9 drunk ideas that sound stupid (but are secretly genius)
Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/erhy
Episode 849: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ), Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and their producer Arie brainstorm 9 business ideas that are genius.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:07) IDEA 1: Reverse vacations
(6:03) IDEA 2: Rap battle + UFC fight
(13:18) IDEA 3: Giant claw machine
(20:39) IDEA 4: Butter dispenser
(27:32) IDEA 5: beepers for kids
(35:35) IDEA 6: Mexican Benihana
(40:01) IDEA 7: bulk custom gifts
(44:10) IDEA 8: Slop Stop
(49:06) IDEA 9: Take your roommate to work day
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We found the internet's best sales advice
Get our CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/sagh
Episode 848: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the 7 rules of sales, Bernard Arnault’s revenge letter, plus the economics of Magic: The Gathering.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) highest value comment from HackerNews
(2:50) always bring 2 diet cokes to a negotiation
(7:36) Saving lives as a service
(17:24) Bernard Arnaults revenge letter
(25:29) The business of Magic: The Gathering
(41:58) Bryan Johnson, The Dana White of Longevity
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• 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
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• 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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/
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The surprising product that built Italy's richest family
Unsexy Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/yjsa
Episode 847: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about dynastic wealth creation.
If you'd like to support Ben Wilson's treatment, he has a GoFundMe - https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ben-fight-cancer-support-his-treatment
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Shaan gets invited to graduation
(2:19) The richest man in Italy
(16:09) The golden window
(26:51) meeting an xtreme multi-billionaire
(36:04) An update about Ben WIlson
(42:52) achieving greatness vs being great
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• 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
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• 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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/
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This guy made $80M in profit. Here's his next 3 stock picks
Shaan's guide to go from $0 to $1M: https://clickhubspot.com/pfkv
Episode 846: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Chris Camillo ( https://x.com/ChrisCamillo ) about the 5 trades he’s betting on in 2026.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Social Arbitrage
(6:29) Needohs
(20:16) Nerd culture
(27:06) Information asymmetry
(46:30) Amazon
(1:02:21) Podcasting
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Links:
• Dumb Money Live - https://www.youtube.com/DumbMoneyLive
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• 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
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• 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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/
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Killer marketing secrets that always work (ft. Ogilvy Adman, Rory Sutherland)
$1M Attention Guide: 15+ ways to get eyeballs on what you're building https://clickhubspot.com/tkwc
Episode 845: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to marketing legend Rory Sutherland ( https://x.com/rorysutherland ).
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:44) Horsepower
(12:15) Reverse benchmarking
(17:38) Pay attention to what irritates you
(21:47) Ogilvy secrets
(27:28) Marketing hacks used by Apple, UBER, McDonald's
(36:35) direct response marketing 101
(1:08:50) Recommended reading
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Links:
• Alchemy - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F1HOAWA
• Illusion of Choice - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0857199749
• Nassim Taleb books - https://www.amazon.com/stores/Nassim-Nicholas-Taleb/author/B000APVZ7W
• Ogilvy on Advertising - https://www.amazon.com/dp/039472903X
• Writing That Works - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060956437
• When More Is Not Better - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1647820065
• Scientific Advertising - https://a.co/d/0ixEJA1B
• The Choice Factory - https://a.co/d/0ixa769O
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• 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
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• 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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/
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The $150B dollar business hiding in plain sight
Unsexy Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/kpfm
Episode 844: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how one of the richest families in America makes its money.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The Cargill family
(13:15) projects vs empires
(15:00) family meetings create family dynasties
(22:55) Jevon's paradox
(29:00) the story of Luddites
(39:19) Where's the opportunity
(49:00) the phrases we tell ourselves
(52:00) The ice king
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Links:
• The Medici effect - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591391865
—
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• 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
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• 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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/
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I spent 24hrs with a blue collar millionaire
Blue-Collar Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/rvko
Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) spends the day with Mark O’Brien ( https://www.instagram.com/themarkobrienteam ) to see what it’s like to be a blue collar millionaire.
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Links
Mark O’Brien - https://buildmeabrownstone.com/
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• 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
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• 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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/
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Ray Dalio: The principles that made me a billionaire
Ray Dalio's rules for building wealth: https://clickhubspot.com/rgsk
Episode 842: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sit down with Ray Dalio ( https://x.com/RayDalio ) to talk about the holy grail of investing strategies.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(0:49) Hitting rock bottom
(8:28) Personality traits of the 1%
(14:22) Partnerships that win
(18:25) Pain + Reflection = Progress
(23:30) What’s the money for anyway?
(26:26) Principles
(28:41) Ray’s hiring philosophy
(30:43) Being a caddy
(35:16) Mistakes smart investors make
(37:01) What Ray spends his money on
(39:13) Aliens
(41:00) The 5 Big Forces
(46:35) Investing in Gold and Bubble Mechanics
(52:55) How Bridgewater became the biggest hedge fund
(55:40) The gap between the best and everyone else
(59:26) The 1 Big Takeaway
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Links:
• Ray’s Personality Test - https://principlesyou.com/
• Bridgewater Associates - https://www.bridgewater.com/
—
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• 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
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• 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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/
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Howard Marks: how I make money while you worry about a market crash
Investing Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/epkr
Episode 841: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to legendary investor Howard Marks about AI and making decisions in the face of fear and uncertainty.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) AI Hurtles Ahead
(8:26) second level thinking
(10:21) investing through the end of the world
(14:47) raising $11B at a time of crisis
(17:54) investing with fear
(20:22) the key to a successful partnership
(25:01) being a good father
(27:37) only 1 success: to live your life your way
(34:17) Having lunch with Warren Buffett
(37:18) What people don't know about Buffett
(39:37) cigar butt investing
(41:35) recommended reading
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Links:
• AI Hurtles Ahead - https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/memo/ai-hurtles-ahead
• A Short History of Financial Euphoria - https://www.amazon.com/History-Financial-Euphoria-Penguin-Business/dp/0140238565
• Fooled by Randomness - https://www.amazon.com/Fooled-Randomness-Hidden-Markets-Incerto/dp/0812975219
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• 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
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• 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 - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/
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Brainstorming business ideas with a billion-dollar founder
140+ Business Ideas (Database): https://clickhubspot.com/efdj
Episode 840: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Mark Pincus ( https://x.com/markpinc ) about figuring out what projects to spend your life on.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) $0- $38M in 7 months
(3:00) if you pick the right body of water, you don't have to have the right boat
(16:51) pattern matching
(23:17) there's always a new freak
(25:00) picking macros
(27:48) a case for gold
(39:50) How to know what to chase
(49:12) create a book of life
(59:59) Frameworks vs instincts
(1:09:00) being hated and misunderstood
(1:11:13) the story of farmville
(1:15:00) avoiding the fur coat moment
(1:19:49) the nickelback problem
(1:22:02) introspection vs rumination
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Links:
• Life At The Speed of Play - https://www.amazon.com/Life-Speed-Play-Launch-Products/dp/0063352575
—
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
—
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• 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 - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/
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5 ruthless business lessons from one week in NYC
Sam's guide to run your life like a $100M business: https://clickhubspot.com/krhd
Episode 839: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about everything Shaan learned from his NYC trip.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Lesson: Proximity
(9:11) Lesson: What does it really mean?
(23:04) Lesson: Trust
(18:53) Lesson: City Brands
(33:39) Lesson: Marketing
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Links:
• Ben Wilson’s GoFundMe - https://t.co/kJN7pArRIO
—
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
—
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• 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 - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/
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I dropped out of college and built a $3.6B company from scratch
Get Sam and Shaan's hard-won CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/ktng
Episode 838: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Aaron Levie ( https://x.com/levie ) talk about building Box, getting rich slowly, why AI might make us work harder.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Story of Box
(06:30) Enterprise Over Consumer
(10:00) Turning Down Huge Acquisition Offers
(17:05) Angel Investing, Missed Bets, and Investing in Your P&L
(23:00) Aaron’s Contrarian AI Takes: More Jobs, More Work
(30:00) Founder Anxiety, Therapy, and Surviving the CEO Grind
(38:45) The Business Strategy Books Aaron Swears By
(48:00) AI Tools, Software Stocks, and Why SaaS Isn’t Dead
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Links:
• Box - https://www.box.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
—
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• 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 - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/
Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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3 weird businesses doing $10M, $20M, $30M
Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/ecat
Episode 837: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) bring in 3 founders with weird businesses making $10M, $20M, and $30M.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:32) Alex Daniels, $10M real estate magazine
(20:31) Josh Weissenstein, $20M camp ground business
(38:36) The $1.8B App Copying Politicians & Hedge Funds
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Links:
• Haven Lifestyles - https://www.havenlifestyles.com/
• Team Outsider - https://www.teamoutsider.com/
• Autopilot - https://www.joinautopilot.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
—
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• 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 - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/
Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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We found an app that lets you buy anything for $0
*20+ hours of investing wisdom:* https://clickhubspot.com/cbah
Episode 836: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about people who have turned their lifestyles into millions, plus Nick Sleep’s investing genius.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) fringe creators
(13:14) Nick Sleep's shared economies of scale
(24:41) lloyd blanfein's personal finances
(31:14) David Rubenstein, the man
(39:09) Nat Turner's crazy new business
(50:13) a brief masterclass in valuing denim
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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
—
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• 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 - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/
Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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We decoded the business behind this influencer’s perfect life
*Sam’s guide to run your life like a $100M business:* https://clickhubspot.com/dfbn
Episode 835: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about people who have turned their lifestyles into a business.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) escape aesthetics
(4:06) putting the life in lifestyle
(17:28) Law 25: Recreate Yourself
(20:20) Your word is your wand
(25:06) unclear words, unclear thinking
(27:24) America amazes world cup tourists
(33:43) the game of more
(49:07) no hedging
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Links:
• Your Word Is Your Wand - https://a.co/d/05683tU7
• The 48 Laws of Power - https://a.co/d/0ghzjpKk
—
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
—
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• 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 - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/
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How the Ex-Goldman CEO actually invests his own money
Get our Investment Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/rgek
Episode 834: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blanfein ( https://x.com/lloydblankfein ) to talk about what he does with his money.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Lloyd on Money, Day Trading, and Feeling “Rich”
(3:52) Meeting Elon
(5:23) What the worst traders have in common
(9:54) Warren Buffett’s handshake deal
(15:04) Lloyd breaks down his portfolio
(20:41) Advice to young investors
(23:09) biggest mistakes
(25:54) Anxiety as a superpower
(27:54) Family finances
(31:35) Scarcity
(40:46) The Goldman Obituary Test
(43:53) Lessons from history
—
Links:
• Streetwise - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/780438/streetwise-by-lloyd-blankfein/
—
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• 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
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The most simplified breakdown of the SpaceX IPO on the internet
Get our Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/wjsl
Episode 833: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) breakdown the biggest IPO of all time.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) what even is SpaceX
(7:11) What even is a trillion dollars?
(8:51) Launches explained
(9:07) Starlink
(14:07) Data centers in space
(17:39) Starship
(24:46) Grok
(28:06) a wonderful business at a silly price?
(34:16) the mission
(37:51) SBF's $114B fumble
(39:04) funny, weird, surprising nuggets from the IPO
(42:35Who's getting rich this week?
(51:13) The genius insight of Luke at Gigafund
(55:46) Pessimists get to be right, optimists get to be right
(59:12) Elon's comp package
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• 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
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• 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.
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Brutally honest guide to not losing money in the market
Get our Investment Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/klsr
Episode 832: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to legendary fund manager Barry Ritholtz( https://x.com/Ritholtz ) about the behaviors that destroy returns for investors and how to avoid them.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:19) christmas tree portfolio
(4:43) the cowboy account
(9:51) day trading
(11:09) Barry yells at Lloyd Blankfein
(13:46) panic selling
(16:45) sam picks a fight
(18:46) direct indexing
(21:43) Great investors
(27:25) 90% of everything is crap
(36:14) Elon's foray into PE
(44:02) Predicting the housing crisis
(46:01) spending a year as the dumbest guy on wall street
(49:01) Why bubbles are good for the economy
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Links:
• How Not To Invest - https://www.hownottoinvestbook.com/
—
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• 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
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• 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!
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The "Idiot Index": the simple math that made Elon Musk billions
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Episode 831: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of a $270M/yr meat purveyor plus Nick Sleep’s letter and the framework that will make Elon a trillionaire.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The $300M butcher
(18:28) Nick Sleep letters
(23:20) the idiot index
(35:44) breaking your own frame
(39:04) how to become a king maker
(51:49) Idea: Teen nerd awards
(57:23) Sam's List
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Links:
• https://www.lafrieda.com/
• https://www.omahasteaks.com/
• https://drinklmnt.com/
—
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• 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
—
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• 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!
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We found 7 business ideas that will blow up in 2026
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.
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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
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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/
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• 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
—
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• 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!
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The insane true story behind MTV
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.
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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
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Links:
Unplugged - https://a.co/d/0ef6YVu2
—
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• 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
—
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• 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!
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The 50 richest families in America are betting on this trend
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.
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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
—
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• 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
—
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• 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!
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Mohnish Pabrai: This will save you 10 years of bad investments
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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.
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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
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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
—
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• 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
—
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• 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!
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How Gary Vee runs 7 businesses
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Episode 826: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) chop it up with Gary Vee.
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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
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Links:
• https://vaynersports.com/
• https://www.vaynerwatt.com/
• https://winelibrary.com/
• https://empathywines.com/
• https://resy.com/
• https://vcrgroup.com/
• https://vaynerx.com/
—
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• 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
—
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• 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!
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We hit record on our private strategy session
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.
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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
—
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• 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
—
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• 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!
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How to manufacture a billionaire childhood
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.
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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
—
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• 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
—
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• 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!
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I put 80% of my money in the S&P
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.
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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
—
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• 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!
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How Replit Agent made $1M on day one (then $250M in a year)
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.
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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
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Links:
• Replit - https://replit.com/
—
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• 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
—
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• 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!
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Spotting Billion Dollar Investments Was Hard Until I Learned These 3 Rules | Rohan Oza
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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.
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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
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Links:
• CAVU - https://cavuconsumer.com/
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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
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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
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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?”
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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
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Links:
• GTA VI - https://www.rockstargames.com/VI
• John Coogan on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@JohnCooganPlus/videos
• Hearst Castle - https://hearstcastle.org/
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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
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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 /
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