Episode 596: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to Craig Fuller ( https://x.com/FreightAlley ) about how he turned dying hobby magazines into a cash flow machine. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:45) Economics of long-haul trucking

(3:36) Getting fired from the family business

(5:30) Fuel cards for truck drivers

(6:40) How FreightWaves hit $20M ARR in 2 years

(9:08) Acquiring FLYING for $3.5M

(12:14) Opportunity: Depressed media properties

(16:02) From losing $8 per subscriber to profitability in 1 year

(20:31) A media side hustle becomes a real estate main hustle

(22:55) Craig's tolerance for being leveraged

(25:32) Pre-selling $28M units pre-construction

(28:51) Diversity, Asymmetrical risk, and generational security

(31:11) Teams to diversify your time

(34:21) Building a portfolio of hobby magazines

(37:20) Content to commerce playbook

(47:03) The story of William Randolph Hearst

(51:32) What's the chase?

(53:15) "The best thing to give a founder is an enemy"

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Links:

• FreightWaves - https://www.freightwaves.com/

• Knight-Swift - https://knight-swift.com/

• Firecrown - https://firecrown.com/

• The Chief - https://tinyurl.com/36khrt8y

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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 595: Anand Sanwal ( https://x.com/asanwal ) joins Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) to reveal his playbook for building an insanely profitable data business. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Anand’s data arbitrage playbook

(9:51) Starting weird as Chubby Brain

(12:03) Don't run 100mph in the wrong direction

(14:53) Edge, Collection, and Opportunity

(19:24) IDEA: High-end Glassdoor

(27:00) IDEA: C-Suite Head Hunting Service

(28:57) IDEA: HomeOptions for Founder Exits

(32:17) Anand's School of Entrepreneuring

(36:03) Learn how to think, not what to think

(38:18) The Die-At-Your-Desk Life Philosophy

(39:26) Competency-based curriculum

(42:47) IDEA: Slime Museums

(46:40) IDEA: Autonomous HOA Convenience Stores

(51:32) IDEA: Online Addiction Centers

(58:51) Leadership lessons from legendary coaches

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Links:

• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy

• CB Insights - https://www.cbinsights.com/

• Bloomberg article - https://tinyurl.com/32ns9beu

• Blackbaud - https://www.blackbaud.com/solutions/total-fundraising-solutions

• HomeOptions - https://www.homeoptions.com/

• IMG Academy - https://www.imgacademy.com/

• American Addiction Centers - https://americanaddictioncenters.org/

• Weapons of Mass Instruction - https://tinyurl.com/49s6xhpk

• Chasing Perfection - https://tinyurl.com/46hc5zxj

• The Score Takes Care of Itself - https://tinyurl.com/4v6k72h3

• The Talent Code - https://tinyurl.com/4h2z9yer

• The Learner Lab - https://thelearnerlab.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 594:  Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) explain what’s happening with GameStop AGAIN and how Keith Gill turned $56k into $210M with memes. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Roaring Kitty's $200M GameStop holding

(8:41) Is Keith Gill the most genius creator behind a brand?

(14:53) Where did the $65M come from?

(17:44) The 7 Stages of GameStop FOMO

(20:00) Ryan Cohen's activist investments in GameStop, Bed Bath and Beyond 

(26:34) Shaan's honest take on paternity leave

(31:53) Painting the windows black

(35:42) Zach Pogrob's The Year of Obsession

(37:03) What's the deal with run clubs right now?

(39:19) Sexy faces and sexy paces

(42:04) Endurance event businesses

(45:06) Opportunity: The suburban Iron Man

(51:19) Scott Harrison gives Shaan unsolicited feedback

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Links:

• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy

• wallstreetbets - https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/

• Unusual Whales - https://unusualwhales.com/

• WSJ on Ryan Cohen - https://tinyurl.com/4zue9xps

• Wander - https://www.wander.com/

• The Lehman Trilogy - https://thelehmantrilogy.com/

• The Year of Obsession - https://tinyurl.com/4nsrh689

• Nick Bare - https://www.instagram.com/nickbarefitness

• RAWDAWG - https://www.instagram.com/rawdawgrunclub

• River - https://www.getriver.io/

• 29029 Everesting - https://29029everesting.com/

• Rock n Roll Running - https://www.runrocknroll.com/

• thespeedproject - https://www.instagram.com/thespeedproject

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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 593:  Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Jason Fried ( https://x.com/jasonfried ) open up about personal finances, raising kids around wealth and dealing with risk. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Sam and Jason play Would You Rather...

(5:15) Loosening the grip on the stick

(12:35) The pale blue dot

(14:03) Why does the businessworld deserve our best lessons?

(18:30) Early days vs. vs. middle days vs later days

(24:47) "A founder's job is to inject risk"

(29:36) “Cool wears off but useful never does”

(31:07) Striking balance with a business partner

(34:14) The value of talking about money

(37:28) Navigating luxury with kids

(40:08) Midwestern values on blast

(43:39) The truth about luck

(46:55) Staying up vs. staying off

(49:45) New insights from old biographies

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Links:

• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy

• The Most Important Thing - https://tinyurl.com/9ym3xw5b

• Peter Lynch books - https://tinyurl.com/2nf87pzb

• The Pale Blue Dot - https://www.planetary.org/worlds/pale-blue-dot

• The Messy Middle = https://tinyurl.com/2paw5jmk

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

• Newspapers.com - http://newpapers.com/

• Pessimists Archive - https://pessimistsarchive.org/

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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

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Episode 592:  Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) break down the economics of luxury hobby magazines, make a prediction about Ai cameras, and explain how to find the next tech wave. 

Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Craig Fuller's field of dreams

(5:12) $50M side hustle

(9:16) We call to find out EXACTLY how he did it

(19:02) The New York Times is a gaming company

(23:27) Idea: Third party LinkedIn games developer

(27:00) How rich people spend money

(29:00) The myth of the second home

(30:57) Ai cameras

(36:31) Prediction: A camera on every field, every court

(38:31) How to find the next wave: What's the next menus on the internet?

(40:41) How to avoid product obsolescence

(44:09) "Measure twice. Cut once"

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Links:

• FreightWaves - https://www.freightwaves.com/

• FLYING Magazine - https://www.flyingmag.com/

• Firecrown - https://firecrown.com/

• Veo - https://launch.veo.co/

• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow - https://clickhubspot.com/fmf

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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

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Episode 591:  Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to Kevin Espiritu ( https://x.com/KevinEspiritu ), AKA The Plant Daddy, about how he turned a side hustle into a $45M business in his backyard.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:41) $250k playing online poker

(6:04) The influence of Pat Flynn

(7:43) Cocoa butter cream review site

(8:30) Printing on-demand shirts

(12:26) From Scribe to $300/mo gardening blog

(15:06) Inflection point: The metal raised bed

(17:42) Billion-dollar blogs

(19:20) Life-changing money

(23:56) 5 Languages of the love of money

(26:47) Lessons from Ramit Sethi

(28:25) Path to $100M through acquisitions

(29:19) Buying a seed tray business for less than $500K

(33:22) Buying a competing gardening blog

(37:00) Acquiring Botanical Interests

(42:16) Red and green flags in acquisitions

(46:12) The danger of being a celebrity on the internet

(48:45) Idea: Branded hybrid plant species

(52:38) Floyd Zaiger, the godfather of licenced plants

(57:26) The lie behind Blue Zones

(1:00:12) The Tesla of chicken coops

(1:00:53) Beekeeping

(1:04:46) Choosing your hobbies wisely

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Links:

• Kevin on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@kevinmespiritu

• Epic Gardening on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@epicgardening

• The Chernin Group - https://tcg.co/

• The Billion Dollar Creator - https://nathanbarry.com/billion/

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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

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Episode 590:  Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr ( https://twitter.com/JackCarrUSA ) about how he churns out hit after hit and what the SEALs has taught him about hardship, mission readiness, and hitting targets. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:15) Launching a book how Red Bull launches a drink

(7:30) 6 books in 6 years

(9:41) Manifesting success from age 11

(11:36) Defining your own calculus

(13:35) Lessons from Mr Ballen and other SEALs

(15:23) Made-to-stick branding

(19:44) How to build an audience today

(24:10) The writing and launch process

(26:11) Master the one-pager

(28:43) Anti self-publishing

(30:03) Modern masculinity in America

(33:26) Creating a rite of passage

(37:27) Voluntary hardship

(39:36) Manifesting Chris Pratt

(44:51) Hitting your mission

(48:38) Jack's recommended reading list

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Links:

• Jack Carr - https://www.officialjackcarr.com/

• Made to Stick - https://tinyurl.com/2rumfmjw

• The Comfort Crisis - https://tinyurl.com/y5wfjnfz

• The Terminal List - https://tinyurl.com/2cvvmtfx

• The Successful Novelist - https://tinyurl.com/4ba29jtn

• The Hero with a Thousand Faces - https://tinyurl.com/2bnmxua4

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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

• Pitch your startup for a shot at a $1M investment with Sam Parr as the MC https://clickhubspot.com/pitch

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Episode 589:  Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with David Perell to reveal every framework he knows to become a better storyteller, a better writer, and a better creator of binge-worthy content.

This episode was originally recorded for the podcast “How I Write,” hosted by David Perell. —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2BnqYArwaw

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:16) Binge bank

(6:03) Storytelling

(8:05) Intention & Obstacle

(14:22) Hasan Minhaj

(15:53) Writing vs Speaking

(18:06) Pacing

(19:01) Hooks vs Frames

(22:30) Viral tweets

(26:49) MrBeast

(27:26) Storyworthy

(29:10) 5-second moment of change

(32:02) Origin Stories

(42:07) Tony Robbins

(43:25) Transformations

(44:12) Steven Bartlett

(46:17) Viral videos

(49:09) Miss Excel

(56:04) Change your state & focus

(58:31) Paul Graham

(1:03:43) Advice to writers

(1:06:53) Writer's voice

(1:11:48) Dave Chappelle vs Netflix

(1:18:18) Distribution

(1:21:40) Twitter / X

(1:32:34) Writing with humor

(1:45:02) Newsletters

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Links:

• Write of Passage - https://writeofpassage.com/

• David on Twitter - https://twitter.com/david_perell

• David’s Website - https://perell.com/

• David Perell on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0a_pO439rhcyHBZq3AKdrw

• David’s Podcast - https://writeofpassage.com/how-i-write

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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

• Pitch your startup for a shot at a $1M investment with Sam Parr as the MC https://clickhubspot.com/pitch

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Episode 588:  Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) chop it up with Gary Vee about which of his investments paid off the most, how much cash he keeps as a safety net and what he’s noticed from hanging out with people like Logan Paul, Zuck, and MrBeast. 

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:28) Good news for the “C” students out there

(5:31) Break the Web

(8:12) Attention is the only universal asset class

(12:26) Perplexity.ai/podcast

(14:30) Alex Schultz on growth and language translation

(16:23) Adult camps better than conferences

(20:06) Millionaires v billionaires

(25:44) Planning for a post-iPhone world

(28:43) Gary's safety net

(31:41) Micro v macro gratitude

(37:45) Gary's best investment

(39:08) Gary's take of Zuck, Logan Paul

(45:44) Who Gary admires

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Links:

• Gary Vaynerchuk - https://garyvaynerchuk.com/

• Gary on Twitter - https://twitter.com/garyvee

• Day Trading Attention - https://tinyurl.com/yckc8erw

• Break The Web - https://www.breaktheweb.co/

• Lecture 6 - Growth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_yHZ_vKjno

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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

• Pitch your startup for a shot at a $1M investment with Sam Parr as the MC https://clickhubspot.com/pitch

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Episode 587:  Andrew Wilkinson ( https://twitter.com/awilkinson ) teaches the exact step-by-step process he uses to find, diligence, hire, and transition a great CEO. 

Get Andrew’s CEO Hiring Guide and Checklist - https://tinyurl.com/ms8938kn

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:36) Why you need a CEO

(4:44) The third door: leave the business, keep the cash flow

(8:48) Get back to your flow state

(10:46) Step 1: Are you ready to hire a CEO?

(15:16) Is this going to hurt my business?

(16:46) Step 2: Find the RIGHT CEO

(17:52) Hiring a recruiter

(21:34) Look for a #2 with the right hammer

(23:23) Be a collector of people

(27:14) Step 3: Diligencing the candidate

(28:48) Green flags, yellow flags, and red flags

(32:21) 2x not 20x

(34:41) Step 4: First 100 days

(36:35) Don't poison the water

(38:12) Flesh wounds not mortal wounds

(40:06) Meet them in person

(40:29) More on diligencing: Trust but verify

(42:38) The DIY path

(44:48) Step 5: Negotiating and structuring compensation

(46:34) Uncapped bonuses vs equity

(49:55) Myth: Is a founder-led business always better?

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Links:

• Srch - https://www.srchpartners.com/

• Business Intelligence Advisors - https://www.biadvisors.com/

• Never Enough - https://neverenough.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

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