My First Million

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One Question Friday: How Do You Keep Your Imagination Alive? Jul 08, 2022

Show notes

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) answers one listener's question: What are some tips and tricks that you do to keep your imagination, creativity alive, especially when you feel stuck or you don't know what to do?

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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Patrick Campbell: The Billion $ Quilting Industry And Using Spy Secrets To Gain A Competitive Edge Jul 07, 2022

Show notes

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk to Founder & CEO at ProfitWell, Patrick Campbell (@Patticus), about the billion dollar quilting industry, using spy secrets in business, buying cheap debt and a hostile takeover of a person.

Also, want $5,000? Check out the My First Million Clips contest.

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Links:

* ProfitWell

* Missouri Star Quilt Co.

* Hallmark

* KMikeyM

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Show Notes:

(01:35) - Patrick Campbell background

(07:55) - Surprising businesses: Quilting and craft industry

(20:55) - Chili's and Applebees

(25:25) - Why you should invest in unsexy businesses

(26:50) - Rolling up trades & things for old people

(30:05) - Using spy secrets to get competitive intel

(46:30) - Buying debt to forgive it

(49:40) - How it feels to get very rich very young

(55:00) - Hostile takeover of a person

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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

How to Reverse Engineer Any Business - From the Archive Jul 05, 2022

Show notes

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) discuss the tools they use to reverse engineer businesses.

Also, want $5,000? Check out the My First Million Clips contest.

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Links:

* FirstVersions.com

* TechCrunch

* Wayback Machine

* Pocket

* ShopifySalesData.com

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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

Flying First Class, Grant Cardone, and How Sam Enraged Goldman Sachs Jun 30, 2022

Show notes

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about why billionaires should really fly first class, the power of Grant Cardone, how Sam enraged Goldman Sachs, and more.

Also, want $5,000? Check out the My First Million Clips contest.

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Show Notes:

(01:00) - Flying coach

(09:45) - Grant Cardone

(19:00) - Sam's new business + aligning values

(30:30) - N2 Publishing/Stroll Mag

(39:15) - ConvertKit

(45:30) - How Sam enraged Goldman Sachs

(47:55) - Life Hack: Family traditions

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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

Michael Girdley: Why Fireworks Are A Cash Cow and How to Operate a Holdco Worth $100 Million Jun 28, 2022

Show notes

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk to tech investor and entrepreneur Michael Girdley (@girdley), about selling fireworks, how to hire great CEOs, and what it takes to operate a successful holding company.

Also, want $5,000? Check out the My First Million Clips contest.

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Links:

* Near

* Zola

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Show Notes:

(05:00) - How rich are you?

(08:55) - Which business is the best cash cow?

(15:40) - Waste paper mill in China

(21:30) - The anti-advice of Berkshire Hathaway

(27:05) - Hiring great CEOs

(32:50) - What it takes to run a holdco

(56:40) - Unpopular opinions

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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

How FTX Scaled A $30 Billion Company With Only 30 Engineers! Jun 21, 2022

Show notes

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about the problem of over hiring (example FTX), party planning tips from entrepreneur Nick Gray's new book, and one successful egg carton business.

Also, want $5,000? Check out the My First Million Clips contest.

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Links:

* Nick Gray

* 2-Hour Cocktail Party book

* The 2-Hour Cocktail Party Amazon link

* Streamyard

* SSSTIK

* Eggcartons

* Sam's Tweet about Whole Foods Entrepreneur

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

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Show Notes:

(03:45) - Party takeaways from Nick Gray

(24:40) - Colin and Samir recap

(32:15) - FTX and not hiring many people

(52:50) - Egg Cartons

(58:00) - Whole Foods tweet

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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

Shaan Loses $700k In Crypto Crash And The Mentality of A Downturn Jun 16, 2022

Show notes

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about losing more than $700k in the crypto crash, the mentality of a downturn, and the crazy success of conferences.

Also, want $5,000? Check out the My First Million Clips contest.

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Links:

* Truebill

* Money 20/20

* ShopTalk

* Hlth

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Show Notes:

(02:10) - Crypto crash

(04:05) - Downturn mentality

(23:30) - What Sam and Shaan are doing now

(31:05) - Truebill

(38:25) - Success of conferences

(01:00:10) - Shaan is writing a book

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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

Colin & Samir: How To Make $1M+ On YouTube Jun 14, 2022

Show notes

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk with YouTube stars and content creator experts Samir Chaudry and Colin Rosenblum about how to become a successful YouTuber.

Also, want $5,000? Check out the My First Million Clips contest.

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Links:

* My First Million Clips contest

* AmandaRachLee - Bullet Journal

* Cloak

* GFuel

* UpOnly TV

* Shelby Church

* VidIQ

* The Folding Lady

* Shaan's Milkman Tweet

* MFM TikTok Clips Contest Entry w/Neil Patel

* 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:

(03:55) - Origin story of Colin and Samir

(20:40) - What should creators be doing that they're not?

(25:00) - How long did it take to get to 800k?

(30:40) - What are the table stakes for getting a channel to 200k?

(34:45) - What's your team for starting a YouTube channel?

(39:20) - Tools that you wished existed

(43:35) - Surprising creators

(47:25) - What do you think about 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

MFM Demo Day: 5 Startups Pitch Sam & Shaan and Raise $1.7M Jun 09, 2022

Show notes

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

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Links:

* 5x

* Bacarai

* Munch

* Nicklpass

* Lil'Duckies Pool Co.

* If you would like to invest in any of these companies, go here: https://stonks.com/my-first-million/demo-day/invest

* If you want to watch this show on YouTube go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu3v7lE9gYI

* 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:

(03:18) - Tarush Aggarwal (5X)

(17:55) - Kenny Totten (Bacarai)

(32:50) - Oren (Munch)

(50:15) - Zaza and Allison Paz (Nicklpass)

(01:11:25) - Colton Woodard (Lil'Duckies Pool Co.)

(01:29:35) - Ali Moiz (Founder Stonks.com)

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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

Lessons From Sam's New Business Venture, High Stakes Gambling, and More Jun 07, 2022

Show notes

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about lessons learned from Sam's new business venture, the money makers of online high stakes gambling and so much more.

Also, want $5,000? Check out the My First Million Clips contest.

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Links:

* My First Million Clips contest

* Mugshawtys

* Stake.com

* Primedice.com

* Easygo

* Scale

* Marketbeat

* Worldwide Systems

* Workshop