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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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3 Stories of Crazy Geniuses: Fenn’s Treasure, Michael Saylor’s Infinite Money Glitch + Ralph Lauren’s Bold Bet Dec 05, 2024

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Episode 656: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell 3 stories of people who took insane risks that paid off.

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(0:00) Bitcoin millionaire hides $2M in treasures across US

(11:27) Building the Ralph Lauren fantasy

(23:58) Michael Saylor's infinite money glitch

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

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• 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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A Billionaire's Guide To Going From $4/hour to $1 Billion Net Worth - Dharmesh Shah Dec 03, 2024

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Episode 655: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Dharmesh Shah ( https://x.com/dharmesh ) about how to increase the odds of hitting your first million and your next million.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:33) Lesson 1: Get leverage

(9:26) Lesson 2: Be an asset, not a liability

(13:40) Lesson 3: Get even closer to the value creation

(19:42) Mini Masterclass on Power Negotiating

(24:35) Dharmesh's little-known $2M failure

(29:35) Lesson: Insight compression

(34:08) Dharmesh sells Chat.com

(41:06) Agents are the new apps

(44:51) The future is hybrid teams

(49:23) Agents Dharmesh uses today

(53:20) Dharmesh's next big thing

(1:02:58) Uncomfortable company values

(1:05:33) Local maximum vs global maximum

(1:06:57) RaaS: Results-as-a-Service

(1:09:59) Being a first time billionaire

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Links:

• Agent AI - https://agent.ai/

• Harvey MacKay books - https://harveymackay.com/books/

• Getting To Yes - https://tinyurl.com/43ne6v97

• Connecting Dots - https://connectingdots.com/

• MFM Vault - https://frontend-production-f8b7.up.railway.app/

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

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• 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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$100B Founder Breaks Down The Biggest AI Business Opportunities For 2025 Nov 26, 2024

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Episode 653: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Furqan Rydhan ( https://x.com/FurqanR ) about the biggest opportunities in AI right now.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(4:42) Define the Job-to-be-done

(8:20) How to build an AI Agent workflow

(11:16) AI Tools break down

(27:05) How Polymarket won

(31:48) Why VR is a sleeping giant?

(44:43) Be a lifelong player in tech

(58:52) The unbeatable combination

(1:02:27) Adam Foroughi’s A+ execution

(1:18:35) Betting on -1 to 0

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Links:

• Furqan’s site - https://furqan.sh/

• Founders, Inc - https://f.inc/

• Applovin - https://www.applovin.com/

• Claude - https://claude.ai/

• OpenAI - https://platform.openai.com/

• Langchain - https://www.langchain.com/

• AutoGen - https://autogenai.com/

• Crew - https://www.crewai.com/

• CloudSDK - https://cloud.google.com/sdk/

• Perplexity - https://www.perplexity.ai/

• “Attention is all you need” - https://typeset.io/papers/attention-is-all-you-need-1hodz0wcqb

• Anthropic - https://www.anthropic.com/

• Third Web - https://thirdweb.com/

• Luna’s AI Brain - https://terminal.virtuals.io/

• Oasis - https://oasis.decart.ai/welcome

• Polymarket - https://polymarket.com/

• Gorilla Tag - https://www.gorillatagvr.com/

• Yeeps - https://tinyurl.com/59z2yrdu

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

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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

5 TikTok products that could print money for you Nov 21, 2024

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Episode 652: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about 5 ways you can make millions off of TikTok.

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(0:00) Intro

(4:34) Idea 1: Creator Rewards Program

(12:19) Idea 2: Botox Face Tape

(16:57) Idea 3: Madison Reed dupe for TikTok

(20:50) Idea 4: Self-help Journal

(32:10) Idea 5: Candy Candles

(34:42) Idea 6: 23andMe reboot

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Links:

• Goli - https://goli.com/

• The Natural Faces - http://thenaturalfaces.com/

• Madison Reed - https://www.madison-reed.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

3 Stories Of People Making Millions In Weird Ways Nov 19, 2024

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Episode 651: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the Polymarket whale who made millions off the election, Ozempic for sleep and why Martha Stewart would have been our Billy of the Week in 1999.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The rise and fall of Martha Stewart

(19:04) Ozempic for sleep

(33:10) The guts and brains of Polymarket's whale

(44:55) Betting vs gambling

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Links:

• Isaak.net - https://isaak.net/sleepless/

• Polymarket - https://polymarket.com/

• Chainalysis - http://chainalysis.com

• Vitalik blog - https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/11/09/infofinance.html

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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

Leila Hormozi: From Minimum Wage Employee to $100M Net Worth By 29 Nov 15, 2024

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Episode 650: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Leila Hormozi ( https://x.com/LeilaHormozi ) about being broke at 22 to making $1,200,000.month by 23.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Broke, overweight, going no where

(3:53) Wake up calls

(11:25) The Dickens Method

(13:29) Dating Alex Hormozi

(18:49) Starting Gym Launch at 23

(20:39) Repeating $0 - $15M in 12 months

(23:38) Life after selling gym launch

(25:15) "Who you compete with is who you become"

(34:28) $10M workshops

(35:30) Impatience with actions, patience with results

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Links:

• Acquisition - https://www.acquisition.com/

• Alex Hormozi on MFM - https://youtu.be/4KfuQwB5rIs

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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

Die, Workwear: "This is how to look better in your 20s and 30s" Nov 13, 2024

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Episode 649: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Derek Guy ( https://x.com/dieworkwear ) about how to dress better, have more confidence, and where and how to build a wardrobe that lasts decades.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Why it matters

(3:17) Sprezzatura

(6:01) Ralph Lauren

(9:33) Advice for the American male

(15:16) How to find a tailor

(17:21) Why we dress worse now

(20:15) How to build a wardrobe

(24:54) Budgeting

(28:23) Ready-to-wear, made-to-measure, and bespoke

(34:21) Personal style nirvana

(39:18) Buying for the decade

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Links:

• Die, Workwear! - https://dieworkwear.com/

• Inside the Mirrortocracy - https://carlos.bueno.org/2014/06/mirrortocracy.html

• The Paradox of Choice - https://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Choice-Why-More-Less/dp/0060005696

• How to Judge Quality in Clothing - https://www.putthison.com/how-to-judge-quality-in-clothing/

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

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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

Unicorn Founder on Unseen Arbitrages, the Paradox of Wealth + Charlie Munger Wisdom ft. Ryan Petersen Nov 11, 2024

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Episode 648: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Flexport founder Ryan Petersen ( https://x.com/typesfast ) about playing both games: bootstrapping a startup to millions and raising venture capital to build a multi-billion dollar company.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Import Genius

(5:36) Paul Graham's superpower

(9:34) Data-as-a-service framework

(13:51) Charlie Munger's worldly wisdom

(19:45) Prioritizing adventure

(24:09) The paradox of wealth

(28:51) Charlie Munger's student experiment

(31:00) Negotiation masterclass

(37:23) Inside Founders Fund

(43:16) Being in a crowd v following a crowd

(46:29) Highs and lows

(48:52) "You can just do things"

(50:16) Unseen arbitrages

(53:00) $50M Phone booths

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Links:

• Flexport - https://www.flexport.com/

• Flexport on X - https://x.com/flexport

• ImportGenius - https://www.importgenius.com/

• Schlep Blindness - https://paulgraham.com/schlep.html

• Poor Charlie’s Almanack - https://www.stripe.press/poor-charlies-almanack

• Founders Fund - https://foundersfund.com/

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

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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

6 College Students Pitch Us Their Startups | MFM Shark Tank Nov 08, 2024

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Episode 647: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) invite 6 college students to pitch their startup ideas.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:58) Meet Your Class

(16:32) Metafrazo

(30:21) Milieu

(42:47) Brother Nuts

(54:14) Tour

(1:08:38) Pathlit

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Links:

• Meet Your Class - http://meetyourclass.com

• Jonah Liss - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahliss/

• Blake Mischley - https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-mischley/

• Metafrazo - http://metafrazo.ai

• Shrikar Lekkala - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrikar-lekkala/

• Milieu - http://milieubio.com

• Nathan Shatz - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-shatz/

• Brother Nuts - http://brothersnuts.com

• Austin Majors - https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-majors-6b3275195/

• Tour - http://usetour.com

• Amulya Parmar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amulya-agape/

• Pathlit - http://pathlit.com

• Advay Gupta - https://www.linkedin.com/in/advaygupta/

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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 failed 22 times... then I built a $2.5B Company | Christina Cacioppo from Vanta Nov 06, 2024

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Episode 646: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Vanta founder Christina Cacioppo ( https://x.com/christinacaci ) about quitting her job and betting on herself.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Stumblehustling into USV

(4:36) Betting on the left side of your email address

(8:30) The art of fear

(11:47) Making bad art

(13:30) The marshmallow test

(17:26) Startup advice to beware of

(18:16) The idea for Vanta

(21:00) The only question that matters

(22:30) Managing your mind

(27:47) How to pick an idea to chase

(29:03) The real origin of Vanta

(31:00) Building a flywheel

(36:06) Controversial opinions

(40:49) Pushing past the no

(46:17) Not flinching during negotiations

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Links:

• Vanta - https://www.vanta.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/

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