Get our Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/frle Episode 830: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) rate 7 crazy business ideas that are actually genius.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (3:14) Pet Chat (5:47) Super Brain (9:44) At home hyperbarics (13:03) Blue collar meta learning (16:57) Endpoint Arena  (21:54) Bathhouse + Steakhouse Experience (27:46) Funday Press (31:52) Dumb phones (41:42) Zach Yadegari's new thing ? Links: ? HVAC Technician Trainining - https://www.meta.com/experiences/hvac-technician/9277146442386260/ ? Endpoint Arena - https://endpointarena.com  ?  The Funday Press - https://thefundaypress.com  ? Dumb.co - http://dumb.co/ ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Sam & Shaan's hard-won CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/eokb Episode 829: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with Tom Freston to talk about the insane story of starting MTV and shaping America in the 80s and 90s.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (4:04) Millionaire by 26, broke by 33 (8:49) The first days of MTV (no frontal nudity) (14:14) Music Videos (19:03) How to spot culture-changing talent (27:12) Making your employees party together (31:56) Nickelodeon, SpongeBob, and Building Legacy IP (35:21) Programming for a Specific Audience (37:33) The Facebook Acquisition That Almost Happened (41:25) Founders Who Refuse to Sell (43:29) Rupert Murdoch vs. Sumner Redstone (45:23) MySpace, Big Bets, and Getting Fired (47:55) Inside the writers room (51:33) Oprah Calling  (54:00) The End of Monoculture and the Creator Economy ? Links: Unplugged - https://a.co/d/0ef6YVu2  ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get our Wealth Guide (35+ insights from top investors): https://clickhubspot.com/fvif Episode 828: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to billionaire Joe Liemandt ( https://x.com/jliemandt ) about the experiment he?s put $1,000,000,000 of his own money into. ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Joe, the total man? (08:09) fighting bill gates for talent (13:14) intensity (16:18) choosing hard over easy (19:00) how to be a magnet (21:34) high standards (23:29) being persuasive  (29:23) simplicity: 3 ines, 3 words  (34:41) is 2x faster really better? (36:23) making kids run a 5k (38:45) why be public now (41:01) why put $1b into the lowest roi thing? (50:03) buying SaaS companies (51:06) cloning Warren Buffett's brain (53:00) changing your brain lift (57:19) is AI going to make everyone dumb? ? Links: ? Alpha School - https://alpha.school/  ? 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People - https://a.co/d/048Cfexh  ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Mohnish's 9 investment principles: https://clickhubspot.com/kwdo Episode 827: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Mohnish Pabrai to break down the mental models that made him a billionaire value investor.   ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (1:25) Mental models of the top 1% (3:38) The mistress is always hotter than the wife (6:37) Introduce Randomness in your life (10:47) ?Humans are poor at copying (20:13) Take a simple idea seriously  (23:02) ?Be and inch wide and a mile deep (30:29) ?Never use Excel (35:03) Wait for fat pitches (39:38) the stock market is like a church with a casino  (44:01) Paying $650,000 to have lunch with Warren Buffett (45:43) The cautionary tale of Rick Guerin (47:22) The inner score card (49:25) The future of Berkshire Hathaway (51:29) Mohnish?s best investment (1:02:39) The hardest question (1:06:16) How to beat the index (1:11:25) Mohnish's stock picks for 2026  (1:22:26) ?S&P 500 (1:24:57) life advice disguised as investing advice (1:29:32) ?Studying the greatest investors  (1:37:51) if you remember nothing else, remember this  ? Links: Mohnish Part 1: This Guy Copy-Pasted Warren Buffett?s Strategy (And Became A Billionaire) Mohnish Part 2: Go from $10,000 to $1M in just 3 years  The Dhando Investor - https://a.co/d/0hkx1t8g  ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Sam & Shaan's CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/ptcw Episode 826: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) chop it up with Gary Vee.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (2:40) Nick Dio, VP of friendships (6:47) How to invest $1M on yourself (10:06) being long term greedy (17:53) Gary breaks down his companies and revenue (21:43) day in the life of Gary v (26:19) breaking down the 15-minute meeting (29:07) eat shit and firefight (31:00) picking projects (32:31) 5-year bets gary is making (34:04) missed fat pitches (38:00) vetting shady people (42:55) Mimetic rivals ? Links: ? https://vaynersports.com/  ? https://www.vaynerwatt.com/ ? https://winelibrary.com/  ? https://empathywines.com/  ? https://resy.com/  ? https://vcrgroup.com/ ? https://vaynerx.com/ ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Steal the exact framework we use to grow the pod: https://clickhubspot.com/blfb Episode 824: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) open the kimono and do a My First Million strategy meeting live.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (2:11) the virtue of selfishness (5:54) clip army (14:01) MFM 1% events (22:13) newsletter (24:50) mfm dinner club (29:19) barbell guests (34:13) content ideas ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Shaan's $0-$1M guide: https://clickhubspot.com/rgfr Episode 823: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about their billy of the week, childhood passions and people making millions on TikTok selling stuff.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Billy of the week (8:25) Raising kids with an edge (13:37) childhood passions (26:44) Random TikTok People Are Making Millions Selling Hoodies (42:11) the best brands start janky ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get our Wealth Guide (35+ insights from top investors): https://clickhubspot.com/ohkg Episode 822: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how your genes could determine how much money you make and the startup ideas YC is betting on.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) money genes (5:07) your personality is your business (23:46) productive placebos (33:39) YC Request for Startups (34:57) IDEA: aesthetic data centers (42:15) IDEA: The company brain (51:10) IDEA: drone swarm defense (57:33) IDEA: personalized medicine ? Links: ? YC RFS - https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs  ? Deep Personality - https://deeppersonality.app/ ? Viktor - https://getviktor.com/  ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Want to build an AI side hustle? Get the free AI Side Hustle Crash Course: https://clickhubspot.com/lkb Episode 821: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Replit founder Amjad Masad ( https://x.com/amasad ) about growing 100x in one year.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) 2.5M to 250M in 1 year (10:28) the darkest hour (17:00) pivot, pivot, pivot, until it hits (28:19) companies exploding with Replit (33:05) Amjad's business ideas (38:44) "we are in the singularity" (51:24) best business biography  (53:23) getting on Joe Rogan (57:00) slowing down under pressure (1:11:08) Vercel scandal (1:13:35) lifestyle upgrades of being a billionaire ? Links: ? Replit - https://replit.com/  ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get our Unsexy Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/fjsc Episode 820: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Rohan Oza about how his formula for simple products that end in multi-billion dollar exits.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) The brandfather (2:40) Rule 1: influence the influencer (7:02) Deal: Poppi on Shark Tank (20:32) rule 2: Make a brand pop culture (25:10) knowing winners from losers (26:48) Rohan breaks down his formula (29:31) "shelf space is the original algorithm" (33:39) Closing the biggest deal of your life (38:57) how to win with no network  (42:07) Rohan's first million (46:45) spotting the next trend (tastebuds and TAM) (48:09) How do you sell water? (52:33) learning from the giants ? Links: ? CAVU - https://cavuconsumer.com/  ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get our Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/etsl Episode 819: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) answer the question, ?If you?re smart and in your 20s, where?s the opportunity?? ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Where is the opportunity right now? (08:01) the buff billionaire (19:43) We break down the TBPN acquisition by OpenAI (31:59) 2 stories of John Coogan being locked in (41:56) William Randolph Hearst (54:48) Collecting 100x talent ? Links: ? GTA VI - https://www.rockstargames.com/VI  ? John Coogan on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@JohnCooganPlus/videos  ? Hearst Castle - https://hearstcastle.org/  ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Run your life like a $100M business. Get the system here: https://clickhubspot.com/ehw2c Episode 818: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how to design a life worth living.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Follow your bliss (3:33) enthusiasm, enduring enthusiasm, mastery, passion (16:23) Find a loop that you love (24:49) The top 5 regrets of the dying ? Links: ? The Top 5 Regrets of The Dying - https://a.co/d/07V6Zze9  ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Shaan's guide to go from $0 to $1M: https://clickhubspot.com/etpc Episode 817: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Chad Janis ( https://x.com/chadjanis ) who just sold his gummies business for $1b+ in less than 3 years.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (1:28) origin story (8:11) $30K to $230K in 1 month (10:33) Naming Gruns (13:14) remixing formats (20:28) only looking for $10b ideas (29:25) 10-minute ecom Marketing Masterclass (41:26) $1b Idea: ACH distribution layer (48:17) Access is everything (57:16) Where Chad is going to spend his money ? Links: ? Gruns - https://gruns.co/  ? Replo - https://www.replo.app/  ? Monarch - https://www.monarch.com/  ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get our investing playbook (with 35+ insights from top investors): https://clickhubspot.com/rwpt Episode 816: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the opportunities with AI and longevity.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Hal Finney (9:30) Aubrey De Grey (23:10) Be Here Now (33:31) Oz Pearlman  (42:55) When Kevin Hart met Jeff Bezos (50:46) Shaan reads The Art of The Deal ? Links: ? The Prospect of Immortality - https://a.co/d/0d2jc81i  ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Run your life like a $100M business. Get the system here: https://clickhubspot.com/cdew Episode 815: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Charles Duhigg ( https://x.com/cduhigg ) about how to transform your life through habits.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) the habit loop (5:26) you fall to the levels of your systems (11:06) replying to emails in your inbox (14:44) chosen bad habits (16:20) 1-line journaling (19:30) supercommunication  (28:12) Trump's supercommunication skill (33:15) a case against authenticity (37:44) famous speeches  (45:58) coldcalling 900 people (47:43) 60-second productivity masterclass  (49:51) The best stuff Charles has read lately (53:13) financial freedom (56:17) bending the earth to your will ? Links: ? Charles Duhigg - https://charlesduhigg.com/  ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Steph's database with 100+ stats that will shape the next decade: https://clickhubspot.com/ehsf Episode 814: In this special episode, we?re pulling our best moments with the trends queen herself, Steph Smith ( https://x.com/stephsmithio ).  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (0:44) Silver Tsunami  (8:05) Sports (11:39) Mega trends (declining birthrate, air quality) (21:41) Nerd Neck (25:49) Nature  (32:02) Breakup Spending ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get our CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/rmfk Episode 813: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Jon McNeill about his time running Tesla and working side-by-side with Elon Musk.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (1:18) a job interview with Elon Musk (5:07) Being a sniper for talent (8:20) solve a real problem, right now.  (11:23) solving Tesla's sales problem (23:41) One size fits all opportunities (26:50) the power of noticing (31:45) order of magnitude goals (38:34) 3 sentence emails (43:24) identifying $50B industry (49:05) AI ? Links: ? The Algorithm - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799958/the-algorithm-by-jon-mcneill/  ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Run your life like a $100M business. Get Sam's personal system here: https://clickhubspot.com/emtd Episode 812: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Graham Weaver ( https://x.com/GrahamCWeaver ) about how which moats will win in  AI and how he runs a ruthless PE strategy.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (7:06) The buy and build strategy (10:43) Mowing lawns  (14:48) What?s the overhype with AI (23:00) Where?s the opportunity (25:17) Ruthless PE (28:17) Hero deal: $8M to $500M (31:24) White hot will to win (34:17) The blank page (44:02) Graham?s first million (46:03) the biggest wealth mistake (53:39) second-hand therapy from graham ? Links: ? Alpine - https://alpineinvestors.com/  ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Free: 200 business ideas with execution plans, tools, and frameworks https://clickhubspot.com/ekfm Episode 811: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Chris Koerner talk about the most overlooked businesses that anyone can start. ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (1:54) IDEA 1: govdeals.com (6:52) IDEA 2: Bring AI to small businesses (14:51) IDEA 3: Snail mail club (19:48) $1B IDEA: Feed Amazon workers (24:38) IDEA 5: Tote rental (29:58) IDEA 6: Wall printer (43:57) IDEA 7: RV Rentals (50:45) Bad Business: Vending Machines ? Links: ? TKO - https://www.youtube.com/@thekoerneroffice  ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get our business idea database: https://clickhubspot.com/gdmr Episode 810: Sam Parr (  https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with Oz Pearlman to talk about how to read people and the pressure of performing in front of millions of people.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Oz reads Sam?s mind (4:03) What is a mentalist (5:58) Wanting to be loved (7:30) Overcoming fear of rejection (13:22) Getting charged with a felony (20:46) Pressure of performance (26:39) Learning new tricks (34:34) Being a human lie detector (37:52) David Copperfield (43:02) 13 Steps of Mentalism (46:52) Performing for a room of powerful people ? Links: ? Read Your Mind - https://www.ozpearlman.com/book  ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

*Get Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (+ his reading strategy):* https://clickhubspot.com/gdms Episode 809: Sam Parr (  https://x.com/theSamParr ) teaches the one skill you need to know to become irreplaceable in the age of AI. ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Taste is your moat (2:20) Case study: Apple (7:57) The rules (9:08) Learning taste ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Want to invest like the best? Get Mohnish's investment playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/jbhm Episode 808: In this special episode, we?re pulling together the most replayed moments from our episodes with value investors like Mohnish Pabrai, Howard Marks and Guy Spier.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Mohnish Pabrai: How to turn $10K into $1M (3:56) Howard Marks: The S&P 500 (9:29) Guy Spier: Finite and Infinite Games (14:47) Mohnish Pabrai: Circle the wagons (17:58) Howard Marks: Recommended Reading (23:03) Mohnish Pabrai: The most important thing (27:16) Howard Marks: ?When the time comes to buy, you won?t want to?  (31:17) Guy Spier: Don?t study lottery winners ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Sam's exact system/playbook for ChatGPT: https://clickhubspot.com/jdeb Episode 807: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the wildest stories in AI right now.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (5:08) Story 1: Anthropic did $6B in revenue last month (10:34) Story 2: Man uses AI to treat his dog's cancer (17:06) Story 3: New high school for entrepreneurs  (29:12) Story 4: Pokemon Go is an AI mapping company now (35:18) Story 5: Karpathy's job thing ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Sam's guide to run your life like a $100M biz: https://clickhubspot.com/kdmv Episode 806: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to David Heinemeier Hansson ( https://x.com/dhh ) about AI,  being wrong in public, and taking on Apple.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) How to stand out (7:48) not giving a damn (9:57) liquid vs crystalized intelligence (12:03) constraints breed creativity (18:18) being publicly wrong (24:27) taste vs data (33:25) Being in awe of Shopify  (41:05) how David uses AI (47:49) What won't work today (51:23) who David admires (1:00:13) Longevity decisions (1:07:09) Taking on the App Store and Google ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Sam & Shaan's pro-level biz resource vault (free): https://clickhubspot.com/kgcm Episode 805: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the branding genius behind BlackBerry, Sonos, Vercel and Swiffer about how to create a billion-dollar brand name.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Nothing will be used more than your name (2:01) Windsurf (3:50) Swiffer (10:06) Naming game: Fiber startup (17:14) quantity leads to quality (29:46) Problem solving propositions (32:40) Power letters (35:04) How Sam names a company (40:48) Rate this brand (1-10)  (47:50) Blackberry (48:24) When to change a name (50:47) Presidential slogans (51:43) Recommended reading (53:39) How David thinks about AI ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Shaan's 4 money rules that took him from broke to $25M by 30: https://clickhubspot.com/sfmc Episode 804: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) team up with the TBPN boys John Coogan ( https://x.com/johncoogan ) and Jordi Hays ( https://x.com/jordihays ) to break down the companies that could make you a millionaire as an employee.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) How to make $1,000,000 (5:05) Zuru  (12:47) Varda Space Industries (19:33) Suno (28:19) TrueMed (37:32) HubSpot (45:13) SemiAnalysis (52:32) Harvey (1:00:01) SendCutSent (1:04:55) Column ? Links: ? ZURU - https://zurutoys.com/  ? Varda -  ??https://www.varda.com/  ? Suno - https://suno.com/  ? TrueMed - https://www.truemed.com/  ? HubSpot - https://www.hubspot.com/  ? SemiAnalysis - https://semianalysis.com/  ? Harvey - https://www.harvey.ai/  ? SendCutSend - https://sendcutsend.com/  ? Column - https://column.com/  ? TBPN - https://www.youtube.com/@TBPNLive  ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Run your life like a $100M business. Get Sam's system here: https://clickhubspot.com/fhs Episode 803: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with legendary investor Bill Gurley ( https://x.com/bgurley ) about how to avoid the biggest mistake you can make in life.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) 6 out of 10 people hate their job (11:24) Insane determinism (14:15) Finding your fascination (21:19) Underrated advice: Peer Groups (26:55) Dancing to work (28:44) Learning leadership (33:19) Risk vs uncertainty  (42:19) Be fearful when others are greedy ? Links: ? Runnin? Down a Dream- https://www.amazon.com/Runnin-Down-Dream-Thrive-Actually/dp/0593799666  ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Free course: Build a profitable AI side hustle in 7 days https://clickhubspot.com/dki Episode 802: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to 19-year-old Zach Yadegari ( https://x.com/zach_yadegari ) about selling his $50M/yr app to MyFitnessPal.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) How much? (1:57) getting rejected from Stanford (5:45) 60-second origin story (7:27) "your biggest skill is your audacity" (12:50) the truth about selling a company (23:24) dos and don'ts (27:04) Zach's douchebag arc (29:44) first dumb purchase (33:08) decisions that made the app worth $100M (43:51) Idea 1: Semantic search on IG (45:10) Idea: apps  (48:00) filter for good ideas (54:27) Dinner w/ Steve Cohen (1:03:39) Where Zach is putting his money (1:05:58) What Zach sucks at ? Links: ? Cal AI - https://www.calai.app/  ? MyFitnessPal - https://www.myfitnesspal.com/  ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Shaan's money rules guide: https://clickhubspot.com/sbk Episode 801: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Sheel Mohnot ( https://x.com/pitdesi ) about the biggest life lessons from investing, who wins in the AI race, plus AI-proof business ideas.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Life lessons from investing (3:04) Create Your Own Yacht (11:27) The AI race (19:51) the last mile problem  (28:45) The worst mistakes in business history (33:00) Masa Son's Vision Fund (37:42) Bryan Johnson, social media genius? (43:25) IDEA: Buying the Breaking Bad house (50:29) IDEA: Workout classes for seniors ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (+ his reading strategy): https://clickhubspot.com/wkf Episode 800: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the backstory of Think and Grow Rich, lessons from prolific indie hackers, plus Sam?s new career to becoming a dating expert.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Think and Grow Rich  (12:57) The fraud of Jay Shetty (15:29) What makes a guru legit? (22:38) Peter Steinberger (25:24) Pieter Levels (34:34) Christina Cacioppo (40:21) Sam, a dating expert (43:40) 5-second rule (45:01) Shaan the matchmaker ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Pat's guide to find a $1M business idea: https://clickhubspot.com/whv Episode 799: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the Starter Story founder Pat Walls ( https://x.com/thepatwalls )  about selling his company + business ideas he?s seen lately.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Being pre-close (2:11) Starter Story (5:49) Pushscroll (10:12) Puffcount (12:31) 5-0 Scanner  (14:23) Cal.ai (16:10) B2B Video  (30:30) Busyness is for losers (33:57) EOS (39:56) I am my own biggest obstacle ? Links: ? Starter Story - https://www.youtube.com/@starterstory  ? Starter Story database - https://www.starterstory.com/explore  ? ?I Am My Own Greatest Obstacle? - https://patwalls.com/2020-i-am-my-own-greatest-obstacle  ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get our 140+ business idea database: https://clickhubspot.com/hkf Episode 798: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of the all-inclusive resort king. ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Billy of the week  (6:58) spend bigger to earn bigger (13:10) 12-star experiences (19:19) China's genius program (38:47) the Michelangelo effect (41:00) Dad Corner? ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get our free database with 140+ business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/kbs Episode 797: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) react to the wildest Elon Musk interview yet.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) We react to the elon podcast (6:11) Evidence of exceptional ability (10:33) Maniacal sense of urgency (11:36) limiting factor (23:31) Human emulators (39:33) Stolen focus (55:39) IDEA: Attention testing ? Links: ? Full interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYXbuik3dgA  ? Stolen Focus - https://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Focus-Attention-Think-Deeply/dp/0593138511  ? Kumon - https://www.kumon.com/  ? Lightwork - https://www.lightworkhome.com/aboutus  ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Scott's no-BS guide reveals on building wealth and living well: https://clickhubspot.com/mfb Episode 796: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) ask Scott Galloway ( https://x.com/profgalloway ) 10 burning questions.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) What?s the illuminati like? (5:27) You?re post-economic. What can money not buy you? (10:41) What's the best thing to spend on? (14:13) Is the U.S. staying flat? (18:35) You're Dictator for a day. What are you doing in 24hrs? (24:28) Who profits from the male loneliness epidemic? (30:53) What's the easiest way to ruin your life? (46:55) What changes in your 50s? (50:20) Name the number for economic security. (54:54) What advice is too harsh to give? (1:01:28) Resist and unsubscribe ? Links: ? Resist and Unsubscribe - https://www.resistandunsubscribe.com/  ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get the cheat sheet: 5 AI tools to make your first million https://clickhubspot.com/ybo Episode 795: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) show each other the cool things they?ve built with AI.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) 1 - Do Anything (18:32) 2 - Business bio wikipedia (30:11) 3 - Muse Art (42:13) 4 - Fit finder (47:20) 5 - Sales Call Agent ? Links: ? Do Anything - https://www.doanything.com/  ? Pulse - https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-pulse/  ? Nebula - https://www.nebula.gg/  ? Wisprflow - https://wisprflow.ai/  ? NotebookLM - https://notebooklm.google/ ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get 100 more side hustle ideas to make your first $1M: https://clickhubspot.com/rdn Episode 794: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to his mother-in-law about how she built a $1M business in her 50s by selling pillows.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Smithe's origin story (6:37) Pillows! (12:57) First 100 customers (15:32) momentum is your first $1 (19:40) nothing to lose (31:56) the first time Smithe met Sam ? Links: ? Smithy Home Couture - https://smithyhomecouture.com/  ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get our free database with 140+ business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/rvh Episode 793: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about 6 ideas that will explode in 2026.  ? Show Notes:  (0:00) Trend: Alcohol is in the gutter (8:12) Trend: Voltra (16:14) Trend: Physical AI (22:51) Trend: Too many podcasts, too little time (31:23) Trend: Peptides, peptides everywhere (35:34) Trend: Sports betting and the consequences (45:03) Hormozi X Tony Robbins ? Links: ? Ultra Pouches - https://takeultra.com/  ? VOLTRA - https://www.beyond-power.com/  ? Garage Gym Reviews - https://www.garagegymreviews.com/  ? Plaud - https://www.plaud.ai/  ? Bondu - https://bondu.com/  ? The Handy - https://www.thehandy.com/  ? Colossus - https://colossus.com/  ? Relentless Podcast - https://www.therelentless.org/   ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Sam and Shaan's hard-won CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/41da31 Episode 792: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) recap a weekend spent with billionaires like MrBeast, Scooter Braun, Nick Mowbray, and Jesse Itzler.  Show Notes: (0:00) 48hr billionaire camp (4:14) Lesson 1: Intensity is the Strategy (15:58) Lesson 2: Culture is an action word (28:33) Lesson 3: You can't top pigs with pigs (35:42) millionaire vs. billionaires ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Run your life like a $100M business. Get the system here: https://clickhubspot.com/ff97bf Episode 791: Shaan Puri ( ?https://x.com/ShaanVP? ) and Sam Parr ( ?https://x.com/theSamParr? ) talk about how to how to decide if an idea is worth chasing.  Show Notes: (0:00) Basketball camp with billionaires (2:24) Irritation leads to innovation (8:30) the yes test (12:56) the bigger you go, the easier it gets (15:17) the product is you pushed out (25:28) doesn't matter how rich you are, everyone is a little kid (34:46) The guts of Steve Prefontaine (40:15) NIKE branding (46:25) The NIKE playbook broken down (58:26) An argument about values ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Shaan's money rules he used to go from broke to $25M by 30: https://clickhubspot.com/rhp Have a newsletter? Want to pitch it live on an upcoming episode of My First Million for a chance to win Shaan and Tyler becoming official advisors plus $10K? Join the MFM Newsletter Challenge ? beehiiv.com/mfm Episode 790: Shaan Puri ( ?https://x.com/ShaanVP? ) talk to Tyler Denk ( https://x.com/denk_tweets )  about every step he took to grow Beehiiv to $1M in 12 months.  Show Notes: (0:00) Intro  (5:10) The marketing kill shot (7:52) launch a company with one story (10:56) getting your first 100 users (15:28) the underrated customer question (1812) one feature (21:59) 7-min customer interviews (25:57) message from the founder (29:10) big desk energy (3239) 1 marketable feature (35:19) death of a co-founder (37:02) write monthly investor updates (41:00) everyone is distribution (43:10) school of common sense (44:39) inherent virality (45:23) don't make people think (5016) the 20-mile approach ? Links: ? Big Desk Energy - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5s8443tfYUq3LLARJwGeYP  ? Beehiiv - https://mail.bigdeskenergy.com/ ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Want to master the CEO playbook like Tommy? Get the guide here: https://clickhubspot.com/kdj Episode 789:  Sam Parr ( ?https://x.com/theSamParr? ) and Shaan Puri ( ?https://x.com/ShaanVP? ) talk to Tommy Mello ( https://x.com/RealTommyMello )about how he turned garage door repairs into $1.7B.  Show Notes: (0:00) A1 Origin story (14:04) Learning persuasion (18:36) Finding the blueprint (23:00) Kill the hustler (25:53) Training (employees) like a SEAL (28:50) business bootcamp with a mentor (35:55) Home Services Sales and Marketing masterclass (45:26) 7 principles (51:41) Using AI for call center and dispatch (53:21) Other home services businesses to go after (58:54) the 6 fs ? Links: ? A1 Garage Door Service - https://a1garage.com/ ? KickCharge - https://www.kickcharge.com/  ? Freedom Event - https://get.homeservicefreedom.com/ ? Home Service Millionaire - https://www.amazon.com/Home-Service-Millionaire-Million-Business/dp/1732452105  ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get a list of 100+ side hustle ideas to make $: https://clickhubspot.com/dha Episode 788:  Sam Parr ( ?https://x.com/theSamParr? ) and Shaan Puri ( ?https://x.com/ShaanVP? ) talk about simple $1M businesses that anyone could do.  Show Notes: (0:00) Fun Party Hats (7:58) Star Registry (18:29) 10-hr fireplace (26:39) Don't get bored of greatness (36:23) Receiving feedback (42:46) Billy of the Week: John Catsimatidis, Supermarket Baron (55:14) the billionaire tax (1:00:18) Shaan takes his son courtside ? Links: ? Foam Party Hats - https://foampartyhats.com/  ? Star Naming - https://star-naming.com/  ? Brain.fm - https://www.brain.fm/  ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Want the 4 money rules that changed Shaan's life? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/ugd Episode 787:  Sam Parr ( ?https://x.com/theSamParr? ) and Shaan Puri ( ?https://x.com/ShaanVP? ) talk to Morgan Housel ( https://x.com/morganhousel ) about the art of spending money.  Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (10:01) Don't cut your flowers (15:38) the 2 ways to use money (19:07) The freedom number (23:49) Koch brothers story (27:41) Performing for others (33:38) The Total Man list (41:59) the art of spending money (49:42) 10 years of money wisdom in 60 seconds ? Links: ? Morgan Housel books - https://www.morganhousel.com/  ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Get our Resource Vault - a curated collection of pro-level business resources (tools, guides, databases): https://clickhubspot.com/jbg Episode 786:  Sam Parr ( ?https://x.com/theSamParr? ) and Shaan Puri ( ?https://x.com/ShaanVP? ) tell the story Demis Hassabis ( https://x.com/demishassabis ) and the creation of Deepmind.  Show Notes: (0:00) Demis the Menace (22:05) The only resource you need is resourcefulness (2457) Move 37 (29:38) The olympics of protein folding (4639) We are the gorillas ? Links: ? The Thinking Game - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95J8yzvjbQ  ? Why We Do What We Do - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwFOwyoH-3g  ? Fierce Nerds - https://paulgraham.com/fn.html  ? Isomorphic Labs - https://www.isomorphiclabs.com/  ? If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies - https://ifanyonebuildsit.com/  ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get our Resource Vault - a curated collection of pro-level business resources: https://clickhubspot.com/ebh Episode 785:  Shaan Puri ( ?https://x.com/ShaanVP? ) talks to Nick Huber ( https://x.com/sweatystartup ) about the biggest bet he ever made and the mistakes he learned the hard way. Email [email protected] to get hooked up with a pre-vetted salesperson, finance person or executive assistant.  Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:24) Breaking down Nick's portfolio (8:49) The deal structure and terms (11:20) Fail: Buying a domain for $400K, killing out traffic (12:24) Fail Elon bought twitter + I invited competition (16:49) new owner syndrome (18:43) How to hire overseas talent (10-min masterclass) (27:18) Pieter Thiel's Stanford class (30:17) Suli's brutal advice (34:23) Holdcos is overrated (36:04) The tortoise always wins (38:52) one big thing (47:25) Roofing (51:07) Self-storage ? Links: ? Somewhere - https://somewhere.com/  ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (+ his reading strategy): https://clickhubspot.com/gds Episode 784:  Sam Parr ( ?https://x.com/theSamParr? ) sits down with David Senra ( https://x.com/FoundersPodcast ) to talk about greatness, balance and what destroys successful people.  Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:22) Balance is the enemy of greatness (9:13) How to remember what you learn (17:10) Revenge for Being Born & Reframing the Inner Critic (26:40) Success, Relationships, and What Destroys Great People (30:55) Advice for 19-Year-Olds (34:42) David?s ideal board of advisors (39:20) Don?t Do Anything Someone Else Can Do (44:05) what successful people really think about at the end (48:30) Compounding wisdom ? Links: ? Founders Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@founderspodcast1  ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Want the 4 money rules that changed my life? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/fws Episode 783: Shaan Puri ( ?https://x.com/ShaanVP? ) gets interviewed by his former intern about quitting a $120K/yr job in his 20s to become strategically broke and the other counter-intuitive decisions that made him successful.  Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:56) Quitting a $120k job to be broke and live with 3 friends (Don?t linger on bad decisions) (10:26) Fear is what holds people back more so than anything else (13:17) How to get what you (actually) want. (16:37) Most people are not serious (28:21) Who is the most important voice in your life? (34:05) Why I decided to sell my company to Twitch & Amazon. (40:18) The biggest waste of time is doing something that needn?t been done at all (Elon) (41:52)  ?You can?t run an A/B test on life? (Act Accordingly) (52:37) There are no bonus points for making things harder for yourself (location) (58:23) The best people are 'down' (Buffett) ? Links: ? The Biography Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@thebiographypod  ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get the free Side Hustle Ideas Database ? https://clickhubspot.com/rve Episode 782: Sam Parr ( ?https://x.com/theSamParr? ) and Shaan Puri ( ?https://x.com/ShaanVP? ) answer listener questions.  Show Notes: (0:00) Biggest mistake in business you've never talked about (7:33) Best company to work at to become a millionaire (20:43) How much revenue did Hampton make in 2025? (21:28) 2026 misogi's (29:46) what's your f u money purchase (35:28) what are the mfm OGs up to? (43:07) how to build compounding wealth (50:09) Who would be your jail call? (1:04:41) best idea you've heard on the pod ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //

Want Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (& his reading strategy)? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/bvp Episode 781: Sam Parr ( ?https://x.com/theSamParr? ) and Shaan Puri ( ?https://x.com/ShaanVP? ) break down the best things they?ve seen over the last 12 months.  Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (11:18) die with zero (20:24) selling out (37:06) 48 Laws of Power (41:28) The Terminal List (46:17) The Navalmanak (49:13) Working smarter, not harder (51:52) The $510M boom box (54:08) Sam's richer, better looking twin ? Links: ? Die With Zero - https://www.diewithzerobook.com/  ? The Almanack of Naval Ravikant - https://www.navalmanack.com/  ? Poor Charlie?s Almanack - https://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com/  ? The Will of the Many - https://www.amazon.com/Will-Many-1-Hierarchy/dp/1982141174  ? The Terminal List - https://www.officialjackcarr.com/books/the-terminal-list/  ? The 48 Laws of Power - https://powerseductionandwar.com/48-laws-of-power/  ? Selling Out - https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/memo/selling-out  ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //

Get Jesse's guide to plan a massive 2026 (his exact system for building billion-dollar companies): https://clickhubspot.com/akd Episode 780: Shaan Puri ( ?https://x.com/ShaanVP? ) flies to Jesse Itzler?s ( https://x.com/JesseItzler ) home to plan an epic 2026.  Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (6:00) Step 1: Get Light (11:30) Step 2: Close the books (24:38) Step 3: Plan your year (42:16) Step 4: 8 boxes ? Links: ? The Big A## Calendar - https://thebigasscalendar.com/  ? Jesse?s YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHs5VVcrc-CgIpx1G3ioZ-A  ? Check Out Shaan's Stuff: ? Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  ? Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. ? Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC ? Check Out Sam's Stuff: ? Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ ? Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ ? Copy That - https://copythat.com ? Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth ? Sam?s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //