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3rd Richest Man In The World, Team Zuck, and MrBeast's Best Biz Sep 13, 2022

Show notes

Episode 361: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about the newly named third richest man in the world, being on team Zuckerberg, and MrBeast's best business idea.

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Links:

* Donda.org

* Gautum Adani

* beehiiv

* Shopify

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Show Notes:

(02:15) - Kanye vs Addidas

(08:55) - Billy of the Week / Gautum Adani

(22:30) - MrBeast's Translation Business

(28:50) - Turning a cost center into a profit center

(44:20) - Zuck fighting MMA

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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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Additional 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

One Question Friday: What Random Things Are You Into Right Now? Sep 09, 2022

Show notes

Episode #360: Sam Parr (@thesamparr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) answer one listener's question: What are some random things that you're really into right now?

To submit your question and hear yourself on My First Million, go to MFMPod.com and click on the circle with the microphone in the lower right hand corner.

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Links:

* YouTube Premium

* Audible Originals

* Libby

* Compound Interest Calc

* @10kdiver

* TriggerPoint Massage Ball

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

* Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter.

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Additional 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

Robot Businesses That Will Take Over The Fast Food Industry And Showmanship Sep 08, 2022

Show notes

Episode 359: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about the robotic food businesses, the importance of showmanship, and hiring a stranger to help Sam grow on TikTok.

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Links:

* Brett Adcock / @adcock_brett

* Vettery

* Archer

* Furqan Rydhan

* Orangewood Robotics

* Timmy Trumpet plays Edwin Diaz's entrance song

* Tren Griffin - 25iq

* Boosted Skateboards

* Sam Parr TikTok

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

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Show Notes:

(03:00) - Wartime and peace time leaders

(14:30) - Brett Adcock

(21:50) - Furqan Rydhan

(28:30) - Robotic food businesses

(45:30) - Showmanship

(58:45) - Sam's TikTok

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Additional 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

The Future of AI Art Generation And How Production Companies Are So Profitable Sep 06, 2022

Show notes

Episode 358: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about how production companies are so profitable, incredible AI art and generation engines.

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Links:

* Mad Realities

* Hello Sunshine (Reese Witherspoon Production Company)

* Hartbeat Studios LA (Kevin Hart's Production Company)

* Springhill Company (LeBron James' Production Company)

* Mark Manson

* Stable Diffusion

* Github

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

* Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter.

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Show Notes:

(02:15) - Why Sam is in a horrible mood

(12:30) - Mad Realities - the successor to NYU Girls Roast Tech Guys

(17:45) - Why production companies make so much money

(41:10) - AI for Art & Generation Engines

(52:15) - AI Copywriting

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Additional 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

Frame Breaking Businesses: From Pomegranate Juice to VPNs Sep 01, 2022

Show notes

Episode 357: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about four businesses that change the way you think about what they do... from VPNs to pomegranate juice and more.

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Links:

* Unclaimed Baggage store

* Highkey

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

* Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter.

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Show Notes:

(02:30) - Teddy Bear Law

(12:50) - Frame Breaking Businesses

(13:40) - Comparitech

(21:00) - Quinstreet

(31:55) - Highkey / AJ Patel

(46:15) - Stewart Resnick

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Additional 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

We Hosted A "Shark Tank" For Tech Startups | My First Million Demo Day Aug 31, 2022

Show notes

Episode 356: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) with the help of Stonks.com , listen to six entrepreneurs pitch their business in hopes of getting Shaan and Sam to invest.

* To watch this podcast, head over to our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/OKI1X1qFgwg

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Links:

* Cherry

* Pillup

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

* Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter.

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Show Notes:

(05:35) - Luke @ Cherry

(17:40) - Ankur @ Pillup

(30:05) - Steven @ Campus Ink

(42:45) - Jared @ Terrashroom

(54:10) - Morgan @ Dealbuilder

(01:04:05) - Tim @ Field Complete

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Additional 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

Camp MFM Recap: The Real MrBeast, Kamikaze Commitment and More Aug 30, 2022

Show notes

Episode 355: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr), Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and producer Ben (@BenWilsonTweets) recap Camp MFM with stories of the real MrBeast, Kamikaze commitment, and future events.

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Links:

* CampMFM

* MrBeast

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

* Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter.

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Show Notes:

(01:45) - How Shaan created Camp MFM

(10:40) - Insights into MrBeast

(30:45) - Details of the weekend

(31:50) - Duke

(38:25) - Future events

(46:15) - Kobe stories

(50:25) - Kamikaze commitment

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Additional 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

Al Doan: $100M+ Quilt Mogul Who Bought Two Towns Aug 29, 2022

Show notes

Episode 354: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) sit down with Al Doan (@drbillnye), Co-Founder of the Missouri Quilting Company, the largest quilting company in the world that does more than $100M in revenue. Doan bought two towns and says he's the best at e-commerce.

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Links:

* Missouri Star Quilt Co.

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

* Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter.

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Show Notes:

(02:15) - What's Al's company

(06:25) - How the company started

(10:00) - Future of the business

(14:00) - Chronology

(24:45) - Al's MBA

(37:50) - Al's future

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Additional 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

One Question Friday: What Does It Mean To "Test Your Business Ideas"? Aug 26, 2022

Show notes

Episode #353: Sam Parr (@thesamparr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) answer one listener's question: What does it mean to "test your business ideas"?

To submit your question and hear yourself on My First Million, go to MFMPod.com and click on the circle with the microphone in the lower right hand corner.

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Links:

* Zuper

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

* Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter.

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Additional 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

MrBeast: 'I Obsess Every Second of Every Day Until I Have a Mental Breakdown' - With Hasan Minhaj Aug 25, 2022

Show notes

Episode 352: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) sit down with YouTube sensation MrBeast, and award-winning comedian Hasan Minhaj to talk about obsession, how to win, finding your creativity, measuring success, how to run a company... and more.

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Links:

* MrBeast

* Hasan Minhaj

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

* Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter.

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Show Notes:

(02:45) - What Hassan and MrBeast think of each other

(03:25) - How do you measure success?

(12:15) - How do you run your company?

(19:20) - Doing good while getting attention