duel in the comments. Plus, the story of Nike's Sonny Vaccaro.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
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Show Notes:
(00:32) - Biz Breakdown Duel
(01:30) - Petex
(19:05) - T-shirt company
(21:40) - Hims
(41:15) - Zuck does The Murph
(52:20) - Sonny Vaccaro story
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Links:
* Petex
* Andrew Lynch - Net Income
* Sacra
* Hims
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
6/1/2023 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 11 seconds
AI-Planned Dinner with Billionaires, NVIDIA Stock Bump & Billion $ Panda Express
Shaan's Free Workshop --> http://bit.ly/3INb6EV
Episode 460: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about Shaan's AI-planned dinner with billionaires, NVIDIA stock bump, billion dollar Panda Express, and Shaan's webinar on hiring internationally.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
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Show Notes:
(01:00) - Shaan's Webinar
(03:35) - Shaan's Billionaire Dinner
(17:50) - AI Rally Cry
(23:40) - Two controversial things
(26:00) - NVIDIA
(38:35) - Panda Express Founder: The $10B Mom and Pops
(47:25) - Notable people who are back
(57:10) - Trady
(01:01:30) - Pomp Building
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Links:
* Delegation 101 For Entrepreneurs
* How To Win Friends & Influence People
* Airchat
* Trady
* Bay Area Times
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
5/30/2023 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 34 seconds
Steph Smith: Jobs of the Future, Fractional Real Estate, Mouth Tape and More
Episode 459: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk with a16z podcast host and author, Steph Smith (@stephsmithio) about trends in business, her new list - jobs of the future and so much more.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
* Steph Smith
* a16z podcast
* How To Be Great? Steph Smith blogpost
* Immersive Temple Instagram
* Rage Rooms Google Trends
* Raleigh Williams Twitter
* Salary Transparent Street
* The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
* Eden Data
* Hostage Tape
* Lupini Beans Google Trends
* Cool advent calendars
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(00:40) - Shaan and Sam's disclaimers
(04:25) - Background on Steph Smith
(11:40) - Is a16z smarter than anywhere else you have worked?
(13:35) - Fractional real estate
(20:50) - Pay Transparency
(24:55) - OTC Hearing Aids
(29:15) - Steph's List: Jobs of the Future
(54:30) - Mouth Tape
(56:15) - Lupini Beans
(59:30) - Advent Calendars
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
5/25/2023 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 44 seconds
AI Body Doubles, Conor McGregor, $15M Podcast, Rich People & Health
Episode 458: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about AI body doubles as a business, the new Conor McGregor documentary, a podcast selling $15M, rich people and health.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
* Helion
* Retro Biosciences
* How To Take Over The World - Thomas Edison
* Rejuvenation Olympics
* McGregor Forever documentary
* Ben Tiggelaar
* Replika
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(01:15) - Rich people and health
(26:30) - Conor McGregor Documentary
(18:50) - $15M Podcast For Sales
(50:00) - AI Body Doubles
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
5/23/2023 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 26 seconds
From Quirkiest Biz Ideas to Favorite "Creatorpreneurs" - MFM Q&A
Episode 457: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) put out a request for your questions and they answer more than a dozen of them... from the quirkiest business ideas to what would you do differently in college.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
* Sweaty Startup
* Dani Austin
* Isaac French
* Jasmine Star
* Jason Yanowitz
* Austin Rief
* Pomp
* Tim Ferriss
* Steve Bartlett
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(01:40) - Sweaty Startup
(07:35) - Most interesting startup that never took off
(12:00) - What does enough look like?
(20:30) - How would you do college differently?
(25:35) - How to handle a deal not closing
(34:50) - Updates to Sara's List
(42:00) - Maintaining Friendships
(43:00) - Quirkiest Business Idea
(47:40) - First 5 Big Boy Moves at Hampton
(50:40) - 3 Most Common Small Boy Moves
(55:35) - Sam and Shaan's Greatest Quality
(01:01:00) - Favorite Creatorpreneuers
(01:07:20) - Who would you live with?
(01:08:40) - Who is having the most fun?
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
5/18/2023 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 15 seconds
Doug DeMuro: How A YouTube Car Reviewer Sold His Company For $40M
Episode 456: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk to Doug DeMuro (@DougDeMuro) founder and creator of the popular YouTube channel Cars and Bids, about selling the majority of his company for $40 Milllion, competitors, and more.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
* Cars and Bids
* Cars and Bids YouTube
* Exotic Car Hacks
* DrDisRespect
* WhistlinDiesel
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(00:18) - Intro to Doug
(03:28) - The key to building trust
(08:50) - When was the turning point for your channel?
(16:03) - Why did you think you could beat Bring A Trailer?
(16:55) - How creator business partnerships work
(31:25) - How does your brand change as you gain wealth?
(49:20) - How does it feel to be wealthy?
(54:30) - Doug's feud with Car Dealer Guy
(01:09:30) - Will Doug ever fly private?
(01:11:45) - Sam gets flustered by Doug
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
5/16/2023 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 50 seconds
My First Million Live Event With Andrew Wilkinson (Austin, Texas) (Part 1)
Episode 454: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) are joined by Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) in Austin, TX for a live MFM event. Here's part 1 of the show.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
-----
Links:
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(8:05) - Who has a business?
(12:10) - Andrew Wilkinson's Tiny story
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
5/12/2023 • 18 minutes, 49 seconds
Live Q&A With My First Million + Andrew Wilkinson (Austin Live Event) (Part 2)
Episode 455: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) are joined by Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) in Austin, TX for a live MFM event. Here's part 2 of the show... Q&A.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(00:40) - Where will podcasting be in 10 years?
(05:25) - What's your best tip for getting better at copywriting?
(06:55) - What are the commonalities b/w the top 20% of investments vs. the bottom 20%?
(07:50) - Community building in podcasting
(11:10) - What can partners do to support founders on their journey?
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
5/12/2023 • 19 minutes, 26 seconds
Elizabeth Holmes’ Pre-Prison PR Campaign, Leadership Lessons From Two Billionaires, and Essential Elements of Leadership
Episode 453: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about the rebranding of disgraced Theranos co-Founder Elizabeth Holmes, startup ideas for developers, the essential elements of leadership, and Billy of the Week.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
* Elizabeth Holmes NYTimes interview
* Sam's Theranos article
* Living With A Seal: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet
* @hoyayayapickles (Instagram)
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(01:22) - Sam's combine results
(08:20) - The Elizabeth Holmes Comeback
(17:15) - Billy of the week: Jesse Itzler
(34:55) - Mickey Mikitani (founder of Rakuten)
(48:00) - The essential elements of leadership
(49:50) - The power of momentum
(58:20) - Startup ideas for developers and startups
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
5/9/2023 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 36 seconds
Dani Austin & Jordan Ramirez: How They Got To $40 Million+ A Year As Influencers
Episode 452: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talks to Dani Austin and her husband Jordan Ramirez about working together, Dani's experience with hair loss and the business she created to solve it, how they monetize as influencers, and more.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
* Dani Austin
* Dani Austin Ramirez Instagram
* @thedaniaustin (TikTok)
* Divi
* @diviofficial (Instagram)
* [email protected] (for employment opportunities)
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(01:40) - Introductions
(07:40) - How Dani got into the influencer space
(13:55) - Dani's hair loss
(27:55) - Branding
(30:00) - Mistakes influencers make
(35:55) - Why does Jordan listen to the pod
(40:10) - Advice for up and coming influencers
(49:30) - How they make money
(55:30) - User Generated Content
(58:30) - What's next
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
5/8/2023 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 2 seconds
AI Santa and Four Other Simple Business Ideas (+ Vice Goes Bankrupt!)
Episode 451: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about business ideas that solve problems, deep fake Santa and the rise and fall of Vice media.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
* Vice
* OMG Facts
* Nonlinear
* TrueMed
* Play Street Museum
* 260 Sample Sale
* Kingsford Charcoal
* Hostshare
* Kindred
* MoneySuperMarket
* Replit
* TrueMed
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(00:55) - Play Street Museum
(06:32) - 260 Sample Sale
(13:05) - Host Share
(21:15) - AI Santa
(25:18) - Vice media
(43:45) - OMG Facts and Emerson Spartz
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
5/4/2023 • 55 minutes, 52 seconds
Recap Live Event, The Art Of Hosting, Obsession With Time & More
Episode 450: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) recap their live event in Austin, who they met, learning how to host, managing time, and the legend of Jerry Springer.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
-----
Links:
*CEO Document
*Boom and Bucket
*Nick Gray
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(01:25) - Live Event recap
(07:30) - The most interesting people we met
(12:25) - Franchise businesses
(19:00) - Nick Gray and the art of hosting
(32:15) - Giving Simple Advice
(39:05) - Time obsession
(50:30) - Jerry Springer
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
5/2/2023 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 58 seconds
Stanford Students Pitch Us Their Startups For $3500 In Prize Money
Episode 449: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) judge the second My First Million college pitch competition with students at Stanford University for a prize of $3,500. The future is being built from dorm rooms - find out who wins the cash!
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Links:
• Transcribe Glass (Empowering the deaf with AR Glasses) - https://www.transcribeglass.com/ |
[email protected]
• Admit Yogi (Democratizing college admissions with AI) - https://www.admityogi.com |
[email protected]
• Candid (AI driven soft therapy through video) - https://www.candidsocial.app/ |
[email protected]
• Simplify (A common application for jobs and internships) - https://simplify.jobs/ |
[email protected]
• Bobby Housel, Host (Want to see more startups like these - College Startup Syndicate ) - https://founderscupid.com/ | [email protected]
• Ananth Veluvali, Host (Stanford Entrepreneur Community Lead) - [email protected]
• Entrepreneur Student Founder Community - https://www.entrepreneurpowerhour.com/
Join the community ^^ https://tinyurl.com/JoinPowerHourNow
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Show Notes:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:40) - Bobby Firehouse intro
(03:35) - #1 Transcribe Glasses
(18:55) - #2 Admityogi
(36:24) - #3 Candid
(48:46) - #4 Simplify
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/29/2023 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 47 seconds
David Senra: Podcasts With Billion-Dollar Potential, What Separates Good From Great, and More
Episode 448: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talks with David Senra (@FoundersPodcast), Founder of Founder's podcast, about his love of podcasting, how to become a killer in business, and life lessons from successful entrepreneurs.
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* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
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* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
*Founders podcast
*James Dyson's autobiography
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Show Notes:
(02:25) - What did you do before Founders?
(03:55) - How big is the podcast?
(10:40) - How many books do you read?
(18:50) - The difference between pretty good and killers
(21:00) - Can you make yourself a killer?
(28:20) - Finding good industries to get into
(46:20) - Lessons from meeting Sam Zell and Charlie Munger
(59:20) - What is next for you?
(01:17:25) - Chuck Yeager
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
Episode 447: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about the rich people tax credit scheme, Andrew Wilkinson's Tiny goes public, Harvard is a multi-billion dollar tax-free revenue, and Shaan's latest business idea - My9.
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* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
*We Work Remotely
*Higher Ground
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Show Notes:
(01:22) - Rich People Tax Credit Scheme
(11:45) - Ramit Sethi debrief
(15:15) - Martin Shkreli debrief
(20:32) - Deep Dive on Andrew Wilkinson's Tiny Going Public
(36:50) - Harvard's revenue
(47:45) - My9
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/25/2023 • 58 minutes, 58 seconds
Ramit Sethi: His New Netflix Show, How To Stand Out & Spend Your Money
Episode 446: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talks with Ramit Sethi (@ramit) about his new Netflix show, "How To Get Rich" and the "I Will Teach You To Get Rich" podcast, learning to spend money on what you love, how to stand out, and what books he's reading.
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
*"How To Get Rich" - Netflix
*I Will Teach You To Be Rich
*Delegate and Done
*The Luxury Strategy
*Kapferer On Luxury
*Unreasonable Hospitality
*Customers for Life
*Power of the Past
*The Color of Law
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Show Notes:
(01:15) - Ramit's Netflix Show
(06:40) - How Ramit got good with money
(13:25) - Making money vs managing money vs spending money
(35:15) - What do you love spending money on?
(42:35) - How much do you spend on your life?
(47:30) - What is it like to shoot a Netflix show?
(55:40) - How to stand out?
(01:05:30) - Would you ever sell?
(01:19:25) - What are you reading recently?
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/24/2023 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 1 second
Martin Shkreli Reveals How He Made His First $100M
Episode 445: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk with Martin Shkreli (@marty_catboy), aka "the most hated man in America", about how he got started in pharma, his logic behind raising the price of Daraprim, why he spent time in prison, and what business he's starting now.
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* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
*Dr. Gupta AI
*@martinshkreli15 (Instagram)
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Show Notes:
(00:30) - Intro to Martin Shkreli
(02:10) - When Martin worked with Jim Cramer
(23:00) - How he turned $2M into $1B in pharma
(35:40) - Why did you jack up the price of the drugs?
(54:20) - What do you do with your money?
(01:00:33) - The Fun Strikes Back Movement
(01:08:30) - Introducing Martin's New Company: Dr. Gupta AI
(01:33:50) - Who are your heroes?
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/20/2023 • 1 hour, 44 minutes, 13 seconds
AI Self-Finishing To-Do List, Podcast Kayfabe & War With Kara Swisher
Episode 444: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about the enormous potential of AI, Brad Addcock's robot factory, war with Kara Swisher for the Webby, podcast kayfabe, and the winner of the YouTube Premium subscription.
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* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
*Figure AI
*Brian Davis & The Commanders article
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Show Notes:
(06:10) - AI Idea Self-Finishing To-Do List
(25:20) - Brett Adcock and the Robot Factory
(35:40) - Webby Awards and Sam's Beef with Kara Swisher
(39:40) - Brian Davis and The Commanders
(44:00) - Podcast Kayfabe
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/18/2023 • 1 hour, 24 seconds
Scott Harrison: From Nightclub Promoter to Charity Water Founder
Episode 443: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talks to Scott Harrison (@scottharrison), Founder and CEO of Charity Water, about life as a nightclub promoter to starting Charity Water.
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Click here to sign up for our event in Austin, TX on Saturday April 29th: mfmpod.com/atx
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
*Charity Water
*The Spring
*Shaan's 35th Birthday donation
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Show Notes:
(03:20) - Introduction to Scott
(14:05) - Working in Liberia
(20:55) - Start of Charity Water
(28:20) - Scott's approach to marketing charity
(37:05) - Michael Birch story
(42:57) - Cost of giving water for 1 person
(48:20) - Practice saying yes
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/17/2023 • 52 minutes, 32 seconds
Brendan Schaub: From UFC Fighter To Comedian & Podcaster
Episode 442: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk to former football player, UFC fighter, comedian and podcaster, Brendan Schaub (@BrendanSchaub) about building his podcast network, how to deal with the haters, and how fighting is like entrepreneurship.
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
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* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
*The Fighter & The Kid
*Thiccc Boy
*Thiccc Boy (YouTube)
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Show Notes:
(02:50) - Introduction to Brendan
(14:00) - How Brendan manages his businesses
(18:25) - The size of his shows
(22:20) - What's your goal for the business?
(33:05) - The Kool-Aid Point and Dealing With Haters
(42:15) - How does the comedy rat pack work?
(01:01:40) - The similarities between entrepreneurship and fighting
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/13/2023 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 47 seconds
Billion $ TV Empires, Dating Business Ideas, And More Elon
Episode 441: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about two TV empires worth billions, dating business ideas, and Elon Musk's latest cringey acts.
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
*Homestead Heritage
*Brene Brown: The Call To Courage
*Love Is Blind
*Raya App
*The League
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(02:35) - Why you need eccentricities
(04:40) - Chip and Joanna Gaines
(22:35) - Oprah
(38:15) - Would you enjoy fame?
(45:15) - Dating business ideas
(57:30) - Cringey Elon
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/11/2023 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 54 seconds
The Acquired Podcast Hosts: How They Started and Grew a Multimillion Dollar Podcast
Episode 440: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) are joined by the Acquired podcast (@AcquiredFM) hosts, Ben Gilbert (@gilbert) and David Rosenthal (@djrosent) to talk about scaling to a large podcast, the company they would like to own, the CEO's you don't want to compete against, and the 100+ year history of Nintendo. Plus, a YouTube Premium subscription giveaway!
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* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
*Acquired podcast
*Wait But Why
*Marques Brownlee
*Nintendo
*NVIDIA
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(01:45) - Intro to Acquired
(01:58) - What to do when your schtick runs out
(10:00) - How to scale to a big podcast
(14:05) - How big do you have to be to be at the top of the business category?
(23:55) - What commonalities are there between weird companies?
(27:40) - How to tell a real from a fake contrarian
(34:45) - Nintendo
(37:45) - Which company would you most want to own?
(40:45) - Who would you least want to compete against?
(52:30) - Business ideas
(56:40) - Will you ever sell Acquired?
(58:20) - Best ways to make money as a podcast
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/6/2023 • 1 hour, 26 minutes, 25 seconds
A Masterclass On Flipping DTC Brands For Millions With Mehtab Bhogal
Episode 439: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk to Mehtab Bhogal (@MehtaKarta) about how to flip direct to consumer brands to earn millions of dollars, underrated companies, Oprah, and more.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
* Hampton
* Ideation Bootcamp
* Copy That
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
* Power Writing Course
* Daily Newsletter
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Links:
* Sola Wood Flowers
* Josh's Frogs
* Fast Growing Trees
* Schlep Blindness
* Corporate Turnaround Artistry
* The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through The Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(00:00) - Introduction to Mehtab
(11:20) - How old were you when you made your first million?
(18:50) - Josh's Frogs
(23:50) - Fast Growing Trees
(28:40) - What is your differentiator?
(30:50) - Hiring Agencies
(01:00:00) - Oprah
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
4/4/2023 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 16 seconds
Brainstorming ChatGPT Business Ideas With Billionaire Dharmesh Shah
Episode 438: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk to Hubspot Co-founder and CTO, Dharmesh Shah (@dharmesh), about all things artificial intelligence (AI), the countless business opportunities from AI, and why Dharmesh is saying AI is - and will be - bigger than the internet.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
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Links:
* OpenAI
* LangChain
* Chat
* ChatSpot
* Gates Notes AI article
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(00:50) - Open AI
(10:15) - The Chat to Code Revolution
(17:45) - How does AI work?
(19:03) - Is AI scary?
(23:40) - Sequoia's AI Event
(29:05) - Vector embeddings
(43:15) - Why Dharmesh Bought Chat.com
(50:45) - Dharmesh's 17 Year Chatbot Journey
(01:00:10) - Tactical Advice on Hampton
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/30/2023 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 44 seconds
Sam Reveals The Company He's Worked On For The Last 8 Month
Episode 437: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about Sam's new startup, Hampton, which Shaan predicts will be worth more than $1 billion. Sam talks about how it started, why he started it, and the future of the business.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
SHAAN'S NEW DAILY NEWSLETTER --> shaanpuri.com
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Links:
* Hampton
* Martin Shrkreli's YT episode
* HARO
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(00:25) - Sam Introduces Hampton
(22:35) - The Sam Parr method for finding opportunities and creating businesses
(46:50) - Martin Shkreli's Best Advice
(57:02) - HARO
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/28/2023 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 9 seconds
Shaan's Masterclass On Pitching That Has Raised Millions From Investors
Episode 436: Download the deck and follow along at Shaanpuri.com/deck. In a special Friday episode, Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) gives a special masterclass on his pitch deck that has raised millions from investors. Go to the MFM YouTube channel to see examples.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
SHAAN'S NEW DAILY NEWSLETTER --> shaanpuri.com
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Links:
* Shaanpuri.com/deck
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(01:35) - Title
(05:41) - Data/personal story
(07:30) - Future vision
(10:30) - Hero metric
(14:15) - Track record
(16:30) - Sweeten the pot
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/24/2023 • 24 minutes, 35 seconds
Million $ Quilting Empire, Babyville, USA, And Rapid Fire Business Ideas
Episode 435: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) is joined by his business partner, Ben Levy (@benmlevy) to talk about meeting Al Doan - owner of a million dollar quilting company, creating Babyville, USA, taking meetings for no reason, and rapid fire business ideas.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
SHAAN'S NEW DAILY NEWSLETTER --> shaanpuri.com
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Links:
* Follow Ben Levy on Twitter
* Missouri Star Quilt Co.
* Justin Caldbeck Twitter
* Justin Caldbeck
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(01:40) - Al Doan and his quilting empire
(13:20) - Babyville, USA
(17:25) - Justin Caldbeck
(24:20) - Private Dinner With The Very Successful
(49:20) - Taking meetings for no reason
(54:55) - Rapid fire ideas
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/23/2023 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 16 seconds
Part 2: Pomp On His Businesses, Young Rock Star Employees, And The Internet Entrepreneur Hero
Episode 434 Part 2: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) are joined by entrepreneur and Bitcoin investor Anthony Pompliano (@APompliano) to explain his businesses, how he gets rock stars on his side, and what internet entrepreneurs that stand out right now.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
SHAAN'S NEW DAILY NEWSLETTER --> shaanpuri.com
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Links:
* Mark Jenney
* Daniel Gross
* Pomp Crypto Jobs
* The Crypto Academy
* Pomp Investments
* @pompglobal (Instagram)
* @pompofficial (TikTok)
* The Pomp Podcast
* Anthony Pompliano
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(02:35) - How Pomp makes money
(30:05) - How to get young rockstars on your side
(50:20) - Who's the one internet entrepreneur you think has figured it out?
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/21/2023 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 8 seconds
Part 1: Pomp On Balaji's 90 Day Bitcoin Bet, Digital Catastrophes, And Failing Banks
Episode 434 Part 1: In part one of today's show, Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) are joined by entrepreneur and Bitcoin investor Anthony Pompliano (@APompliano) to talk about the failing banks situation, Balaji Srinivasan's Bitcoin bet regarding banks, and digital catastrophes.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
SHAAN'S NEW DAILY NEWSLETTER --> shaanpuri.com
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Links:
* Pomp substack
* @balajis
* Pomp Crypto Jobs
* The Crypto Academy
* Pomp Investments
* @pompglobal (Instagram)
* @pompofficial (TikTok)
* The Pomp Podcast
* Anthony Pompliano
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(07:00) - Who is Pomp?
(07:45) - Balaji bet
(17:20) - Failing banks
(25:15) - Balaji's Reply to Shaan
(37:35) - Digital catastrophes
(45:45) - What are you doing in 90 days
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/21/2023 • 52 minutes, 55 seconds
Boys React: GPT-4, Billion $ Mint Mobile Sale, Original iPhone Sale, Bay Area Storms
Episode 433: In the Friday segment called The Boys React, Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and guest Nick Huber (@sweatystartup) give their two cents on a few relevant business stories. Check it out...
SHAAN'S NEW DAILY NEWSLETTER --> shaanpuri.com
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Links:
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(00:30) - GPT-4
(03:00) - Mint Mobile
(08:00) - Original iPhone sale
(11:35) - California Bay Area storm
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/17/2023 • 17 minutes, 31 seconds
BREAKING: Twitch Founder/CEO Resigns - What I Learned From Him
In a special episode of My First Million, Shaan (@ShaanVP) talks about the nine things he learned from working with Emmett Shear - CEO of Twitch - who resigned today.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
SHAAN'S NEW DAILY NEWSLETTER --> shaanpuri.com
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/16/2023 • 23 minutes, 28 seconds
Nick Huber: Powerful Sales Trick, Traits Of An Entrepreneur, & When To Sell A Business
Episode 431: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and entrepreneur, Nick Huber (@sweatystartup), talk about traits of successful entrepreneurs, a new powerful sales trick, how to run multiple businesses at a time, and more.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
SHAAN'S NEW DAILY NEWSLETTER --> shaanpuri.com
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Links:
* The 50th Law by 50 Cent & Robert Greene
* CopyThat
* Sweaty Startup tweet
* Sweaty Startup Newsletter
* Nick Huber Show podcast
* Recruit Jet
* Titan Risk
* RE Cost Seg
* bluekeycapital.com
* Shepherd
* Bolt Storage Investor Portal
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(02:50) - Nick Intro & How MFM Blew Up His Life
(08:35) - Successful entrepreneur traits
(31:00) - A powerful sales trick
(39:00) - Nick's tweet about SJWs
(47:00) - Running multiple businesses at the same time
(50:55) - Selling vs Cash-Flowing
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/16/2023 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 31 seconds
SVB Collapse Explained, D2C Brands That May Fail, And Suli's Next Venture
Episode 430: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) are joined by Suleman "Suli" Ali (@sulemanali) to talk about the fail of Silicon Valley Bank, the D2C brands that may fall next, reverse Robinhood, going on good quests, and Suli's next business venture. Bonus: Listen to the end for a job opportunity.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
SHAAN'S NEW DAILY NEWSLETTER --> shaanpuri.com
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Links:
* Figs
* Allbirds
* Grove Collaborative
* Squarespace
* Wish
* Nelk Boys
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(01:20) - Sam's and Shaan's most heroic moments
(12:00) - Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
(43:45) - Allbirds: The SVB of footwear?
(55:20) - Chamath and the Reverse Robinhood
(01:03:25) - Going on Good Quests
(01:16:20) - Distribution before product
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/14/2023 • 1 hour, 26 minutes, 32 seconds
Boys React: Elon's Troubles, Happiness & Money Study, TikTok Ban, And Power Slap League
Episode 429: In the Friday segment called The Boys React, Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) give their two cents on a few relevant business stories. Check it out...
SHAAN'S NEW DAILY NEWSLETTER --> shaanpuri.com
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Links:
* Power Slap League
* Physical 100
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(00:27) - Elon trouble
(13:17) - Happiness & money study
(19:30) - TikTok ban
(21:45) - Best city to live in
(23:30) - Power Slap League
(26:35) - Physical 100
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
3/10/2023 • 30 minutes, 51 seconds
How Dave Ramsey Built His $300M Empire, Trademarkia, And MFM Rip-Offs
Episode 428: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about Dave Ramsey's multi-million dollar empire, surfer Laird Hamilton's superfood business, the importance of trademarks, and so much more.
Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.
SHAAN'S NEW DAILY NEWSLETTER --> shaanpuri.com
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Links:
* Laird Superfood
* Ramsey Solutions
* MFMpod.com
* Chambers
* Flashes & Flames
* Trademarkia
* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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Show Notes:
(01:05) - Laird Superfoods
(06:55) - Dave Ramsey
(25:15) - Why Shaan is in a great mood
(29:05) - Why you shouldn't buy domain names
(32:05) - Chambers
(39:50) - Trademarkia
(45:40) - The people ripping off MFM
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More