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This 3-hour Elizabeth Holmes doc broke our brains
20 oktober 2026 · 56 min
Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/ekvd Lees meer
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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• 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/
Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC
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We put a multimillionaire’s portfolio into Claude (the results shocked us)
19 oktober 2026 · 49 min
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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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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the 6 traits of people who can’t stop making money
16 oktober 2026 · 39 min
Take our founder personality quiz: https://clickhubspot.com/dclt Lees meer
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
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3 embarrassing moments that changed my life
12 oktober 2026 · 24 min
$1M Solopreneur MVP guide: https://clickhubspot.com/ftws Lees meer
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 /
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The creative genius behind Squatty Potty & Poo-Pourri reveals his marketing playbook
7 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 6 min
$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…
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3 businesses we think are about to blow up
5 oktober 2026 · 49 min
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 /
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We tested Instinct, MUSE and Grokbot. They’re ridiculous.
30 september 2026 · 1 uur 15 min
Get Sam's guide to turn AI into your executive coach: https://clickhubspot.com/vbrp Lees meer
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 /
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MIT scientist: Elon Musk was right, we are almost certainly in a simulation
28 september 2026 · 1 uur 2 min
(Free) MFM's pro-level business resources shared by the best in the biz: https://clickhubspot.com/pvks Lees meer
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
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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., Me…
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There’s 98 days until 2027...Do this and you’ll thank yourself on Jan 1st
25 september 2026 · 56 min
Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/brgh Lees meer
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 /
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Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerce
21 september 2026 · 1 uur 2 min
$1M Attention Guide: 15+ ways to get eyeballs on what you're building https://clickhubspot.com/brcv Lees meer
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
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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 /
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Coach for SpaceX & OpenAI destroys your limiting beliefs for 88 minutes straight
18 september 2026 · 1 uur 28 min
Get Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your life coach: https://clickhubspot.com/edlv Lees meer
Episode 863: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) get coached by Joe Hudson ( https://x.com/FU_joehudson ) on the mental game of being a founder.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:35) Limiting beliefs
(6:48) Mind, heart, gut
(8:20) The self-reliance pattern
(14:45) Unkink your hose
(16:35) Phrases that change your thinking
(18:20) Visualize the negative outcomes
(21:35) Most common fear of founders: homelessness
(23:45) Tricking your nervous system with repetition
(27:35) Avoiding conflict
(32:40) How to address conflict
(38:35) Abusive self-talk patterns
(42:45) Is this stuff worth doing?
(50:40) Experiments to try this week
(54:45) Why bliss destroys you
(59:35) Finding your billion-dollar purpose
(1:01:00) What's the Illuminati like in person?
(1:04:00) How Joe got here
(1:22:00) Where you click matters
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Links:
• The Art of Accomplishment - https://www.artofaccomplishment.com/
• Descartes’ Error - https://a.co/d/0j1JxxLC
• Tibetan Book of Living and Dying - https://a.co/d/0apYnAGF
• The Inner Game of Tennis - https://a.co/d/0hy9hBRa
• Listen - https://a.co/d/0gzKTFBy
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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 Be…
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i got internet famous... if i started again from scratch, here's what I'd do this time
16 september 2026 · 19 min
Shaan's guide on how to build an audience: https://clickhubspot.com/tjsv Lees meer
Episode 862: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) teaches what it takes to build an audience in 18 minutes.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Lesson 1: Who, not how many
(2:28) Lesson 2: What should I talk about?
(5:03) Lesson 3: Learn the 5 Ds
(7:12) Lesson 4: OK this is getting long. But you’re still here. Weird, right
(7:55) Lesson 5: Don't worry about writing style or production quality
(9:08) Lesson 6: Create a binge bank
(10:03) Lesson 7: Feeling, not information
(12:05) Lesson 8: “Be so good they can’t ignore you”
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Links:
• My blog post - https://www.shaanpuri.com/essays/i-got-internet-famouse-if-i-started-again-from-scratch-heres-what-id-do-this-time
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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 /
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David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B
14 september 2026 · 47 min
Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/pnlv Lees meer
Episode 861: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with David Rubenstein ( https://x.com/DM_Rubenstein ) to talk about turning Carlyle into $500B, his $14B miss, and the greatest business lessons in history.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Turning $5M into $500B
(5:13) Scrappy private equity
(11:58) Don’t fool yourself
(14:14) Turning down 20% of Amazon
(16:23) Recruiting big shots
(20:40) Finding the right partner
(22:02) Trade-offs
(27:39) Witnessing ascents to power
(31:40) The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
(33:37) History that repeats itself
(35:49) Recommended Reading
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Links:
• Carlyl - https://www.carlyle.com/
• David’s books - https://www.davidrubenstein.com/books/
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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 /
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Decoding Tony Hawk’s mindset in 72 minutes
9 september 2026 · 1 uur 13 min
30+ unsexy business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/pdnb Lees meer
Episode 860: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) chop it up with skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:20) Meeting Tony in Ethiopia
(3:42) Economics of skate parks
(12:38) The price of greatness
(17:54) Scraping by
(26:33) The 900
(35:16) Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
(52:20) Investing
(58:53) Influencing on internet culture
(1:03:47) Aging skaters
(1:08:07) Tickets
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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/
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How we scaled to $100M in under a year (ft. IM8 co-founder Danny Yeung)
7 september 2026 · 54 min
$1M+ problems worth solving (90+ business ideas): https://clickhubspot.com/phfl Lees meer
Episode 859: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Danny Yeung ( https://x.com/DannyYeung_ ) about how he built a $200M business in 18 months.
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Links:
• IM8 - https://im8health.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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• 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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How to naturally monetize what you love
4 september 2026 · 59 min
140+ real business ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/lrgo Lees meer
Episode 858: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the weird ways people go all in on strange hobbies and make millions doing it.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(0:24) scent social club
(1:54) Museum hacks
(16:34) Mafia tours
(21:39) Dolly Parton--Honorary Billy of The Week
(45:04) LeBron James's brilliant business move
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Links:
• Scent Social Club - https://www.scentsocialclub.com/
• We Don’t Sell Saddles Here - https://medium.com/@stewart/we-dont-sell-saddles-here-4c59524d650d
• Equine Network - https://equinenetwork.com/
• Museum Hack - https://museumhack.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/
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7 things MrBeast, Bezos & Thiel do that you don’t
2 september 2026 · 44 min
Get Sam and Shaan's CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/epmw Lees meer
Episode 857: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the extreme behaviors of the most legendary CEOs.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) CEO Moves
(2:49) Move 1: Option Drop
(10:39) Move 2: Friction Removal Service
(12:55) Move 3: 1-bit communication
(19:35) Move 4: Single-tasking
(23:18) Move 5: Continuous culling
(26:05) Move 6: Reward failure
(27:06) Move 7: Clone yourself
(30:18) Alternative: Give up on greatness (also fine)
(35:59) Just be great
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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 across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/
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How a $5B founder is using AI (3 tutorials)
26 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 9 min
How Wade uses AI (steal his prompts): https://clickhubspot.com/efcd Lees meer
Episode 856: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Wade Foster ( https://x.com/wadefoster ) about how he uses AI to save himself hours of work every day.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) intro
(2:27) The sales pitch
(7:04) My Robot Executive Staff, Waking Up Like The President
(14:13) Evening brief
(17:39) AI that argues with you
(19:32) War Council skill
(31:53) How to use AI to hire better
(48:15) being a billionaire before 40
(51:17) a case for not having a chip on your shoulder
(54:36) 1-dimensional winners
(1:00:55) recommended reading
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Links:
• Zapier - https://zapier.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/
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I built a $2,000,000,000 business on vibes
24 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 16 min
Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/elkv Lees meer
Episode 855: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Allison Ellsworth, the founder of Poppi.
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Links:
• Poppi - https://drinkpoppi.com/
• Josie Rushing - https://josiesrushing.com/
• Orion - https://orionsleep.com/
• Nello - https://drinknello.com/
• Preston Lane - https://www.onprestonlane.com/
• Blue Land - https://www.blueland.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/
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3 millionaires reveal their super niche businesses
21 augustus 2026 · 1 uur
30+ unsexy business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/dwtb Lees meer
Episode 854: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) ask 3 founders to tell them the juiciest number behind their businesses and get advice live.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Rishi Talati, Hot Plate
(20:10) Ajay Mehta, Tolan
(39:53) Jonathan Baer, Overlap
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Links:
• Hot Plate - https://www.hotplate.com/
• Tolan - https://www.tolans.com/
• Overlap - https://overlap.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/
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Asking 3 young millionaires how they make $1.8M, $5M, & $12M/year
19 augustus 2026 · 58 min
30+ blue-collar business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/refn Lees meer
Episode 853: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) ask 3 founders to tell them the juiciest number behind their businesses and get advice live.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Nick Haschka, OnPoint Generators
(17:39) Kevin Moyer, Smash My Trash
(36:54) Noam Eisenberg, TMJaw
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Links:
• OnPoint Generators - https://onpointgen.com/
• Smash My Trash - https://howitworks.smashmytrash.com/
• Your TMJ Pen - https://yourtmj.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/
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• 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 strangers showed us how they made $8M, $10M, & $40M/year
17 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 1 min
140+ real business ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/pkst Lees meer
Episode 852: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) ask 3 founders to tell them the juiciest number behind their businesses and get advice live.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:31) Raav Gupta, Posha
(20:03) Nick Saltarelli, Mid-Day Squares
(39:48) Shreyas Parab, DayDream Dental
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Links:
• Posha - https://www.posha.com/
• Mid-Day Squares - https://www.middaysquares.com/
• DayDream Dental - https://www.daydream.dental/
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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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$39B founder says his company could 100x in 5 years
14 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 1 min
Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/elft Lees meer
Episode 851: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Brett Adcock ( https://x.com/adcock_brett ), the founder of Figure.ai.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:29) Hark, a human in a box
(8:00) zero constraints
(17:32) rapid prototyping
(21:38) What are the robots doing?
(23:45) what about the hype is real?
(27:54) finding the best people
(30:14) $20M dollar salaries for engineers
(32:03) How Zuck is buying his way into AI
(35:44) Auditing Brett's 2026 predictions
(42:33) reducing your buckets
(44:00) show us your home screen
(46:17) hitting rock bottom 3x
(57:22) who inspires Brett
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Links:
• Hark - https://hark.com/
• Cover - https://www.cover.ai/
• Figure - https://www.figure.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:
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3 killer businesses hiding in plain sight
12 augustus 2026 · 47 min
140+ real business ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/pkce Lees meer
Episode 850: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about massive businesses hidden in plain sight.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The wild economics of lab testing on monkeys
(11:01) Salad oil crisis
(15:35) the art of noticing
(24:38) enthusiasm
(27:39) know thy 8-year old self
(32:32) be shameless
(37:08) Sam goes to SF for 7 days
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Links:
• Qoves - https://www.qoves.com/
• Charles River - https://www.criver.com/
• How To Do Great Work - https://www.paulgraham.com/greatwork.html
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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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9 drunk ideas that sound stupid (but are secretly genius)
6 augustus 2026 · 58 min
Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/erhy Lees meer
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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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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We found the internet's best sales advice
4 augustus 2026 · 51 min
Get our CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/sagh Lees meer
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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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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The surprising product that built Italy's richest family
31 juli 2026 · 48 min
Unsexy Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/yjsa Lees meer
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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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:
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This guy made $80M in profit. Here's his next 3 stock picks
29 juli 2026 · 1 uur 27 min
Shaan's guide to go from $0 to $1M: https://clickhubspot.com/pfkv Lees meer
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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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:
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Killer marketing secrets that always work (ft. Ogilvy Adman, Rory Sutherland)
27 juli 2026 · 1 uur 19 min
$1M Attention Guide: 15+ ways to get eyeballs on what you're building https://clickhubspot.com/tkwc Lees meer
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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The $150B dollar business hiding in plain sight
23 juli 2026 · 53 min
Unsexy Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/kpfm Lees meer
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.
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I spent 24hrs with a blue collar millionaire
21 juli 2026 · 23 min
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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.
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Ray Dalio: The principles that made me a billionaire
17 juli 2026 · 1 uur 3 min
Ray Dalio's rules for building wealth: https://clickhubspot.com/rgsk Lees meer
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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• 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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Howard Marks: how I make money while you worry about a market crash
15 juli 2026 · 47 min
Investing Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/epkr Lees meer
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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• 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
10 juli 2026 · 1 uur 27 min
140+ Business Ideas (Database): https://clickhubspot.com/efdj Lees meer
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
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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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• 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
7 juli 2026 · 1 uur 3 min
Sam's guide to run your life like a $100M business: https://clickhubspot.com/krhd Lees meer
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
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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/
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I dropped out of college and built a $3.6B company from scratch
2 juli 2026 · 58 min
Get Sam and Shaan's hard-won CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/ktng Lees meer
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/
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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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3 weird businesses doing $10M, $20M, $30M
30 juni 2026 · 1 uur 11 min
Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/ecat Lees meer
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/
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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 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
24 juni 2026 · 58 min
*20+ hours of investing wisdom:* https://clickhubspot.com/cbah Lees meer
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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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 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
18 juni 2026 · 58 min
*Sam’s guide to run your life like a $100M business:* https://clickhubspot.com/dfbn Lees meer
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
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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 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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How the Ex-Goldman CEO actually invests his own money
16 juni 2026 · 1 uur 1 min
Get our Investment Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/rgek Lees meer
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
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Links:
• Streetwise - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/780438/streetwise-by-lloyd-blankfein/
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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 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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The most simplified breakdown of the SpaceX IPO on the internet
12 juni 2026 · 1 uur 7 min
Get our Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/wjsl Lees meer
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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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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Brutally honest guide to not losing money in the market
10 juni 2026 · 55 min
Get our Investment Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/klsr Lees meer
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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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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The "Idiot Index": the simple math that made Elon Musk billions
4 juni 2026 · 1 uur 4 min
Get our Unsexy Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/sfci Lees meer
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!
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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We found 7 business ideas that will blow up in 2026
2 juni 2026 · 48 min
Get our Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/frle Lees meer
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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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:
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The insane true story behind MTV
29 mei 2026 · 1 uur 3 min
Sam & Shaan's hard-won CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/eokb Lees meer
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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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:
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The 50 richest families in America are betting on this trend
27 mei 2026 · 1 uur 6 min
Get our Wealth Guide (35+ insights from top investors): https://clickhubspot.com/fvif Lees meer
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?
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Links:
• Alpha School - https://alpha.school/
• 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People - https://a.co/d/048Cfexh
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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:
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Mohnish Pabrai: This will save you 10 years of bad investments
22 mei 2026 · 1 uur 47 min
Get Mohnish's 9 investment principles: https://clickhubspot.com/kwdo Lees meer
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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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 …
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How Gary Vee runs 7 businesses
19 mei 2026 · 51 min
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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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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:
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We hit record on our private strategy session
15 mei 2026 · 49 min
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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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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
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How to manufacture a billionaire childhood
13 mei 2026 · 56 min
Get Shaan's $0-$1M guide: https://clickhubspot.com/rgfr Lees meer
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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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
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