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The (Improbable) Story of Savannah Bananas' Rise to a $1B Empire
5 december 2025 · 1 uur 11 min
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Episode 772: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jesse Cole ( https://x.com/YellowTuxJesse ) the owner of Savannah Bananas and creator of Banana Ball.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) 200 fans, $260 in the bank
(3:00) The team no one ever heard about
(9:01) How to become an idea machine
(13:30) Lessons from PT Barnum, Bill Veeck, Walt Disney
(15:55) Surviving embarrassment
(19:16) Rock bottom
(23:34) Inside Jesse's creative process
(27:00) Stealing from MrBeast
(28:39( Jesse opens his idea book
(32:00) Meeting Bob Iger
(33:28) Identifying the chip on Jesse's shoulder
(38:58) 11 principles
(48:14) The 12-star experience
(53:12) The sacrifice of extreme hard mode
(58:08) Attracting vs recruiting
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Links:
• Savannah Bananas - https://thesavannahbananas.com/
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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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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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3 Simple Businesses That Make Millions
3 december 2025 · 47 min
Want to start a $1M side hustle? Get 100+ ideas here: https://clickhubspot.com/gbh Lees meer
Episode 771: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about simple business ideas that are making millions.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) suckmyguttersclean
(4:51) Hill BIlly of the Week
(9:50) The MrBeast of roofing
(16:02) Shaan gives his barber business advice
(21:07) The positioning of Ari Emanuel
(27:28) Barrett-Jackson auctions
(29:41) The offline craving for content
(39:56) Noise canceling products
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Links:
• Suck My Gutters Clean - https://www.suckmyguttersclean.com/
• Billy Bob Products - https://billybobproducts.com/
• Siua Cutz - https://www.instagram.com/siuacutz/
• Frieze - https://www.frieze.com/
• Barrett-Jackson - https://www.barrett-jackson.com/
• Museum of Ice Cream - https://www.museumoficecream.com/
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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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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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Weird ways Ben Horowitz makes Founders more confident
1 december 2025 · 1 uur 13 min
Steal Sam's playbook to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/ohv Lees meer
Episode 770: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Ben Horowitz ( https://x.com/bhorowitz ) about the Tupac murder, how to be a great leader, and the best opportunities for young people.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(5:36) Why most leadership books don't work
(9:25) What to do when your CTO is an asshole
(17:54) What makes Zuck a great CEO
(27:09) #1 reason why founders fail as CEOs
(33:10) Startups solving America's problems
(39:19) Opportunities for young people
(44:25) Culture rules with shock value
(55:25) Jeff Bezos' new startup
(57:00) Ben's uncommon traits
(1:00:13) Wisdom accelerators
(1:03:24) Paid in Full
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Links:
• High Output Management - https://tinyurl.com/yejpnfs8
• The Motive - https://tinyurl.com/2ba2p52m
• a16z - https://a16z.com/
• KoBold Metals - https://koboldmetals.com/
• Flock Safety - https://www.flocksafety.com/
• Paid In Full - https://paidinfullfoundation.org/
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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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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media …
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$10M Business ideas w/ The Most Interesting Guy In Tech
26 november 2025 · 1 uur 2 min
Want to start a $1M side hustle? Get 100+ ideas here: https://clickhubspot.com/gtb Lees meer
Episode 769: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sheel Mohnot ( https://x.com/pitdesi ) about $10M business ideas you could be early on.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:42) 50-year mortgage
(11:22) #1 - AI Yard Vision
(15:02) #2 - AI Pool Vision
(24:05) #4 - Peptides
(35:43) #5 - eHarmony for Surrogacy
(44:13) #6 - EMS - not the one you're thinking
(55:53) #7 - Prediction Marketplaces
(56:30) Books are a waste of time
(58:13) Message the owner
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Links:
• BTV - https://www.btv.vc/
• DeepLawn - https://deeplawn.com/
• Roofer - https://roofer.com/
• Hone - https://honehealth.com/
• Katalyst - https://katalyst.com/
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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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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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How a $200 Doorbell Became a $4B Business
24 november 2025 · 1 uur 14 min
Get the cheat sheet: Jamie's 5 steps to build a $1B product from a $200 idea: https://clickhubspot.com/ajn Lees meer
Episode 768: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Ring founder Jamie Siminoff ( https://x.com/JamieSiminoff ) about the wild story of building and selling Ring–plus business ideas he thinks someone should go after.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:47) Selling Ring for $1.15B
(6:48) Getting sued by ADT
(17:18) Working with Jeff Bezos
(19:29) $400M to $4B
(24:02) Getting the wire
(26:44) Money v freedom
(28:29) Rule 1: Start with the problem
(30:02) Rule 2: Little solution, massive market
(33:31) Idea: Modern bug control ($5-10B idea)
(40:35) Rule 3: The snowball approach
(43:54) Ding Dong and other must reads
(46:32) The Tom Brady philosophy on hiring
(51:33) The too hard pile
(54:25) Stickwithitness
(56:14) Last mile marketing
(58:08) Rebuilding a town
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Links:
• Ding Dong - https://tinyurl.com/3zrsjete
• Ring - https://ring.com/
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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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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing…
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We react to Bill Ackman's advice to young men
20 november 2025 · 55 min
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Episode 767: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) react to Bill Ackman’s dating advice for young men. Plus, the 20-something kid who’s making $300K/month doing man-on-the-street interviews.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) May I meet you?
(10:52) $300K/mo Street interviews as a service
(17:14) Taking a stance
(25:53) The crazy story of Pandora
(30:43) Taking simple ideas seriously
(37:31) Ben Horowitz, a great hang
(45:49) Noticing the AI tipping point
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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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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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How fortnite made me a millionaire
19 november 2025 · 1 uur 1 min
Get the Side Hustle Ideas Database [free]: https://clickhubspot.com/ckf Lees meer
Episode 765: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about every business Shaan tried before he made his first million.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) #1 Chipotle of Sushi
(5:00) #2 Selling Wristbands Online
(9:34) #3 Biotech with a billionaire
(12:54) #4 Making the next billion dollar app
(17:30) #5 Ride a wave
(22:37) Shaan applies to Stripe
(25:29) Going from 0/12 to 5/5
(26:35) Project selection
(40:00) Your last dollar
(46:00) Uncle Shaan's advice for 20 year olds
(52:12) New segment: Life happens
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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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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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Every Business I Tried Before Making My First Million
17 november 2025 · 41 min
Want the Side Hustle Ideas Database? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/jnd Lees meer
Episode 765: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about every business Sam tried before he made his first million.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) #1 - Flipping Sports Equipment
(2:05) #2 - Hot Dog Stand
(5:42) #3 - Online Liquor Store
(8:33) #4 - Anti-MBA Book Club
(10:40) #5 - Roommate Matching
(12:11) What to start now
(19:48) Risk vs uncertainty
(24:57) #? - Itch Juice
(29:04) A bunch of failures
(34:17) Lessons from starting 17 businesses
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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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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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How Alex Hormozi Gets Other People To Build His $100M+ Empire
14 november 2025 · 1 uur 16 min
Get Sam & Shaan's guide to build a Million Dollar Business (+team): https://clickhubspot.com/hde Lees meer
Episode 764: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Alex Hormozi ( https://x.com/AlexHormozi ) about how to hire A+ talent, how to think in frameworks, and how to write for maximum persuasion.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Hiring for general intelligence
(16:12) The snowball of talent
(18:59) Employees v. Partners
(20:35) How to be a magnet for talent
(24:39) #1 mistake
(26:37) Be fast to fire
(30:33) macro patience, micro speed
(38:03) Shower thoughts w/ Hormozi
(44:58) Persuasion
(1:05:12) Alex reads his own tweets
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Links:
• Acquisition - https://www.acquisition.com/
• 1929 - https://tinyurl.com/5n78rjzw
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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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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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I Did Nothing For 2 Weeks. It Made Me Better At Everything.
12 november 2025 · 1 uur 7 min
Get the behind-the-scenes on Shaan’s book project - https://onehourbooks.co Lees meer
Get Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (+ his reading strategy): https://clickhubspot.com/rkf
Episode 763: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the benefits of doing nothing, Shaan’s secret book project, and the $100M startup that’s trying to cure loneliness.
And we share the big news: Shaan’s dropping a new book - https://onehourbooks.co
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Sam takes 2 weeks off
(8:13) Stoicism, so hot right now
(14:09) engineering breakthroughs
(19:55) One Hour Books
(33:21) good procrastination
(35:33) Shaping a belief
(43:52) Shaan's family hustle
(49:00) Build What Outlives You
(51:01) Little Blue Books
(56:11) $100M curing loneliness
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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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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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I Ranked the Best & WORST Businesses to Start Before 2026 | Andrew Wilkinson
7 november 2025 · 1 uur 20 min
Which business model should you start? Get Andrew's cheat sheet with his full ranking and real profit margins here: https://clickhubspot.com/dge Lees meer
Episode 762: What’s the best business to start in 2026?
Agencies, SaaS, Restaurants, Real Estate, Marketplaces. Angel Investing; Andrew Wilkinson has played every game.
He built 38 companies, lost $10 million, and still ended up with a $300 million portfolio.
This week, @shaanpuri spoke with him about:
the best and worst business models to win in 2026
starting Tiny with just $4M (now $250M)
the truth behind the Twitter hate on Tiny’s stock
why buying companies beats building them
His is not a redemption story. It is the unapologetic reality of building, failing, and getting back up.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:06) MLM
(4:28) Freelancer
(5:07) Agency
(9:33) SaaS
(14:48) Restaurant
(17:03) Marketplace
(19:43) Short Term Rentals
(20:52) Content Creator
(23:06) Real Estate
(26:16) Fund Management
(35:21) Local Services
(36:36) Investing
(38:12) Sweaty Startup
(43:15) Tiny stock performance
(52:20) The courage to be disliked
(1:10:21) Inputs v outputs
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Links:
• Tiny - https://tiny.com/
• Never Enough - https://www.neverenough.com/
• Serato - https://serato.com/
• Rekordbox - https://rekordbox.com
• Pershing Square Holdings - https://pershingsquareholdings.com/
• Invest Like The Best - https://www.youtube.com/@ILTB_Podcast
• The Courage To Be Disliked - https://tinyurl.com/5fk3sa79
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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…
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The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team
5 november 2025 · 49 min
Get the guide to build your own unicorn billion dollar biz: https://clickhubspot.com/fgk Lees meer
Episode 761: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Ryan Smith ( https://x.com/ryanqualtrics ) – the high school dropout who built an $8B company and bought an NBA team.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) 1.9 GPA to $2B
(9:47) Starting Qualtrics
(14:02) Focus
(24:00) How to be top 1% at sales
(26:17) Turning down $500M
(31:37) Working backwards
(3814) Buying an NBA team
(43:51) The 9 most important minutes of the day
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Links:
• Qualtrics - https://www.qualtrics.com/
• Utah Jazz - https://www.nba.com/jazz/
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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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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
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I asked Cathie Wood the question no one else will
30 oktober 2025 · 43 min
Get the free investing playbook to invest like Warren Buffet: https://clickhubspot.com/rme Lees meer
Episode 760: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Cathie Wood ( https://x.com/CathieDWood ) about her fund’s performance, her biggest bets on AI, and the most misunderstood stock on earth.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) McDonald’s to Managing Billions
(8:54) A day in the life of Cathie Wood
(17:29) ARK’s Performance Review
(30:00) Cathie’s #1 stock pick
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Links:
• ARK - https://www.ark-funds.com/
• The MFM Newsletter Challenge - https://www.beehiiv.com/application/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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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
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Masterclass: How to go from founder to CEO (without imploding)
28 oktober 2025 · 58 min
Get Shaan's CEO Masterclass Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/esd Lees meer
Episode 759: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the things they wish they knew when they were first-time CEOs.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) CEO Masterclass
(38:06) Abusing Your Edge
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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
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• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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5 AI Tools I’d Use to Make $1M (w/o employees, capital, or time)
21 oktober 2025 · 40 min
Use these 5 AI tools to make your first $1M: https://clickhubspot.com/khe Lees meer
Episode 758: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Greg Isenberg ( https://x.com/gregisenberg ) about 5 underrated AI tools founders should know about.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Enhancer.ai
(7:05) Comet
(17:15) Wispr Flow
(19:11) Shortcut AI
(23:50) Reel.Farm
(30:55) AI Apply
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Links:
• Wan 2.2 - https://github.com/Wan-Video/Wan2.2
• Comet - https://www.perplexity.ai/comet
• Wisprflow - https://wisprflow.ai/
• Shortcut - https://www.tryshortcut.ai/
• Reel.farm - http://reel.farm/
• AI Apply -https://aiapply.co/
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• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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How to live an asymmetric life
17 oktober 2025 · 24 min
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Episode 757 Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) shares his formula for how to live a good life.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Step 1: Don’t Have a Best Friend
(2:45) Step 2: Don’t Decide
(7:01) Step 3: Don’t Set Goals
(13:54) Step 4: Keep Pivoting
(16:23) Step 5: Don’t Buy the Index
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• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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How two straight guys bought Grindr and made $2B
13 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 23 min
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Episode 756 Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Rick Marini and Jeff Bonforte, the private equity guys who flipped Grindr for $2B dollars in 24 months.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The story of Grindr
(13:34) Private Equity crash course
(38:10) Uncle Rick gives advice on what to buy
(43:07) Trends to jump on
(49:48) Buying lottery tickets
(1:03:58) The wisdom of Naval
(1:10:48) The emotional adoption curve
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Links:
• Rick Marini - https://x.com/rmarini
• Jeff Bonforte - https://x.com/bonforte
• Grindr - https://www.grindr.com/
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• Copy That - https://copythat.com
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• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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5 App Ideas for ChatGPT’s New App Store ft. Greg Isenberg
10 oktober 2025 · 22 min
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Episode 755: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Greg Isenberg ( https://x.com/gregisenberg ) about OpenAI’s new App Store and brainstorm app ideas to jump on.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) ChatGPT App Store launch
(7:47) IDEA: My AI Tax Guy
(10:26) IDEA: AI Healthcare concierge
(13:07) IDEA: AI meme studio
(13:53) IDEA: AI grandma
(14:57) IDEA Credit repair
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Links:
• Idea Browser - https://www.ideabrowser.com/
• BankStatementConverter - https://bankstatementconverter.com/
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• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
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• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Brainstorming $100M Ideas with the $1B+ King of Brands
8 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 21 min
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Episode 754: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) brainstorm $100M ideas with Eric Ryan ( https://x.com/ericthomasryan ).
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Show Notes:
(0:00) My $1B product playbook
(3:32) Look for a sea of sameness
(9:31) Trend trips
(15:27) Remix opposing ideas
(22:46) Case Study: Olly
(32:14) The State of Make
(37:54) IDEA: A better Metamucil
(44:34) IDEA: The SoulCycle of diners
(55:57) IDEA: White label chicken
(1:03:28) Holy Grail of Naming
(1:06:23) IDEA: Gourmet Babybels
(1:10:28) IDEA: fun shaped cheese
(1:14:26) Commit and then figure ou
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Links:
• Method - https://methodhome.com/
• Olly - https://www.olly.com/
• Welly - https://www.getwelly.com/
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• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
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• Copy That - https://copythat.com
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• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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$50M Poker Pro Shares His Best Advice For Founders
6 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 17 min
Want Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/cpe Lees meer
Episode 753: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to poker pro Daniel Negreanu ( https://x.com/realkidpoker ) about the inner game of risk and performance under pressure.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(6:28) The Scotty Nguyen story
(8:07) Reading People
(22:30) Daniel's first poker game
(27:21) Be, Do, Have
(39:10) Phil Ivey
(44:46) Common leaks
(49:12) the hypnagogic state
(52:35) Emotional intelligence
(59:46) Kidlan's Law
(1:03:20) Handling the downswings
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Links:
• Daniel on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0w4AA42ItXQEb9aZld87-w
• Daniel Negreanu - https://danielnegreanu.com/
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• 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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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The App That’ll Be Bigger Than TikTok
3 oktober 2025 · 48 min
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Episode 752: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about 3 apps that are crushing it.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) We try out Sora
(16:51) Trend: micro sports betting
(24:02) Idea: Remote AA for Gamblers
(33:21) Sam’s secret YouTube
(39:10) Idea: RescueTime 2.0
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Links:
• Sora - https://openai.com/sora/
• Meta Glasses - https://www.meta.com/ai-glasses/shop-all
• Birches Health - https://bircheshealth.com/
• Sunflower Sober - https://sunflowersober.com
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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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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The Hospitality Principles That Build Billion-Dollar Startups
30 september 2025 · 1 uur 2 min
Want to start your own million dollar business with less than $1k? Get the guide: https://clickhubspot.com/bgk Lees meer
Episode 751: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Will Guidara ( https://x.com/wguidara ) about how startups can use principles of 5-star restaurants to beat their competitors.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(7:42) Delivering praise and criticism
(12:26) Unreasonable customer experience
(17:39) One Size Fits All
(25:14) One Size Fits Most
(28:54) One Size Fits One
(33:53) How to implement
(40:24) Who to study
(47:51) The business of restaurants
(53:58) Dealing with critics
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Links:
• Unreasonable Hospitality - https://www.unreasonablehospitality.com/
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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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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He turned a broke team into a billion dollars
26 september 2025 · 49 min
Want to start your own business with less than $1k? Get the playbook here: https://clickhubspot.com/fhe Lees meer
Episode 750: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the wild rise of Savannah Bananas.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The wild story of Savannah Bananas
(20:59) How to be insanely great
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Links:
• The Savannah Bananas - https://thesavannahbananas.com/
• Jesse Cole on Acquired - https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/building-the-savannah-bananas
• Monster Jam - https://www.monsterjam.com/
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• 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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
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• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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How to Get Rich (without luck, talent or a trust fund)
24 september 2025 · 16 min
Want the 4 money rules that changed my life? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/fmd Lees meer
Episode 749: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) teaches the 4 simple rules that made him a millionaire by 30.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Rule #1: Master a Money-Making Skill
(5:00) Rule #2: Don’t Rent Your Time, Own Equity
(8:19) Rule #3: Wait
(9:44) Rule #4: Proximity is Power
(12:08) Putting it all together
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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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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The Side Hustle King: 11 Easy Businesses Anyone Can Start
22 september 2025 · 1 uur 14 min
Want 200 Business Ideas to launch your next side hustle? get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/egk Lees meer
Episode 748: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Chris Koerner ( https://x.com/mhp_guy ) about side hustles you can start in your backyard.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Porch pumpkins
(12:50) Sport court installation
(19:17) In-ground trampoline installation
(23:08) Robot Manicure Machine
(28:49) Dollhouses for men
(34:21) Govdeals.com
(39:57) Mobile Fuel Delivery
(41:16) Novelty Ice Cream
(48:01) Secret pickleball court
(49:13) Kids gym equipment
(54:41) RV Parks
(1:00:33) If I was starting from scatch
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Links:
• The Koerner Office - https://www.thekoerneroffice.com/
• Porch Pumpkins - https://porchpumpkins.com/
• Trampolines.com - Trampolines.com
• GovDeals.com - GovDeals.com
• BStock.com - BStock.com
• 260SampleSale - https://260samplesale.com/
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• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
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• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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How To Turn $100K into $4,000,000 with Distressed Investing
19 september 2025 · 1 uur 9 min
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Episode 747: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Thomas Braziel ( https://x.com/thomasbraziel ) about distress investing.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Distressed investing 101
(6:06) FTX deal details
(25:59) First, Best, Worst, Weirdest
(33:27) Shop Madison not Canal
(34:27) Your first decade is tuition
(38:25) Where Tom puts his cash
(41:46) A position well bought is already half sold
(43:35) The ugly side
(46:24) How to handle public controversy
(55:42) Recommended reading
(59:33) E.P. Taylor
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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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
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• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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5 Lessons in Negotiation from an FBI Hostage Negotiator
17 september 2025 · 1 uur
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Episode 746: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) gets coached by Chris Voss ( https://x.com/fbinegotiator ) on how to be a better negotiator in business.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The hijack moment
(10:04) High stakes hostage negotiation
(20:53) Rule 1. You have imperfect information
(23:51) Rule 2. Label
(28:00) Rule 3. Go for no
(34:30) Rule 4. Leverage will never make you a better negotiator
(36:53) Rule 5. Be predictable
(39:00) Oprah as a master negotiator
(42:49) How to prep for a negotiation
(47:46) Chris Voss in situ
(50:23) Parenting advice from a hostage negotiator
(52:38) Let them talk
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Links:
• Join the Black Swan Community - https://www.blackswanltd.com/
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• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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$30B Founder: How To Rank #1 In ChatGPT
15 september 2025 · 1 uur 11 min
Want to rank #1 in ChatGPT? Get the Prompt Library: https://clickhubspot.com/dpm Lees meer
Get HubSpot's new Loop playbook here: https://clickhubspot.com/cd63b7
Episode 745: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Dharmesh Shah about the early days of SEO and how to jack the algorithm today to show up in ChatGPT responses.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The origin of inbound
(15:55) Algorithm jacking
(22:43) Old Way: SEO
(32:45) New Way: AEO
(36:21) Step 1: Enable chatbot crawlers
(37:55) Step 2: Restructure your content as Q&A
(39:05) Step 3: White hat linking
(43:44) Step 4: Structured product catalogues
(44:27)Step 5: Human generated answered
(46:57) How Dharmesh goes from 0 to 1
(52:26) How Dharmesh uses ChatGPT
(59:30) The sport of business
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Links:
• Inbound - http://inbound.com/
• On Startups - https://www.onstartups.com/
• ClickFunnels - https://www.clickfunnels.com/
• Loop Marketing - https://www.hubspot.com/loop-marketing
• ImageGen.ai - https://imagegen.ai/imagegen
• DadJoke.ai - https://agent.ai/agent/dadjoke
• Agent.ai - https://agent.ai/
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• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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The man who made a billion off blueberries
12 september 2025 · 1 uur 19 min
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Episode 744: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the insane economics of Broadway shows, the blueberry billionaire plus business lessons from sports.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Billy of the week: John Bragg
(20:40) America's Banana King
(24:29) Sam goes to Broadway
(34:01) Lessons from Tennis
(42:36) The pain cave
(50:53) Rebranding motivational phrases
(59:48) Jerry Seinfeld on how to be great
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• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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This guy made millions by inventing the McFlurry & the $1 Menu
10 september 2025 · 58 min
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Episode 743: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the inventor of the McFlurry and Stuffed Crust Pizza plus Shaan’s stock picks.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The godfather of junk food
(26:02) Stockapalooza update
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Links:
• QSR Magazine - https://www.qsrmagazine.com/
• David Protein - https://davidprotein.com/
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• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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7 People Making $5M-$10M From Weird Hobbies
5 september 2025 · 1 uur 10 min
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Episode 742: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Billy Parks ( https://x.com/billyfilm ) about 7 creators making $5M to $10M from niche content with small audiences. Billy is a partner at Slow Ventures where he invests in creator-built businesses.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The creator middle class
(6:53) Jonathan Katz-Moses
(15:24) Mary Heffernan
(23:03) Jocko Willink
(29:01) Detail Geek
(35:10) Tony Seno
(46:15) Niches to go after
(58:17) Under the radar creators
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Links:
• Jonathan Katz-Moses - https://www.youtube.com/@katzmosestools/videos
• Mary Heffernan - https://fivemarys.com/marys-story
• Jocko Willink - https://www.youtube.com/@JockoPodcastOfficial
• Tonester - https://www.youtube.com/@tonesterpaints
• T.Rex Arms - https://www.trex-arms.com/
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• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Giving founders brutally honest feedback
3 september 2025 · 1 uur 12 min
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Episode 741: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the most common mistakes founders make and how to fix them PLUS old school businesses that are making a comeback.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Business Traps
(21:21) The Onion selling print papers again
(31:36) Oberweis milk delivery
(39:31) Joe Lemandt and Alpha School
(1:00:05) Grind Academy home schooling facility
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Links:
• Mobile Emissions - http://mobileemissions.com/
• Purple Cow - https://tinyurl.com/mdbfksx8
• Train Hard, Win Easy - https://tinyurl.com/2raksmas
• The Triple Package - https://tinyurl.com/yebnt9nx
• The Onion - https://theonion.com/
• Colossus - https://joincolossus.com/
• Oberweis - https://www.oberweis.com/
• Mentava - https://www.mentava.com/
• The Grind Academy - https://www.grindlv.com/
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• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Robert Greene: How to use the 48 Laws of Power to get what you want in business
28 augustus 2025 · 1 uur 24 min
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Episode 740: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Robert Greene ( https://x.com/RobertGreene ) about the most important ideas from his books and how to apply them today.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(00:48) Why specialists beat generalists
(1:42) Your brain needs deep work
(3:03) 300 books read for every 1 book written
(14:58) Clues from childhood
(21:27) Buffett’s Inner Scorecard
(23:16) The Power of Silence and Mystery
(30:35) Find your purpose
(31:02) Authenticity Is Overrated
(34:31) Boldness attracts. Timidness repels
(41:08) Who’s Playing the Power Game Well Today
(52:52) Turning a disaster into attention.
(56:19) Breaking Through at 37
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Links:
• The 48 Laws of Power - https://tinyurl.com/4ahkxzfj
• The 33 Strategies of War - https://tinyurl.com/57vp9khn
• The Art of Seduction - https://tinyurl.com/424mbtux
• The 50th Law - https://tinyurl.com/zcte6826
• Mastery - https://tinyurl.com/3ch5ah8y
• The Daily Laws - https://tinyurl.com/3n8pjv3t
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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslis…
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Brainstorming $100M AI-Proof Businesses
26 augustus 2025 · 56 min
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Episode 739: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about anti-digital businesses that are making $10M to $300M a year.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Shaan joins a country club
(06:28) IDEA: Social Club
(11:04) IDEA: Family club house
(12:10) IDEA: Pet Owner Housing
(19:47) IDEA: $300M Anti-phone pouch
(32:53) MFM’s Pascal Challenge (24hr phone fast)
(34:29) The greatest biography of all time
(37:22) Steve Martin's 40-year mindset
(41:31) Dialectics
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Links:
• Zero Bond - https://zerobondny.com/
• Chief - https://chief.com
• The Malin - https://themalin.co/
• The Lighthouse - https://thelighthouse.com/
• Neuehouse - https://www.neuehouse.com/
• Soho House - https://www.sohohouse.com/
• Yondr - https://www.overyondr.com/
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• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Howard Marks: 79 Years of Investing Wisdom in 55 Minutes
25 augustus 2025 · 49 min
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Episode 738: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Howard Marks about principles of value investing.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The S&P 500
(11:48) Legendary memos
(18:45) Investing without emotion
(29:32) You can't raise money in a crisis
(36:05) Recommended Reading
(41:49) Higher than average returns
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Links:
• Oaktree - https://www.oaktreecapital.com/
• Memos - https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/memos
• The Most Important Thing - https://tinyurl.com/47amrzhj
• Mastering The Market Cycle - https://tinyurl.com/mr33mjbr
• Devil Take The Hindmost - https://tinyurl.com/yx9ce7xn
• A Short History of Financial Euphoria - https://tinyurl.com/uavcnunx
• Winning a Loser’s Game - https://tinyurl.com/55ch2rh9
• Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) - https://tinyurl.com/yc85ek63
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• 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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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I built a billion dollar company in 18 months
20 augustus 2025 · 52 min
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Episode 737: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with Eric Glyman ( https://x.com/eglyman ) about how he built a unicorn in less than 2 years.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) $100M in 18 months
(4:13) The Ramp business model
(8:58) Moving fast
(15:29) IDEA: Manufactured homes
(18:24) IDEA: Creator credit card
(21:51) The crazy history of credit in America
(28:15) Building a 100-year company
(31:20) Favorite business biographies
(40:03) Auditing your weaknesses
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Links:
• Ramp - https://ramp.com
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• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
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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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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3 Wild Stories to Get You Hyped This Week
18 augustus 2025 · 42 min
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Episode 736: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell 3 wild stories of business lore.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Amadeo Giannini
(23:31) Preston Thorpe
(30:45) Stefan Thomas
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• 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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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I Launched A Viral Water Brand In 8 Weeks
15 augustus 2025 · 1 uur 22 min
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Episode 735: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Dan Porter ( https://x.com/tfadp ) about how he turned canned water into a viral hit.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Making water viral
(24:12) Marketing from the bottom
(45:15) Positioning is everything
(58:22) How I got 100M followers
(1:04:29) How to spot gold
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Links:
• 67 Water - https://www.67water.com/
• Overtime - https://itsovertime.com/
• Teach for America - https://www.teachforamerica.org/
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• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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From $4/Hour to $4 Billion Net Worth
13 augustus 2025 · 1 uur 40 min
Want to build your own million dollar side hustle? Get 700+ prompts here: https://clickhubspot.com/cdw Lees meer
Episode 734: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with billionaire Hayes Barnard for a rare interview.
TeamWater is now live!
$1 = 1 year of clean water for someone in need. During August, countless founders (including Hayes) are attempting to raise $40,000,000 to give 2,000,000 people clean drinking water for decades each!Anything you can give helps: teamwater.org
Want to do breathwork like Hayes? His teacher, Johann can be found at Blurbay.com/johannurb and Pyramidbreath.com.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Failing 1st grade to $10B Founder
(4:21) The making of outperformers
(9:28) Lessons from Larry Ellison
(32:05) Surviving Crisis
(41:30) The difference between rejection and results
(46:40) Meeting Elon
(56:07) What to chase
(1:07:35) The Dad Story
(1:18:30) Laying in the dirt
(1:26:45) Give Power
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Links:
• TEAMWATER - https://teamwater.org/
• GoodLeap - https://www.goodleap.com/
• GivePower - https://givepower.org/
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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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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5 Live Callers Get Startup Advice from Hormozi & Shaan
8 augustus 2025 · 46 min
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Episode 733: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Alex Hormozi ( https://x.com/alexhormozi ) take questions from callers LIVE.
$100M Money Models, launches at a live virtual event Saturday August 16th. Register free: https://register.acq.com
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(0:16) Caller #1
(12:55) Caller #2
(21:52) Caller #3
(31:20) Caller #4
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Links:
• Acquisition - https://www.acquisition.com/
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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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Hormozi Teaches Me Everything He Knows in 90 Minutes
7 augustus 2025 · 1 uur 22 min
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Episode 732: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Alex Hormozi ( https://x.com/alexhormozi ) to talk about his newest book, $100M Money Models.
The book will teach you how to get more customers to spend more, in less time, over and over again, ultimately eliminating cash flow as a constraint to growth of any business.
$100M Money Models, launches at a live virtual event Saturday August 16th. Register free: https://register.acq.com
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Money Models
(9:34) Sell When Pain Is Highest
(14:00) Live coaching: Rebuilding Shaan’s Business
(30:04) What most founder get wrong
(37:55) Make it or Take It: Tough Questions
(55:09) What Hormozi is obsessed with now
(1:08:51) Playing the YouTube game
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Links:
• Acquisition - https://www.acquisition.com/
• Somewhere - https://somewhere.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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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Talking to Tim Ferriss about how to live a dope life
4 augustus 2025 · 1 uur 32 min
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Episode 731: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Tim Ferriss ( https://x.com/tferriss ) about what he’s been nerding out on lately .
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(6:52) How much money is enough money
(25:28) Tim's favorite podcast guests
(28:21) Lifestyle sampling
(32:49) Shaan's unscripted days
(38:57) Creativity gyms
(42:13) The curse of precision thinking
(47:00) Tim's superpowers
(52:35) How to be a magnet for the right audience
(1:05:22) What Tim’s nerding out on now
(1:19:34) Trend: Electricity over pills
(1:23:16) Trend Exogenous ketones
(1:25:31) Trend: Analogue and social—
Links:
• Coyote - https://www.explodingkittens.com/products/coyote—
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• Copy That - https://copythat.com
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The New Style of Video That’s Taking Over the Internet
30 juli 2025 · 31 min
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Episode 730: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the trend of cinematic content creators on TikTok and YouTube.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Creator Camp
(7:41) Wesley Wang’s Viral Short Film
(17:00) The Iron Snail
(20:08) Michael MacKelvie
(24:52) Ryan Trahan’s Candy Commercial Masterpiece
(27:20) Different Is Better Than Better
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Links:
• Creator Camp - http://creatorcamp.co/
• nothing, except everything. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hif5eI5pBxo
• Batmalle - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DK1n403ok0k/
• The Iron Snail - https://www.youtube.com/@TheIronSnail
• Michael Mackelvie - https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelMacKelvie
• “We Need To Talk” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImQ1nY0y9HA
• Joyride - https://www.joyride.com
• STICKS - https://www.youtube.com/@STICKS
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• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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I built 4 Agents in 55 minutes to save 20+ hours a week
28 juli 2025 · 51 min
Episode 729: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Zapier founder Wade Foster ( https://x.com/wadefoster ) about how to build AI Agents. Lees meer
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(5:57) DEMO: Instant Dossier
(10:49) Model Context Protocol
(19:30) DEMO: Read Strategy memos like a Harvard MBA
(29:13) DEMO: Inbox Zero Agent
(36:00) Getting your team to use AI
(40:00) DEMO: Employee fraud detector
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Links:
• Want Wade's guide to use AI Agents to save 20+ Hours/week? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/wdp
• Zapier - zapier.com
• Claude - Claude.ai
• Glean - https://www.glean.com/
• Databricks - https://www.databricks.com/
• Superwhisper - https://superwhisper.com/
• Wisprflow - https://wisprflow.ai/
• N8n - https://n8n.io/
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• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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What It’s Like to Spend 24hrs with a Billionaire Who Plays Full Out
24 juli 2025 · 1 uur 5 min
Steal Sam's playbook to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/ebm Lees meer
Episode 728: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about hanging out with billionaires.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:56) Hayes Barnard
(23:15) Sasha Koehn
(29:27) Alex Hormozi
(39:24) Wade Foster
(45:38) Eric Glyman
(49:33) Sanjiv Chopra
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Links:
• Buck Mason - https://www.buckmason.com
• Zapier - https://zapier.com/
• Ramp - https://ramp.com/
• Acquisition - https://www.acquisition.com/
• Rhino - https://rhinoinvestmentsgroup.com/
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• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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I was $15m in debt...now I own a billion dollar portfolio
22 juli 2025 · 1 uur
Want Sam's Playbook to Uncover Hidden Business Opportunities? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/pcf Lees meer
Episode 727: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with his brother-in-law Sanjiv Chopra to talk about how he went from $15M in debt to a real estate portfolio of $1.5B.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:37) $15M in debt on first deal
(12:30) Pawning my wife’s wedding ring to buy a gym
(19:41) Turning a broken gym around
(22:02) Referral marketing
(29:48) Double escrow
(36:11) Shopping centers
(40:20) What a Good Real Estate Deal Looks Like
(44:02) How you act when you lose
(51:02) Legacy, Balance & Being a Present Dad
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Links:
• Rhino Investments - https://rhinoinvestmentsgroup.com/
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• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Talking to a billionaire about how he uses ChatGPT
16 juli 2025 · 56 min
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Episode 726: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Dharmesh Shah ( https://x.com/dharmesh ) about how he’s using ChatGPT.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) Context windows
(5:26) Vector embeddings
(17:20) Automation and orchestration
(21:03) Tool calling
(28:14) Dharmesh's hot takes on AI
(33:06) Agentic managers
(39:41) Zuck poaches OpenAI talent w/ 9-figures
(49:33) Shaan makes a video game
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Links:
• Agent.ai - https://agent.ai/
• Andrej Karpathy - https://www.youtube.com/andrejkarpathy
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• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Brainstorming $10M AI Business Ideas w/ the Airtable Founder
11 juli 2025 · 45 min
Want to scale your side hustle with AI? Get 700 prompts here: https://clickhubspot.com/wbc Lees meer
Episode 725: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to the founder of Airtable, Howie Liu ( https://x.com/howietl ), about 7 AI business ideas he would start if he was in his 20s.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) IDEA: Live Shopping w/ AI avatars
(5:34) IDEA: AI personalized news
(10:36) IDEA: AI Personal Finance Advisor
(18:27) IDEA: AI PE model of buy an existing business
(24:20) IDEA: Cursor for email
(36:53) IDEA: AI-native social apps
(38:42) IDEA: Uncensored AI search
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Links:
• Sesame - https://www.sesame.com/
• Whatnot - https://www.whatnot.com/
• HeyGen - https://www.heygen.com/
• Superhuman - https://superhuman.com/
• Kubera - https://www.kubera.com/
• Addepar - https://addepar.com/
• Airtable - https://www.airtable.com/
• Chief.so - http://chief.so/
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• Copy That - https://copythat.com
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• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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How this dumb doll makes $2M per day
9 juli 2025 · 1 uur 3 min
Want Sam's Playbook to Uncover Billion-Dollar Business Opportunities? Get it here: https://mfmpod.link/rve Lees meer
Episode 724: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down $1B+ product crazes and why they worked.
If you want to help those on the inside, donate to The Last Mile (https://thelastmile.org/donate) and Inside Circle (https://insidecircle.org/)
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Labubu
(3:19) The "gotcha" mechanic
(10:53) The lipstick effect
(12:53) The lalapalooza effect
(15:17) $1B+ crazes
(20:48) Tony's Chocolonely
(31:10) Sam goes to prison
(37:18) The Larry story
(41:26) Shaan joins a prison gang
(51:15) Sam vows to quit the internet and money
(54:52) Pomp's SPAC
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Links:
• Pop Mart - https://www.popmart.com/us
• Tony’s Chocolonely - https://tonyschocolonely.com/
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• 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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• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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How I Bought a $3.4M Business For $200K
4 juli 2025 · 1 uur 21 min
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Episode 723: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Shaan’s college friend Dan Certner ( https://x.com/youneedbags ) about how he bought a business and doubled it in 18 months.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Dan the bag man
(5:16) Farmville Fraud Detection
(10:09) Fail: Getting rich working at a startup
(15:13) Buying a bag business
(19:30) The forgivable sellers note
(22:57) How to find the right business
(37:29) Meeting the seller
(40:15) Negotiating the terms
(45:44) The real profit
(49:55) Who should do this?
(53:40) Everything is someone's business
(56:32) The exit strategy
(59:41) Shaan and Dan's business plan
(1:07:49) Fun to Run Businesses
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Links:
• Fleet - https://www.fleetpackaging.com/
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• 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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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
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• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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