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**My First Million**

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

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How to Make $1,000,000 After You Graduate (5 steps) Jan 08, 2025

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Watch this episode here - https://youtu.be/qkcFcwb6mk0

Episode 666: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) breaks down his 5 step process for making $1,000,000 quickly.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:32) Slay the salary monster

(13:26) Play the game 10 times

(20:05) How to win even when you lose

(25:26) Proximity is power

(26:33) Impatient with action, patient with results

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Links:

• Sarah Moore episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF6zvTXimxY

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

56 Minutes of Money Wisdom for High-Earning Couples Jan 06, 2025

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Episode 665: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Ramit Sethi ( https://x.com/ramit ) about money rules for couples in their 30s and 40s.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) 5 rules for money in your relationship

(5:25) the 4 money types: avoider, optimizer, worriers, dreamers

(10:15) The Annual Review

(23:00) Monthly money meetings

(26:00) There is no "money person"

(31:09) 4 benchmarks for high-earning couples

(35:03) Learning to spend

(41:01) Investments vs purchases

(43:39) Troubleshooting partnership disagreements

(49:00) Spending to solve problems

(53:00) Fight for simplicity

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Links:

• Money for Couples - http://iwt.com/moneyforcouples

• Ramit on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@ramitsethi

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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

No Small Boy Stuff, Investing Wisdom from Nassim Taleb, plus ChatGPT Prompts We're Using Jan 03, 2025

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Episode 664: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about investing wisdom from Nassim Taleb and how to use ChatGPT as a life coach.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) No small boy stuff

(2:30) Squid Game for investors

(13:00) Noise v. signal

(20:36) Sam uses ChatGPT to plan his life

(31:50) Shaan explains how LLMs work

(39:50) How to write better prompts

(52:56) How to build a billion dollar company

(55:51) 13 Questions that will change your life

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Links:

• Nassim Taleb books - https://tinyurl.com/2vnvz36f

• Crystal Ball Trading Challenge - https://elmwealth.com/crystal-ball-challenge/

• Kubera - https://www.kubera.com/

• 3Blue1Brown - https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown

• Leetcode Wizard - https://leetcodewizard.io/

• Fertilo - https://www.gametogen.com/fertilo

• “13 Questions That Will Change Your Life” - https://shaan.beehiiv.com/p/one-minute-blog-13-questions-that-will-change-your-life

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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 2024 Milly Awards Dec 30, 2024

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Episode 663: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down the best and worst of the year.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Best Investment of The Year

(7:51) Worst Investments of The Year

(14:39) Biggest Personal L

(20:26) Coolest Moment

(24:50) Life Hack of the Year

(30:55) Billy of the year

(37:31) Frame Breaking Person

(48:53) Favorite guest

(57:30) Best Product

(1:01:24) Biggest change for next year

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Links:

• Inverse Galloway Index - https://inversegallowayindex.com/

• Nick Gray - https://nickgray.net/

• “Do What Makes The Best Story” - https://amasad.me/story

• Brick - https://getbrick.app/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

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

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

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

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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

$500M Founder: “This is the biggest opportunity in the US today” Dec 23, 2024

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Episode 662: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Justin Mares ( https://x.com/jwmares ) about the biggest trends and opportunities in health and wellness.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The poisoning of America

(7:17) IDEA: Home Health Services

(25:26) IDEA: Modern butcher shop

(38:58) IDEA: Calibrate for fertility

(45:34) Choose one problem for your career

(48:50) Building a 9-figure bone broth product

(59:18) Zuck donates his gold chain

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Links:

• The Great American Poisoning - https://justinmares.substack.com/p/the-great-american-poisoning

• Lightwork - https://dolightwork.com/

• Blueprint - https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.com/

• Snake River Farms - https://snakeriverfarms.com/

• Calibrate - https://www.joincalibrate.com/

• Inflection Grant - https://www.inflectiongrants.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

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

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

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

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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

He Makes $1,000,000 in 30 Days Selling Christmas Trees Dec 20, 2024

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Episode 661: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the NY Christmas Tree mafia, 2 health startups with crazy traction, plus their predictions for big trends in 2025.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Christmas Tree Mafia

(6:45) Neko Health

(11:57) Superpower

(21:43) Shaan's 4x/wk training program

(25:33) Prediction: Whole Foods is going down

(27:40) Prediction: Natural fibers, local meat

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Links:

• Curbed article - https://tinyurl.com/3z6tzf3w

• Neko Health - https://www.nekohealth.com/

• Superpower - https://superpower.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

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

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

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

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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

The #1 Most Underrated Quality in an Entrepreneur Dec 18, 2024

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Episode 660: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about founders who have rage as an unfair advantage, Bill Ackman’s takedown of Harvard, and a ruthless PE rollup.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Revenge businesses and other green flags

(5:55) Chips on shoulders = chips in pockets

(19:38) Bhutan's Gross National Happiness

(34:48) Ruthless PE rollup: International schools

(43:58) IDEA: $500M YouTube University

(54:11) Bill Ackman Breaks down Harvard as a business

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Links:

• How To Lose Weight in 4 Easy Steps - https://tinyurl.com/2x67a7jc

• Nord Anglia Education - https://www.nordangliaeducation.com/

• Full Sail University - https://hello.fullsail.edu/

• University of Austin - https://www.uaustin.org/people/joe-lonsdale

• Veritas? - https://pershingsquarefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Veritas.pdf

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

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

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

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

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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

How to plan an epic 2025, without setting goals | Jesse Itzler Dec 16, 2024

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Episode 659: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jesse Itzler ( https://x.com/JesseItzler ) about how to live an epic life.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Come into the new year light

(7:56) Hand written letters

(14:03) Identify your B minuses

(20:15) Pick your Misogi

(27:28) 6 mini adventures

(37:38) Add a winning habit

(39:55) Write it down

(49:50) Don't f*cking waste 2025

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Links:

• Jesse Itzler - https://jesseitzler.com/

• Jesse's on MFM episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff1z3GUcfO8

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

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

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

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

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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

I got rejected from YC (4x)…. now my side hustle is worth $1.16B Dec 11, 2024

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Episode 658: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Replit founder Amjad Masad ( https://x.com/amasad ) about the massive opportunities with AI Agents.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Replit origin story

(9:27) Replit's 10-year overnight success

(12:27) Rejected 4x by YC

(17:28) Personal essays from Paul Graham

(20:17) "i hacked into my university to change my grades"

(25:55) Rickrolling into YC

(35:25) Shaan builds a food tracking app in 30 seconds

(43:19) Magic School: An AI application for educators 4M users in 1 year

(47:31) Amjad on Agents

(49:53) Building moats in a goldrush

(54:53) Replit is Shopify for software creators

(1:05:11) The most gangster story in Silicon Valley

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Links:

• Amjad essays - https://amasad.me/

• Replit - https://replit.com/

• Codeacademy - https://www.codecademy.com/

• Do What Makes The Best Story - https://amasad.me/story

• Magic School AI - https://www.magicschool.ai/

• 11x AI - https://www.11x.ai/

• Synthesis Tutor - https://www.synthesis.com/tutor

• The Sovereign Individual - https://tinyurl.com/4w6ns7b2

• 7 Powers - https://tinyurl.com/382ch557

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

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

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

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

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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

He built a $1M/MRR dinner club app in 2 weeks with 0 employees Dec 09, 2024

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Episode 657: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the $10M ARR dinner club app, the history of Black Friday, and ChatGPT prompts that work like cheat codes.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) $10M ARR dinner club

(26:19) The science of Black Friday and Cyber Monday

(32:47) Reverse Black Friday positions

(36:21) 7-day MFM Money Fast

(40:57) Simple ChatGPT prompt hacks that work

(45:55) Picking a rocket ship

(50:53) Warren Buffett's $150B problem

(58:17) The Elon Musk Learning Method

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Links:

• Timleft - https://timeleft.com/

• Bucket list - https://dailymax.fr/fr/bucket-list-fr/

• Your Life in Weeks - https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html

• Warren Buffett letter - https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/news/nov2524.pdf

• Elon Musk Learning Method - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=splkLcpBws8

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

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

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

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

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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