Get the Side Hustle Ideas Database [free]: https://clickhubspot.com/ckf

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 //

Want the Side Hustle Ideas Database? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/jnd

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 //

Get Sam & Shaan's guide to build a Million Dollar Business (+team): https://clickhubspot.com/hde

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 //

Get the behind-the-scenes on Shaan’s book project - https://onehourbooks.co

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 //

Which business model should you start? Get Andrew's cheat sheet with his full ranking and real profit margins here: https://clickhubspot.com/dge

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 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/

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //

Get the guide to build your own unicorn billion dollar biz: https://clickhubspot.com/fgk

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

—

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

Get the free investing playbook to invest like Warren Buffet: https://clickhubspot.com/rme

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

—

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

Get Shaan's CEO Masterclass Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/esd

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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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

—

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

Use these 5 AI tools to make your first $1M: https://clickhubspot.com/khe

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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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

—

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

Get Sam's ChatGPT Executive Coach Playbook - his exact system for everything from revenue optimization to life decisions: https://clickhubspot.com/skm

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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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

—

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