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My First Million

Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstorm with them.

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65:08

3 Stories Of People Making Millions In Weird Ways

My First Million ·

2024/11/19

Episode 651: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the Polymarket whale who made millions off the election, Ozempic for sleep and why Martha Stewart would have been our Billy of the Week in 1999. — Show Notes: (0:00) The rise and fall of Martha Stewart (19:04) Ozempic for sleep (33:10) The guts and brains of Polymarket's whale (44:55) Betting vs gambling — Links: • Isaak.net - https://isaak.net/sleepless/ • Polymarket -

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48:17

Leila Hormozi: From Minimum Wage Employee to $100M...

My First Million ·

2024/11/15

Episode 650: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Leila Hormozi ( https://x.com/LeilaHormozi ) about being broke at 22 to making $1,200,000.month by 23. — Show Notes: (0:00) Broke, overweight, going no where (3:53) Wake up calls (11:25) The Dickens Method (13:29) Dating Alex Hormozi (18:49) Starting Gym Launch at 23 (20:39) Repeating $0 - $15M in 12 months (23:38) Life after selling gym launch (25:15) "Who you compete with is who you

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47:25

Die, Workwear: "This is how to look better in your...

My First Million ·

2024/11/13

Episode 649: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Derek Guy ( https://x.com/dieworkwear ) about how to dress better, have more confidence, and where and how to build a wardrobe that lasts decades. — Show Notes: (0:00) Why it matters (3:17) Sprezzatura (6:01) Ralph Lauren (9:33) Advice for the American male (15:16) How to find a tailor (17:21) Why we dress worse now (20:15) How to build a wardrobe (24:54) Budgeting (28:23) Ready-to-wear, made-to-measure, and bespoke (34:21) Personal style

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61:01

Unicorn Founder on Unseen Arbitrages, the Paradox of...

My First Million ·

2024/11/11

Episode 648: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Flexport founder Ryan Petersen ( https://x.com/typesfast ) about playing both games: bootstrapping a startup to millions and raising venture capital to build a multi-billion dollar company. — Show Notes: (0:00) Import Genius (5:36) Paul Graham's superpower (9:34) Data-as-a-service framework (13:51) Charlie Munger's worldly wisdom (19:45) Prioritizing adventure (24:09) The paradox of wealth (28:51) Charlie Munger's student

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92:57

6 College Students Pitch Us Their Startups | MFM...

My First Million ·

2024/11/08

Episode 647: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) invite 6 college students to pitch their startup ideas. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:58) Meet Your Class (16:32) Metafrazo (30:21) Milieu (42:47) Brother Nuts (54:14) Tour (1:08:38) Pathlit — Links: • Meet Your Class - http://meetyourclass.com • Jonah Liss - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahliss/ • Blake Mischley - https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-mischley/ • Metafrazo - http://metafrazo.ai • Shrikar

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51:17

I failed 22 times... then I built a $2.5B Company |...

My First Million ·

2024/11/06

Episode 646: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Vanta founder Christina Cacioppo ( https://x.com/christinacaci ) about quitting her job and betting on herself. — Show Notes: (0:00) Stumblehustling into USV (4:36) Betting on the left side of your email address (8:30) The art of fear (11:47) Making bad art (13:30) The marshmallow test (17:26) Startup advice to beware of (18:16) The idea for Vanta (21:00) The only question that matters (22:30) Managing your mind (27:47) How to pick an

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56:12

3 Killer Businesses Hidden in Plain Sight

My First Million ·

2024/11/04

Episode 645: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about cash-printing businesses that are around us every day and how to spot them. — Show Notes: (0:00) $1M dollar product: Water quality testing (8:26) $10M dollar product: EZ Labor Law Posters (15:22) $100M dollar product: Barcodes (22:55) Idea: Casual Friday (28:44) Marketing campaigns that altered culture (36:00) Shaan reads his intro (40:06) "Torches of freedom" (44:42( Sam tours Yale

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64:04

Inside The Marketing Machine Of Billion-Dollar...

My First Million ·

2024/11/02

Episode 644: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to author and political campaign expert Sasha Issenberg ( https://x.com/sissenberg ) about the marketing machine behind presidential elections. — Show Notes: (0:00) The malarky factory and The Harm Index (18:55) Trump's 2016 playbook (28:18)Kamala's viral clip factory (32:35) Who’s running a better 2024 campaign? (35:04) What is Elon's role in Trump's campaign (38:31) The lopsided downside of doorknocks (42:25) Deepfakes and new tools in

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49:39

Q&A: Gut punches, favorite guests, plus advice for life

My First Million ·

2024/10/30

Episode 643: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) answer juicy questions from the audience. — Show Notes: (0:00) Where should I put my money? (9:35) Best thing you've read lately? (15:28) Who’s on MFM’s Mt. Rushmore? (26:18) When was your biggest gut punch? (31:31) Who would you spend 24 hours with? (40:24) What’s your best advice for new dads? — Links: • Alex Karp article - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/style/alex-karp-palantir.html • Casa Bonita -

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72:51

Garry Tan on Spotting Extreme Winners, Advice for...

My First Million ·

2024/10/28

Episode 642: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Garry Tan ( https://x.com/garrytan ), CEO of Y Combinator, about the sauce that makes YC outperform the rest of Silicon Valley plus lessons from Paul Graham, Peter Thiel and Garry’s first million. — Show Notes: (0:00) Winning the game (3:16) Being the Harvard of startups (7:31) How YC outperforms most Silicon Valley investors (9:36) Spotting extreme winners (14:14) Capital-as-a-service (16:34) How

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80:06

How Mike Posner built a music empire from his dorm room

My First Million ·

2024/10/25

Episode 640: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP )sits down with Mike Posner ( https://x.com/MikePosner ) about his insane hustle, fame, loss and reinvention.— Show Notes: (0:00) iTunesU Story (14:41) Going back to school, famous (21:40) Getting on the radio (26:40) “I just do what's cool to me and sometimes the whole world agrees” (30:06) One true sentence / Writing Process (39:50) Money, fame and Survivor (46:52) Advice to my younger self (48:10) Missed flight story (58:00) The making of a hit

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62:31

You Have 70 Days to Win the Year

My First Million ·

2024/10/23

Episode 640: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about setting one priority–one sprint–to turn your entire year into a win. It’s time for life or death mode. — Show Notes: (0:00) 70 days left to win 2024 (10:27) The prestige hacking of Jamie Beaton (25:32) Billy of the Week: Ken Fisher (and his marketing playbook) (39:25)The shocking economics of public monuments (46:19) Pro tip for founders: Find a banker (54:28) The double standard of

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61:56

The $600M Protein Bar Founder is Back Again | Peter...

My First Million ·

2024/10/18

Episode 639: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Peter Rahal ( https://x.com/peterrahal ) about starting RXBAR with $10K and selling it for $600M, business ideas he would chase today, plus why he’s back with another bar. — Show Notes: (0:00) RX Bar's path to $600M (8:32) Branding to solve a problem (14:03) David Protein (16:22) Idea 1: Differentiated vasodilator (27:53) Idea 2: The coffee of sleep (32:28) Idea 3: Continuous Testosterone

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19:34

Meet the 14yo entrepreneur who's already launched 2...

My First Million ·

2024/10/16

Episode 638: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to 14-year-old founder Isaac Katayev ( https://x.com/isaackatayev ) about the startup he launched out of his 7th grade computer class. — Show Notes: (0:00) Cookieduck (4:18) Making $1,500 a day at age 12 (6:19) Price Satellite (11:08) Being peerless — Links: • Cookieduck Games - http://cookieduck.com • Price Satellite - http://pricesatellite.com/ — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: Need to hire? You

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58:53

Did the creator of Bitcoin just get unmasked?

My First Million ·

2024/10/14

Episode 637: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the conspiracy theory behind Bitcoin’s biggest mystery. — Show Notes: (0:00) The making of Satoshi (14:02) Is Peter Todd the guy? (30:20) A "1 minute" case for Bitcoin (35:21) “It's political suicide to not be pro crypto" (43:42) Must watch crypto thriller movies (46:32) SBF and FTX update — Links: • Money Electric - https://tinyurl.com/yw5mktnn • Bitcoin Forum - https://bitcointalk.org/ •

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53:56

The Wild Story of Mike Lynch’s Rise From Janitor to...

My First Million ·

2024/10/10

Episode 636: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the rise and fall of Mike Lynch aka The British Bill Gates and his mysterious death onboard his $30M dollar yacht. — Show Notes: (0:00) The British Bill Gates Dies in Freak Yacht accident (14:51) The Kennedy Curse, conspiracies and coincidences (20:49) Sam bombs his meeting with the mayor (33:50) Branding to attract equals (44:36) Work backwards from the customers (48:00) Knowing something in

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52:23

How Silicon Valley’s Most Prolific Investor Picks...

My First Million ·

2024/10/08

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. — 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

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33:24

5 Random But Useful Things I Learned At A Private...

My First Million ·

2024/10/04

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. — 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 — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers,

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45:47

The guy who gets paid $80K/yr to do nothing

My First Million ·

2024/10/02

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.— 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

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62:57

Steph Smith: “This opportunity is totally overlooked”

My First Million ·

2024/09/30

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

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