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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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77:40

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

My First Million ·

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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47:29

5 Startups That Looked Dumb—Until They Were Worth...

My First Million ·

2025/05/23

Episode 710: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how to evaluate risk and upside of new ideas. — Show Notes: (0:00) Bessemer's $140B misjudgment of Shopify (5:47) Shaan's Anti-portfolio (15:26) Goal: Avoid Ruin (21:30) Outlier personalities (24:51) Underestimating Uber (32:16) "You can't overinvest in AI" — Links: • Want Sam's Playbook to Uncover Business Opportunities? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/bzo • “How to miss by a

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77:42

Hinge expert shares dating advice for ambitious nerds

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2025/05/21

Episode 709: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Logan Ury ( https://x.com/loganury ) about how young men can be more successful in dating. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (6:28) The secretary problem (14:43) What's happening with men right now (21:07) How to do the apps right (27:32) Meeting someone IRL (30:03) The power of weak ties (36:56) How to be a better date (40:37) Date like a scientist (45:44) Fuck the spark (49:02) What's your

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68:37

How Scott Galloway Turned $8M into $120M Through...

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2025/05/16

Want Scott Galloway's Business Playbook? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/pfgEpisode 708: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Scott Galloway ( https://x.com/profgalloway ) about his wildest investments, plus advice for men in their 20s and 30s. — Show Notes: (0:00) FTX bankruptcy claims (Turning $2M into $15M with one trade) (6:56) NJOY (Turning $2.5M into $75M) (15:58) YellowPages (Turning $4M into $20M) (21:10) Prediction: The U.S

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71:30

How to retire with millions (and pay $0 taxes)

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2025/05/14

Episode 707: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Ankur Nagpal ( https://x.com/ankurnagpal ) about IRS loopholes that can help you grow your net worth plus Ankur shares 6 business ideas. See Ankur in person at the OOO SUMMIT on Friday, May 16th - https://lu.ma/2025 — Show Notes: (0:00) Ankur's portfolio experiment (10:46) A case for direct indexing (16:29) Super backdoor roth conversions (20:59) Mega backdoor conversion (23:52) IDEA:

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61:08

$1M+/yr Local Businesses Hidden in Plain Sight

My First Million ·

2025/05/12

Episode 706: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about offline businesses that are crushing it. — Show Notes: (0:00) Be a $1M dollar business spotter (4:56) Swim lessons franchise (6:34) AWS for the Amish (17:25) At home pet euthanasia service (25:37) Take out order call center (42:35) Cheat code: Coaches (52:13) Add a performance — Links: • Steal Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/ogh •

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81:35

Asking a Billionaire Investor How to Turn $10,000...

My First Million ·

2025/05/09

Episode 705: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Mohnish Pabrai ( https://x.com/MohnishPabrai ) about how to turn $10K into $1M. Show Notes: (0:00) Simple = Genius (28:00) Never over-leverage (30:30) Risk vs uncertainty (33:00) Too hard pile (35:30) Be 1 inch wide, 1 mile deep (39:00) Learn from losers (43:30) A case for napping (48:00) Having an owner’s manual (53:00) Dying with zero (1:10:00) India’s Greatest Investor — Links: • Want to invest like a Billionaire

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72:23

I dropped out of high school…Now I’m building a $1T...

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2025/05/07

Episode 704: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Blake Scholl ( https://x.com/bscholl ) about he went from high school dropout to Groupon to the founder of a supersonic jet startup. — Show Notes: (0:00) Find your red line (4:29) Problems hidden in plain sight (13:00) The making of Boom Supersonic (23:00) No rules of thumb (29:13) Blake's favorite interview question (34:22) Demo Day at YC (38:13) Selling Richard Branson (47:46) Being a

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59:43

The Most Valuable Skill For Any Founder

My First Million ·

2025/05/05

Episode 703: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack ) about high agency. — Links: • Steal Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/wec • High Agency - https://www.highagency.com/ • Nick Mowbray episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pHcxoZ0j9A — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers,

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64:41

Brainstorming $10M+ business ideas with Jess Mah

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2025/05/02

Steal Jess' Billion-Dollar Startup Playbook [for free]: https://clickhubspot.com/jhmEpisode 702: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) boards the private jet of Jess Mah ( https://x.com/jessicamah ) to brainstorm business ideas and talk about her process for vetting which ideas to jump on. — Show Notes: (0:00) Buying a jet (5:37) Barn full of horses (8:44) Business ideas matrix (11:06) Idea: DOGE as a service (13:30) Idea: Vertical agents (16:52) Idea: Cargo ship coating (21:26) Idea:

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55:27

How Nick Saban’s Side Hustle Might Make Him a...

My First Million ·

2025/04/28

Episode 701: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about Nick Saban’s car dealership play, plus the most defensible ideas for AI startups. — Show Notes: (0:00) Car dealership billionaires (13:35) Local Maxima (17:07) Most defensible AI ideas right now 34:40) AI workflows for profitable newsletters (43:10) Spermracing — Links: • Want to make $ with AI? Get the database here: https://clickhubspot.com/bfu • John Elway -

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51:55

5 under-the-radar trends (+ our business ideas)

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2025/04/24

Want to spot trends before they explode? Get the guide here: https://clickhubspot.com/wdvEpisode 700: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Steph Smith ( https://x.com/stephsmithio ) about business trends that are currently untapped and ripe for opportunity to build businesses around. Use code "MFM" to get access to Steph's Internet Pipes - http://internetpipes.com/ — Show Notes: (0:00) Trend 1: Hearing Loss (11:33) Trend 2: eVTOL (17:42) Trend 3: Psychedelics (24:26) Trend 4: New Job

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77:58

The Board Game Billionaire: From a $10k Kickstarter...

My First Million ·

2025/04/21

Want your own $100M side project? Get our guide to win your first 100 customers: https://clickhubspot.com/wfpEpisode 699: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Elan Lee ( https://x.com/elanlee ) about growing Exploding Kittens from a $10K Kickstarter campaign to $100M dollar company. — Show Notes: (0:00) Humble Success: Exploding Kittens Insights (8:07) The origin story - From 10k to $9M on kickstarter (16:17) Focus on the crowd, not the

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43:50

Anti-Business Billionaires: Lessons from Steve Jobs,...

My First Million ·

2025/04/17

Help us win a Webby for BEST CREATOR and BEST VIDEO SERIESEpisode 698: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to David Senra ( https://x.com/FoundersPodcast ) about what qualities make an anti-business billionaire. — Show Notes: (0:00) High Level of Disagreeableness (9:02) Extreme Self-Confidence (12:55) Product Quality Obsessed (18:37) Retention of Total Control (27:28) Exit Strategy is Death — Links: • Steal Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach:

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99:26

From making $6/week selling worms to making $110M+

My First Million ·

2025/04/15

Help us win a Webby for BEST CREATOR and BEST VIDEO SERIESJoin Shaan Puri and Nick Huber for a free CEO Bootcamp on April 16th at 2pm EST Episode 697: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with James Currier ( https://x.com/JamesCurrier ) to talk about going from $0 to $110M through network effects. — Show Notes: (0:00) $0 to $1.6B (4:23) Your life on network effects (8:00) Savage founders (13:40) Speed (15:49) The art of unlearning (21:23) Technology window curves (30:29) Network

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49:00

Are tariffs good or bad for founders?

My First Million ·

2025/04/11

💰 Steal Shaan's $20M Pitch Deck [free]Episode 696: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about what they’re doing about the tariffs. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:13) Tariffs (22:00) Medieval Times (27:48) Shaan's process for finding edges — Links: • Shaan's $20M Pitch Deck: https://clickhubspot.com/uve • Medieval Times - https://www.medievaltimes.com/ — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire

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15:27

The Happiest Man in Atlantis (A Short Story)

My First Million ·

2025/04/09

💰 Steal Shaan's $20M Pitch Deck: https://clickhubspot.com/novJoin Nick Huber and Shaan Puri for a free CEO Bootcamp on April 16th at 2pm EST: https://lu.ma/5kbwnk7v Episode 695: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tells the story of finding what is truly valuable. — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd — Check Out

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77:38

"Ocean is the new space" - 7 Wild Ideas for the $3...

My First Million ·

2025/04/07

💰 Get the Side Hustle Ideas Database [free]Episode 694: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Will O’Brien ( https://x.com/willobri ) about how the ocean is the new hot girl. — Show Notes: (0:00) Ocean is the new space (8:50) Ocean surveying (10:25) Sea grass restoration (16:39) Defense drones (22:34) Underwater cable networks (31:51) Technology windows (38:16) Lab-grown seafood (41:03) Pirate treasure profit sharing (44:03) Marine

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74:28

The Step-by-Step Playbook We Used to Build a $100M+...

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2025/04/04

💰 Get the Side Hustle Ideas Database [free]Episode 693: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Alex Lieberman ( https://x.com/businessbarista ) and Austin Rief ( https://x.com/austin_rief ) about how to build a profitable newsletter. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:12) 0 to 100K subscribers (9:18) Nontraditional hires (15:26) 100K to 1M subscribers (35:00) Entrepreneurs Operating System (43:27) 8-figure Exits (55:28) How to start a newsletter in 2025 (1:02:57) Newsletter ideas — Links: •

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58:25

$100M founder predicts what will be big in 5 years

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2025/03/31

💰 Get the Side Hustle Ideas Database [free]Episode 692: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Justin Mares ( https://x.com/jwmares ) about what’s going to be big in the next 5 years. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:16) Longevity products for dogs (9:24) Toxin testing (19:55) Function and Superpower (26:19) Doctor for your home (37:25) Skin gut health (47:39) Natural fiber clothing (51:04) Justin's take on vaccines — Links: • Truemed - http://truemed.com/ • Justin’s Substack -

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