My First Million

Episode 651: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the Polymarket whale who made millions off the election, Ozempic for sleep and why Martha Stewart would have been our Billy of the Week in 1999. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The rise and fall of Martha Stewart

(19:04) Ozempic for sleep

(33:10) The guts and brains of Polymarket's whale

(44:55) Betting vs gambling

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Links:

• Isaak.net - https://isaak.net/sleepless/

• Polymarket - https://polymarket.com/ 

• Chainalysis - http://chainalysis.com

• Vitalik blog - https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/11/09/infofinance.html 

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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 650: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Leila Hormozi ( https://x.com/LeilaHormozi ) about being broke at 22 to making $1,200,000.month by 23. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Broke, overweight, going no where

(3:53) Wake up calls

(11:25) The Dickens Method

(13:29) Dating Alex Hormozi

(18:49) Starting Gym Launch at 23

(20:39) Repeating $0 - $15M in 12 months

(23:38) Life after selling gym launch

(25:15) "Who you compete with is who you become"

(34:28) $10M workshops

(35:30) Impatience with actions, patience with results

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Links:

• Acquisition - https://www.acquisition.com/ 

• Alex Hormozi on MFM - https://youtu.be/4KfuQwB5rIs 

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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 649: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Derek Guy ( https://x.com/dieworkwear ) about how to dress better, have more confidence, and where and how to build a wardrobe that lasts decades. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Why it matters

(3:17) Sprezzatura

(6:01) Ralph Lauren

(9:33) Advice for the American male

(15:16) How to find a tailor

(17:21) Why we dress worse now

(20:15) How to build a wardrobe

(24:54) Budgeting

(28:23) Ready-to-wear, made-to-measure, and bespoke

(34:21) Personal style nirvana

(39:18) Buying for the decade

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Links:

• Die, Workwear! - https://dieworkwear.com/ 

• Inside the Mirrortocracy - https://carlos.bueno.org/2014/06/mirrortocracy.html 

• The Paradox of Choice - https://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Choice-Why-More-Less/dp/0060005696 

• How to Judge Quality in Clothing - https://www.putthison.com/how-to-judge-quality-in-clothing/ 

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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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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 648: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Flexport founder Ryan Petersen ( https://x.com/typesfast ) about playing both games: bootstrapping a startup to millions and raising venture capital to build a multi-billion dollar company. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Import Genius

(5:36) Paul Graham's superpower

(9:34) Data-as-a-service framework

(13:51) Charlie Munger's worldly wisdom

(19:45) Prioritizing adventure

(24:09) The paradox of wealth

(28:51) Charlie Munger's student experiment

(31:00) Negotiation masterclass

(37:23) Inside Founders Fund

(43:16) Being in a crowd v following a crowd

(46:29) Highs and lows

(48:52) "You can just do things"

(50:16) Unseen arbitrages

(53:00) $50M Phone booths

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Links:

• Flexport - https://www.flexport.com/ 

• Flexport on X - https://x.com/flexport

• ImportGenius - https://www.importgenius.com/ 

• Schlep Blindness - https://paulgraham.com/schlep.html

• Poor Charlie’s Almanack - https://www.stripe.press/poor-charlies-almanack 

• Founders Fund - https://foundersfund.com/ 

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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 647: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) invite 6 college students to pitch their startup ideas. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(3:58) Meet Your Class

(16:32) Metafrazo

(30:21) Milieu

(42:47) Brother Nuts

(54:14) Tour

(1:08:38) Pathlit

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Links:

• Meet Your Class - http://meetyourclass.com

• Jonah Liss -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahliss/ 

• Blake Mischley - https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-mischley/ 

• Metafrazo - http://metafrazo.ai

• Shrikar Lekkala - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrikar-lekkala/ 

• Milieu - http://milieubio.com

• Nathan Shatz - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-shatz/ 

• Brother Nuts - http://brothersnuts.com

• Austin Majors - https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-majors-6b3275195/ 

• Tour - http://usetour.com

• Amulya Parmar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amulya-agape/ 

• Pathlit - http://pathlit.com

• Advay Gupta - https://www.linkedin.com/in/advaygupta/ 

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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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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 646: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Vanta founder Christina Cacioppo ( https://x.com/christinacaci ) about quitting her job and betting on herself. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Stumblehustling into USV 

(4:36) Betting on the left side of your email address

(8:30) The art of fear

(11:47) Making bad art

(13:30) The marshmallow test

(17:26) Startup advice to beware of

(18:16) The idea for Vanta

(21:00) The only question that matters

(22:30) Managing your mind

(27:47) How to pick an idea to chase

(29:03) The real origin of Vanta

(31:00) Building a flywheel

(36:06) Controversial opinions

(40:49) Pushing past the no

(46:17) Not flinching during negotiations

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Links:

• Vanta - https://www.vanta.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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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 645: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about cash-printing businesses that are around us every day and how to spot them. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) $1M dollar product: Water quality testing

(8:26) $10M dollar product: EZ Labor Law Posters

(15:22) $100M dollar product: Barcodes

(22:55) Idea: Casual Friday

(28:44) Marketing campaigns that altered culture

(36:00) Shaan reads his intro

(40:06) "Torches of freedom"

(44:42( Sam tours Yale campus

(50:59) Idea: YC campus

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Links:

• Oasis - https://www.oasiswater.app/ 

• GS1 - https://www.gs1us.org/ 

• Propaganda - https://tinyurl.com/2fc959jr 

• Craig Clemens Episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N9rNShYI_g 

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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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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 644: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to author and political campaign expert Sasha Issenberg ( https://x.com/sissenberg ) about the marketing machine behind presidential elections.  

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The malarky factory and The Harm Index

(18:55) Trump's 2016 playbook

(28:18)Kamala's viral clip factory

(32:35) Who’s running a better 2024 campaign?

(35:04) What is Elon's role in Trump's campaign

(38:31) The lopsided downside of doorknocks

(42:25) Deepfakes and new tools in campaigning

(45:58) "The podcast election"

(50:00) The new playbook for winning in the age of meme wars

(54:15) Most mis-priced opportunity in elections

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Links:

• Sasha Issenberg - https://www.sashaissenberg.com/

• The Victory Lap - https://www.amazon.com/Victory-Lab-Science-Winning-Campaigns/dp/0307954803 

• The Lie Detectives - https://www.amazon.com/Lie-Detectives-Playbook-Elections-Disinformation/dp/B0CFN6WM3Y 

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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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 643: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) answer juicy questions from the audience. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Where should I put my money?

(9:35) Best thing you've read lately?

(15:28) Who’s on MFM’s Mt. Rushmore?

(26:18) When was your biggest gut punch?

(31:31) Who would you spend 24 hours with?

(40:24) What’s your best advice for new dads?

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Links:

• Alex Karp article - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/style/alex-karp-palantir.html

• Casa Bonita - https://www.casabonitadenver.com/

• Leave us a voicemail - https://www.mfmpod.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Episode 642: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Garry Tan ( https://x.com/garrytan ), CEO of Y Combinator, about the sauce that makes YC outperform the rest of Silicon Valley plus lessons from Paul Graham, Peter Thiel and Garry’s first million. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Winning the game

(3:16) Being the Harvard of startups

(7:31) How YC outperforms most Silicon Valley investors

(9:36) Spotting extreme winners

(14:14) Capital-as-a-service

(16:34) How Garry hustled at 14 to get his into financial security

(23:04) Turning down Peter Thiel's offer to start Palantir

(32:20) Garry's first million

(44:57) Early days at YC

(51:31) The edge of startups with a 2-pizza team

(54:36) Advice for founders in AI

(1:05:57) The spoon-bending story

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Links:

• YC - https://www.ycombinator.com/

• Founding Sales - https://www.foundingsales.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano