My First Million

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Are tariffs good or bad for founders? Apr 11, 2025

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Episode 696: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about what they’re doing about the tariffs.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:13) Tariffs

(22:00) Medieval Times

(27:48) Shaan's process for finding edges

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Links:

• Shaan's $20M Pitch Deck: https://clickhubspot.com/uve

• Medieval Times - https://www.medievaltimes.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

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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

The Happiest Man in Atlantis (A Short Story) Apr 09, 2025

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Episode 695: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tells the story of finding what is truly valuable.

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

• 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

"Ocean is the new space" - 7 Wild Ideas for the $3 Trillion Dollar Frontier Apr 07, 2025

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Episode 694: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Will O’Brien ( https://x.com/willobri ) about how the ocean is the new hot girl.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Ocean is the new space

(8:50) Ocean surveying

(10:25) Sea grass restoration

(16:39) Defense drones

(22:34) Underwater cable networks

(31:51) Technology windows

(38:16) Lab-grown seafood

(41:03) Pirate treasure profit sharing

(44:03) Marine geo-engineering

(47:43) A new era for tech guys

(57:52) Who Will admires

(1:01:00) Underrated conspiracy theories

(1:10:27) Becoming a monk

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Links:

• Ulysses - https://www.ulysses.eco/

• Saildrone - https://www.saildrone.com/

• Saronic - https://www.saronic.com/

• Wildtype Foods - https://www.wildtypefoods.com/

• Rainmaker - https://www.rainmaker.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

• 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

The Step-by-Step Playbook We Used to Build a $100M+ Newsletter Business Apr 04, 2025

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Episode 693: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Alex Lieberman ( https://x.com/businessbarista ) and Austin Rief ( https://x.com/austin_rief ) about how to build a profitable newsletter.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:12) 0 to 100K subscribers

(9:18) Nontraditional hires

(15:26) 100K to 1M subscribers

(35:00) Entrepreneurs Operating System

(43:27) 8-figure Exits

(55:28) How to start a newsletter in 2025

(1:02:57) Newsletter ideas

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Links:

• The Hustle - https://thehustle.co/

• Morning Brew - https://www.morningbrew.com/

• Traction - https://tinyurl.com/5dfh3nx9

• Arena Magazine - https://arenamag.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

• 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

$100M founder predicts what will be big in 5 years Mar 31, 2025

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Episode 692: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Justin Mares ( https://x.com/jwmares ) about what’s going to be big in the next 5 years.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:16) Longevity products for dogs

(9:24) Toxin testing

(19:55) Function and Superpower

(26:19) Doctor for your home

(37:25) Skin gut health

(47:39) Natural fiber clothing

(51:04) Justin's take on vaccines

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Links:

• Truemed - http://truemed.com/

• Justin’s Substack - https://justinmares.substack.com/

• Rorra - https://rorra.com/

• Light Labs - http://lightlabs.com

• Eurofins - https://www.eurofins.com/

• Function Health - https://www.functionhealth.com/

• Superpower - https://superpower.com/

• InsideTracker - https://info.insidetracker.com/

• Lightwork - https://www.dolightwork.com/

• r/moderatelygranolamoms - https://www.reddit.com/r/moderatelygranolamoms/

• Paul Saladino - https://www.paulsaladinomd.co/

• NADS - https://nadsunder.com/

• Pact - https://wearpact.com/

• ExOfficio - https://www.exofficio.com/

• Ryker - https://rykerusa.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

• 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

7 Business Ideas from a Unicorn Founder Mar 27, 2025

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Episode 691: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Immad Akhund ( https://x.com/immad ) about the businesses he would start if he wasn’t running a unicorn.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:17) IDEA: Lunar nuclear power plant

(5:04) IDEA: Defense tech

(10:09) The Peter Thiel test

(13:52) IDEA: Selling stars

(15:54) IDEA: Enterprise Agents

(22:45) IDEA: Digital Twin CEO

(32:39) Find accepted abuse

(36:18) Silicon Valley Bank fail

(44:15) Bets with asymmetric upside

(54:07) Choose your mess

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Links:

• Mercury - https://mercury.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

• 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 a guy turned 3 YouTube Channels into $3 Billion Dollars Mar 25, 2025

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Episode 690: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of the smartest YouTube rollup they’ve ever seen.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) $3B of nursery rhymes rollup

(21:55) Sam goes all-in on IRL

(36:03) All-in dads

(38:37) Shotsy

(41:49) PEDs for business

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Links:

• CoCoMelon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlnJ9attCOc

• Blippi - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5PYHgAzJ1wLEidB58SK6Xw

• Companies House - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house

• RollUpEurope - https://rollupeurope.beehiiv.com/

• Shotsy - https://shotsyapp.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

• 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

The Wildest Stories of Corporate Espionage We’ve Ever Heard Mar 21, 2025

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Episode 689: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down the craziest stories of corporate espionage in history.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Rippling vs Deel

(10:21) The British East India Company

(17:11) Oracle vs Microsoft

(21:28) Coke vs. Pepsi

(24:14) Uber vs. Waymo

(26:03) U.S. Intellectual piracy

(28:10) Wiz sells for $32B

(39:40) A case for Glassdoor

(45:54) Marc Lore's new thing

(51:52) Money, Status, Power

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Links:

• Errol Musk interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5WyTw0oXDs

• Gili Ranaan interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG0SiUtBSh0&t=187s&ab_channel=MetisStrategy

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

• 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

6 under-the-radar trends (+ our ideas) Mar 19, 2025

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Episode 688: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about 6 under-the-radar trends.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:24) Short Drama Apps

(13:55) Rucking

(22:10) Plastic-free everything

(31:58) "Nervous System Work"

(41:46) Biohacking plants

(46:48) AI Social Networks

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Links:

• ReelShort - https://www.reelshort.com/

• DramaBox - https://www.dramaboxdb.com/

• GORUCK - https://www.goruck.com/

• Ryker Clothing - https://rykerclothingco.com/

• AlphaFold - https://deepmind.google/technologies/alphafold/

• Ohalo - https://www.ohalo.com/

• Suno - https://suno.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

• 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

The high schooler making $20M a year Mar 17, 2025

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Episode 687: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Zach Yadegari ( https://x.com/zach_yadegari/ ), the high school kid who went from $0 - $20M in 10 months.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:45) $0 - $20M in 10 months

(17:12) Sold first business for $100K at 16

(20:42) Zach's Influencer marketing playbook

(24:23) Being worth $30M at 18

(34:40) How to find problems to solve with AI

(38:28) IDEA: AI journal

(41:09) IDEA: iOS to Android project converter

(44:01) IDEA: Remotely-configurable onboarding flows for mobile apps

(47:05) Running away from home at age 10

(51:10) Being peerless

(54:41) Who Zach admires

(56:02) Gen Z trends

(1:00:06) Aging out as a prodigy

(1:06:43) Keeping a beginner's mind

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Links:

• Cal AI - https://www.calai.app/

• Totally Science - https://totallyscience.co/

• The Great CEO Within - https://tinyurl.com/4xuvr95m

• TurboLearn - https://www.turbolearn.ai/

• Fitness AI - https://www.fitnessai.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

• 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

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