My First Million

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How Silicon Valley’s Most Prolific Investor Picks Unicorns | Elad Gil Interview Oct 08, 2024

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Episode 635: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Elad Gil ( https://x.com/eladgil ) about the three things he looks for when betting on startups, how he became an early investor in Anduril, plus 3 business ideas he thinks someone should go after.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) How to be successful in angel investing

(3:00) How to create a bankroll

(5:00) Making the great works of history available to anyone anywhere

(7:21) The 1 thing that matters in a business

(10:21) How to master a new topic like defense tech

(12:15) Investing in Anduril in the first round

(15:47) $1b dollar 1 person companies

(18:51) Missionary vs mercenary

(22:12) Idea: new schools inspired by Ancient Greece

(25:49) Idea: A drug that makes you live longer

(34:56) Idea: Large scale monuments to flex

(44:25) Gil's Guide to Intensive Travel

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Links:

• Elad’s blog - https://eladgil.com/

• Proof School - https://www.proofschool.org/

• BioAge Labs - https://bioagelabs.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

5 Random But Useful Things I Learned At A Private Equity Conference Oct 04, 2024

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Episode 635: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the things Shaan learned while at Re-convene in Los Angeles.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) the low-status-technique for becoming high-status at a conference

(7:09) the richer the guy, the weirder the guy

(12:17) dressing well vs. dressing comfortably

(18:25) meeting mike posner

(26:06) little luxuries

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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/

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 guy who gets paid $80K/yr to do nothing Oct 02, 2024

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Episode 634: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about Shoji Morimoto, the Japanese guy who’s making $80k/yr renting himself out to friendless people, Autopilot’s viral marketing stunt, PLUS how to make $1M in 8 weeks.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The Do Nothing Man: $80K/yr for doing nothing

(4:23) The new male situationship

(11:24) Setting long term intentions

(14:06) Non-sexual companionship-as-a-service

(21:52) Professional grievers

(24:18) Autopilot’s badass marketing stunt

(32:37) Blue Collar Side Hustle: Porch Pumpkins ($1M in 8 weeks)

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Links:

• Rent a Friend - https://rentafriend.com/

• Papa - https://www.papa.com/

• Sugar Daddy - https://www.sugardaddy.com/

• Autopilot - https://www.joinautopilot.com/

• Porch Pumpkins - https://porchpumpkins.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

Steph Smith: “This opportunity is totally overlooked” Sep 30, 2024

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Episode 633: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Steph Smith ( https://x.com/stephsmithio ) about the mega trend called the Silver Tsunami.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Silver tsunami

(7:10) Perimenopause = 6k new customers a day

(10:57) One chart opportunity: Nursing homes and assisted living

(18:28) Why entrepreneurs are sleeping on this space

(20:11) Opportunity: Measuring and tracking

(27:36) Idea: Stava for CGMs

(39:41) Idea: Solutions for nerd neck

(44:19) Idea: Niche paddle sports leagues

(56:18) The smile curve

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Links:

• Our World In Data - https://ourworldindata.org/

• The Longevity Imperative - https://tinyurl.com/mr2m46vk

• Bonafide Health - https://hellobonafide.com/

• Gennev - https://www.gennev.com/

• All Akiyas - https://www.allakiyas.com/

• Numlock News - https://www.numlock.com/

• Outlive - https://tinyurl.com/ybewhrw4

• Levels - https://www.levels.com/

• Dexcom - https://www.dexcom.com/

• Stelo - https://www.stelo.com/

• Q Bio - https://www.q.bio/

• Internet Pipes - http://internetpipes.com/

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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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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

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

From Navy SEAL To Viral Content Creator - MrBallen’s Insane Story Sep 27, 2024

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Episode 632: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to John Allen ( https://x.com/MrBallen ) and Nick Witters ( https://x.com/themrwitters ), the minds behind MrBallen and Ballen Studios.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Being a creator on hard mode

(7:19) Slow is smooth and smooth is fast

(8:44) Being hit by a grenade in combat

(17:03) Elite Meet

(18:29) John's TikTok ideas bank

(21:42) The SEALs turn on John

(25:02) How telling 1 story launched MrBallen

(28:18) Getting unstuck

(35:02) Be rich or be a king?

(40:44) The North Star for Ballen

(44:00) 1 thing to be a better storyteller

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Links:

• MrBallen on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen

• MrBallen on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mrballen

• Ballen Studios - https://ballenstudios.com/

• Elite Meet - https://elitemeetus.org/

• Dyaltov Pass TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mrballen/video/6799049964937809157

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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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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

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 I Went From Broke to $7 Million With An Airbnb Business Sep 20, 2024

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Get our episode with MrBallen before anyone else: https://clickhubspot.com/mbe

Episode 631: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Isaac French ( https://x.com/isaacfrench_ ) about how to he bought his first investment property at age 24 with $2K down and sold it 2 years later for $7M.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Buying an investment property with $2K

(9:53) $7M exit in 2 years

(16:41) Repeating the formula

(20:35) Blueprint for flipping properties into Airbnbs

(27:27) Mistakes to avoid

(31:07) Games that are easy to play, but hard to win

(34:56) How to write 20M view threads

(54:58) 2 quotes to live by

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Links:

• Isaac’s Newsletter - https://www.isaacjfrench.com/newsletter

• Live Oak Lake - https://www.liveoaklake.com/

• Isaac on IG - https://www.instagram.com/isaacfrench_/

• Isaac on X - https://x.com/isaacfrench_

• Isaac on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/isaacfrench

• Isaac on LI - https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacjfrench

• Experiential Hospitality - https://www.experientialhospitality.com/

• Isaac’s site - https://www.isaacjfrench.com/

• Unreasonable Hospitality - https://tinyurl.com/3j8ymjpp

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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

From Nonprofit Founder To Building A $300M Pilates Business Sep 18, 2024

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Get next week's episode early, watch it right now: https://clickhubspot.com/mbe

Episode 630: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Anne Mahlum ( https://www.instagram.com/annemahlum/ ) about starting an $8M/yr charity from scratch and betting her entire life savings ($175K) on a pilates studio.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Building a $8M/yr non-profit

(16:27) The economics of [solidcore]

(22:07) Play a game you can win

(24:16) How to be a killer negotiator

(27:00) Turning down $75k

(30:39) 0 - 27 locations in 4 years

(43:50) Idea: Endurance events

(50:21) Idea: Taboo for recruiters

(51:37) Idea: AI Personal trainer

(56:45) Idea: SeatGeek for airlines

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Links:

• Back on My Feet - https://backonmyfeet.org/

• [solicore] - https://www.solidcore.co/

• 29029 - https://29029everesting.com/

• HYROX - https://hyrox.com/

• OxeFit - https://www.oxefit.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

10 Startups w/ Stock Grants That’ll Make You A Millionaire | Sara’s List 2024 Sep 13, 2024

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Episode 629: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) bring you the third installment of Sara’s List. A path to wealth that doesn’t involve insane amounts of risk, luck, or burnout. Just get a job at the right company. The criteria? Growth-stage startups that have the potential to 5-10x over the next 5 years.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Auditing Cohort 1

(9:56) OpenAI

(12:07) Retool

(17:04) Mercury

(23:04) Cursor

(27:28) Epirus

(33:30) Wiz

(42:52) Neuralink

(46:00) Perplexity AI

(49:43) Traba

(54:54) Replit

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Links:

• OpenAI - https://openai.com/

• Retool - https://retool.com/

• Mercury - https://mercury.com/

• Cursor - https://www.cursor.com/

• Epirus - https://www.epirusinc.com/

• Wiz - https://www.wiz.io/

• Neuralink - https://neuralink.com/

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

• Traba - https://traba.work/

• Replit - https://replit.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 $70M/yr Sports Bar + Sleepy Industries Worth $100M Sep 11, 2024

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Episode 628: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down the business behind the sports bar Cosm and the massive trend coming to out-of-home entertainment.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Cosm’s playground virality

(10:38) The Tesla of home appliances

(18:13) $100M sleepy industries

(23:11) The rise and fall (and rise?) of Weight Watchers

(40:42) "What story is the data telling me?"

(48:54) What certainty level is needed to make a decision

(53:49) Confidence vs certainty

(57:22) Shaan's monthly impact grid

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Links:

• Cosm - https://www.cosm.com/

• Impulse Labs - https://www.impulselabs.com/

• Rivian - https://rivian.com/

• Brick - https://getbrick.app/

• June Oven - https://juneoven.com/

• Shark Ninja - https://sharkninja.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

Life Hacks From The King of Introverts + 7 Business Ideas | ft. Nick Gray Sep 06, 2024

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Episode 627: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the socially rich, “Friends Billionaire”, Nick Gray ( https://x.com/nickgraynews ) about how to be a master networker, throw the perfect cocktail party, plus 7 simple business ideas.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(4:12) If you had $10M, how would you live?

(10:11) Find who your heroes follow

(13:29) Speedrun of Nick Gray's career

(22:15) Idea: White label enterprise sales

(26:08) Idea: Millionaire Matchmaker

(37:22) Idea: web-hosting services

(45:00) Idea: Airbnb experiences

(48:55) Idea: Geek Squad as a service

(55:00) Idea: VHS to digital conversion as a service

(58:58) Idea: Bring blogging back

(1:04:05) The persuasion of liking

(1:09:14) How to throw a Nick Gray party

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Links:

• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm

• Museum Hack - https://nickgray.net/sold-museum-hack/

• “If I Had $10M” - https://nickgray.net/if-i-had-10m/

• vs3 Web Services - https://vs3.net/

• Airbnb Experiences - https://www.airbnb.com/s/experiences

• Elemind - https://x.com/elemindtech

• Nick’s blog - https://nickgray.net

• The 2-Hour Cocktail Party - https://tinyurl.com/4p6h4xnu

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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

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