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My First Million

Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends &amp; opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstorm with them.

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30+ unsexy business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/dwtb



Episode 854: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) ask 3 founders to tell them the juiciest number behind their businesses and get advice live. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Rishi Talati, Hot Plate

(20:10) Ajay Mehta, Tolan

(39:53) Jonathan Baer, Overlap



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Links:

• Hot Plate - https://www.hotplate.com/ 

• Tolan - https://www.tolans.com/ 

• Overlap - https://overlap.ai/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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3 millionaires reveal their super niche businesses

30+ blue-collar business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/refn



Episode 853: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) ask 3 founders to tell them the juiciest number behind their businesses and get advice live. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Nick Haschka, OnPoint Generators

(17:39) Kevin Moyer, Smash My Trash

(36:54) Noam Eisenberg, TMJaw

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Links:

• OnPoint Generators - https://onpointgen.com/ 

• Smash My Trash - https://howitworks.smashmytrash.com/ 

• Your TMJ Pen - https://yourtmj.com/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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Asking 3 young millionaires how they make $1.8M, $5M, & $12M/year

140+ real business ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/pkst



Episode 852: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) ask 3 founders to tell them the juiciest number behind their businesses and get advice live. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:31) Raav Gupta, Posha

(20:03) Nick Saltarelli, Mid-Day Squares

(39:48) Shreyas Parab, DayDream Dental





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Links:

• Posha - https://www.posha.com/ 

• Mid-Day Squares - https://www.middaysquares.com/ 

• DayDream Dental - https://www.daydream.dental/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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3 strangers showed us how they made $8M, $10M, & $40M/year

Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/elft



Episode 851: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Brett Adcock ( https://x.com/adcock_brett ), the founder of Figure.ai.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:29) Hark, a human in a box

(8:00) zero constraints

(17:32) rapid prototyping

(21:38) What are the robots doing?

(23:45) what about the hype is real?

(27:54) finding the best people

(30:14) $20M dollar salaries for engineers

(32:03) How Zuck is buying his way into AI

(35:44) Auditing Brett's 2026 predictions

(42:33) reducing your buckets

(44:00) show us your home screen

(46:17) hitting rock bottom 3x

(57:22) who inspires Brett



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Links:

• Hark - https://hark.com/ 

• Cover - https://www.cover.ai/ 

• Figure - https://www.figure.ai/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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$39B founder says his company could 100x in 5 years

140+ real business ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/pkce



Episode 850: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about massive businesses hidden in plain sight. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The wild economics of lab testing on monkeys

(11:01) Salad oil crisis

(15:35) the art of noticing 

(24:38) enthusiasm

(27:39) know thy 8-year old self

(32:32) be shameless

(37:08) Sam goes to SF for 7 days

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Links:

• Qoves - https://www.qoves.com/ 

• Charles River - https://www.criver.com/ 

• How To Do Great Work - https://www.paulgraham.com/greatwork.html

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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3 killer businesses hiding in plain sight

Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/erhy



Episode 849: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ), Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and their producer Arie brainstorm 9 business ideas that are genius.  

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:07) IDEA 1: Reverse vacations

(6:03) IDEA 2: Rap battle + UFC fight

(13:18) IDEA 3: Giant claw machine

(20:39) IDEA 4: Butter dispenser

(27:32) IDEA 5: beepers for kids

(35:35) IDEA 6: Mexican Benihana

(40:01) IDEA 7: bulk custom gifts

(44:10) IDEA 8: Slop Stop

(49:06) IDEA 9: Take your roommate to work day

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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9 drunk ideas that sound stupid (but are secretly genius)

Get our CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/sagh



Episode 848: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the 7 rules of sales, Bernard Arnault’s revenge letter, plus the economics of Magic: The Gathering.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) highest value comment from HackerNews

(2:50) always bring 2 diet cokes to a negotiation

(7:36) Saving lives as a service

(17:24) Bernard Arnaults revenge letter

(25:29) The business of Magic: The Gathering

(41:58) Bryan Johnson, The Dana White of Longevity

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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

We found the internet's best sales advice

Unsexy Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/yjsa



Episode 847: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about dynastic wealth creation. 



If you'd like to support Ben Wilson's treatment, he has a GoFundMe - https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ben-fight-cancer-support-his-treatment



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Show Notes:

(0:00) Shaan gets invited to graduation

(2:19) The richest man in Italy

(16:09) The golden window

(26:51) meeting an xtreme multi-billionaire

(36:04) An update about Ben WIlson

(42:52) achieving greatness vs being great



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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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The surprising product that built Italy's richest family

Shaan's guide to go from $0 to $1M: https://clickhubspot.com/pfkv



Episode 846: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Chris Camillo ( https://x.com/ChrisCamillo ) about the 5 trades he’s betting on in 2026.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Social Arbitrage

(6:29) Needohs

(20:16) Nerd culture

(27:06) Information asymmetry

(46:30) Amazon

(1:02:21) Podcasting





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Links:

• Dumb Money Live - https://www.youtube.com/DumbMoneyLive 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

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

This guy made $80M in profit. Here's his next 3 stock picks

$1M Attention Guide: 15+ ways to get eyeballs on what you're building https://clickhubspot.com/tkwc

Episode 845: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to marketing legend Rory Sutherland ( https://x.com/rorysutherland ).

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro 

(1:44) Horsepower

(12:15) Reverse benchmarking

(17:38) Pay attention to what irritates you

(21:47) Ogilvy secrets

(27:28) Marketing hacks used by Apple, UBER, McDonald's

(36:35) direct response marketing 101

(1:08:50) Recommended reading







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Links:

• Alchemy - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F1HOAWA 

• Illusion of Choice - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0857199749 

• Nassim Taleb books - https://www.amazon.com/stores/Nassim-Nicholas-Taleb/author/B000APVZ7W 

• Ogilvy on Advertising - https://www.amazon.com/dp/039472903X 

• Writing That Works - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060956437 

• When More Is Not Better - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1647820065 

• Scientific Advertising - https://a.co/d/0ixEJA1B 

• The Choice Factory - https://a.co/d/0ixa769O 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

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Killer marketing secrets that always work (ft. Ogilvy Adman, Rory Sutherland)

Unsexy Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/kpfm



Episode 844: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how one of the richest families in America makes its money. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The Cargill family

(13:15) projects vs empires

(15:00) family meetings create family dynasties

(22:55) Jevon's paradox

(29:00) the story of Luddites

(39:19) Where's the opportunity

(49:00) the phrases we tell ourselves

(52:00) The ice king





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Links:

• The Medici effect - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591391865 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

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The $150B dollar business hiding in plain sight

Blue-Collar Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/rvko



Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) spends the day with Mark O’Brien ( https://www.instagram.com/themarkobrienteam ) to see what it’s like to be a blue collar millionaire. 

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Links 

Mark O’Brien - https://buildmeabrownstone.com/

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

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

I spent 24hrs with a blue collar millionaire

Ray Dalio's rules for building wealth: https://clickhubspot.com/rgsk



Episode 842: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sit down with Ray Dalio ( https://x.com/RayDalio ) to talk about the holy grail of investing strategies.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(0:49) Hitting rock bottom

(8:28) Personality traits of the 1%

(14:22) Partnerships that win

(18:25) Pain + Reflection = Progress

(23:30) What’s the money for anyway?

(26:26) Principles

(28:41) Ray’s hiring philosophy

(30:43) Being a caddy

(35:16) Mistakes smart investors make

(37:01) What Ray spends his money on

(39:13) Aliens

(41:00) The 5 Big Forces

(46:35) Investing in Gold and Bubble Mechanics

(52:55) How Bridgewater became the biggest hedge fund

(55:40) The gap between the best and everyone else

(59:26) The 1 Big Takeaway





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Links:

• Ray’s Personality Test - https://principlesyou.com/ 

• Bridgewater Associates - https://www.bridgewater.com/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

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

Ray Dalio: The principles that made me a billionaire

Investing Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/epkr

Episode 841: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to legendary investor Howard Marks about AI and making decisions in the face of fear and uncertainty. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) AI Hurtles Ahead

(8:26) second level thinking

(10:21) investing through the end of the world

(14:47) raising $11B at a time of crisis

(17:54) investing with fear

(20:22) the key to a successful partnership

(25:01) being a good father

(27:37) only 1 success: to live your life your way

(34:17) Having lunch with Warren Buffett

(37:18) What people don't know about Buffett

(39:37) cigar butt investing

(41:35) recommended reading



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Links:

• AI Hurtles Ahead - https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/memo/ai-hurtles-ahead 

• A Short History of Financial Euphoria - https://www.amazon.com/History-Financial-Euphoria-Penguin-Business/dp/0140238565 

• Fooled by Randomness - https://www.amazon.com/Fooled-Randomness-Hidden-Markets-Incerto/dp/0812975219 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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Howard Marks: how I make money while you worry about a market crash

140+ Business Ideas (Database): https://clickhubspot.com/efdj

Episode 840: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Mark Pincus ( https://x.com/markpinc ) about figuring out what projects to spend your life on. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) $0- $38M in 7 months

(3:00) if you pick the right body of water, you don't have to have the right boat

(16:51) pattern matching 

(23:17) there's always a new freak

(25:00) picking macros

(27:48) a case for gold

(39:50) How to know what to chase

(49:12) create a book of life

(59:59) Frameworks vs instincts

(1:09:00) being hated and misunderstood

(1:11:13) the story of farmville

(1:15:00) avoiding the fur coat moment

(1:19:49) the nickelback problem

(1:22:02) introspection vs rumination



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Links:

• Life At The Speed of Play - https://www.amazon.com/Life-Speed-Play-Launch-Products/dp/0063352575 

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• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

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Brainstorming business ideas with a billion-dollar founder

Sam's guide to run your life like a $100M business: https://clickhubspot.com/krhd



Episode 839: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about everything Shaan learned from his NYC trip. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Lesson: Proximity

(9:11) Lesson: What does it really mean?

(23:04) Lesson: Trust

(18:53) Lesson: City Brands

(33:39) Lesson: Marketing



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Links:

• Ben Wilson’s GoFundMe - https://t.co/kJN7pArRIO 

—

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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5 ruthless business lessons from one week in NYC

Get Sam and Shaan's hard-won CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/ktng



Episode 838: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Aaron Levie ( https://x.com/levie ) talk about building Box, getting rich slowly, why AI might make us work harder.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Story of Box

(06:30) Enterprise Over Consumer

(10:00) Turning Down Huge Acquisition Offers

(17:05) Angel Investing, Missed Bets, and Investing in Your P&L

(23:00) Aaron’s Contrarian AI Takes: More Jobs, More Work

(30:00) Founder Anxiety, Therapy, and Surviving the CEO Grind

(38:45) The Business Strategy Books Aaron Swears By

(48:00) AI Tools, Software Stocks, and Why SaaS Isn’t Dead



—

Links:

• Box - https://www.box.com/ 

—

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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I dropped out of college and built a $3.6B company from scratch

Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/ecat



Episode 837: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) bring in 3 founders with weird businesses making $10M, $20M, and $30M. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:32) Alex Daniels, $10M real estate magazine

(20:31) Josh Weissenstein, $20M camp ground business

(38:36) The $1.8B App Copying Politicians & Hedge Funds



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Links:

• Haven Lifestyles - https://www.havenlifestyles.com/ 

• Team Outsider - https://www.teamoutsider.com/ 

• Autopilot - https://www.joinautopilot.com/ 

—

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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3 weird businesses doing $10M, $20M, $30M

*20+ hours of investing wisdom:* https://clickhubspot.com/cbah



Episode 836: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about people who have turned their lifestyles into millions, plus Nick Sleep’s investing genius. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) fringe creators

(13:14) Nick Sleep's shared economies of scale

(24:41) lloyd blanfein's personal finances

(31:14) David Rubenstein, the man

(39:09) Nat Turner's crazy new business

(50:13) a brief masterclass in valuing denim



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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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We found an app that lets you buy anything for $0

*Sam’s guide to run your life like a $100M business:* https://clickhubspot.com/dfbn



Episode 835: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about people who have turned their lifestyles into a business.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) escape aesthetics

(4:06) putting the life in lifestyle

(17:28) Law 25: Recreate Yourself

(20:20) Your word is your wand

(25:06) unclear words, unclear thinking

(27:24) America amazes world cup tourists

(33:43) the game of more

(49:07) no hedging





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Links:

• Your Word Is Your Wand - https://a.co/d/05683tU7 

• The 48 Laws of Power - https://a.co/d/0ghzjpKk 

—

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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We decoded the business behind this influencer’s perfect life

Get our Investment Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/rgek



Episode 834: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blanfein ( https://x.com/lloydblankfein ) to talk about what he does with his money. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Lloyd on Money, Day Trading, and Feeling “Rich”

(3:52) Meeting Elon

(5:23) What the worst traders have in common

(9:54) Warren Buffett’s handshake deal

(15:04) Lloyd breaks down his portfolio

(20:41) Advice to young investors 

(23:09) biggest mistakes

(25:54) Anxiety as a superpower

(27:54) Family finances

(31:35) Scarcity

(40:46) The Goldman Obituary Test

(43:53) Lessons from history







—

Links:

• Streetwise - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/780438/streetwise-by-lloyd-blankfein/ 

—

Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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How the Ex-Goldman CEO actually invests his own money

Get our Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/wjsl



Episode 833: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) breakdown the biggest IPO of all time. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) what even is SpaceX

(7:11) What even is a trillion dollars?

(8:51) Launches explained

(9:07) Starlink

(14:07) Data centers in space

(17:39) Starship

(24:46) Grok

(28:06) a wonderful business at a silly price?

(34:16) the mission

(37:51) SBF's $114B fumble

(39:04) funny, weird, surprising nuggets from the IPO

(42:35Who's getting rich this week?

(51:13) The genius insight of Luke at Gigafund

(55:46) Pessimists get to be right, optimists get to be right

(59:12) Elon's comp package

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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The most simplified breakdown of the SpaceX IPO on the internet

Get our Investment Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/klsr



Episode 832: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to legendary fund manager Barry Ritholtz( https://x.com/Ritholtz ) about the behaviors that destroy returns for investors and how to avoid them. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(2:19) christmas tree portfolio

(4:43) the cowboy account

(9:51) day trading

(11:09) Barry yells at Lloyd Blankfein

(13:46) panic selling

(16:45) sam picks a fight

(18:46) direct indexing

(21:43) Great investors 

(27:25) 90% of everything is crap

(36:14) Elon's foray into PE

(44:02) Predicting the housing crisis

(46:01) spending a year as the dumbest guy on wall street

(49:01) Why bubbles are good for the economy

—

Links:

• How Not To Invest - https://www.hownottoinvestbook.com/

—

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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Brutally honest guide to not losing money in the market

Get our Unsexy Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/sfci



Episode 831: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of a $270M/yr meat purveyor plus Nick Sleep’s letter and the framework that will make Elon a trillionaire. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The $300M butcher

(18:28) Nick Sleep letters

(23:20) the idiot index

(35:44) breaking your own frame

(39:04) how to become a king maker

(51:49) Idea: Teen nerd awards

(57:23) Sam's List

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Links:

• https://www.lafrieda.com/

• https://www.omahasteaks.com/

• https://drinklmnt.com/

—

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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The "Idiot Index": the simple math that made Elon Musk billions

Get our Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/frle



Episode 830: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) rate 7 crazy business ideas that are actually genius. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(3:14) Pet Chat

(5:47) Super Brain

(9:44) At home hyperbarics

(13:03) Blue collar meta learning

(16:57) Endpoint Arena 

(21:54) Bathhouse + Steakhouse Experience

(27:46) Funday Press

(31:52) Dumb phones

(41:42) Zach Yadegari's new thing



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Links:

• HVAC Technician Trainining - https://www.meta.com/experiences/hvac-technician/9277146442386260/

• Endpoint Arena - https://endpointarena.com 

•  The Funday Press - https://thefundaypress.com 

• Dumb.co - http://dumb.co/

—

Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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We found 7 business ideas that will blow up in 2026

Sam & Shaan's hard-won CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/eokb



Episode 829: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with Tom Freston to talk about the insane story of starting MTV and shaping America in the 80s and 90s. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(4:04) Millionaire by 26, broke by 33

(8:49) The first days of MTV (no frontal nudity)

(14:14) Music Videos

(19:03) How to spot culture-changing talent

(27:12) Making your employees party together

(31:56) Nickelodeon, SpongeBob, and Building Legacy IP

(35:21) Programming for a Specific Audience

(37:33) The Facebook Acquisition That Almost Happened

(41:25) Founders Who Refuse to Sell

(43:29) Rupert Murdoch vs. Sumner Redstone

(45:23) MySpace, Big Bets, and Getting Fired

(47:55) Inside the writers room

(51:33) Oprah Calling 

(54:00) The End of Monoculture and the Creator Economy

—

Links:

Unplugged - https://a.co/d/0ef6YVu2 

—

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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The insane true story behind MTV

Get our Wealth Guide (35+ insights from top investors): https://clickhubspot.com/fvif



Episode 828: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to billionaire Joe Liemandt ( https://x.com/jliemandt ) about the experiment he’s put $1,000,000,000 of his own money into.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Joe, the total man?

(08:09) fighting bill gates for talent

(13:14) intensity

(16:18) choosing hard over easy

(19:00) how to be a magnet

(21:34) high standards

(23:29) being persuasive 

(29:23) simplicity: 3 ines, 3 words 

(34:41) is 2x faster really better?

(36:23) making kids run a 5k

(38:45) why be public now

(41:01) why put $1b into the lowest roi thing?

(50:03) buying SaaS companies

(51:06) cloning Warren Buffett's brain

(53:00) changing your brain lift

(57:19) is AI going to make everyone dumb?



—

Links:

• Alpha School - https://alpha.school/ 

• 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People - https://a.co/d/048Cfexh 

—

Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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The 50 richest families in America are betting on this trend

Get Mohnish's 9 investment principles: https://clickhubspot.com/kwdo



Episode 827: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Mohnish Pabrai to break down the mental models that made him a billionaire value investor.  

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(1:25) Mental models of the top 1%

(3:38) The mistress is always hotter than the wife

(6:37) Introduce Randomness in your life

(10:47)  Humans are poor at copying

(20:13) Take a simple idea seriously 

(23:02)  Be and inch wide and a mile deep

(30:29)  Never use Excel

(35:03) Wait for fat pitches

(39:38) the stock market is like a church with a casino 

(44:01) Paying $650,000 to have lunch with Warren Buffett

(45:43) The cautionary tale of Rick Guerin

(47:22) The inner score card

(49:25) The future of Berkshire Hathaway

(51:29) Mohnish’s best investment

(1:02:39) The hardest question

(1:06:16) How to beat the index

(1:11:25) Mohnish's stock picks for 2026 

(1:22:26)  S&P 500

(1:24:57) life advice disguised as investing advice

(1:29:32)  Studying the greatest investors 

(1:37:51) if you remember nothing else, remember this 





—

Links:

Mohnish Part 1: This Guy Copy-Pasted Warren Buffett’s Strategy (And Became A Billionaire)

Mohnish Part 2: Go from $10,000 to $1M in just 3 years 

The Dhando Investor - https://a.co/d/0hkx1t8g 

—

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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Mohnish Pabrai: This will save you 10 years of bad investments

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Episode 826: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) chop it up with Gary Vee. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(2:40) Nick Dio, VP of friendships

(6:47) How to invest $1M on yourself

(10:06) being long term greedy

(17:53) Gary breaks down his companies and revenue

(21:43) day in the life of Gary v

(26:19) breaking down the 15-minute meeting

(29:07) eat shit and firefight

(31:00) picking projects

(32:31) 5-year bets gary is making

(34:04) missed fat pitches

(38:00) vetting shady people

(42:55) Mimetic rivals





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Links:

• https://vaynersports.com/ 

• https://www.vaynerwatt.com/

• https://winelibrary.com/ 

• https://empathywines.com/ 

• https://resy.com/ 

• https://vcrgroup.com/

• https://vaynerx.com/

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

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How Gary Vee runs 7 businesses

Steal the exact framework we use to grow the pod: https://clickhubspot.com/blfb



Episode 824: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) open the kimono and do a My First Million strategy meeting live. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(2:11) the virtue of selfishness

(5:54) clip army

(14:01) MFM 1% events

(22:13) newsletter

(24:50) mfm dinner club

(29:19) barbell guests

(34:13) content ideas

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

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We hit record on our private strategy session

Get Shaan's $0-$1M guide: https://clickhubspot.com/rgfr



Episode 823: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about their billy of the week, childhood passions and people making millions on TikTok selling stuff. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Billy of the week

(8:25) Raising kids with an edge

(13:37) childhood passions

(26:44) Random TikTok People Are Making Millions Selling Hoodies

(42:11) the best brands start janky





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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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How to manufacture a billionaire childhood

Get our Wealth Guide (35+ insights from top investors): https://clickhubspot.com/ohkg



Episode 822: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how your genes could determine how much money you make and the startup ideas YC is betting on. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) money genes

(5:07) your personality is your business

(23:46) productive placebos

(33:39) YC Request for Startups

(34:57) IDEA: aesthetic data centers

(42:15) IDEA: The company brain

(51:10) IDEA: drone swarm defense

(57:33) IDEA: personalized medicine







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Links:

• YC RFS - https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs 

• Deep Personality - https://deeppersonality.app/

• Viktor - https://getviktor.com/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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I put 80% of my money in the S&P

Want to build an AI side hustle? Get the free AI Side Hustle Crash Course: https://clickhubspot.com/lkb



Episode 821: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Replit founder Amjad Masad ( https://x.com/amasad ) about growing 100x in one year. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) 2.5M to 250M in 1 year

(10:28) the darkest hour

(17:00) pivot, pivot, pivot, until it hits

(28:19) companies exploding with Replit

(33:05) Amjad's business ideas

(38:44) "we are in the singularity"

(51:24) best business biography 

(53:23) getting on Joe Rogan

(57:00) slowing down under pressure

(1:11:08) Vercel scandal

(1:13:35) lifestyle upgrades of being a billionaire





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Links:

• Replit - https://replit.com/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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How Replit Agent made $1M on day one (then $250M in a year)

Get our Unsexy Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/fjsc



Episode 820: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Rohan Oza about how his formula for simple products that end in multi-billion dollar exits. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The brandfather

(2:40) Rule 1: influence the influencer

(7:02) Deal: Poppi on Shark Tank

(20:32) rule 2: Make a brand pop culture

(25:10) knowing winners from losers

(26:48) Rohan breaks down his formula

(29:31) "shelf space is the original algorithm"

(33:39) Closing the biggest deal of your life

(38:57) how to win with no network 

(42:07) Rohan's first million

(46:45) spotting the next trend (tastebuds and TAM)

(48:09) How do you sell water?

(52:33) learning from the giants





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Links:

• CAVU - https://cavuconsumer.com/ 

—

Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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Spotting Billion Dollar Investments Was Hard Until I Learned These 3 Rules | Rohan Oza

Get our Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/etsl



Episode 819: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) answer the question, “If you’re smart and in your 20s, where’s the opportunity?”

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Where is the opportunity right now?

(08:01) the buff billionaire

(19:43) We break down the TBPN acquisition by OpenAI

(31:59) 2 stories of John Coogan being locked in

(41:56) William Randolph Hearst

(54:48) Collecting 100x talent







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Links:

• GTA VI - https://www.rockstargames.com/VI 

• John Coogan on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@JohnCooganPlus/videos 

• Hearst Castle - https://hearstcastle.org/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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This Opportunity Is Hidden In Plain Sight

Run your life like a $100M business. Get the system here: https://clickhubspot.com/ehw2c



Episode 818: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how to design a life worth living. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Follow your bliss

(3:33) enthusiasm, enduring enthusiasm, mastery, passion

(16:23) Find a loop that you love

(24:49) The top 5 regrets of the dying





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Links:

• The Top 5 Regrets of The Dying - https://a.co/d/07V6Zze9 

—

Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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How to find your thing

Get Shaan's guide to go from $0 to $1M: https://clickhubspot.com/etpc



Episode 817: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Chad Janis ( https://x.com/chadjanis ) who just sold his gummies business for $1b+ in less than 3 years. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(1:28) origin story

(8:11) $30K to $230K in 1 month

(10:33) Naming Gruns

(13:14) remixing formats

(20:28) only looking for $10b ideas

(29:25) 10-minute ecom Marketing Masterclass

(41:26) $1b Idea: ACH distribution layer

(48:17) Access is everything

(57:16) Where Chad is going to spend his money





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Links:

• Gruns - https://gruns.co/ 

• Replo - https://www.replo.app/ 

• Monarch - https://www.monarch.com/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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This guy built a $1B+ brand in 3 years. The product? You'd never guess

Get our investing playbook (with 35+ insights from top investors): https://clickhubspot.com/rwpt



Episode 816: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the opportunities with AI and longevity. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Hal Finney

(9:30) Aubrey De Grey

(23:10) Be Here Now

(33:31) Oz Pearlman 

(42:55) When Kevin Hart met Jeff Bezos

(50:46) Shaan reads The Art of The Deal



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Links:

• The Prospect of Immortality - https://a.co/d/0d2jc81i 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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25% Of My Portfolio Is One Overvalued Stock, Here's Why

Run your life like a $100M business. Get the system here: https://clickhubspot.com/cdew



Episode 815: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Charles Duhigg ( https://x.com/cduhigg ) about how to transform your life through habits. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) the habit loop

(5:26) you fall to the levels of your systems

(11:06) replying to emails in your inbox

(14:44) chosen bad habits

(16:20) 1-line journaling

(19:30) supercommunication 

(28:12) Trump's supercommunication skill

(33:15) a case against authenticity

(37:44) famous speeches 

(45:58) coldcalling 900 people

(47:43) 60-second productivity masterclass 

(49:51) The best stuff Charles has read lately

(53:13) financial freedom

(56:17) bending the earth to your will



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Links:

• Charles Duhigg - https://charlesduhigg.com/ 

—

Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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#1 Habit Expert: Here's how you become dramatically better

Get Steph's database with 100+ stats that will shape the next decade: https://clickhubspot.com/ehsf



Episode 814: In this special episode, we’re pulling our best moments with the trends queen herself, Steph Smith ( https://x.com/stephsmithio ). 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(0:44) Silver Tsunami 

(8:05) Sports

(11:39) Mega trends (declining birthrate, air quality)

(21:41) Nerd Neck

(25:49) Nature 

(32:02) Breakup Spending





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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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Steph Smith: “This opportunity is totally overlooked”

Get our CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/rmfk

Episode 813: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Jon McNeill about his time running Tesla and working side-by-side with Elon Musk. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(1:18) a job interview with Elon Musk

(5:07) Being a sniper for talent

(8:20) solve a real problem, right now. 

(11:23) solving Tesla's sales problem

(23:41) One size fits all opportunities

(26:50) the power of noticing

(31:45) order of magnitude goals

(38:34) 3 sentence emails

(43:24) identifying $50B industry

(49:05) AI



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Links:

• The Algorithm - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799958/the-algorithm-by-jon-mcneill/ 

—

Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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Ex-Tesla President reveals EVERYTHING Elon does to win

Run your life like a $100M business. Get Sam's personal system here: https://clickhubspot.com/emtd



Episode 812: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Graham Weaver ( https://x.com/GrahamCWeaver ) about how which moats will win in  AI and how he runs a ruthless PE strategy. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(7:06) The buy and build strategy

(10:43) Mowing lawns 

(14:48) What’s the overhype with AI

(23:00) Where’s the opportunity

(25:17) Ruthless PE

(28:17) Hero deal: $8M to $500M

(31:24) White hot will to win

(34:17) The blank page

(44:02) Graham’s first million

(46:03) the biggest wealth mistake

(53:39) second-hand therapy from graham







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Links:

• Alpine - https://alpineinvestors.com/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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We asked a $18.9B Investor how to survive the AI bubble

Free: 200 business ideas with execution plans, tools, and frameworks https://clickhubspot.com/ekfm



Episode 811: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Chris Koerner talk about the most overlooked businesses that anyone can start.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(1:54) IDEA 1: govdeals.com

(6:52) IDEA 2: Bring AI to small businesses

(14:51) IDEA 3: Snail mail club

(19:48) $1B IDEA: Feed Amazon workers

(24:38) IDEA 5: Tote rental

(29:58) IDEA 6: Wall printer

(43:57) IDEA 7: RV Rentals

(50:45) Bad Business: Vending Machines



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Links:

• TKO - https://www.youtube.com/@thekoerneroffice 

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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The Side Hustle King: "Make $20K+/month without money, luck, or experience"

Get our business idea database: https://clickhubspot.com/gdmr



Episode 810: Sam Parr (  https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with Oz Pearlman to talk about how to read people and the pressure of performing in front of millions of people. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Oz reads Sam’s mind

(4:03) What is a mentalist

(5:58) Wanting to be loved

(7:30) Overcoming fear of rejection

(13:22) Getting charged with a felony

(20:46) Pressure of performance

(26:39) Learning new tricks

(34:34) Being a human lie detector

(37:52) David Copperfield

(43:02) 13 Steps of Mentalism

(46:52) Performing for a room of powerful people



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Links:

• Read Your Mind - https://www.ozpearlman.com/book 

—

Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

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Oz Pearlman: How To "Read" Minds, Influence Anyone, and Never Fear Rejection

*Get Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (+ his reading strategy):* https://clickhubspot.com/gdms



Episode 809: Sam Parr (  https://x.com/theSamParr ) teaches the one skill you need to know to become irreplaceable in the age of AI.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Taste is your moat

(2:20) Case study: Apple

(7:57) The rules

(9:08) Learning taste



—

Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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The Underrated Money Making Skill In 2026

Want to invest like the best? Get Mohnish's investment playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/jbhm



Episode 808: In this special episode, we’re pulling together the most replayed moments from our episodes with value investors like Mohnish Pabrai, Howard Marks and Guy Spier. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Mohnish Pabrai: How to turn $10K into $1M

(3:56) Howard Marks: The S&P 500

(9:29) Guy Spier: Finite and Infinite Games

(14:47) Mohnish Pabrai: Circle the wagons

(17:58) Howard Marks: Recommended Reading

(23:03) Mohnish Pabrai: The most important thing

(27:16) Howard Marks: “When the time comes to buy, you won’t want to” 

(31:17) Guy Spier: Don’t study lottery winners





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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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Best of MFM: Listen To This Before You Invest Another Dollar

Get Sam's exact system/playbook for ChatGPT: https://clickhubspot.com/jdeb



Episode 807: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the wildest stories in AI right now. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(5:08) Story 1: Anthropic did $6B in revenue last month

(10:34) Story 2: Man uses AI to treat his dog's cancer

(17:06) Story 3: New high school for entrepreneurs 

(29:12) Story 4: Pokemon Go is an AI mapping company now

(35:18) Story 5: Karpathy's job thing

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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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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This guy cured his dog’s cancer with ChatGPT + 4 other crazy AI stories

Get Sam's guide to run your life like a $100M biz: https://clickhubspot.com/kdmv



Episode 806: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to David Heinemeier Hansson ( https://x.com/dhh ) about AI,  being wrong in public, and taking on Apple. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) How to stand out

(7:48) not giving a damn

(9:57) liquid vs crystalized intelligence

(12:03) constraints breed creativity

(18:18) being publicly wrong

(24:27) taste vs data

(33:25) Being in awe of Shopify 

(41:05) how David uses AI

(47:49) What won't work today

(51:23) who David admires

(1:00:13) Longevity decisions

(1:07:09) Taking on the App Store and Google

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

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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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DHH: $100M+ Advice That'll Piss Off Every Business Guru

Get Sam & Shaan's pro-level biz resource vault (free): https://clickhubspot.com/kgcm



Episode 805: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the branding genius behind BlackBerry, Sonos, Vercel and Swiffer about how to create a billion-dollar brand name. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Nothing will be used more than your name

(2:01) Windsurf

(3:50) Swiffer

(10:06) Naming game: Fiber startup

(17:14) quantity leads to quality

(29:46) Problem solving propositions

(32:40) Power letters

(35:04) How Sam names a company

(40:48) Rate this brand (1-10) 

(47:50) Blackberry

(48:24) When to change a name

(50:47) Presidential slogans

(51:43) Recommended reading

(53:39) How David thinks about AI



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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

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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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This guy names billion dollar brands for a living, here’s his exact 3-step formula.

Get Shaan's 4 money rules that took him from broke to $25M by 30: https://clickhubspot.com/sfmc



Episode 804: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) team up with the TBPN boys John Coogan ( https://x.com/johncoogan ) and Jordi Hays ( https://x.com/jordihays ) to break down the companies that could make you a millionaire as an employee. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) How to make $1,000,000

(5:05) Zuru 

(12:47) Varda Space Industries

(19:33) Suno

(28:19) TrueMed

(37:32) HubSpot

(45:13) SemiAnalysis

(52:32) Harvey

(1:00:01) SendCutSent

(1:04:55) Column





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Links:

• ZURU - https://zurutoys.com/ 

• Varda -  ​​https://www.varda.com/ 

• Suno - https://suno.com/ 

• TrueMed - https://www.truemed.com/ 

• HubSpot - https://www.hubspot.com/ 

• SemiAnalysis - https://semianalysis.com/ 

• Harvey - https://www.harvey.ai/ 

• SendCutSend - https://sendcutsend.com/ 

• Column - https://column.com/ 

• TBPN - https://www.youtube.com/@TBPNLive 

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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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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The Simplest Way To Make $1M In 2026

Run your life like a $100M business. Get Sam's system here: https://clickhubspot.com/fhs



Episode 803: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with legendary investor Bill Gurley ( https://x.com/bgurley ) about how to avoid the biggest mistake you can make in life. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) 6 out of 10 people hate their job

(11:24) Insane determinism

(14:15) Finding your fascination

(21:19) Underrated advice: Peer Groups

(26:55) Dancing to work

(28:44) Learning leadership

(33:19) Risk vs uncertainty 

(42:19) Be fearful when others are greedy





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Links:

• Runnin’ Down a Dream- https://www.amazon.com/Runnin-Down-Dream-Thrive-Actually/dp/0593799666 



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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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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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Bill Gurley: 6 Out of 10 People Are Making This Mistake

Free course: Build a profitable AI side hustle in 7 days https://clickhubspot.com/dki



Episode 802: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to 19-year-old Zach Yadegari ( https://x.com/zach_yadegari ) about selling his $50M/yr app to MyFitnessPal. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) How much?

(1:57) getting rejected from Stanford

(5:45) 60-second origin story

(7:27) "your biggest skill is your audacity"

(12:50) the truth about selling a company

(23:24) dos and don'ts

(27:04) Zach's douchebag arc

(29:44) first dumb purchase

(33:08) decisions that made the app worth $100M

(43:51) Idea 1: Semantic search on IG

(45:10) Idea: apps 

(48:00) filter for good ideas

(54:27) Dinner w/ Steve Cohen

(1:03:39) Where Zach is putting his money

(1:05:58) What Zach sucks at



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Links:

• Cal AI - https://www.calai.app/ 

• MyFitnessPal - https://www.myfitnesspal.com/ 



—

Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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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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I built a $50M AI app in high school  (and just sold it for...)

Get Shaan's money rules guide: https://clickhubspot.com/sbk



Episode 801: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Sheel Mohnot ( https://x.com/pitdesi ) about the biggest life lessons from investing, who wins in the AI race, plus AI-proof business ideas. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Life lessons from investing

(3:04) Create Your Own Yacht

(11:27) The AI race

(19:51) the last mile problem 

(28:45) The worst mistakes in business history

(33:00) Masa Son's Vision Fund

(37:42) Bryan Johnson, social media genius?

(43:25) IDEA: Buying the Breaking Bad house

(50:29) IDEA: Workout classes for seniors





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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

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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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

I Asked a $450M VC Where to Invest in 2026

Get Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (+ his reading strategy): https://clickhubspot.com/wkf



Episode 800: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the backstory of Think and Grow Rich, lessons from prolific indie hackers, plus Sam’s new career to becoming a dating expert. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Think and Grow Rich 

(12:57) The fraud of Jay Shetty

(15:29) What makes a guru legit?

(22:38) Peter Steinberger

(25:24) Pieter Levels

(34:34) Christina Cacioppo

(40:21) Sam, a dating expert

(43:40) 5-second rule

(45:01) Shaan the matchmaker



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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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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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‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

Get Pat's guide to find a $1M business idea: https://clickhubspot.com/whv



Episode 799: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the Starter Story founder Pat Walls ( https://x.com/thepatwalls )  about selling his company + business ideas he’s seen lately. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Being pre-close

(2:11) Starter Story

(5:49) Pushscroll

(10:12) Puffcount

(12:31) 5-0 Scanner 

(14:23) Cal.ai

(16:10) B2B Video 

(30:30) Busyness is for losers

(33:57) EOS

(39:56) I am my own biggest obstacle



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Links:

• Starter Story - https://www.youtube.com/@starterstory 

• Starter Story database - https://www.starterstory.com/explore 

• “I Am My Own Greatest Obstacle” - https://patwalls.com/2020-i-am-my-own-greatest-obstacle 



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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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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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Dumb iPhone Apps Are Making People Rich Again (Here’s how)

Get our 140+ business idea database: https://clickhubspot.com/hkf



Episode 798: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of the all-inclusive resort king.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Billy of the week 

(6:58) spend bigger to earn bigger

(13:10) 12-star experiences

(19:19) China's genius program

(38:47) the Michelangelo effect

(41:00) Dad Corner™





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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

From selling ACs to becoming the tourism king of Jamaica

Get our free database with 140+ business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/kbs



Episode 797: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) react to the wildest Elon Musk interview yet. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) We react to the elon podcast

(6:11) Evidence of exceptional ability

(10:33) Maniacal sense of urgency

(11:36) limiting factor

(23:31) Human emulators

(39:33) Stolen focus

(55:39) IDEA: Attention testing





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Links:

• Full interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYXbuik3dgA 

• Stolen Focus - https://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Focus-Attention-Think-Deeply/dp/0593138511 

• Kumon - https://www.kumon.com/ 

• Lightwork - https://www.lightworkhome.com/aboutus 

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Elon’s wildest interview yet — our reaction

Get Scott's no-BS guide reveals on building wealth and living well: https://clickhubspot.com/mfb



Episode 796: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) ask Scott Galloway ( https://x.com/profgalloway ) 10 burning questions. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) What’s the illuminati like?

(5:27) You’re post-economic. What can money not buy you?

(10:41) What's the best thing to spend on?

(14:13) Is the U.S. staying flat?

(18:35) You're Dictator for a day. What are you doing in 24hrs?

(24:28) Who profits from the male loneliness epidemic?

(30:53) What's the easiest way to ruin your life?

(46:55) What changes in your 50s?

(50:20) Name the number for economic security.

(54:54) What advice is too harsh to give?

(1:01:28) Resist and unsubscribe





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Scott Galloway: Why I'm selling my American stocks

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Episode 795: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) show each other the cool things they’ve built with AI. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) 1 - Do Anything

(18:32) 2 - Business bio wikipedia

(30:11) 3 - Muse Art

(42:13) 4 - Fit finder

(47:20) 5 - Sales Call Agent



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Links:

• Do Anything - https://www.doanything.com/ 

• Pulse - https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-pulse/ 

• Nebula - https://www.nebula.gg/ 

• Wisprflow - https://wisprflow.ai/ 

• NotebookLM - https://notebooklm.google/

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This AI agent completes your To-Do list (plus 4 AI tools that’ll blow you away)

Get 100 more side hustle ideas to make your first $1M: https://clickhubspot.com/rdn



Episode 794: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to his mother-in-law about how she built a $1M business in her 50s by selling pillows. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Smithe's origin story

(6:37) Pillows!

(12:57) First 100 customers

(15:32) momentum is your first $1

(19:40) nothing to lose

(31:56) the first time Smithe met Sam





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• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?

Get our free database with 140+ business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/rvh



Episode 793: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about 6 ideas that will explode in 2026. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Trend: Alcohol is in the gutter

(8:12) Trend: Voltra

(16:14) Trend: Physical AI

(22:51) Trend: Too many podcasts, too little time

(31:23) Trend: Peptides, peptides everywhere

(35:34) Trend: Sports betting and the consequences

(45:03) Hormozi X Tony Robbins





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Links:

• Ultra Pouches - https://takeultra.com/ 

• VOLTRA - https://www.beyond-power.com/ 

• Garage Gym Reviews - https://www.garagegymreviews.com/ 

• Plaud - https://www.plaud.ai/ 

• Bondu - https://bondu.com/ 

• The Handy - https://www.thehandy.com/ 

• Colossus - https://colossus.com/ 

• Relentless Podcast - https://www.therelentless.org/  

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• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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6 Trends You’ve Never Heard Of (That Might Explode)

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Episode 792: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) recap a weekend spent with billionaires like MrBeast, Scooter Braun, Nick Mowbray, and Jesse Itzler. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) 48hr billionaire camp

(4:14) Lesson 1: Intensity is the Strategy

(15:58) Lesson 2: Culture is an action word

(28:33) Lesson 3: You can't top pigs with pigs

(35:42) millionaire vs. billionaires

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• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

Run your life like a $100M business. Get the system here: https://clickhubspot.com/ff97bf



Episode 791: Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) and Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) talk about how to how to decide if an idea is worth chasing. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Basketball camp with billionaires

(2:24) Irritation leads to innovation

(8:30) the yes test

(12:56) the bigger you go, the easier it gets

(15:17) the product is you pushed out

(25:28) doesn't matter how rich you are, everyone is a little kid

(34:46) The guts of Steve Prefontaine

(40:15) NIKE branding

(46:25) The NIKE playbook broken down

(58:26) An argument about values

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• Copy That - https://copythat.com

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• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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My decision-making framework for which ideas to chase

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Episode 790: Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Tyler Denk ( https://x.com/denk_tweets )  about every step he took to grow Beehiiv to $1M in 12 months. 



Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro 

(5:10) The marketing kill shot

(7:52) launch a company with one story

(10:56) getting your first 100 users

(15:28) the underrated customer question

(1812) one feature

(21:59) 7-min customer interviews

(25:57) message from the founder

(29:10) big desk energy

(3239) 1 marketable feature

(35:19) death of a co-founder

(37:02) write monthly investor updates

(41:00) everyone is distribution

(43:10) school of common sense

(44:39) inherent virality

(45:23) don't make people think

(5016) the 20-mile approach









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Links:

• Big Desk Energy - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5s8443tfYUq3LLARJwGeYP 

• Beehiiv - https://mail.bigdeskenergy.com/

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• Copy That - https://copythat.com

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

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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How I went from $0 to $1M in 12 months

Want to master the CEO playbook like Tommy? Get the guide here: https://clickhubspot.com/kdj



Episode 789:  Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Tommy Mello ( https://x.com/RealTommyMello )about how he turned garage door repairs into $1.7B. 



Show Notes:

(0:00) A1 Origin story

(14:04) Learning persuasion

(18:36) Finding the blueprint

(23:00) Kill the hustler

(25:53) Training (employees) like a SEAL

(28:50) business bootcamp with a mentor

(35:55) Home Services Sales and Marketing masterclass

(45:26) 7 principles

(51:41) Using AI for call center and dispatch

(53:21) Other home services businesses to go after

(58:54) the 6 fs







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Links:

• A1 Garage Door Service - https://a1garage.com/

• KickCharge - https://www.kickcharge.com/ 

• Freedom Event - https://get.homeservicefreedom.com/

• Home Service Millionaire - https://www.amazon.com/Home-Service-Millionaire-Million-Business/dp/1732452105 

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• Copy That - https://copythat.com

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• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

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Episode 788:  Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk about simple $1M businesses that anyone could do. 



Show Notes:

(0:00) Fun Party Hats

(7:58) Star Registry

(18:29) 10-hr fireplace

(26:39) Don't get bored of greatness

(36:23) Receiving feedback

(42:46) Billy of the Week: John Catsimatidis, Supermarket Baron

(55:14) the billionaire tax

(1:00:18) Shaan takes his son courtside



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• Star Naming - https://star-naming.com/ 

• Brain.fm - https://www.brain.fm/ 

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• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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4 dumb ideas that made people rich

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Episode 787:  Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Morgan Housel ( https://x.com/morganhousel ) about the art of spending money. 



Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(10:01) Don't cut your flowers

(15:38) the 2 ways to use money

(19:07) The freedom number

(23:49) Koch brothers story

(27:41) Performing for others

(33:38) The Total Man list

(41:59) the art of spending money

(49:42) 10 years of money wisdom in 60 seconds





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• Morgan Housel books - https://www.morganhousel.com/ 

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• Copy That - https://copythat.com

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

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

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Episode 786:  Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) tell the story Demis Hassabis ( https://x.com/demishassabis ) and the creation of Deepmind. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Demis the Menace

(22:05) The only resource you need is resourcefulness

(2457) Move 37

(29:38) The olympics of protein folding

(4639) We are the gorillas



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Links:

• The Thinking Game - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95J8yzvjbQ 

• Why We Do What We Do - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwFOwyoH-3g 

• Fierce Nerds - https://paulgraham.com/fn.html 

• Isomorphic Labs - https://www.isomorphiclabs.com/ 

• If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies - https://ifanyonebuildsit.com/ 



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• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Story Of The Most Important Founder You've Never Heard Of

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Episode 785:  Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talks to Nick Huber ( https://x.com/sweatystartup ) about the biggest bet he ever made and the mistakes he learned the hard way.

Email Nick@SweatyStartup.com to get hooked up with a pre-vetted salesperson, finance person or executive assistant. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:24) Breaking down Nick's portfolio

(8:49) The deal structure and terms

(11:20) Fail: Buying a domain for $400K, killing out traffic

(12:24) Fail Elon bought twitter + I invited competition

(16:49) new owner syndrome

(18:43) How to hire overseas talent (10-min masterclass)

(27:18) Pieter Thiel's Stanford class

(30:17) Suli's brutal advice

(34:23) Holdcos is overrated

(36:04) The tortoise always wins

(38:52) one big thing

(47:25) Roofing

(51:07) Self-storage





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Links:

• Somewhere - https://somewhere.com/ 



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• Copy That - https://copythat.com

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• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

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Episode 784:  Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) sits down with David Senra ( https://x.com/FoundersPodcast ) to talk about greatness, balance and what destroys successful people. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:22) Balance is the enemy of greatness

(9:13) How to remember what you learn

(17:10) Revenge for Being Born & Reframing the Inner Critic

(26:40) Success, Relationships, and What Destroys Great People

(30:55) Advice for 19-Year-Olds

(34:42) David’s ideal board of advisors

(39:20) Don’t Do Anything Someone Else Can Do

(44:05) what successful people really think about at the end

(48:30) Compounding wisdom





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Links:

• Founders Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@founderspodcast1 



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

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• Copy That - https://copythat.com

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

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Why Balance Is the Enemy of Greatness | David Senra

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Episode 783: Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) gets interviewed by his former intern about quitting a $120K/yr job in his 20s to become strategically broke and the other counter-intuitive decisions that made him successful. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:56) Quitting a $120k job to be broke and live with 3 friends (Don’t linger on bad decisions)

(10:26) Fear is what holds people back more so than anything else

(13:17) How to get what you (actually) want.

(16:37) Most people are not serious

(28:21) Who is the most important voice in your life?

(34:05) Why I decided to sell my company to Twitch & Amazon.

(40:18) The biggest waste of time is doing something that needn’t been done at all (Elon)

(41:52)  “You can’t run an A/B test on life” (Act Accordingly)

(52:37) There are no bonus points for making things harder for yourself (location)

(58:23) The best people are 'down' (Buffett)



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Links:

• The Biography Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@thebiographypod 



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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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I chose to be broke for a year

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Episode 782: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) answer listener questions. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Biggest mistake in business you've never talked about

(7:33) Best company to work at to become a millionaire

(20:43) How much revenue did Hampton make in 2025?

(21:28) 2026 misogi's

(29:46) what's your f u money purchase

(35:28) what are the mfm OGs up to?

(43:07) how to build compounding wealth

(50:09) Who would be your jail call?

(1:04:41) best idea you've heard on the pod





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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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Two Millionaires Answer the Questions You’d Ask Off-Camera

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Episode 781: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) break down the best things they’ve seen over the last 12 months. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(11:18) die with zero

(20:24) selling out

(37:06) 48 Laws of Power

(41:28) The Terminal List

(46:17) The Navalmanak

(49:13) Working smarter, not harder

(51:52) The $510M boom box

(54:08) Sam's richer, better looking twin





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Links:

• Die With Zero - https://www.diewithzerobook.com/ 

• The Almanack of Naval Ravikant - https://www.navalmanack.com/ 

• Poor Charlie’s Almanack - https://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com/ 

• The Will of the Many - https://www.amazon.com/Will-Many-1-Hierarchy/dp/1982141174 

• The Terminal List - https://www.officialjackcarr.com/books/the-terminal-list/ 

• The 48 Laws of Power - https://powerseductionandwar.com/48-laws-of-power/ 

• Selling Out - https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/memo/selling-out 





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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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The best stuff we’ve read in the last 12 months

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Episode 780: Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) flies to Jesse Itzler’s ( https://x.com/JesseItzler ) home to plan an epic 2026. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(6:00) Step 1: Get Light

(11:30) Step 2: Close the books

(24:38) Step 3: Plan your year

(42:16) Step 4: 8 boxes



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Links:

• The Big A## Calendar - https://thebigasscalendar.com/ 

• Jesse’s YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHs5VVcrc-CgIpx1G3ioZ-A 



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

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• Copy That - https://copythat.com

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

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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If you want a rich life, watch this before 2026

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Episode 779: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Alex Smereczniak( https://x.com/AlexfromFranzy ) about one of the most overlooked paths to wealth creation. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:21) Turning $2K into $400K revenue

(8:48) A case for franchising

(10:56) The blueprint

(16:02) How one operator opened 100 franchises

(23:43) Another Nine

(30:19) Waterloo Turf

(33:47) PopUp Bagels

(36:36) Red Flags

(41:10) Nothing Bundt Cakes, Crumbl Cookie, home services

(46:06) Garage Kings

(50:15) Senior care

(51:52) Funeral homes, crime scene clean up, pet cremation

(55:24) Red flags

(1:02:21) The Flynn Group



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Links:

• Franzy - https://franzy.com/ 

• List of Top Franchise Brands - https://go.franzy.com/download-franzys-top-ten-franchises-of-2026 

• WakeWash - https://wakewashwfu.com/ 

• Dave’s Hot Chicken - https://daveshotchicken.com/ 

• Another Nine - https://anothernine.com/ 

• Waterloo Turf - https://waterlooturf.com/ 

• PopUp Bagels - https://www.popupbagels.com/ 

• Roark Capital - https://www.roarkcapital.com/ 

• Nothing Bundt Cakes - https://www.nothingbundtcakes.com/ 

• Benjamin Franklin Plumbing - https://www.benjaminfranklinplumbing.com/ 

• Garage Kings - https://garagekings.com/ 

• Bio 1 - https://bio1sd.com/ 

• Aftermath - https://aftermath.com/ 

• Flynn Group - https://flynn.com/ 



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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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The Most Hidden Path to Financial Freedom in America

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Episode 778: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) talks to Brian Halligan ( https://x.com/bhalligan ) about the highs and lows of building HubSpot. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Are you happy?

(2:57) Does it ever stop sucking?

(5:18) Do you have imposter syndrome?

(6:55) Were the trade offs worth it?

(11:53) Is AI a bubble?

(14:47) Do you have to be liked?

(17:02) What would you do if you had to start over?

(29:36) What did you get wrong?





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Links:

• Marketing Lessons From The Grateful Dead - https://tinyurl.com/ydmyh6f9 





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Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

—

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 Brutal Questions for a $20B Founder

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Episode 777: Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talks to Chris Camillo ( https://x.com/ChrisCamillo ) about how he turned $20K into $60M using social arbitrage investing. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:00) Turning $20K to $60M

(5:30) Garage sale arbitrage

(12:36) Observational investing

(14:33) Bet: Beacon Roof

(19:03) Bet: E.l.f

(22:04) Trending on Twitter

(29:00) Ticker Tags

(31:55) Bet: Sphere in Las Vegas

(36:48) Chris's first million

(40:34) My biggest mistake

(43:42) Bet: Palantir

(46:58) Drawing down 40% of my net worth

(51:49) $30M in one year

(57:39) 2026 picks: Bloom Energy, Palantir, NVIDIA

(1:02:06) Should regular people do this?

(1:13:45) Bet: Private airfaire







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Links:

• Dumb Money Live - https://www.youtube.com/@DumbMoneyLive 

• Unknown Market Wizards - https://www.amazon.com/Market-Wizards-traders-youve-never/dp/0857198696 

• Bloom -  https://www.bloomenergy.com/ 





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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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How to get rich with stocks (without math, charts or models)

Get Steph's free Digits Database with 100+ generation-defining stats: https://clickhubspot.com/stm



Episode 776: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) are joined by Steph Smith ( https://x.com/stephsmithio ) in this year’s LIVE Milly Awards. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Welcome to the 2025 Milly Awards

(1:21) Best Investment of the Year

(11:09) Worst Investment of the Year

(20:30) Biggest Personal L

(29:18) Billy of the Year

(39:10) Coolest Moment of the Year

(52:49) Frame-Breaking Person / Favorite Guest

(1:25:38) Meme of the Year



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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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The 2025 Milly Awards!

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Episode 775: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Ryan Deiss ( https://x.com/ryandeiss ) about how to create systems that run your business without you. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) “The More Valuable You Are, the Less Valuable the Company Is”

(2:39) Before and After

(3:38) Step 1: Establish Defaults

(4:33) Step 2: Identify Constraints

(6:34) Step 3: Business Process Mapping

(8:47) Step 4: The High Output Team Canvas

(12:15) How you might screw this up (common mistakes)

(22:00) Scalable

(24:27) Psychology of money



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Links:

• Scalable - https://scalable.co/https://scalable.co/

• Digital Marketer - https://www.digitalmarketer.com/   





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• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

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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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25 Years of Business Advice in 27 Minutes

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Episode 774: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to America’s richest lawyer John Morgan ( https://x.com/JohnMorganESQ ) about his fly-wheel side hustles. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:08) Wonderworks

(7:00) Alcatraz East ($5M/yr)

(13:00) John's earliest hustles

(17:11) Morgan & Morgan

(29:48) The John Morgan School of Branding

(33:30) Downtown Flavortown

(37:55) WWGD - What would Google do

(47:30) What John would chase today

(48:58) The winning formula

(52:05) Santa's Chocolate Factory

(56:11) Malls

(1:01:36) Bullets before bombs

(1:02:13) “fish first, fish fast”





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Links:

• WonderWorks - https://www.wonderworksonline.com/ 

• Alcatraz East - https://www.alcatrazeast.com/ 

• Morgan and Morgan - https://www.forthepeople.com/ 

• Litify - https://www.litify.com/ 

• Practice Made Perfect - https://www.pmpmg.com/ 

• Mass Torts Made Perfect - https://mtmp.com/ 





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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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Billionaire Lawyer spills his $250M side hustles (pick one)

Get Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your life coach: https://clickhubspot.com/hdp



Episode 773: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk about the systems you need to hit your goals, Shaan’s new unpaid side hustle, and how to be a better communicator. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) 5-year journaling

(2:09) The power of a good system

(8;21) The power of reminders

(10:38) Shaan's new career path

(16:27) the 3 things that matter

(27:38) high-standards

(32:45) How to craft an earworms

(42:42) giving back better

(46:11) The voice in your head

(50:26) Shaan talks to a ChatGPT coach about money

(1:00:01) “VIdeo is the native tongue of the internet”



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• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

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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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //

if you didn't make progress in 2025, listen to the first 10 minutes

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Episode 772: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Jesse Cole ( https://x.com/YellowTuxJesse ) the owner of Savannah Bananas and creator of Banana Ball. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) 200 fans, $260 in the bank

(3:00) The team no one ever heard about

(9:01) How to become an idea machine

(13:30) Lessons from PT Barnum, Bill Veeck, Walt Disney

(15:55) Surviving embarrassment

(19:16) Rock bottom

(23:34) Inside Jesse's creative process

(27:00) Stealing from MrBeast

(28:39( Jesse opens his idea book

(32:00) Meeting Bob Iger

(33:28) Identifying the chip on Jesse's shoulder

(38:58) 11 principles

(48:14) The 12-star experience

(53:12) The sacrifice of extreme hard mode

(58:08) Attracting vs recruiting



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Links:

• Savannah Bananas - https://thesavannahbananas.com/ 



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• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

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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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The (Improbable) Story of Savannah Bananas' Rise to a $1B Empire

Want to start a $1M side hustle? Get 100+ ideas here: https://clickhubspot.com/gbh



Episode 771: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk about simple business ideas that are making millions. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) suckmyguttersclean

(4:51) Hill BIlly of the Week

(9:50) The MrBeast of roofing

(16:02) Shaan gives his barber business advice

(21:07) The positioning of Ari Emanuel

(27:28) Barrett-Jackson auctions

(29:41) The offline craving for content

(39:56) Noise canceling products



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Links:

• Suck My Gutters Clean - https://www.suckmyguttersclean.com/ 

• Billy Bob Products - https://billybobproducts.com/

• Siua Cutz - https://www.instagram.com/siuacutz/ 

• Frieze - https://www.frieze.com/ 

• Barrett-Jackson - https://www.barrett-jackson.com/ 

• Museum of Ice Cream - https://www.museumoficecream.com/ 



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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

—

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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3 Simple Businesses That Make Millions

Steal Sam's playbook to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/ohv



Episode 770: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Ben Horowitz ( https://x.com/bhorowitz ) about the Tupac murder, how to be a great leader, and the best opportunities for young people. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(5:36) Why most leadership books don't work

(9:25) What to do when your CTO is an asshole

(17:54) What makes Zuck a great CEO

(27:09) #1 reason why founders fail as CEOs

(33:10) Startups solving America's problems

(39:19) Opportunities for young people

(44:25) Culture rules with shock value

(55:25) Jeff Bezos' new startup

(57:00) Ben's uncommon traits

(1:00:13) Wisdom accelerators

(1:03:24) Paid in Full



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Links:

• High Output Management - https://tinyurl.com/yejpnfs8 

• The Motive - https://tinyurl.com/2ba2p52m 

• a16z - https://a16z.com/ 

• KoBold Metals - https://koboldmetals.com/ 

• Flock Safety - https://www.flocksafety.com/ 

• Paid In Full - https://paidinfullfoundation.org/ 



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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

—

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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Weird ways Ben Horowitz makes Founders more confident

Want to start a $1M side hustle? Get 100+ ideas here: https://clickhubspot.com/gtb



Episode 769: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Sheel Mohnot ( https://x.com/pitdesi ) about $10M business ideas you could be early on. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:42) 50-year mortgage

(11:22) #1 - AI Yard Vision

(15:02) #2 - AI Pool Vision

(24:05) #4 - Peptides

(35:43) #5 - eHarmony for Surrogacy

(44:13) #6 - EMS - not the one you're thinking

(55:53) #7 - Prediction Marketplaces

(56:30) Books are a waste of time

(58:13) Message the owner



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Links:

• BTV - https://www.btv.vc/ 

• DeepLawn - https://deeplawn.com/ 

• Roofer - https://roofer.com/ 

• Hone - https://honehealth.com/

• Katalyst - https://katalyst.com/ 



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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

—

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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$10M Business ideas w/ The Most Interesting Guy In Tech

Get the cheat sheet: Jamie's 5 steps to build a $1B product from a $200 idea: https://clickhubspot.com/ajn



Episode 768: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Ring founder Jamie Siminoff ( https://x.com/JamieSiminoff ) about the wild story of building and selling Ring–plus business ideas he thinks someone should go after. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:47) Selling Ring for $1.15B

(6:48) Getting sued by ADT

(17:18) Working with Jeff Bezos

(19:29) $400M to $4B

(24:02) Getting the wire

(26:44) Money v freedom

(28:29) Rule 1: Start with the problem

(30:02) Rule 2: Little solution, massive market

(33:31) Idea: Modern bug control ($5-10B idea)

(40:35) Rule 3: The snowball approach

(43:54) Ding Dong and other must reads

(46:32) The Tom Brady philosophy on hiring

(51:33) The too hard pile

(54:25) Stickwithitness

(56:14) Last mile marketing

(58:08) Rebuilding a town



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Links:

• Ding Dong - https://tinyurl.com/3zrsjete 

• Ring - https://ring.com/ 



—

Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

—

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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How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business

Get the free guide on 5 Ways to Start a Business with Less Than $1k: https://clickhubspot.com/icv



Episode 767: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) react to Bill Ackman’s dating advice for young men. Plus, the 20-something kid who’s making $300K/month doing man-on-the-street interviews.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) May I meet you?

(10:52) $300K/mo Street interviews as a service

(17:14) Taking a stance

(25:53) The crazy story of Pandora

(30:43) Taking simple ideas seriously

(37:31) Ben Horowitz, a great hang

(45:49) Noticing the AI tipping point



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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

—

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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We react to Bill Ackman's advice to young men

Get the Side Hustle Ideas Database [free]: https://clickhubspot.com/ckf



Episode 765: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk about every business Shaan tried before he made his first million.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) #1 Chipotle of Sushi

(5:00) #2 Selling Wristbands Online

(9:34) #3 Biotech with a billionaire

(12:54) #4 Making the next billion dollar app

(17:30) #5 Ride a wave

(22:37) Shaan applies to Stripe

(25:29) Going from 0/12 to 5/5

(26:35) Project selection

(40:00) Your last dollar

(46:00) Uncle Shaan's advice for 20 year olds

(52:12) New segment: Life happens

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

—

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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How fortnite made me a millionaire

Want the Side Hustle Ideas Database? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/jnd



Episode 765: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk about every business Sam tried before he made his first million.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) #1 - Flipping Sports Equipment

(2:05) #2 - Hot Dog Stand

(5:42) #3 - Online Liquor Store

(8:33) #4 - Anti-MBA Book Club

(10:40) #5 - Roommate Matching

(12:11) What to start now

(19:48) Risk vs uncertainty

(24:57) #? - Itch Juice

(29:04) A bunch of failures

(34:17) Lessons from starting 17 businesses

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

—

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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Every Business I Tried Before Making My First Million

Get Sam & Shaan's guide to build a Million Dollar Business (+team): https://clickhubspot.com/hde



Episode 764: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) talks to Alex Hormozi ( https://x.com/AlexHormozi ) about how to hire A+ talent, how to think in frameworks, and how to write for maximum persuasion. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Hiring for general intelligence

(16:12) The snowball of talent

(18:59) Employees v. Partners

(20:35) How to be a magnet for talent

(24:39) #1 mistake

(26:37) Be fast to fire

(30:33) macro patience, micro speed

(38:03) Shower thoughts w/ Hormozi

(44:58) Persuasion

(1:05:12) Alex reads his own tweets



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Links:

• Acquisition - https://www.acquisition.com/ 

• 1929 - https://tinyurl.com/5n78rjzw 

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

—

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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How Alex Hormozi Gets Other People To Build His $100M+ Empire

Get the behind-the-scenes on Shaan’s book project - https://onehourbooks.co



Get Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (+ his reading strategy): https://clickhubspot.com/rkf



Episode 763: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk about the benefits of doing nothing, Shaan’s secret book project, and the $100M startup that’s trying to cure loneliness. 

And we share the big news: Shaan’s dropping a new book - https://onehourbooks.co

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Sam takes 2 weeks off

(8:13) Stoicism, so hot right now

(14:09) engineering breakthroughs

(19:55) One Hour Books

(33:21) good procrastination

(35:33) Shaping a belief

(43:52) Shaan's family hustle

(49:00) Build What Outlives You

(51:01) Little Blue Books

(56:11) $100M curing loneliness

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

—

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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I Did Nothing For 2 Weeks. It Made Me Better At Everything.

Which business model should you start? Get Andrew's cheat sheet with his full ranking and real profit margins here: https://clickhubspot.com/dge



Episode 762: What’s the best business to start in 2026?

Agencies, SaaS, Restaurants, Real Estate, Marketplaces. Angel Investing; Andrew Wilkinson has played every game.

He built 38 companies, lost $10 million, and still ended up with a $300 million portfolio.

This week, @shaanpuri spoke with him about:


  
the best and worst business models to win in 2026



  
starting Tiny with just $4M (now $250M)



  
the truth behind the Twitter hate on Tiny’s stock



  
why buying companies beats building them




His is not a redemption story. It is the unapologetic reality of building, failing, and getting back up.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:06) MLM

(4:28) Freelancer

(5:07) Agency

(9:33) SaaS

(14:48) Restaurant 

(17:03) Marketplace

(19:43) Short Term Rentals

(20:52) Content Creator

(23:06) Real Estate

(26:16) Fund Management 

(35:21) Local Services

(36:36) Investing

(38:12) Sweaty Startup

(43:15) Tiny stock performance

(52:20) The courage to be disliked

(1:10:21) Inputs v outputs



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Links:

• Tiny - https://tiny.com/ 

• Never Enough - https://www.neverenough.com/ 

• Serato - https://serato.com/ 

• Rekordbox - https://rekordbox.com

• Pershing Square Holdings - https://pershingsquareholdings.com/ 

• Invest Like The Best - https://www.youtube.com/@ILTB_Podcast 

• The Courage To Be Disliked - https://tinyurl.com/5fk3sa79 

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

—

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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I Ranked the Best & WORST Businesses to Start Before 2026 | Andrew Wilkinson

Get the guide to build your own unicorn billion dollar biz: https://clickhubspot.com/fgk



Episode 761: Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) sits down with Ryan Smith ( https://x.com/ryanqualtrics ) – the high school dropout who built an $8B company and bought an NBA team.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) 1.9 GPA to $2B

(9:47) Starting Qualtrics

(14:02) Focus

(24:00)  How to be top 1% at sales

(26:17) Turning down $500M

(31:37) Working backwards

(3814) Buying an NBA team

(43:51)  The 9 most important minutes of the day



—

Links:

• Qualtrics - https://www.qualtrics.com/

• Utah Jazz - https://www.nba.com/jazz/

—

Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

—

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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team

Get the free investing playbook to invest like Warren Buffet: https://clickhubspot.com/rme



Episode 760: Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talks to Cathie Wood ( https://x.com/CathieDWood )  about her fund’s performance, her biggest bets on AI, and the most misunderstood stock on earth. 



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Show Notes:

(0:00) McDonald’s to Managing Billions

(8:54) A day in the life of Cathie Wood

(17:29) ARK’s Performance Review

(30:00) Cathie’s #1 stock pick



—

Links:

• ARK - https://www.ark-funds.com/ 

•  The MFM Newsletter Challenge  -  https://www.beehiiv.com/application/mfm



—

Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

—

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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

I asked Cathie Wood the question no one else will

Get Shaan's CEO Masterclass Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/esd



Episode 759: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk about the things they wish they knew when they were first-time CEOs. 

—

Show Notes:

(0:00) CEO Masterclass

(38:06) Abusing Your Edge



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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

—

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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Masterclass: How to go from founder to CEO (without imploding)

Use these 5 AI tools to make your first $1M: https://clickhubspot.com/khe



Episode 758: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) talks to Greg Isenberg ( https://x.com/gregisenberg ) about 5 underrated AI tools founders should know about. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Enhancer.ai

(7:05) Comet

(17:15) Wispr Flow

(19:11) Shortcut AI

(23:50) Reel.Farm

(30:55) AI Apply



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Links:

• Wan 2.2 - https://github.com/Wan-Video/Wan2.2 

• Comet - https://www.perplexity.ai/comet

• Wisprflow - https://wisprflow.ai/

• Shortcut - https://www.tryshortcut.ai/

• Reel.farm - http://reel.farm/

• AI Apply -https://aiapply.co/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

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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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

5 AI Tools I’d Use to Make $1M (w/o employees, capital, or time)

Get Sam's ChatGPT Executive Coach Playbook - his exact system for everything from revenue optimization to life decisions: https://clickhubspot.com/skm



Episode 757 Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) shares his formula for how to live a good life. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Step 1: Don’t Have a Best Friend

(2:45) Step 2: Don’t Decide

(7:01) Step 3: Don’t Set Goals

(13:54) Step 4: Keep Pivoting

(16:23) Step 5: Don’t Buy the Index

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

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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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

How to live an asymmetric life

Want to build a billion-dollar business? Get the playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/hwg



Episode 756 Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Rick Marini and Jeff Bonforte, the private equity guys who flipped Grindr for $2B dollars in 24 months.  

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The story of Grindr

(13:34) Private Equity crash course

(38:10) Uncle Rick gives advice on what to buy

(43:07) Trends to jump on

(49:48) Buying lottery tickets

(1:03:58) The wisdom of Naval

(1:10:48) The emotional adoption curve



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Links:

• Rick Marini - https://x.com/rmarini 

• Jeff Bonforte - https://x.com/bonforte 

• Grindr - https://www.grindr.com/ 

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

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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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

How two straight guys bought Grindr and made $2B

Want in on the AI Gold Rush? Get the free AI Side Hustle Crash Course: https://clickhubspot.com/lkb



Episode 755: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Greg Isenberg ( https://x.com/gregisenberg ) about OpenAI’s new App Store and brainstorm app ideas to jump  on. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) ChatGPT App Store launch

(7:47) IDEA: My AI Tax Guy

(10:26) IDEA: AI Healthcare concierge

(13:07) IDEA: AI meme studio

(13:53) IDEA: AI grandma

(14:57) IDEA Credit repair





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Links:

• Idea Browser - https://www.ideabrowser.com/ 

• BankStatementConverter - https://bankstatementconverter.com/ 



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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC



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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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano