For the full experience, watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0j_n3OOM7c

Episode 712: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Greg Isenberg ( https://x.com/gregisenberg ) talk about how to find a startup idea and build it in a couple hours using AI. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Step 1: Find an idea

(7:57) Step 2: Sketch out the idea

(9:48) Step 3: Scope out the MVP

(18:25) Step 4: Vibe code a prototype

(36:06) Step 5: Vibe marketing the business

(49:14) Step 6: AI agent product manager

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Links:

• Want Greg's guide to Build an AI Startup in 3 Hours with <$500? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/wrc

• Idea Browser - ideabrowser.com 

• TLDraw -  https://www.tldraw.com/ 

• Wispr Flow - https://wisprflow.ai/ 

• Manus - https://manus.im/ 

• Bolt - https://bolt.new/ 

• The Vibe Marketer - https://www.thevibemarketer.com/ 

• Kubera - https://www.kubera.com/ 

• Lindy - https://www.lindy.ai/ 

• Lovable - https://lovable.dev/ 

• Windsurf -  https://windsurf.com/ 

• Cursor - https://www.cursor.com/ 

• Supabase - https://supabase.com/ 

• Prospect AI - https://www.prospectai.co/ 

• Boring Marketing - https://www.boringmarketing.com/ 

• Gumloop - https://www.gumloop.com/ 

• N8N - https://n8n.io/ 

• Ahrefs - https://ahrefs.com/ 

• Semrush - https://www.semrush.com/ 

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• 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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• 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 711: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Guillermo Rauch ( https://x.com/rauchg ) about building Vercel plus 7 business ideas to start in AI.  

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Dropout to job offer from Facebook

(3:38) Genius vs accident

(21:04) Building Vercel

(25:26) AI startup ideas

(31:38) IDEA: V0 for Video Games

(33:09) IDEA: Doom CAPTCHA

(40:04) IDEA: AI Typeform

(46:54) IDEA: AI Camera

(54:06) IDEA: Auto Complete

(58:51) IDEA: Granular V0

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Links:

• Guillermo Rauch - https://rauchg.com/ 

• Vercel - https://vercel.com/ 

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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!

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/

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Episode 710: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how to evaluate risk and upside of new ideas. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Bessemer's $140B misjudgment of Shopify

(5:47) Shaan's Anti-portfolio

(15:26) Goal: Avoid Ruin

(21:30) Outlier personalities

(24:51) Underestimating Uber

(32:16) "You can't overinvest in AI"

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Links:

• Want Sam's Playbook to Uncover Business Opportunities? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/bzo

• “How to miss by a mile” - https://tinyurl.com/2rxubfwa 

• Leaked OpenAI emails - https://www.techemails.com/p/elon-musk-and-openai 

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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/

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Episode 709: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Logan Ury ( https://x.com/loganury ) about how young men can be more successful in dating. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(6:28) The secretary problem

(14:43) What's happening with men right now

(21:07) How to do the apps right

(27:32) Meeting someone IRL

(30:03) The power of weak ties

(36:56) How to be a better date

(40:37) Date like a scientist

(45:44) Fuck the spark

(49:02) What's your tendency

(51:00) AI partners

(57:15) Pro tip: join a mens group

(1:03:23) Mental Health vs Mental Fitness

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Links:

• Want Sam's Company Research Playbook? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/wve

• Logan Ury - https://www.loganury.com/ 

• 3 Tendencies Quiz - https://www.loganury.com/quiz

• The School of Life - https://www.youtube.com/@theschooloflifetv

• Mating in Captivity - https://tinyurl.com/bddrnw9c 

• How to Not Die Alone - https://tinyurl.com/mupe2ntc 

• Seven Principles for Making a Marriage Work - https://tinyurl.com/jvz9hhu6 

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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!

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/

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Want Scott Galloway's Business Playbook? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/pfg

Episode 708: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Scott Galloway ( https://x.com/profgalloway ) about his wildest investments, plus advice for men in their 20s and 30s. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) FTX bankruptcy claims (Turning $2M into $15M with one trade)

(6:56) NJOY (Turning $2.5M into $75M)

(15:58) YellowPages (Turning $4M into $20M)

(21:10) Prediction: The U.S market is about to have a 15-year downturn

(27:55) The inverse galloway index

(31:55) Who Scott admires

(33:14) Advice for young men

(37:19) Scott spots the next $1B trend: European markets

(44:18) How does one ball?

(46:00) Trump's meme coin and transnational oligarchs

(53:25) More advice for young men

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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!

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/

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Episode 707: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Ankur Nagpal ( https://x.com/ankurnagpal ) about IRS loopholes that can help you grow your net worth plus Ankur shares 6 business ideas. 

See Ankur in person at the OOO SUMMIT on Friday, May 16th - https://lu.ma/2025 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Ankur's portfolio experiment

(10:46) A case for direct indexing

(16:29) Super backdoor roth conversions

(20:59) Mega backdoor conversion

(23:52) IDEA: Executive Clinic for Aesthetics

(32:32) IDEA: Amish Farm Imports

(36:18) IDEA: Credit Card Agent

(43:01) IDEA: Homeownership app

(47:35) IDEA: Padel club

(56:31) IDEA: Buying a sports team

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Links:

• Steal Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/dvj

• Teachable - https://teachable.com/ 

• Carry - https://carry.com/ 

• Frec - https://frec.com/ 

• Superpower - https://superpower.com/ 

• Flightfox - https://www.flightfox.com/ 

• Seats.aero - https://seats.aero/ 

• Home Depot Workshops - https://www.homedepot.com/c/kids-workshop 

• The OOO Summit - https://lu.ma/2025 

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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!

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/

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Episode 706: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about offline businesses that are crushing it. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Be a $1M dollar business spotter

(4:56) Swim lessons franchise

(6:34) AWS for the Amish

(17:25) At home pet euthanasia service

(25:37) Take out order call center

(42:35) Cheat code: Coaches

(52:13) Add a performance

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Links:

• Steal Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/ogh

• Goldfish Swim School - https://goldfishswimschool.com/ 

• IbyFax - http://ibyfax.com/ 

• Lap of Love - https://www.lapoflove.com/ 

• Tarro - https://www.tarro.com/ 

• Owner - https://www.owner.com/ 

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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!

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/

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Episode 705: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Mohnish Pabrai ( https://x.com/MohnishPabrai ) about how to turn $10K into $1M.  

Show Notes:

(0:00) Simple = Genius

(28:00) Never over-leverage

(30:30) Risk vs uncertainty

(33:00) Too hard pile

(35:30) Be 1 inch wide, 1 mile deep

(39:00) Learn from losers

(43:30) A case for napping

(48:00) Having an owner’s manual

(53:00) Dying with zero

(1:10:00) India’s Greatest Investor

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Links:

• Want to invest like a Billionaire? Get Mohnish's investment playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/mnp

• Value Investors Club - https://www.valueinvestorsclub.com/ 

• Japan Company Handbook - https://tinyurl.com/489czpkp 

• Dakshana - https://www.dakshana.org/

• BJ21 - https://bj21.com/

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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!

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/

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Episode 704: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Blake Scholl ( https://x.com/bscholl ) about he went from high school dropout to Groupon to the founder of a supersonic jet startup. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Find your red line

(4:29) Problems hidden in plain sight

(13:00) The making of Boom Supersonic

(23:00) No rules of thumb

(29:13) Blake's favorite interview question

(34:22) Demo Day at YC

(38:13) Selling Richard Branson

(47:46) Being a dark matter founder

(52:14) What does the most ambition of yourself look like?

(55:51) Progressively overturning of the skeptics

(1:01:06) Working with Jeff Bezos at Amazon

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Links:

• Steal Shaan's $20M Pitch Deck: https://clickhubspot.com/wem

• Boom - https://boomsupersonic.com/ 

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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!

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/

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Episode 703: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack ) about high agency. 

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Links:

• Steal Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/wec

• High Agency - https://www.highagency.com/ 

• Nick Mowbray episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pHcxoZ0j9A 

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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!

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/

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