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Episode 786:  Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) tell the story Demis Hassabis ( https://x.com/demishassabis ) and the creation of Deepmind. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Demis the Menace

(22:05) The only resource you need is resourcefulness

(2457) Move 37

(29:38) The olympics of protein folding

(4639) We are the gorillas

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Links:

• The Thinking Game - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95J8yzvjbQ 

• Why We Do What We Do - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwFOwyoH-3g 

• Fierce Nerds - https://paulgraham.com/fn.html 

• Isomorphic Labs - https://www.isomorphiclabs.com/ 

• If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies - https://ifanyonebuildsit.com/ 

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• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 785:  Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talks to Nick Huber ( https://x.com/sweatystartup ) about the biggest bet he ever made and the mistakes he learned the hard way.

Email [email protected] to get hooked up with a pre-vetted salesperson, finance person or executive assistant. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:24) Breaking down Nick's portfolio

(8:49) The deal structure and terms

(11:20) Fail: Buying a domain for $400K, killing out traffic

(12:24) Fail Elon bought twitter + I invited competition

(16:49) new owner syndrome

(18:43) How to hire overseas talent (10-min masterclass)

(27:18) Pieter Thiel's Stanford class

(30:17) Suli's brutal advice

(34:23) Holdcos is overrated

(36:04) The tortoise always wins

(38:52) one big thing

(47:25) Roofing

(51:07) Self-storage

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• Somewhere - https://somewhere.com/ 

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

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• Copy That - https://copythat.com

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• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 784:  Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) sits down with David Senra ( https://x.com/FoundersPodcast ) to talk about greatness, balance and what destroys successful people. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:22) Balance is the enemy of greatness

(9:13) How to remember what you learn

(17:10) Revenge for Being Born & Reframing the Inner Critic

(26:40) Success, Relationships, and What Destroys Great People

(30:55) Advice for 19-Year-Olds

(34:42) David’s ideal board of advisors

(39:20) Don’t Do Anything Someone Else Can Do

(44:05) what successful people really think about at the end

(48:30) Compounding wisdom

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Links:

• Founders Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@founderspodcast1 

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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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Episode 783: Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) gets interviewed by his former intern about quitting a $120K/yr job in his 20s to become strategically broke and the other counter-intuitive decisions that made him successful. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:56) Quitting a $120k job to be broke and live with 3 friends (Don’t linger on bad decisions)

(10:26) Fear is what holds people back more so than anything else

(13:17) How to get what you (actually) want.

(16:37) Most people are not serious

(28:21) Who is the most important voice in your life?

(34:05) Why I decided to sell my company to Twitch & Amazon.

(40:18) The biggest waste of time is doing something that needn’t been done at all (Elon)

(41:52)  “You can’t run an A/B test on life” (Act Accordingly)

(52:37) There are no bonus points for making things harder for yourself (location)

(58:23) The best people are 'down' (Buffett)

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Links:

• The Biography Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@thebiographypod 

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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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• 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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Episode 782: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) answer listener questions. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Biggest mistake in business you've never talked about

(7:33) Best company to work at to become a millionaire

(20:43) How much revenue did Hampton make in 2025?

(21:28) 2026 misogi's

(29:46) what's your f u money purchase

(35:28) what are the mfm OGs up to?

(43:07) how to build compounding wealth

(50:09) Who would be your jail call?

(1:04:41) best idea you've heard on the pod

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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—

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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Episode 781: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) break down the best things they’ve seen over the last 12 months. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(11:18) die with zero

(20:24) selling out

(37:06) 48 Laws of Power

(41:28) The Terminal List

(46:17) The Navalmanak

(49:13) Working smarter, not harder

(51:52) The $510M boom box

(54:08) Sam's richer, better looking twin

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Links:

• Die With Zero - https://www.diewithzerobook.com/ 

• The Almanack of Naval Ravikant - https://www.navalmanack.com/ 

• Poor Charlie’s Almanack - https://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com/ 

• The Will of the Many - https://www.amazon.com/Will-Many-1-Hierarchy/dp/1982141174 

• The Terminal List - https://www.officialjackcarr.com/books/the-terminal-list/ 

• The 48 Laws of Power - https://powerseductionandwar.com/48-laws-of-power/ 

• Selling Out - https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/memo/selling-out 

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—

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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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Episode 780: Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) flies to Jesse Itzler’s ( https://x.com/JesseItzler ) home to plan an epic 2026. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(6:00) Step 1: Get Light

(11:30) Step 2: Close the books

(24:38) Step 3: Plan your year

(42:16) Step 4: 8 boxes

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Links:

• The Big A## Calendar - https://thebigasscalendar.com/ 

• Jesse’s YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHs5VVcrc-CgIpx1G3ioZ-A 

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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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Episode 779: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Alex Smereczniak( https://x.com/AlexfromFranzy ) about one of the most overlooked paths to wealth creation. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:21) Turning $2K into $400K revenue

(8:48) A case for franchising

(10:56) The blueprint

(16:02) How one operator opened 100 franchises

(23:43) Another Nine

(30:19) Waterloo Turf

(33:47) PopUp Bagels

(36:36) Red Flags

(41:10) Nothing Bundt Cakes, Crumbl Cookie, home services

(46:06) Garage Kings

(50:15) Senior care

(51:52) Funeral homes, crime scene clean up, pet cremation

(55:24) Red flags

(1:02:21) The Flynn Group

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Links:

• Franzy - https://franzy.com/ 

• List of Top Franchise Brands - https://go.franzy.com/download-franzys-top-ten-franchises-of-2026

• WakeWash - https://wakewashwfu.com/ 

• Dave’s Hot Chicken - https://daveshotchicken.com/ 

• Another Nine - https://anothernine.com/ 

• Waterloo Turf - https://waterlooturf.com/ 

• PopUp Bagels - https://www.popupbagels.com/ 

• Roark Capital - https://www.roarkcapital.com/ 

• Nothing Bundt Cakes - https://www.nothingbundtcakes.com/ 

• Benjamin Franklin Plumbing - https://www.benjaminfranklinplumbing.com/ 

• Garage Kings - https://garagekings.com/ 

• Bio 1 - https://bio1sd.com/ 

• Aftermath - https://aftermath.com/ 

• Flynn Group - https://flynn.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.

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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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Episode 778: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) talks to Brian Halligan ( https://x.com/bhalligan ) about the highs and lows of building HubSpot. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Are you happy?

(2:57) Does it ever stop sucking?

(5:18) Do you have imposter syndrome?

(6:55) Were the trade offs worth it?

(11:53) Is AI a bubble?

(14:47) Do you have to be liked?

(17:02) What would you do if you had to start over?

(29:36) What did you get wrong?

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Links:

• Marketing Lessons From The Grateful Dead - https://tinyurl.com/ydmyh6f9 

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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

—

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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*Get Shaan's 4 money rules that took him from broke to $25M by 30:* https://clickhubspot.com/wrg

Episode 777: Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talks to Chris Camillo ( https://x.com/ChrisCamillo ) about how he turned $20K into $60M using social arbitrage investing. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:00) Turning $20K to $60M

(5:30) Garage sale arbitrage

(12:36) Observational investing

(14:33) Bet: Beacon Roof

(19:03) Bet: E.l.f

(22:04) Trending on Twitter

(29:00) Ticker Tags

(31:55) Bet: Sphere in Las Vegas

(36:48) Chris's first million

(40:34) My biggest mistake

(43:42) Bet: Palantir

(46:58) Drawing down 40% of my net worth

(51:49) $30M in one year

(57:39) 2026 picks: Bloom Energy, Palantir, NVIDIA

(1:02:06) Should regular people do this?

(1:13:45) Bet: Private airfaire

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Links:

• Dumb Money Live - https://www.youtube.com/@DumbMoneyLive 

• Unknown Market Wizards - https://www.amazon.com/Market-Wizards-traders-youve-never/dp/0857198696 

• Bloom -  https://www.bloomenergy.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

—

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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