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Episode 831: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of a $270M/yr meat purveyor plus Nick Sleep’s letter and the framework that will make Elon a trillionaire. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The $300M butcher

(18:28) Nick Sleep letters

(23:20) the idiot index

(35:44) breaking your own frame

(39:04) how to become a king maker

(51:49) Idea: Teen nerd awards

(57:23) Sam's List

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Links:

• https://www.lafrieda.com/

• https://www.omahasteaks.com/

• https://drinklmnt.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.

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Episode 830: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) rate 7 crazy business ideas that are actually genius. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(3:14) Pet Chat

(5:47) Super Brain

(9:44) At home hyperbarics

(13:03) Blue collar meta learning

(16:57) Endpoint Arena 

(21:54) Bathhouse + Steakhouse Experience

(27:46) Funday Press

(31:52) Dumb phones

(41:42) Zach Yadegari's new thing

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Links:

• HVAC Technician Trainining - https://www.meta.com/experiences/hvac-technician/9277146442386260/

• Endpoint Arena - https://endpointarena.com 

•  The Funday Press - https://thefundaypress.com 

• Dumb.co - http://dumb.co/

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

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Sam & Shaan's hard-won CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/eokb

Episode 829: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with Tom Freston to talk about the insane story of starting MTV and shaping America in the 80s and 90s. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(4:04) Millionaire by 26, broke by 33

(8:49) The first days of MTV (no frontal nudity)

(14:14) Music Videos

(19:03) How to spot culture-changing talent

(27:12) Making your employees party together

(31:56) Nickelodeon, SpongeBob, and Building Legacy IP

(35:21) Programming for a Specific Audience

(37:33) The Facebook Acquisition That Almost Happened

(41:25) Founders Who Refuse to Sell

(43:29) Rupert Murdoch vs. Sumner Redstone

(45:23) MySpace, Big Bets, and Getting Fired

(47:55) Inside the writers room

(51:33) Oprah Calling 

(54:00) The End of Monoculture and the Creator Economy

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Links:

Unplugged - https://a.co/d/0ef6YVu2 

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

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Episode 828: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to billionaire Joe Liemandt ( https://x.com/jliemandt ) about the experiment he’s put $1,000,000,000 of his own money into.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Joe, the total man?

(08:09) fighting bill gates for talent

(13:14) intensity

(16:18) choosing hard over easy

(19:00) how to be a magnet

(21:34) high standards

(23:29) being persuasive 

(29:23) simplicity: 3 ines, 3 words 

(34:41) is 2x faster really better?

(36:23) making kids run a 5k

(38:45) why be public now

(41:01) why put $1b into the lowest roi thing?

(50:03) buying SaaS companies

(51:06) cloning Warren Buffett's brain

(53:00) changing your brain lift

(57:19) is AI going to make everyone dumb?

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Links:

• Alpha School - https://alpha.school/ 

• 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People - https://a.co/d/048Cfexh 

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

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Episode 827: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Mohnish Pabrai to break down the mental models that made him a billionaire value investor.  

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(1:25) Mental models of the top 1%

(3:38) The mistress is always hotter than the wife

(6:37) Introduce Randomness in your life

(10:47)  Humans are poor at copying

(20:13) Take a simple idea seriously 

(23:02)  Be and inch wide and a mile deep

(30:29)  Never use Excel

(35:03) Wait for fat pitches

(39:38) the stock market is like a church with a casino 

(44:01) Paying $650,000 to have lunch with Warren Buffett

(45:43) The cautionary tale of Rick Guerin

(47:22) The inner score card

(49:25) The future of Berkshire Hathaway

(51:29) Mohnish’s best investment

(1:02:39) The hardest question

(1:06:16) How to beat the index

(1:11:25) Mohnish's stock picks for 2026 

(1:22:26)  S&P 500

(1:24:57) life advice disguised as investing advice

(1:29:32)  Studying the greatest investors 

(1:37:51) if you remember nothing else, remember this 

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Links:

Mohnish Part 1: This Guy Copy-Pasted Warren Buffett’s Strategy (And Became A Billionaire)

Mohnish Part 2: Go from $10,000 to $1M in just 3 years 

The Dhando Investor - https://a.co/d/0hkx1t8g 

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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

—

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!

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Episode 826: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) chop it up with Gary Vee. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(2:40) Nick Dio, VP of friendships

(6:47) How to invest $1M on yourself

(10:06) being long term greedy

(17:53) Gary breaks down his companies and revenue

(21:43) day in the life of Gary v

(26:19) breaking down the 15-minute meeting

(29:07) eat shit and firefight

(31:00) picking projects

(32:31) 5-year bets gary is making

(34:04) missed fat pitches

(38:00) vetting shady people

(42:55) Mimetic rivals

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Links:

• https://vaynersports.com/ 

• https://www.vaynerwatt.com/

• https://winelibrary.com/ 

• https://empathywines.com/ 

• https://resy.com/ 

• https://vcrgroup.com/

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

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Episode 824: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) open the kimono and do a My First Million strategy meeting live. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(2:11) the virtue of selfishness

(5:54) clip army

(14:01) MFM 1% events

(22:13) newsletter

(24:50) mfm dinner club

(29:19) barbell guests

(34:13) content ideas

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

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Get Shaan's $0-$1M guide: https://clickhubspot.com/rgfr

Episode 823: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about their billy of the week, childhood passions and people making millions on TikTok selling stuff. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Billy of the week

(8:25) Raising kids with an edge

(13:37) childhood passions

(26:44) Random TikTok People Are Making Millions Selling Hoodies

(42:11) the best brands start janky

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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

—

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!

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Episode 822: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how your genes could determine how much money you make and the startup ideas YC is betting on. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) money genes

(5:07) your personality is your business

(23:46) productive placebos

(33:39) YC Request for Startups

(34:57) IDEA: aesthetic data centers

(42:15) IDEA: The company brain

(51:10) IDEA: drone swarm defense

(57:33) IDEA: personalized medicine

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Links:

• YC RFS - https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs 

• Deep Personality - https://deeppersonality.app/

• Viktor - https://getviktor.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

—

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!

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Want to build an AI side hustle? Get the free AI Side Hustle Crash Course: https://clickhubspot.com/lkb

Episode 821: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Replit founder Amjad Masad ( https://x.com/amasad ) about growing 100x in one year. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) 2.5M to 250M in 1 year

(10:28) the darkest hour

(17:00) pivot, pivot, pivot, until it hits

(28:19) companies exploding with Replit

(33:05) Amjad's business ideas

(38:44) "we are in the singularity"

(51:24) best business biography 

(53:23) getting on Joe Rogan

(57:00) slowing down under pressure

(1:11:08) Vercel scandal

(1:13:35) lifestyle upgrades of being a billionaire

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Links:

• Replit - https://replit.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

—

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!

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