My First Million

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MrBeast Shares His Best Business Advice Feb 13, 2025

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Episode 676: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with MrBeast ( https://x.com/MrBeast ) to talk about the mindset that made him the youngest billionaire and biggest entertainer on earth.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Origin story

(5:11) Burn the boats

(11:15) The Rule of 100

(16:49) You can make anything go viral

(23:27) Cloning

(28:39) Impossible is possible

(36:53) Consultants are a cheat code

(41:25) Block out the noise

(43:00) Reinvest everything

(47:30) Feastables

(53:02) Getting jacked

(54:56) Buying TikTok

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Links:

• MrBeast on YouTube - https://tinyurl.com/2wfkm4by

• Beast Games - https://tinyurl.com/fh3atsxp

• Feastables - https://feastables.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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

The insane story of Blake Scholl: the high school dropout who’s building supersonic jets Feb 11, 2025

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Episode 675: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the three stories of founders with insanely high agency.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Boom Supersonic

(30:50) Nick Mowbray, #1 most impressive founder

(43:43) The Moped King

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Links:

• Boom Supersonic - https://boomsupersonic.com/

• ZURU - http://zurutoys.com/

• Fly E-Bike - https://www.flyebike.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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

He made $100m betting on the NBA… here’s how Feb 07, 2025

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Episode 674: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the most successful sports better of all time, Haralabos Voulgaris ( https://x.com/haralabob ).

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Stumbling into gambling

(6:19) Finding your edge

(19:23) Alpha

(27:28) Casinos are for losers

(30:02) Betting 160% on Bitcoin

(35:36) Getting paid

(37:31) Buying a soccer team

(46:11) Investing every dollar into Bitcoin

(49:27) Analogue things and biohacking

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Links:

• https://www.cdcastellon.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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

I went from $1/day to billionaire in 10 years... here's how Feb 05, 2025

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Episode 673: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Nick Mowbray ( https://x.com/NMowbray23 ), the founder of the most profitable toy company in the world.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Selling DIY hot air balloons door-to-door

(5:57) First product

(21:32) $30M David Beckham Tamagotchi fail

(30:18) Nightball

(36:18) Robofish

(41:43) Diapers

(48:44) Shampoo, pet food, confectionary, supplements, home products

(1:00:07) Zurutech - a self-funded moonshot

(1:03:28) Serial entrepreneur flywheel

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Links:

• Zuru - https://zurutoys.com/

• Zuru Tech - https://zuru.tech/

• Boom Supersonic - https://boomsupersonic.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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

I was offered $200M at 24 and I turned it down Jan 31, 2025

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Episode 672: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Matt Mullenweg ( https://x.com/photomatt ), the founder of WordPress and Automattic.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Turning down $200M at 24

(6:04) WordPress's 1000 days of irrelevance

(9:24) Turning a small South African company into $3B

(13:40) The battle of giants - WooCommerce vs Shopify

(18:37) Matt's Villain Arc

(30:07) Auditions > Interviews

(36:04) Putting every employee on the front line

(42:56) Matt on Deepseek

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Links:

• Automattic - https://automattic.com/

• WordPress - https://wordpress.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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

We hosted a slumber party with 12 billionaires (our minds are blown) Jan 29, 2025

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Episode 671: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) recap a weekend spent with billionaires in Greenville, NC.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(4:49) Fish Where The Fish Swim, Not Where The Fishermen Stand

(12:45) Man Does Not Sell Chocolate, He Becomes It

(18:48) Non-Obnoxious Confidence Beats IQ

(22:53) I Am

(24:51) Take Your Billions and Shove It

(30:20) Hardwork.....maybe?

(32:41) Health is the New Status Symbol

(37:39) Midwit meme in full effect

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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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

I run a $180M+ company...here's how I'm using AI on a daily basis Jan 24, 2025

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Episode 670: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Andrew Wilkinson ( https://x.com/awilkinson ) about the AI tools that are replacing new hires.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) AI to kill admin work

(7:37) the K-shaped future

(16:29) 24/7 agents in your business

(25:46) Software is the new commodity

(38:40) Andrew's AI hedge investments

(50:56) Buy, sell, or hold

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Links:

Lindy - https://www.lindy.ai/

Howie - https://howie.ai/

Fyxer - https://www.fyxer.com/

Fathom - https://fathom.video/

Otter - https://otter.ai/

Claude - https://claude.ai/

Zero - https://zerotax.ai/

Replit - https://replit.com/

Constellation - https://www.csisoftware.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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

The Crazy Story of Google’s 7 Angel Investors Jan 16, 2025

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Episode 669: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) do a deep dive on the 7 strangers that made the greatest investment of all time.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Andy Bechtolsheim

(7:10) David Cheriton

(10:10) Ron Conway

(29:20) Alfred Lin

(35:00) Shaquille O'Neill

(37:20) Susan Wojcicki

(38:50) Pejman Nozad

(46:20) Jeff Bezos

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Links:

• SV Angel - https://svangel.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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Just found out my neighbor’s business sold for $450M Jan 14, 2025

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Episode 668: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the story behind Muscle Milk, Scott Galloway's bet against FTX, and how Bill Ackman spent $460M in 4 hours.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The untold Muscle Milk story

(16:41) Timelines of your heroes

(19:43) Having a social agenda

(22:29) Shaan pitches Sam a business

(38:58) Scott Galloway buys FTX claims

(47:17) The value of having a too hard pile

(55:18) Bill Ackman spends $460M in 4 hours

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Links:

• Muscle Milk - https://www.musclemilk.com/

• Flavor Insights - https://flavorinsights.com/

• Hormel - https://www.hormel.com/

• Arfur Rock - https://x.com/ArfurRock

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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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Five +$10M Ideas (from a guy who's done it 3 times) Jan 10, 2025

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Episode 667: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sheel Mohnot ( https://x.com/pitdesi ) about the biggest opportunities he sees right now.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:33) iPod mini hustle

(10:40) Being a dot collector

(20:30) The $100M story of Thistle

(24:30) IDEA: Affinity-based retirement home

(34:30) IDEA: Yelp for professional services

(38:48) IDEA: Pearly whites

(42:10) IDEA: Outsourced pizza

(44:40) The story of Grey Goose

(48:00) IDEA: School for AI Tools

(52:00) Sheel's credit card stack

(59:00) Sheel's position on crypto

(1:03:00) Learning to sell

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Links:

• Thistle - https://www.thistle.co/

• Sam’s List - https://samslist.co/

• Pizzeria DeLuna - https://pizzeriadeluna.com/

• U.S. Bank Smartly Visa - https://www.usbank.com/credit-cards/bank-smartly-visa-signature-credit-card.html

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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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

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