My First Million

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How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, QVC for Mobile, and More Dec 07, 2021

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@theSamParr) break down Mr. Beast's Squid Games recreation and talk about how he was able to get 100M views in less than four days. They also discuss a number of business ideas including chrome extensions, building QVC for mobile, and more.

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Show Notes & Links:

(00:26) - Recapping Sam's conversation with Noah Kagan.

(05:38) - Recapping and breaking down the Mr. Beast Squid Games

(22:45) - Sam's real estate YouTube project

(30:55) - Ad Block and chrome extensions

(36:20) - Rolling up gaming platforms

(44:05) - QVC for mobile

(47:48) - How to get numbers out of someone who's reluctant to share

(52:25) - Levels.io and remote work

Noah Kagan: Notes From Meeting Peter Thiel and Books that Helped Him Make Millions Dec 02, 2021

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Sam Parr (@theSamParr) is joined by Noah Kagan (@noahkagan) to discuss how AppSumo started, what he's working on now, what he learned from his recent meeting from Peter Thiel, the books that have had. the biggest impact on him, and what he's reading now.

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Show Notes & Links:

(0:30) - Noah's schedule and what he's working on now

(11:30) - Why Noah doesn't think 10 years ahead

(22:15) - Does being rich really make you happier? (Yes)

(35:05) - Noah's thoughts from meeting Peter Thiel and startup cities

(47:10) - How would you live differently if you were a billionaire?

(58:15) - What Noah and Sam are reading

SPECIAL: The Rothschilds (Part 2) Nov 30, 2021

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This is a special release of the 2-part Rothschild series from the How to Take Over the World podcast with Ben Wilson.

Description - How did the Rothschilds go from a poor family inhabiting a part-share of a home in a Jewish ghetto to the richest family of all time in less than 50 years? Listen to how they reach their zenith, and what has happened to the family since then on How to Take Over the World.

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SPECIAL: The Rothschilds (Part 1) Nov 30, 2021

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This is a special release of the 2-part Rothschild series from the How to Take Over the World podcast with Ben Wilson.

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Thanksgiving Special: Great Finds (Products, Apps, Media) Nov 25, 2021

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On this special Thanksgiving episode, Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) share their favorite products they are using, apps they have downloaded, and media they are consuming.

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Show Notes & Links:

(5:05) - Zero

(7:30) - Five Minute Journal

(9:30) - The Science of Gratitude

(13:20) - Othership

(15:30) - fatFIRE Subreddit

(26:00) - Confessions of a Hectomillionaire

(27:35) - Archive.today

(36:55) - Chris D'Elia YouTube

(41:35) - Rose Namajunas "I'm the Best"

(42:14) - Primitive Technology YouTube

(46:30) - How to be Great by Steph Smith

(47:15) - More Plates More Dates

(48:25) - Little Golden America PDF

(50:15) - Everyday Habit Tracker

(51:40) - Camo

(54:05) - How to Sell Anything by Tony Robbins

(56:00) - The Boron Letters by Gary Halpert

Unbundling Disney, Why CNN is Just Like the WWE, YouTube Creator Camps, and More Nov 24, 2021

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Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) discuss Shaan's recent trip to Disneyland and talk about a number of business ideas that involve unbundling Disney. They also talk about PFP NFT projects, why CNN is just like the WWE, YouTube creator camps, and much more. At the end of the episode, they pick six $1,000 winners from the recent review contest, so if you submitted a review, stick around to see if you won.

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Show Notes:

(00:48) - PFP NFT Projects

(12:40) - Business ideas from unbundling Disneyland

(50:30) - YouTubers making creator camps

(53:35) - Sh*tty billy of the week: Mike Goguen

(46:50) - BS studies and why CNN is like the WWE

How to Have an Early Adopter Mindset, ConstitutionDAO, Optimizing Twitter Bios, and More Nov 23, 2021

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@theSamParr) talk about what an early adopter mindset is and how to adopt it, the ConstitutionDAO and whether it's a good idea, how Gary Vaynerchuk used NFTs to create the greatest preorder of all time, why you should use your Twitter bio to put yourself out there, and more.

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Show Notes:

(00:18) - Recapping the Huberman episode

(07:55) - ConstitutionDAO

(18:17) - How Gary V is using NFTs to create the greatest preorder of all time

(30:51) - The differences in how rich people lives

(46:50) - How to adopt an early adopter mindset

(59:05) - Why your Twitter bio should be about your future

Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Pomp Worth?", and More Nov 18, 2021

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Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about the recent Barstool sports drama and how to react to getting canceled, Billy of the Week Bryan Johnson and his extreme body monitoring, the future of apparel retail and automated drive-throughs, and more. They also play a special game called "How much do you think Pomp is worth?" and discuss his latest decision to return investor money.

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Show Notes:

(01:23) - Dave Portnoy vs The World

(24:30) - The future of apparel retail and automated drive-throughs

(44:20) - Billy of the Week: Bryan Johnson

(01:07:35) - How much is Pomp worth?

(01:11:00) - The pitfalls of being mini-famous

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Links:

* Focusing on What Is Most Important

Dr. Andrew Huberman’s Path to Fame, Money, and Total Human Optimization Nov 16, 2021

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Dr. Andrew Huberman, Professor and Neuroscientist at Stanford University and host of the Huberman Lab podcast, joins MFM hosts Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@theSamParr) to talk about how he's been able to create a top 10 podcast in less than a year, his morning routine, the diet and fitness trends where he calls BS, and much more.

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Show Notes:

(00:21) - A brief introduction to Dr. Andrew Huberman

(02:40) - Dr. Huberman's punk rock background

(16:47) - Dr. Huberman's mission statement

(24:07) - Why he continues to be a professor even with a very lucrative podcast

(29:12) - His morning routine

(44:17) - The three easy things you can do to most improve your health and focus

(59:45) - What Dr. Huberman is bad at

(01:02:09) - The health fads that Dr. Huberman disagrees with

(01:12:17) - Dr. Huberman's drugs of choice

(01:32:00) - Whether being famous is enjoyable or not

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Links:

* Huberman Lab

* Cal Newport books including Deep Work and So Good They Can't Ignore You

How To Get the Most Out of Every Event, Surprisingly Successful Keto Businesses, and the World Premier of Southern Sam’s Sticky Icky Nov 11, 2021

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MFM hosts Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about how to get the most out of any event you attend, keto nutrition businesses that have been crushing it, and even brainstorm the creation of MFM's latest spinoff project: Southern Sam's Sticky Icky.

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Show Notes:

(01:07) - Getting the most out of events

(05:28) - Elon Musk's latest tweet & Charity Water

(27:11) - AJ Patel

(30:37) - Quest Nutrition

(37:04) - Southern Sam's Sticky Icky

(43:00) - Oklahoma Smokes

(46:13) - Roast of Zillow and OpenDoor