Episode 678: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Siqi Chen ( https://x.com/blader ), the founder of Runway.com.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Early days at Zynga 

(14:34) Business ideas

(52:18) Touchy-feely class

(1:07:24) Siqi’s favorite interview question

(1:12:48) Insane growth of ElevenLabs

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Links:

• Limitless - https://www.limitless.ai/ 

• Rewind - https://www.rewind.ai/ 

• Runway - https://runway.com/ 

• Hoffman Institute - https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/ 

• Pump - https://pump.fun/board 

• ElevenLabs - https://elevenlabs.io/ 

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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 677: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) go inside what’s happening with DOGE.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The wild story of Iron Mountain

(17:39) Our take on DOGE

(28:20) Government contract side quest

(33:14) Elon vs Sam Altman PPV

(39:16) How does Elon never get tired tho?

(48:23) Life in situ

(58:09) Casting call: $100K to the new MFM field correspondent

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Links:

• “The Many Lives of Iron Mountain” - https://tinyurl.com/t4drtpdb 

• “How the Economic Machine Works” - https://tinyurl.com/ydp966p9 

• “Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order” - https://tinyurl.com/2evfs6bd 

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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 676: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with MrBeast ( https://x.com/MrBeast ) to talk about the mindset that made him the youngest billionaire and biggest entertainer on earth. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Origin story

(5:11) Burn the boats

(11:15) The Rule of 100

(16:49) You can make anything go viral

(23:27) Cloning

(28:39) Impossible is possible

(36:53) Consultants are a cheat code

(41:25) Block out the noise

(43:00) Reinvest everything

(47:30) Feastables

(53:02) Getting jacked

(54:56) Buying TikTok

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Links:

• MrBeast on YouTube - https://tinyurl.com/2wfkm4by 

• Beast Games - https://tinyurl.com/fh3atsxp 

• Feastables - https://feastables.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 675: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the three stories of founders with insanely high agency. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Boom Supersonic

(30:50) Nick Mowbray, #1 most impressive founder

(43:43) The Moped King

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Links:

• Boom Supersonic - https://boomsupersonic.com/ 

• ZURU - http://zurutoys.com/ 

• Fly E-Bike - https://www.flyebike.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 674: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the most successful sports better of all time, Haralabos Voulgaris ( https://x.com/haralabob ).

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Stumbling into gambling

(6:19) Finding your edge

(19:23) Alpha

(27:28) Casinos are for losers

(30:02) Betting 160% on Bitcoin

(35:36) Getting paid

(37:31) Buying a soccer team

(46:11) Investing every dollar into Bitcoin

(49:27) Analogue things and biohacking

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Links:

• https://www.cdcastellon.com/ 

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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 673: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Nick Mowbray ( https://x.com/NMowbray23 ), the founder of the most profitable toy company in the world. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Selling DIY hot air balloons door-to-door

(5:57) First product

(21:32) $30M David Beckham Tamagotchi fail

(30:18) Nightball 

(36:18) Robofish 

(41:43) Diapers

(48:44) Shampoo, pet food, confectionary, supplements, home products

(1:00:07) Zurutech - a self-funded moonshot

(1:03:28) Serial entrepreneur flywheel

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Links:

• Zuru - https://zurutoys.com/ 

• Zuru Tech - https://zuru.tech/ 

• Boom Supersonic - https://boomsupersonic.com/ 

—

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

—

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 672: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Matt Mullenweg ( https://x.com/photomatt ), the founder of WordPress and Automattic. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Turning down $200M at 24

(6:04) WordPress's 1000 days of irrelevance

(9:24) Turning a small South African company into $3B

(13:40) The battle of giants - WooCommerce vs Shopify

(18:37) Matt's Villain Arc

(30:07) Auditions > Interviews

(36:04) Putting every employee on the front line

(42:56) Matt on Deepseek

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Links:

• Automattic - https://automattic.com/ 

• WordPress - https://wordpress.com/ 

—

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

—

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 671: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) recap a weekend spent with billionaires in Greenville, NC. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(4:49) Fish Where The Fish Swim, Not Where The Fishermen Stand

(12:45) Man Does Not Sell Chocolate, He Becomes It

(18:48) Non-Obnoxious Confidence Beats IQ

(22:53) I Am

(24:51) Take Your Billions and Shove It

(30:20) Hardwork.....maybe?

(32:41) Health is the New Status Symbol

(37:39) Midwit meme in full effect

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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 670: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Andrew Wilkinson ( https://x.com/awilkinson ) about the AI tools that are replacing new hires. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) AI to kill admin work

(7:37) the K-shaped future

(16:29) 24/7 agents in your business

(25:46) Software is the new commodity

(38:40) Andrew's AI hedge investments

(50:56) Buy, sell, or hold

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Links:

Lindy - https://www.lindy.ai/ 

Howie - https://howie.ai/ 

Fyxer - https://www.fyxer.com/ 

Fathom - https://fathom.video/ 

Otter - https://otter.ai/ 

Claude - https://claude.ai/ 

Zero - https://zerotax.ai/ 

Replit - https://replit.com/ 

Constellation - https://www.csisoftware.com/ 

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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/

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 669: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) do a deep dive on the 7 strangers that made the greatest investment of all time. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Andy Bechtolsheim

(7:10) David Cheriton

(10:10) Ron Conway

(29:20) Alfred Lin

(35:00) Shaquille O'Neill

(37:20) Susan Wojcicki

(38:50) Pejman Nozad

(46:20) Jeff Bezos

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Links:

• SV Angel - https://svangel.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