My First Million

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Kevin Ryan: How This Billionaire Founder Finds +$20B Business Ideas Sep 14, 2023

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Episode 495: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk with Kevin Ryan, Founder and CEO of AlleyCorp, an incubator and venture capital fund behind Business Insider, MongoDB, GILT and Zola among others. Kevin shares how he runs his +$20B venture studio AlleyCorp, why Buzzfeed ultimately failed, how he launches 8 companies a year and much more.

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

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

• Copy That - https://copythat.com/

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• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/

• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant

• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing

• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/

• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:15) Selling DoubleClick to Google for ~$3B

(5:20) Starting Business Insider, MongoDB and Gilt

(11:00) What led Kevin to start Business Insider

(15:00) Why Kevin hired Henry Blodget to run Business Insider

(16:45) What did Buzzfeed get wrong?

(18:45) Why has AlleyCorp been such a success compared to other venture studios?

(29:20) What businesses Kevin’s excited about right now

(39:00) Thoughts on buy vs. build vs. bootstrap

(41:00) What business has been the easiest and most profitable?

(42:50) Thoughts on AI

(44:50) Launching 8 companies a year

(47:40) Why Kevin isn’t on social media

(50:20) Starting companies in the recruiting space

(54:20) The benefit of being emotionally stable

(56:20) Kevin’s investment portfolio

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Links:

• Kevin’s Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinryan3/

• AlleyCorp - https://alleycorp.com/

• Business Insider - https://www.businessinsider.com/

• Henry Blodget - https://twitter.com/hblodget

• MongoDB - https://www.mongodb.com/

• Gilt - https://www.gilt.com/

• The Ladders - https://www.theladders.com/

• RippleMatch - https://ripplematch.com/

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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits

• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future

• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett

• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates

• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More

• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Derek From More Plates More Dates: His +$100M Business Empire, Bryan Johnson & TRT Sep 12, 2023

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Episode 495: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk with Derek from More Plates More Dates (https://www.youtube.com/@MorePlatesMoreDates) about his origin story, +$100M business empire, investment portfolio, his thoughts on Bryan Johnson, how he sources his food and much more.

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• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/

• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant

• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing

• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/

• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/

Check Out Sam's Stuff:

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

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

• Copy That - https://copythat.com/

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(7:15) Why Pickup artists are often great entrepreneurs

(12:50) Derek’s business empire

(21:30) Degrees of difficulty with Derek’s businesses

(28:00) What are Derek’s business goals?

(39:25) Derek’s investment portfolio

(43:45) The origin story of More Plates More Dates

(52:00) How Derek became a health science expert

(54:20) Thoughts on Bryan Johnson

(1:00:25) Taking TRT and other supplements

(1:06:15) Where Derek buys his food

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Links:

• More Plates More Dates Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/MorePlatesMoreDates

• Derek's Twitter - https://twitter.com/Derek_Fitness

• Gorilla Mind - https://gorillamind.com/

• Marek Health - https://marekhealth.com/

• Intelligent Elephant - https://intelligent.shop/

• Good Looking Loser - https://www.goodlookingloser.com/

• Chris's Twitter - https://twitter.com/goodlookinglosr

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits

• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future

• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett

• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates

• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More

• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Emmett Shear: Life After Twitch, Jeff Bezos Lessons & AI Doomsday Odds Sep 11, 2023

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Episode 494: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talks with ex-CEO & co-founder of Twitch, Emmett Shear (https://twitter.com/eshear), about the potential of artificial intelligence, the value of understanding consumer / users needs, his simple framework for problem-solving, the power of seemingly small ideas that can have a huge impact and lessons he’s directly learned from Silicon Valley greats like Paul Graham and Andy Jassey.

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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/

Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/

• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant

• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing

• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/

• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(4:30) Did you always have an insatiable curiosity?

(8:30) How to solve any problem

(13:23) The importance of understanding your customers / users needs

(22:15) Emmett’s favorite business ideas right now

(41:00) Is AI going to kill us all?

(56:50) Was Twitch luck or skill? Will Emmett try to build another unicorn?

(59:00) Lessons from Paul Graham

(1:09:00) What’s the difference between people who are good vs. great?

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Links:

• Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv

• Paul Graham - https://twitter.com/paulg

• Patrick Collison - https://twitter.com/patrickc

• Andy Jassey - https://twitter.com/ajassy

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits

• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future

• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett

• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates

• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More

• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Buffett’s Money Wisdom, Galloway’s $100M Advice & Why Newsletters Suck Sep 07, 2023

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Episode 493: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/thesamparr) cover everything from the power of charisma in politics to the allure of unconventional ventures and investments. Tune in as they dive into the significance of re-reading books + uncovering the stories embedded in our own lives and breakdown Paperscraper — a tool with big potential that can be copied and pasted in a number of industries.

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/

• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant

• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing

• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/

• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/

Check Out Sam's Stuff:

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

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

• Copy That - https://copythat.com/

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(0:40) Scott Galloway’s personal finances

(2:45) Why big financial wins are rarely from your main thing

(9:14) Crazy stories about Warren Buffet

(18:10) Takeaways from listening to Founders podcast w/ David Senra

(30:16) Why people prefer complexity over simplicity

(35:21) Everyone’s looking for a magic pill

(42:50) Create a TV show to find our next president

(1:06:11) Paperscrapper

(1:11:29) Sam could’ve been a Youtuber

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Links:

• Tony Robbins vid - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nONTbIlCtKM

• Scott Galloway's Personal FInance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxQ4agvOvTI

• Founders Podcast episode - https://tinyurl.com/zzc3d96f

• Seth Bannon Tweet - https://twitter.com/sethbannon/status/1676683104986218502?s=20

• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits

• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future

• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett

• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates

• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More

• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Business Brainstorm: Ozempic Hotline, Klout 2.0 & Failed Churches Sep 05, 2023

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Episode 492: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/thesamparr) are back with a classic business brainstorm episode. They share 9 business ideas — everything from Dribble for X, to capitalizing on the Ozempic mega-trend, to building an AI-enabled marketplace for teachers.

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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/

Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/

• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant

• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing

• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/

• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:55) Klout 2.0

(13:00) Dribbble for X

(24:50) Private Elementary School

(35:20) Sam's telemarketer days

(45:00) Yelp for investors

(46:50) Teacher's Pet

(49:10) 1-800-Ozempic

(54:00) Recruiting Elite Nerds

(1:00:20) Failed churches

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Links:

• Klout - https://khoros.com/platform/klout

• Dribbble - https://dribbble.com/

• The Hamlin School - https://hamlin.org/

• Towerview Ventures - https://www.av.vc/funds/towerview

• Teachers Pay Teachers - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/

• Mind Sport Olympiad - https://mindsportsolympiad.com/

• Niagra Consulting - https://www.niagaraconsulting.net/

• Church house - http://tinyurl.com/y33rfmbr

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits

• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future

• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett

• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates

• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More

• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Samir Chaudry: Why 99% Of Content Creators Fail At YouTube Sep 04, 2023

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Episode 491: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talks with Samir Chaudry (https://twitter.com/samirchaudry) — Youtuber and co-host of the Colin and Samir. You’ll hear Samir share how he prepares for interviews with folks like Tim Ferriss, MKBHD and Dream, where he thinks the creator economy puck is heading, what he’s learned from working with MrBeast, which Youtubers are building billion-dollar empires, and much more.

Subscribe to Samir's newsletter → https://www.thepublishpress.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/

• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant

• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing

• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/

• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/

Check Out Sam's Stuff:

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

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

• Copy That - https://copythat.com/

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:00) High stakes interviews

(5:15) How Samir preps for big interviews

(11:45) Learnings from Tim Ferriss interview

(19:45) The next wave of creators

(26:00) The future of the creator economy

(34:30) AI tools Samir uses

(37:30) What’s MrBeast actually like?

(44:00) If Samir was advising MrBeast…

(49:00) Why Samir made a newspaper

(56:00) Creating scared

(1:05:30) Hiring a collaborator

(1:07:45) Most interesting creator businesses

(1:18:55) Which Youtubers are building billion-dollar empires?

(1:39:30) How long does it take to “make it” on Youtube?

(1:44:10) Dabblers vs. Masters

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Links:

• Publish Press - https://www.thepublishpress.com/

• Autopod - https://www.autopod.fm/

• Dude Perfect - https://tinyurl.com/4jdpsbkj

• Cody Ko - https://www.youtube.com/c/codyko

• Chicken Shop Date - https://tinyurl.com/2wbfu9xc

• Deestroying - https://www.youtube.com/@Deestroying

• Paul Rabil - https://www.youtube.com/c/paulrabil

• PPL - https://premierlacrosseleague.com/

• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits

• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future

• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett

• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates

• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More

• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

3 Crazy Billionaire Stories Aug 31, 2023

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Episode 490: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) share 3 wild billionaire stories. From the secret acquisition of OnlyFans by a mysterious entrepreneur to Elon Musk's quirky right-hand man', to the controversial history of the Sackler family and their involvement with Purdue Pharma.

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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/

Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/

• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant

• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing

• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/

• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:10) OnlyFans Annual Report

(5:00) Leo Radvinsky

(17:50) The Sackler Family

(32:30) Billy of the Week - Steve Davis

(49:30) PostPilot

(57:30) Kiss back

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Links:

• Companies House - https://tinyurl.com/mr3m28x8

• OnlyFans Annual Report - https://tinyurl.com/3nw46jxj

• Leo Radvinsky - https://leoradvinsky.com/

• Guy Stokley - https://tinyurl.com/vhbn6jef

• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits

• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future

• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett

• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates

• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More

• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Mark Manson: Money, Dating, & The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck Aug 29, 2023

Show notes

Episode 489: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talks with 3x #1 NYTimes Bestselling Author Mark Manson (https://twitter.com/IAmMarkManson) about the pitfalls of relying on pickup lines and cheesy routines, and the importance of embracing authenticity and natural approaches. He also delves into his approach to YouTube — turning the Mr.Beast model on it’s head and creating Youtube challenges that are story driven in a world of quick dopamine hits. Join us as we dive deep into Mark's story, exploring the impact of self-help content and the future of media and entertainment

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/

• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant

• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing

• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/

• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/

Check Out Sam's Stuff:

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

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

• Copy That - https://copythat.com/

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Show Notes:

0:00) Intro

(2:00) Did you show signs as a kid

(3:10) Why didn’t you become a professional poker player?

(5:15) How The Game changed Mark’s life

(12:45) Mark’s realization about picking up women

(21:45) Thoughts on Andrew Tate

(25:30) How Mark learned to write

(33:20) Mark’s Youtube strategy

(45:30) Youtube learnings

(54:20) Why Mark’s bullish on Youtube

(57:20) Mark’s process for writing viral titles

(1:03:20) Is blogging dead?

(1:05:00) What’s Will Smith like?

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Links:

• Mark’s Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@iammarkmanson

• The Consequences of Caring - https://tinyurl.com/38us6hjr

• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits

• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future

• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett

• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates

• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More

• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Why Is Andrew Wilkinson Monetizing His Twitter Followers? Aug 24, 2023

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Episode 488: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk with Andrew Wilkinson (https://twitter.com/awilkinson) - entrepreneur and co-founder of Tiny - about how he’s easily making +$200k a year on Twitter. Andrew also opens up about his $80m a year agency that provides the cash flow to expand his business portfolio, why you should take a profit-first approach, the classic trap the rich fall into and more. Plus, Sam reveals his game plan for Hampton.

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/

• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant

• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing

• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/

• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/

Check Out Sam's Stuff:

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

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

• Copy That - https://copythat.com/

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Show Notes:

0:00) Intro

(8:34) How to make millions from Twitter/X

(13:54) The reality of meeting celebrities and billionaires

(18:18) How do you play the status game?

(21:54) The reality of going on a $100M yacht

(25:05) The trap of always wanting more

(27:40) How does MetaLab make so much money?

(35:42) How Andrew would start from scratch

(39:47) The 1+1=100 business model

(43:58) Businesses that turn your family member’s life into a book

(52:00) Business that runs you through the day of successful people

(55:32) Why he invested in Maui Nui Venison

(1:07:03) How much will Hampton be worth in 10 years?

(1:16:59) Why you should adopt the profit-first mindset

(1:28:36) Closing thoughts

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Links:

• Andrew’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/awilkinson

• Storyworth - https://tinyurl.com/bdfubc58

• No Story Lost - https://nostorylost.com/

• Routines - Routines.club

• Tamba - https://www.tamba.ca/

• Maui Nui Venison - https://mauinuivenison.com/

• Profit First Book - https://tinyurl.com/3pb9mzzs

• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits

• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future

• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett

• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates

• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More

• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Meet The Man Behind Conor McGregor’s +$650M Empire Aug 22, 2023

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Episode 487: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talk with Audie Attar (https://twitter.com/audieattar) — the man behind Conor McGregor's +$650M empire. Audie pulls back the curtain on the MMA business empire he's built, sharing the behind-the-scenes story of signing and working with big names like Michael Bisping and Conor McGregor. He offers an inside look into the economics of the Mayweather vs. McGregor and dissects the evolution, explosive growth, and structure of MMA. He also addresses the challenges and public criticisms McGregor’s faced. Whether you're an MMA superfan or simply interested in the business side of combat sports, you’ll enjoy this conversation with the manager who helped shape modern MMA.

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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/

Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/

• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant

• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing

• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/

• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/