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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.

business entrepreneurship

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30:43

We React: The Rise of Cinematic Creators

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2025/07/30

Want Sam's Guide to Create Irresistible Content? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/skvEpisode 730: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the trend of cinematic content creators on TikTok and YouTube. — Show Notes: (0:00) Creator Camp (7:41) Wesley Wang’s Viral Short Film (17:00) The Iron Snail (20:08) Michael MacKelvie (24:52) Ryan Trahan’s Candy Commercial Masterpiece (27:20) Different Is Better Than Better — Links: •

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51:11

I built 4 Agents in 55 minutes to save 20+ hours a week

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2025/07/28

Episode 729: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Zapier founder Wade Foster ( https://x.com/wadefoster ) about how to build AI Agents. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (5:57) DEMO: Instant Dossier (10:49) Model Context Protocol (19:30) DEMO: Read Strategy memos like a Harvard MBA (29:13) DEMO: Inbox Zero Agent (36:00) Getting your team to use AI (40:00) DEMO: Employee fraud detector — Links: • Zapier - zapier.com • Claude - Claude.ai • Glean - https://www.glean.com/ •

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64:32

What It’s Like to Spend 24hrs with a Billionaire Who...

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2025/07/24

Steal Sam's playbook to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/ebmEpisode 728: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about hanging out with billionaires. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:56) Hayes Barnard (23:15) Sasha Koehn (29:27) Alex Hormozi (39:24) Wade Foster (45:38) Eric Glyman (49:33) Sanjiv Chopra — Links: • Buck Mason - https://www.buckmason.com • Zapier - https://zapier.com/ • Ramp -

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60:25

I went bankrupt...now I own a billion dollar portfolio

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2025/07/22

Want Sam's Playbook to Uncover Hidden Business Opportunities? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/pcfEpisode 727: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with his brother-in-law Sanjiv Chopra to talk about how he went from $15M in debt to a real estate portfolio of $1.5B. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:37) $15M in debt on first deal (12:30) Pawning my wife’s wedding ring to buy a gym (19:41) Turning a broken gym around (22:02) Referral marketing (29:48) Double escrow (36:11)

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56:15

Talking to a billionaire about how he uses ChatGPT

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2025/07/16

Want Sam's playbook to turn ChatGPT into your executive coach? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/sfbEpisode 726: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Dharmesh Shah ( https://x.com/dharmesh ) about how he’s using ChatGPT. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:00) Context windows (5:26) Vector embeddings (17:20) Automation and orchestration (21:03) Tool calling (28:14) Dharmesh's hot takes on AI (33:06) Agentic managers (39:41) Zuck poaches

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44:44

Brainstorming $10M AI Business Ideas w/ the Airtable...

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2025/07/11

Want to scale your side hustle with AI? Get 700 prompts here: https://clickhubspot.com/wbcEpisode 725: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to the founder of Airtable, Howie Liu ( https://x.com/howietl ), about 7 AI business ideas he would start if he was in his 20s. — Show Notes: (0:00) IDEA: Live Shopping w/ AI avatars (5:34) IDEA: AI personalized news (10:36) IDEA: AI Personal Finance Advisor (18:27) IDEA: AI PE model of buy an existing business (24:20) IDEA: Cursor for

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63:21

How this dumb doll makes $2M per day

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2025/07/09

Want Sam's Playbook to Uncover Billion-Dollar Business Opportunities? Get it here: https://mfmpod.link/rveEpisode 724: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down $1B+ product crazes and why they worked. If you want to help those on the inside, donate to The Last Mile (https://thelastmile.org/donate) and Inside Circle (https://insidecircle.org/) — Show Notes: (0:00) Labubu (3:19) The "gotcha" mechanic (10:53) The lipstick effect (12:53)

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81:00

How I Bought a $3.4M Business For $200K

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2025/07/04

Want Sam's Playbook to Uncover Hidden Business Opportunities? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/weoEpisode 723: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Shaan’s college friend Dan Certner ( https://x.com/youneedbags ) about how he bought a business and doubled it in 18 months. — Show Notes: (0:00) Dan the bag man (5:16) Farmville Fraud Detection (10:09) Fail: Getting rich working at a startup (15:13) Buying a bag business (19:30) The

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66:45

I Turned $1M into $2.3B (Then Blew It Up and Rebuilt)

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2025/06/30

Want Sam's playbook to turn ChatGPT into your executive coach? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/etb Episode 722: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with Mike Novogratz ( https://x.com/novogratz ) about risk tolerance and coming back from massive losses. — Show Notes: (0:00) Mike’s first million (8:37) Starting Fortress (13:55) $30M to $2.3B (25:28) Operating system for life (35:41) Being early on crypto (40:26) Risk tolerance — Links: • Fortress -

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59:14

He Bought a Local Newspaper… Now He Makes $600K/YR

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2025/06/27

Want to scale your business? Get the Side Hustler's AI Prompt Database: https://clickhubspot.com/kvwEpisode 721: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about a billionaire’s recipe for happiness, Shaan’s stock picks, plus the new mayor of NY. — Show Notes: (0:00) Billionaire recipe for happiness (5:12) Shaan gives a talk at Berkeley (12:01) Steve Ballmer on Acquired (17:02) Gary V is bullish on everything (26:28) The new mayor of

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69:48

Business as a sport, Surge AI, and Waymo vs. Robotaxi

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2025/06/25

Want to scale your startup? Get 700 prompts for your side hustle: https://clickhubspot.com/fpgEpisode 720: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how Surge built a $1B business in 5 years and the second-order effects of self-driving cars. — Show Notes: (0:00) Best idea of the month (6:00) Business as a sport (10:57) The inner game of tennis (14:21) Shaan writes a letter to himself (19:15) Patron View (27:42) Surge (35:00)

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72:05

I talk to Ben about creating luck, his barbell...

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2025/06/23

Want to scale? Get 700 side hustle prompts: https://clickhubspot.com/blv Episode 719: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to his business partner Ben Levy about creating luck, his barbell method for building relationships and 6 half-baked business ideas. Apply to join Club LTV - https://tinyurl.com/3y478hm2 — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (4:01) Your first believer (6:11) The K Academy (9:38) Ben as a product (17:53) Measuring luck (23:43) Barbell method (30:24) Idea: Court side

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56:48

We found the top 1% of the internet this week (so you...

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2025/06/20

Episode 718: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about stuff that hit the group chat this week.— Show Notes: (0:00) Apple Just Unlocked a $1B App Idea (04:13) McKinsey got $55M for This? (10:28) Frank Slootman’s Ice-Cold Advice (16:20) “Treat people well, and you’ll win.” (24:41) Man steals $122 million from Facebook and Google, (28:17) ChatGPT’s $10B ARR retention curve (34:58) Elon v. Trump Meltdown (39:54) Ramp’s Monopolist Pitch

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77:15

The Side Hustle King: “I’m making $8K/DAY from easy...

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2025/06/18

Episode 717: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Chris Koerner about how to make millions from local side hustles. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:13) Idea: Hole-in-one golf challenge (12:24) Idea: Bitcoin mining (16:00) Idea: Garage shelving (17:18) Idea: Tourist traps for home markets (20:13) Idea: Toasted tours (24:56) Idea: Buc-ees snack arbitrage (38:01) Idea: Pet cremation (45:29) Idea: b2b stump grinding (48:13) Idea: Pickleball court (58:15) Focus is overrated (59:34)

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64:43

We found the weirdest ways to make $1M, $1B, and $5B

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2025/06/13

Episode 716: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the 6 weird ways to make millions. — Show Notes: (0:00) $1M Twerking Class (5:55) Fecal transplants (12:00) A brief history of butts (15:05) $1B BBLs (20:26) $5B hookup app (31:16) $200M bonus: DUDE Wipes (37:19) How many millionaires from the pod? (47:17) Having it all (50:18) Shaan's reading list (53:28) Wisdom extraction — Links: • Want Sam's Top 7 Books as a Founder (& his

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61:31

“$100M dollar brands are being built for boring...

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2025/06/12

Episode 715: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Harley Finkelstein ( https://x.com/harleyf ) about boring products that could be worth $100M. — Show Notes: (0:00) Disrupting boring products (15:05) Swiss Army knife founders (21:42) "People only remember your weird" (31:45) Considering an exit (39:32) Becoming a better storyteller (46:17) Shopify's leaked memo about AI (51:26) Biohacking Longevity — Links: • Shopify -

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65:48

How to Scale a Profitable Agency with 0 Employees...

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2025/06/06

Episode 714: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Matt Mazzeo ( https://x.com/Mazzeo ) about using AI agents as your go-to-market. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:30) AI as the Go-to-Market (8:50) The Billion Dollar Secret (12:03) Mario Kart Theory (18:55) Being a Tinkerer/Supabase (25:38) Amjad Masad/Replt (28: 41) Taste (36:44) Agents replacing VCs (37:57) Agent Employees (42:28) Story Game — Links: • Want Sam's guide to use ChatGPT? Get it here:

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78:43

How the Smartest Founders Are Quietly Winning with AI

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2025/06/04

Episode 713: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jason Lemkin ( https://x.com/jasonlk ) about cloning yourself with AI and how ChatGPT will be the end of incumbent apps. — Show Notes: (0:00) AI body doubles Users tell AI things they won't tell humans (15:15) The incumbents are dying (27:25) Inside the office of OpenAI (34:12) How to be an AI billionaire (44:40) The story of Saastr (55:49) Being a relentless recruiter (58:52) Seeing through

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58:46

How to build a $1M+ startup using AI (Full Tutorial)

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2025/05/30

For the full experience, watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0j_n3OOM7cEpisode 712: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Greg Isenberg ( https://x.com/gregisenberg ) talk about how to find a startup idea and build it in a couple hours using AI. — Show Notes: (0:00) Step 1: Find an idea (7:57) Step 2: Sketch out the idea (9:48) Step 3: Scope out the MVP (18:25) Step 4: Vibe code a prototype (36:06) Step 5: Vibe marketing the business (49:14) Step 6:

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77:40

How I built a $3B AI Startup + 7 AI Business Ideas

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2025/05/28

Episode 711: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Guillermo Rauch ( https://x.com/rauchg ) about building Vercel plus 7 business ideas to start in AI. — Show Notes: (0:00) Dropout to job offer from Facebook (3:38) Genius vs accident (21:04) Building Vercel (25:26) AI startup ideas (31:38) IDEA: V0 for Video Games (33:09) IDEA: Doom CAPTCHA (40:04) IDEA: AI Typeform (46:54) IDEA: AI Camera (54:06) IDEA: Auto Complete (58:51) IDEA: Granular V0 — Links: • Guillermo Rauch -

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