My First Million

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3 Killer Businesses Hidden in Plain Sight Nov 04, 2024

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Episode 645: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about cash-printing businesses that are around us every day and how to spot them.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) $1M dollar product: Water quality testing

(8:26) $10M dollar product: EZ Labor Law Posters

(15:22) $100M dollar product: Barcodes

(22:55) Idea: Casual Friday

(28:44) Marketing campaigns that altered culture

(36:00) Shaan reads his intro

(40:06) "Torches of freedom"

(44:42( Sam tours Yale campus

(50:59) Idea: YC campus

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Links:

• Oasis - https://www.oasiswater.app/

• GS1 - https://www.gs1us.org/

• Propaganda - https://tinyurl.com/2fc959jr

• Craig Clemens Episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N9rNShYI_g

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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

Inside The Marketing Machine Of Billion-Dollar Presidential Campaigns Nov 02, 2024

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Episode 644: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to author and political campaign expert Sasha Issenberg ( https://x.com/sissenberg ) about the marketing machine behind presidential elections.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The malarky factory and The Harm Index

(18:55) Trump's 2016 playbook

(28:18)Kamala's viral clip factory

(32:35) Who’s running a better 2024 campaign?

(35:04) What is Elon's role in Trump's campaign

(38:31) The lopsided downside of doorknocks

(42:25) Deepfakes and new tools in campaigning

(45:58) "The podcast election"

(50:00) The new playbook for winning in the age of meme wars

(54:15) Most mis-priced opportunity in elections

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Links:

• Sasha Issenberg - https://www.sashaissenberg.com/

• The Victory Lap - https://www.amazon.com/Victory-Lab-Science-Winning-Campaigns/dp/0307954803

• The Lie Detectives - https://www.amazon.com/Lie-Detectives-Playbook-Elections-Disinformation/dp/B0CFN6WM3Y

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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

Q&A: Gut punches, favorite guests, plus advice for life Oct 30, 2024

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Episode 643: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) answer juicy questions from the audience.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Where should I put my money?

(9:35) Best thing you've read lately?

(15:28) Who’s on MFM’s Mt. Rushmore?

(26:18) When was your biggest gut punch?

(31:31) Who would you spend 24 hours with?

(40:24) What’s your best advice for new dads?

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Links:

• Alex Karp article - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/style/alex-karp-palantir.html

• Casa Bonita - https://www.casabonitadenver.com/

• Leave us a voicemail - https://www.mfmpod.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

Y Combinator CEO Shares How They Pick Winners, Advice For Founders + Lessons From Paul Graham | Garry Tan Interview Oct 28, 2024

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Episode 642: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Garry Tan ( https://x.com/garrytan ), CEO of Y Combinator, about the sauce that makes YC outperform the rest of Silicon Valley plus lessons from Paul Graham, Peter Thiel and Garry’s first million.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Winning the game

(3:16) Being the Harvard of startups

(7:31) How YC outperforms most Silicon Valley investors

(9:36) Spotting extreme winners

(14:14) Capital-as-a-service

(16:34) How Garry hustled at 14 to get his into financial security

(23:04) Turning down Peter Thiel's offer to start Palantir

(32:20) Garry's first million

(44:57) Early days at YC

(51:31) The edge of startups with a 2-pizza team

(54:36) Advice for founders in AI

(1:05:57) The spoon-bending story

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Links:

• YC - https://www.ycombinator.com/

• Founding Sales - https://www.foundingsales.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

How Mike Posner built a music empire from his dorm room Oct 25, 2024

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Episode 640: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP )sits down with Mike Posner ( https://x.com/MikePosner ) about his insane hustle, fame, loss and reinvention.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) iTunesU Story

(14:41) Going back to school, famous

(21:40) Getting on the radio

(26:40) “I just do what's cool to me and sometimes the whole world agrees”

(30:06) One true sentence / Writing Process

(39:50) Money, fame and Survivor

(46:52) Advice to my younger self

(48:10) Missed flight story

(58:00) The making of a hit song

(1:04:31) Walking Across America

(1:11:09) "How cheap is your happiness?"

(1:14:17) Beautiful States v Suffering States

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Links:

• Mike Posner - https://mikeposner.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

You Have 70 Days to Win the Year Oct 23, 2024

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Episode 640: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about setting one priority–one sprint–to turn your entire year into a win. It’s time for life or death mode.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) 70 days left to win 2024

(10:27) The prestige hacking of Jamie Beaton

(25:32) Billy of the Week: Ken Fisher (and his marketing playbook)

(39:25)The shocking economics of public monuments

(46:19) Pro tip for founders: Find a banker

(54:28) The double standard of VCs

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Links:

• My Body Tutor - https://www.mybodytutor.com/

• Fisher Investments - https://www.fisherinvestments.com/

• Motley Fool Asset Management - https://fooletfs.com/

• American Colossus - https://americancolossus.org/

• Built To Sell - https://builttosell.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 $600M Protein Bar Founder is Back Again | Peter Rahal Interview Oct 18, 2024

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Episode 639: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Peter Rahal ( https://x.com/peterrahal ) about starting RXBAR with $10K and selling it for $600M, business ideas he would chase today, plus why he’s back with another bar.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) RX Bar's path to $600M

(8:32) Branding to solve a problem

(14:03) David Protein

(16:22) Idea 1: Differentiated vasodilator

(27:53) Idea 2: The coffee of sleep

(32:28) Idea 3: Continuous Testosterone meter

(36:58)Idea 4: New religion

(42:03) Why do this again?

(45:28) How to survive the first year after exiting

(53:03) How big is David going to get?

(56:18) Remote v in-office

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Links:

• RXBAR - https://www.rxbar.com/

• SCOTT & VICTOR - https://scottandvictor.com/

• David’s Protein - https://davidprotein.com/

• Lucy - https://lucy.co/

• Moonbrew - https://moonbrew.co/

• Levels - https://www.levels.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

—

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

Meet the 14yo entrepreneur who's already launched 2 businesses Oct 16, 2024

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Episode 638: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to 14-year-old founder Isaac Katayev ( https://x.com/isaackatayev ) about the startup he launched out of his 7th grade computer class.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Cookieduck

(4:18) Making $1,500 a day at age 12

(6:19) Price Satellite

(11:08) Being peerless

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Links:

• Cookieduck Games - http://cookieduck.com

• Price Satellite - http://pricesatellite.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

—

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

Did the creator of Bitcoin just get unmasked? Oct 14, 2024

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Episode 637: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the conspiracy theory behind Bitcoin’s biggest mystery.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The making of Satoshi

(14:02) Is Peter Todd the guy?

(30:20) A "1 minute" case for Bitcoin

(35:21) “It's political suicide to not be pro crypto"

(43:42) Must watch crypto thriller movies

(46:32) SBF and FTX update

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Links:

• Money Electric - https://tinyurl.com/yw5mktnn

• Bitcoin Forum - https://bitcointalk.org/

• Fidelity Crypto Funds - https://www.fidelity.com/etfs/crypto-funds

• Trust No One - https://tinyurl.com/32fxa9y3

• The Night Of - https://tinyurl.com/3wmm68cc

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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

—

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 Wild Story of Mike Lynch’s Rise From Janitor to Tech Billionaire Oct 10, 2024

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Episode 636: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the rise and fall of Mike Lynch aka The British Bill Gates and his mysterious death onboard his $30M dollar yacht.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The British Bill Gates Dies in Freak Yacht accident

(14:51) The Kennedy Curse, conspiracies and coincidences

(20:49) Sam bombs his meeting with the mayor

(33:50) Branding to attract equals

(44:36) Work backwards from the customers

(48:00) Knowing something in your head vs your hands

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Links:

• Philosophize This! - https://www.philosophizethis.org/

• Wait But Why - https://waitbutwhy.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

—

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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