My First Million

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1. This 3-hour Elizabeth Holmes doc broke our brains

   20 oktober 2026 · 56 min

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   Episode 874: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) are breaking down the best documentary of the year.

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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.

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2. We put a multimillionaire’s portfolio into Claude (the results shocked us)

   19 oktober 2026 · 49 min

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   Investing guide: 35+ money principles from investors/financial operators https://clickhubspot.com/tmgc Lees meer

   Episode 873: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk about an investor who makes 2.9 decisions a year, Zuck’s victory lap and what happened when Sam hired an executive coach.

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   Show Notes:

   (0:00) Zero Action Investing

   (7:55) Premortems

   (10:05) Zuck's Victory Lap

   (16:50) The Superpower of 100x Leaders

   (20:45) Sam Hires an Executive Coach

   (21:35) Identify the Game You're Playing

   (30:15) Keep Your Sails Up

   (33:45) Sam Attacks His Panic Attacks

   (38:55) Role Playing Hard Situations

   (41:00) How to Prep for the Scariest Moments

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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 - Shaan uses Mercury 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., 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:

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3. the 6 traits of people who can’t stop making money

   16 oktober 2026 · 39 min

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   Episode 872: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk about the different types of founders.

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   Show Notes:

   (0:00) Natural Money-Makers

   (1:52) Attributes of Natural Money-Makers

   (3:10) The Story of Nick Kokonas

   (8:12) The Story of Jay Gould

   (10:00) Can It Be Learned?

   (13:04) The Story of Syed Balkhi

   (17:58) Only Spend the Second Derivative

   (22:27) Trading Valuable Hours for Useless Dollars

   (26:50) Other Play Styles That Win

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   Links:

   • Syed Balkhi episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzHdrQ5pDFo

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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 - Shaan uses Mercury 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., 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 /

4. 3 embarrassing moments that changed my life

   12 oktober 2026 · 24 min

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   Episode 870: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tells 3 embarrassing stories. One from his personal life, one from business, and a most recent one.

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   Show Notes:

   (0:00) intro

   (1:15) recent embarrassment

   (5:20) Lesson: “You Can Make Hell Out of Heaven”

   (8:15) business embarrassment

   (12:58) Lesson: “Worship at the Church of Action”

   (15:35) personal embarrassment

   (19:55) Lesson: “The Decision Is Upstream of All Action”

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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 - Shaan uses Mercury 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., 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 /

5. The creative genius behind Squatty Potty & Poo-Pourri reveals his marketing playbook

   7 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 6 min

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   $1M Attention Guide: 15+ ways to get eyeballs on what you're building https://clickhubspot.com/okbv Lees meer

   Episode 869: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Angel Studios founder Jeff Harmon ( https://x.com/JeffreyHarmon ) about finding and exploiting glitches.

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   Show Notes:

   (0:00) I helped a dentist create one of the greatest marketing campaigns

   (8:35) How to find the glitch in the system

   (11:10) Go for your own problems

   (13:25) Where is the attention going?

   (16:10) ANGEL

   (19:15) 19-minute ad experiment

   (25:30) The genius moment behind Squatty Potty, Poo-Pourri

   (26:55) Poo-Pourri ad

   (27:25) How to craft a $100M ad

   (28:55) Use comedians

   (35:55) Warm up the algorithm

   (39:35) Super Bowl stunts

   (41:10) PG-13 content for the masses

   (44:45) Base hits vs. home runs

   (45:10) The economics of the movie business

   (47:05) “I’ve never met a billionaire who doesn’t want to make movies”

   (49:55) The brutality of Hollywood

   (54:10) Having a personal vibe coder

   (1:00:05) Advice to my younger self

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   Links:

   • Angel Studios — angel.com

   • Poo-Pourri — poopourri.com

   • Squatty Potty — squattypotty.com

   • Purple — purple.com

   • A24 — a24films.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 - Shaan uses Mercury 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., Members FDIC

   • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsl…

6. 3 businesses we think are about to blow up

   5 oktober 2026 · 49 min

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   Database of 140+ business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/slkm Lees meer

   Episode 868: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk about 3 business ideas.

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   Show Notes:

   (3:08) Idea: Oxytocin dosing

   (20:17) Idea: Loneliness solutions

   (27:30) Idea: Faith-based businesses

   (27:33) Angel Studios

   (34:36) What’s the reaction to the action?

   (42:03) The brutal business of making hit movies

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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 - Shaan uses Mercury 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., 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 /

7. We tested Instinct, MUSE and Grokbot. They’re ridiculous.

   30 september 2026 · 1 uur 15 min

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   Episode 867: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) test out the new ai personal assistants.

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   Show Notes:

   (0:00) Intro

   (2:42) AI is the highest ELO game in the world

   (5:18) Instinct

   (9:31) Grokbot

   (20:24) It’s not all about intelligence

   (38:35) Micro1

   (44:08) Exploiting vulnerabilities

   (58:48) $100 billion companies everywhere

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   Links:

   • Instinct - https://instinct.com/

   • Grokbot - https://x.ai/news/introducing-grok-bot

   • micro1 - https://www.micro1.ai/

   • OpenRouter - https://openrouter.ai/

   • MUSE - https://muse.ai/

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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 - Shaan uses Mercury 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., 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 /

8. MIT scientist: Elon Musk was right, we are almost certainly in a simulation

   28 september 2026 · 1 uur 2 min

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   Episode 866: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to MIT Scientist about whether or not we’re living in a simulation.

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   Show Notes:

   (0:00) Are We Living in a Simulation?

   (8:30) Ancient Religions Already Believed This

   (14:40) AI Agents Are Getting Weird

   (28:40) Quantum Physics & the Simulation Theory

   (40:50) Aliens, UFOs & Glitches in the Matrix

   (51:30) Dreams, Past Lives & DMT

   (55:00) How Simulation Theory Changes How You Live

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   Links:

   • The Simulation Hypothesis by Rizwan Virk - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/774523/the-simulation-hypothesis-by-rizwan-virk/

   • Zen Entrepreneurship by Rizwan Virk - https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Rizwan_Virk_Zen_Entrepreneurship?id=CE9zEAAAQBAJ

   • The Zen Entrepreneur and the Dream by Rizwan Virk - https://www.zenentrepreneur.com/

   • Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - https://yogananda.org/autobiography-of-a-yogi

   • Are You Living in a Computer Simulation? by Nick Bostrom - https://nickbostrom.com/

   • Second Life - https://www.secondlife.com/

   • SETI Institute - https://www.seti.org/

   • Project Blue Book Archives - https://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/ufos

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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

   —

   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 - Shaan uses Mercury 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., Me…

9. There’s 98 days until 2027...Do this and you’ll thank yourself on Jan 1st

   25 september 2026 · 56 min

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   Episode 865: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to about how to win 2027.

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   Show Notes:

   (0:00) There are 99 days left in the year

   (1:40) Parkinson’s Law

   (3:35) The toxic love of events

   (9:25) Joel Greenblatt’s Jelly Bean experiment

   (12:25) The aftershocks of Joe Hudson

   (15:30) Shaan’s “5 voices in the head” theory

   (18:05) Six Thinking Hats

   (20:00) The two minds of a creator

   (22:45) Blue notebook vs. red notebook

   (23:50) Sam’s three notebooks

   (27:00) “Your brain is an old mansion”

   (30:00) Obscure billionaire, family dynasty

   (41:40) Nike stock falls 80%

   (44:00) I created a monster / turn shit into gold

   (48:35) Tales from the house

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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 - Shaan uses Mercury 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., 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 /

10. Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerce

    21 september 2026 · 1 uur 2 min

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    Episode 863: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to Grant Lafontaine ( https://x.com/GrantLaFontaine ) the founder of Whatnot.

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    Show Notes:

    (0:00) Intro

    (1:00) Grant turned down Shaan’s investment

    (2:12) Shaan buys a crab on Whatnot

    (3:58) First 1,000 users

    (19:07) Black hat growth tactics

    (28:52) 30 sales to $2.3M in year 1

    (34:03) $2.3M to $163M in year 2

    (34:56) $163M to $1B in year 3

    (37:02) How to be a billion-dollar founder

    (42:04) Going all the way deep on a single problem

    (45:44) Don’t let people use fancy language

    (49:48) Being disagreeable but likable

    (50:43) The reason I left Facebook

    (53:39) “If you think you’re moving fast, you’re probably not”

    (54:13) Trends: NeeDohs, squishies, gold bars

    (56:21) 9-figure sellers

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    Links:

    • Whatnot - https://www.whatnot.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

    —

    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 - Shaan uses Mercury 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., 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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