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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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52:21

From Navy SEAL To Viral Content Creator - MrBallen’s...

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2024/09/27

Episode 632: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to John Allen ( https://x.com/MrBallen ) and Nick Witters ( https://x.com/themrwitters ), the minds behind MrBallen and Ballen Studios. — Show Notes: (0:00) Being a creator on hard mode (7:19) Slow is smooth and smooth is fast (8:44) Being hit by a grenade in combat (17:03) Elite Meet (18:29) John's TikTok ideas bank (21:42) The SEALs turn on John (25:02) How telling 1 story launched MrBallen (28:18)

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60:13

How I Went From Broke to $7 Million With An Airbnb...

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2024/09/20

Get our episode with MrBallen before anyone else: https://clickhubspot.com/mbeEpisode 631: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Isaac French ( https://x.com/isaacfrench_ ) about how to he bought his first investment property at age 24 with $2K down and sold it 2 years later for $7M. — Show Notes: (0:00) Buying an investment property with $2K (9:53) $7M exit in 2 years (16:41) Repeating the formula (20:35) Blueprint for flipping properties into

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66:19

From Nonprofit Founder To Building A $300M Pilates...

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2024/09/18

Get our episode with MrBallen before anyone else: https://clickhubspot.com/mbeEpisode 630: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Anne Mahlum ( https://www.instagram.com/annemahlum/ ) about starting an $8M/yr charity from scratch and betting her entire life savings ($175K) on a pilates studio. — Show Notes: (0:00) Building a $8M/yr non-profit (16:27) The economics of [solidcore] (22:07) Play a game you can win (24:16) How to be a killer negotiator (27:00) Turning down $75k (30:39) 0 -

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82:39

10 Startups w/ Stock Grants That’ll Make You A...

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2024/09/13

Episode 629: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) bring you the third installment of Sara’s List. A path to wealth that doesn’t involve insane amounts of risk, luck, or burnout. Just get a job at the right company. The criteria? Growth-stage startups that have the potential to 5-10x over the next 5 years.— Show Notes: (0:00) Auditing Cohort 1 (9:56) OpenAI (12:07) Retool (17:04) Mercury (23:04) Cursor (27:28) Epirus (33:30) Wiz (42:52) Neuralink (46:00)

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68:43

The $70M/yr Sports Bar + Sleepy Industries Worth $100M

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2024/09/11

Episode 628: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down the business behind the sports bar Cosm and the massive trend coming to out-of-home entertainment. — Show Notes: (0:00) Cosm’s playground virality (10:38) The Tesla of home appliances (18:13) $100M sleepy industries (23:11) The rise and fall (and rise?) of Weight Watchers (40:42) "What story is the data telling me?" (48:54) What certainty level is needed to make a decision (53:49) Confidence vs

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85:19

Life Hacks From The King of Introverts + 7 Business...

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2024/09/06

Episode 627: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the socially rich, “Friends Billionaire”, Nick Gray ( https://x.com/nickgraynews ) about how to be a master networker, throw the perfect cocktail party, plus 7 simple business ideas.— Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (4:12) If you had $10M, how would you live? (10:11) Find who your heroes follow (13:29) Speedrun of Nick Gray's career (22:15) Idea: White label enterprise sales (26:08) Idea: Millionaire

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81:49

The Guy Who Studied Buffett for 25 Years

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2024/09/04

Episode 626: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Guy Spier ( https://x.com/GSpier ) about everything he’s learned from studying the greatest value investors of all time. — Show Notes: (0:00) The Posse (5:41) Farmer Mac (17:30) Lessons from going to 9 Tony Robbins seminars (28:57) Handwritten notes from Warren Buffett (42:00) Don’t study lottery winners (59:22) Berkshire vs Index (1:05:13) Finite vs infinite games (1:13:26) Be a promiscuous reader — Links: • Get our business idea

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61:08

The Top 0.1% Of Ideas I've Stumbled Upon On The Internet

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2024/08/31

Episode 625: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) are back with George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack) to talk about the best ideas he’s come across. — Show Notes: (0:00) Spotting high agency people (26:12) The Kale phone vs the Cocaine phone (31:37) The obsessiveness of Lee Kuan Yew (37:34) Life as a Midwit meme (43:22) Work like a lion, not like a cow (51:52)The Buffett Coin — Links: • Relentlessly Resourceful - https://paulgraham.com/relres.html •

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56:04

5 Dead Simple Business Ideas You Can Start With A FB...

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2024/08/30

Episode 624: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) brainstorm cash-printing business ideas with George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack). — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:49) Idea: Self Awareness Test (16:35) Idea: Designer babies (26:30) Idea: Selling eyes as art (30:40) Idea: Personal color analysis (34:45) Idea: Mold removal as a service (40:11) Idea: CMO of the UK (46:43) George's favorite ad campaigns — Links: • Get our business idea database here

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56:44

Building A 100+ Year Legacy + Peter Thiel’s...

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2024/08/28

Episode 623: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the underrated philanthropy style of Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Alfred Nobel.MFM Scholarship: Apply for $10K to start The Onion For College - https://www.shaanpuri.com/collegepaper — Show Notes: (0:00) Alfred Nobel's $266M Legacy (6:06) Competitions vs. Trusts (15:28) Idea: XPRIZE but for companies (19:15) Shaan’s Prize: Win $10K to start a college paper (23:07) How Barstool Sports

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70:26

Bootstrapping a +$1B Business + Selling To The Ultra...

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2024/08/26

Episode 622: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jesse Pujji ( https://x.com/jspujji ) about bootstrapping Ampush and the four levers of digital marketing. — Show Notes: (0:00) Unique insight + unfair advantage (3:05) How Jesse bootstrapped Ampush using GLG (14:00) Digital marketing in masterclass in 3 minutes (20:30) How to sell to the ultra rich (27:38) Red Ventures' Playbook (32:40) The Four Big Levers (41:00) Calling Zuck's cell (46:30) Noah

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61:35

Jack Smith On Biohacking, 2 Easy Business Ideas, PLUS...

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2024/08/23

Episode 621: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jack Smith ( https://x.com/_jacksmith ) about his under-the-radar biohacking experiments plus 2 $1M dollar business ideas. — Show Notes: (0:00) Is reverse-aging a scam (3:23) The 1% of biohacking (12:28) Business idea: Mobile Dexa Scan (25:30) Business idea: Medical tourism brokers (32:06) Anti-beast mode (39:10) Why smart people have bad ideas (45:40) Hunt for the starving crowd (49:27) AppLovin

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28:57

How To Grow An Audience If You Have 0 Followers

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2024/08/21

Episode 620: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) breaks down the 9 lessons he’s learned while building an audience. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:17) Forget the numbers (6:11) Find your inner nerd (9:57)Build a magnet (10:40) First, Last, Best, Worst, Weirdest (12:40) The thing I wish I knew earlier (15:53) No such thing as too long (16:18) A+ content with C- delivery (17:58) Create a binge bank (18:32) People don’t want information (19:55) Be so good they can’t ignore you — Get our business

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48:21

Is This The End Of The Pod?

My First Million ·

2024/08/19

Episode 619: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) do a post-mortem on a fight they had yesterday. — Show Notes: (0:00) Fights don't start as fights (9:08) Gottman's Fourhorseman of the Apocalypse (11:28) The magic ratio of 5:1 (15:42) The body keeps the score (19:36) No winners in war (24:19) Mistaken attribution (26:40) Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy (29:17) The cardinal sin is measuring (32:55) The best relationships are bigger than

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58:59

I Lost Everything Twice… Then Made $26M In 18 Months...

My First Million ·

2024/08/15

Episode 618: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Alex Hormozi ( https://x.com/AlexHormozi ) about losing everything overnight, investing in Skool, and Acquisition’s $250M/yr playbook. — Show Notes: (0:00) Brink of oblivion to $26M in 18 months (18:13) Crafting a killer offer (28:14) Investing in Skool (36:25) Acquisition’s $250M/yr playbook (52:46) “Here's what I would buy now” — Links: • Alex on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/alexhormozi •

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22:48

You Don’t Need A Mentor -> Focus On THIS Instead

My First Million ·

2024/08/12

Episode 617: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the most important conversations they had when they were just getting started. — Show Notes: (0:00) Scott Belsky’s pep talk (5:43) Enrolling in Getting Rich (9:37) John Prendergrast asks a better question (13:37 Michael Birch pulls Shaan aside — Links: • Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm • Sabi - https://sabisushi.wordpress.com/ • Shaan’s online “resume” -

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53:14

The Market Is Crashing. Here’s What We’re Doing About...

My First Million ·

2024/08/09

Episode 616: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about what they are doing in response to the market dip, plus The Olympics biggest winners and losers of the week. Show Notes: (0:00) Boys React: The market dip (4:32) React or respond? (10:48) The Olympics winners and losers (19:03) Winner: Fem Kabul (21:26) Winner: Team Refugees (24:48) Loser: Simone Biles and Gymnastics in general (27:30) Loser: Pole vault guy memes (28:18) Winner: Noah

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46:23

He Sold His Company For $15M, Then Got A Job At...

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2024/08/07

Episode 615: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of Scott Heiferman, the reindustrialization of America, plus Elon’s Problem Solving Method. — Show Notes: (0:00) Millionaire working at McDonalds (11:40) Scott Heiferman’s path to $15M (17:32) Building Meetup.com to $156M exit (24:20) Rosie the Riveter 3.0 (34:32) Elon's Problem Solving Method — Links: • Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm • Meetup -

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58:54

3 Underdog Stories That’ll Get You Inspired This Week

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2024/07/31

Episode 614: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) share the stories of people who took shots on goal and were just one hit away from blowing up. — Show Notes: (0:00) The Jewish Ed Sheeran (10:22) The actual Ed Sheeran (15:00) Eric the Eel (20:00) How CarEdge is quietly crushing it (29:21) How a car dealership is pulling millions of views on TikTok (33:07) $100M+ Pokemon sleep tracking app (35:55) Nick Gray's new thing (39:37) “The best advice is free by

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28:02

6 Things I Learned From Not Drinking For 1 Year

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2024/07/29

Episode 613: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to about the giving up drinking 11 years ago and the lessons he learned for anyone wanting to make a major change in their life. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:00) Lesson 1: Figure out your why and go all in on that. (4:14) Lesson 2: Tell your friends (8:40) Lesson 3: Recreate your identity. (13:00) Lesson 4: Don’t be perfect, just mostly good. (15:50) Lesson 5: You’ll attract more people. (18:26) Lesson 6. Find inspiration. (It’s ok to be

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