My First Million

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Episode 879: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk about businesses that non-technical people can still win at in the age of AI. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) NADA

(3:59) White Coat Investor

(5:03) BNI

(8:35) MODA

(11:12) Finding/Nurturing Whales

(15:50) Triumph

(21:43) Private Photo Vault

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Links:

• NADA - https://www.nada.org 

• White Coat Investor - https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/ 

• BNI - https://www.bni.com/ 

• MODA - https://www.modacommunities.com/ 

• Triumph Labs - https://www.triumphlabs.com/rips 

• Collector Crypt - https://collectorcrypt.com/ 

• Private Photo Vault - https://privatephotovault.com/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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

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

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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Episode 878: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to Bill Perkins ( https://x.com/bp22 ) about how to die with zero and never have a regret about it. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(0:55) How Bill made his money

(1:55) Price go up or price go down?

(3:45) Maximize risk when young

(5:15) The 3 edges of the greatest investors

(9:15) The name of the game is to stay in the game

(10:25) A decade of intensity

(12:20) No parties at 85

(13:00) Define your net worth peak

(18:15) Shaan reads an email to Bill

(19:25) The fear of a wasted life

(20:00) Crush your ego

(25:45) Set your cookie cutter life on fire

(26:10) Reprogramming your brain

(30:00) Rewrite for maximum accountability

(32:55) Seasons of balance

(34:25) Time buckets vs. bucket list

(37:15) Plan your year

(38:30) What Bill regrets right now

(41:05) Don't fuck your future self

(42:15) Die With Zero

(52:35) Playing the money game for fun

(54:05) What Bill spends his money on

(1:00:35) Spending $15M on a painting

(1:09:05) The art of Sylvester Stallone

(1:17:05) Bill's follow-up book

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Links:

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

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

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

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/tewg

Episode 877: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to Ethan Evans about what it’s really like to work with Jeff Bezos. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:15) Criticism without praise

(5:15) The every-great-man flaw

(7:05) Attack mode

(11:45) “Sometimes all you need is a B”

(19:35) Question mark emails

(22:25) Strategically patient, but tactically impatient

(24:10) Work hard, long, and smart

(25:15) Where high-performers go to feel bad about themselves

(28:05) Ethan evaluates Shaan

(35:55) Project selection

(39:50) Waiting for fat pitches

(42:30) Jeff’s security detail

(45:50) The story of Amazon Prime

(47:55) Amazon's idea tool

(50:55) Good design vs. bad design

(54:15) The morality of Amazon

(56:15) Who Jeff studied

(31:35) Post-Amazon

(1:04:10) Streaming career advice on Twitch

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Links:

• https://www.ethanevans.com/about 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

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

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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Database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/tyvc

Episode 876: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Nick Kokonas ( https://x.com/nickkokonas ) to talk about finding arbitrages and how to win an many different games. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(9:45) How I Became a Trader With $60K

(18:15) Surviving Day 1 of Anything

(20:35) The Comfort Trap

(23:50) Finding Your Arb

(32:00) No Boats. No Women. No Drugs.

(34:55) Showing Up

(43:15) Everything Is an Arbitrage

(47:55) Greatness

(55:55) Working Backwards

(1:03:40) The Magic of Alinea

(1:10:35) Controlling Attention

(1:19:10) Remixing Old Mechanics

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Links:

• Alinea – https://www.alinearestaurant.com/ 

• Tock – https://www.exploretock.com/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

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

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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Database of 300+ business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/wtfv

Episode 875: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) are joined by Ben Levy ( https://x.com/benmlevy ) to react to the best stuff on X this week.  

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Idea: Wedding Crashers

(3:10) Idea: Clavicular's Billion-Dollar Business Opportunity

(7:55) Elon's Flying Tesla Roadster

(12:25) Elon Wants to Give Every Kid a Share of SpaceX

(16:50) Inside Andrew Huberman's Fridge

(20:10) Peter Levels on Moats

(26:40) Bryan Johnson's Quest to Dunk at 49

(35:15) The Craziest Rich-Guy Purchase

(41:30) Jensen Huang's Algorithm

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

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

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/ekvd

Episode 874: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) are breaking down the best documentary of the year. 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

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

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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Investing guide: 35+ money principles from investors/financial operators https://clickhubspot.com/tmgc

Episode 873: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk about an investor who makes 2.9 decisions a year, Zuck’s victory lap and what happened when Sam hired an executive coach. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Zero Action Investing

(7:55) Premortems

(10:05) Zuck's Victory Lap

(16:50) The Superpower of 100x Leaders

(20:45) Sam Hires an Executive Coach

(21:35) Identify the Game You're Playing

(30:15) Keep Your Sails Up

(33:45) Sam Attacks His Panic Attacks

(38:55) Role Playing Hard Situations

(41:00) How to Prep for the Scariest Moments

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

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

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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Take our founder personality quiz: https://clickhubspot.com/dclt

Episode 872: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk about the different types of founders. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Natural Money-Makers

(1:52) Attributes of Natural Money-Makers

(3:10) The Story of Nick Kokonas

(8:12) The Story of Jay Gould

(10:00) Can It Be Learned?

(13:04) The Story of Syed Balkhi

(17:58) Only Spend the Second Derivative

(22:27) Trading Valuable Hours for Useless Dollars

(26:50) Other Play Styles That Win

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Links:

• Syed Balkhi episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzHdrQ5pDFo 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

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

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

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$1M Solopreneur MVP guide: https://clickhubspot.com/ftws

Episode 870: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tells 3 embarrassing stories. One from his personal life, one from business, and a most recent one.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) intro

(1:15) recent embarrassment

(5:20) Lesson: “You Can Make Hell Out of Heaven”

(8:15) business embarrassment

(12:58) Lesson: “Worship at the Church of Action”

(15:35) personal embarrassment

(19:55) Lesson: “The Decision Is Upstream of All Action”

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

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

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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$1M Attention Guide: 15+ ways to get eyeballs on what you're building https://clickhubspot.com/okbv

Episode 869: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Angel Studios founder Jeff Harmon ( https://x.com/JeffreyHarmon  ) about finding and exploiting glitches. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) I helped a dentist create one of the greatest marketing campaigns

(8:35) How to find the glitch in the system

(11:10) Go for your own problems

(13:25) Where is the attention going?

(16:10) ANGEL

(19:15) 19-minute ad experiment

(25:30) The genius moment behind Squatty Potty, Poo-Pourri

(26:55) Poo-Pourri ad

(27:25) How to craft a $100M ad

(28:55) Use comedians

(35:55) Warm up the algorithm

(39:35) Super Bowl stunts

(41:10) PG-13 content for the masses

(44:45) Base hits vs. home runs

(45:10) The economics of the movie business

(47:05) “I’ve never met a billionaire who doesn’t want to make movies”

(49:55) The brutality of Hollywood

(54:10) Having a personal vibe coder

(1:00:05) Advice to my younger self

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Links:

• Angel Studios — angel.com 

• Poo-Pourri — poopourri.com 

• Squatty Potty — squattypotty.com 

• Purple — purple.com 

• A24 — a24films.com 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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

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

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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