My First Million

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Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstorm with them.

2 DAYS AGO

5 TikTok products that could print money for you

Episode 652: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about 5 ways you can make millions off of TikTok. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (4:34) Idea 1: Creator Rewards Program (12:19) Idea 2: Botox Face Tape (16:57) Idea 3: Madison Reed dupe for TikTok (20:50) Idea 4: Self-help Journal (32:10) Idea 5: Candy Candles (34:42) Idea 6: 23andMe reboot — Links: • Goli - https://goli.com/ • The Natural Faces - http://thenaturalfaces.com/ • Madison Reed - https://www.madison-reed.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

48 min
4 DAYS AGO

3 Stories Of People Making Millions In Weird Ways

Episode 651: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the Polymarket whale who made millions off the election, Ozempic for sleep and why Martha Stewart would have been our Billy of the Week in 1999. — Show Notes: (0:00) The rise and fall of Martha Stewart (19:04) Ozempic for sleep (33:10) The guts and brains of Polymarket's whale (44:55) Betting vs gambling — Links: • Isaak.net - https://isaak.net/sleepless/ • Polymarket - https://polymarket.com/ • Chainalysis - http://chainalysis.com • Vitalik blog - https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/11/09/infofinance.html — 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

1h 5m
NOV 15

Leila Hormozi: From Minimum Wage Employee to $100M Net Worth By 29

Episode 650: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Leila Hormozi ( https://x.com/LeilaHormozi ) about being broke at 22 to making $1,200,000.month by 23. — Show Notes: (0:00) Broke, overweight, going no where (3:53) Wake up calls (11:25) The Dickens Method (13:29) Dating Alex Hormozi (18:49) Starting Gym Launch at 23 (20:39) Repeating $0 - $15M in 12 months (23:38) Life after selling gym launch (25:15) "Who you compete with is who you become" (34:28) $10M workshops (35:30) Impatience with actions, patience with results — Links: • Acquisition - https://www.acquisition.com/ • Alex Hormozi on MFM - https://youtu.be/4KfuQwB5rIs — 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

48 min
NOV 13

Die, Workwear: "This is how to look better in your 20s and 30s"

Episode 649: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Derek Guy ( https://x.com/dieworkwear ) about how to dress better, have more confidence, and where and how to build a wardrobe that lasts decades. — Show Notes: (0:00) Why it matters (3:17) Sprezzatura (6:01) Ralph Lauren (9:33) Advice for the American male (15:16) How to find a tailor (17:21) Why we dress worse now (20:15) How to build a wardrobe (24:54) Budgeting (28:23) Ready-to-wear, made-to-measure, and bespoke (34:21) Personal style nirvana (39:18) Buying for the decade — Links: • Die, Workwear! - https://dieworkwear.com/ • Inside the Mirrortocracy - https://carlos.bueno.org/2014/06/mirrortocracy.html • The Paradox of Choice - https://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Choice-Why-More-Less/dp/0060005696 • How to Judge Quality in Clothing - https://www.putthison.com/how-to-judge-quality-in-clothing/ — 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

47 min
NOV 11

Unicorn Founder on Unseen Arbitrages, the Paradox of Wealth + Charlie Munger Wisdom ft. Ryan Petersen

Episode 648: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Flexport founder Ryan Petersen ( https://x.com/typesfast ) about playing both games: bootstrapping a startup to millions and raising venture capital to build a multi-billion dollar company. — Show Notes: (0:00) Import Genius (5:36) Paul Graham's superpower (9:34) Data-as-a-service framework (13:51) Charlie Munger's worldly wisdom (19:45) Prioritizing adventure (24:09) The paradox of wealth (28:51) Charlie Munger's student experiment (31:00) Negotiation masterclass (37:23) Inside Founders Fund (43:16) Being in a crowd v following a crowd (46:29) Highs and lows (48:52) "You can just do things" (50:16) Unseen arbitrages (53:00) $50M Phone booths — Links: • Flexport - https://www.flexport.com/ • Flexport on X - https://x.com/flexport • ImportGenius - https://www.importgenius.com/ • Schlep Blindness - https://paulgraham.com/schlep.html • Poor Charlie’s Almanack - https://www.stripe.press/poor-charlies-almanack • Founders Fund - https://foundersfund.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

1h 1m
NOV 8

6 College Students Pitch Us Their Startups | MFM Shark Tank

Episode 647: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) invite 6 college students to pitch their startup ideas. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:58) Meet Your Class (16:32) Metafrazo (30:21) Milieu (42:47) Brother Nuts (54:14) Tour (1:08:38) Pathlit — Links: • Meet Your Class - http://meetyourclass.com • Jonah Liss - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahliss/ • Blake Mischley - https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-mischley/ • Metafrazo - http://metafrazo.ai • Shrikar Lekkala - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrikar-lekkala/ • Milieu - http://milieubio.com • Nathan Shatz - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-shatz/ • Brother Nuts - http://brothersnuts.com • Austin Majors - https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-majors-6b3275195/ • Tour - http://usetour.com • Amulya Parmar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amulya-agape/ • Pathlit - http://pathlit.com • Advay Gupta - https://www.linkedin.com/in/advaygupta/ — 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

1h 33m
NOV 6

I failed 22 times... then I built a $2.5B Company | Christina Cacioppo from Vanta

Episode 646: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Vanta founder Christina Cacioppo ( https://x.com/christinacaci ) about quitting her job and betting on herself. — Show Notes: (0:00) Stumblehustling into USV (4:36) Betting on the left side of your email address (8:30) The art of fear (11:47) Making bad art (13:30) The marshmallow test (17:26) Startup advice to beware of (18:16) The idea for Vanta (21:00) The only question that matters (22:30) Managing your mind (27:47) How to pick an idea to chase (29:03) The real origin of Vanta (31:00) Building a flywheel (36:06) Controversial opinions (40:49) Pushing past the no (46:17) Not flinching during negotiations — Links: • Vanta - https://www.vanta.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

51 min
NOV 4

3 Killer Businesses Hidden in Plain Sight

Episode 645: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about cash-printing businesses that are around us every day and how to spot them. — Show Notes: (0:00) $1M dollar product: Water quality testing (8:26) $10M dollar product: EZ Labor Law Posters (15:22) $100M dollar product: Barcodes (22:55) Idea: Casual Friday (28:44) Marketing campaigns that altered culture (36:00) Shaan reads his intro (40:06) "Torches of freedom" (44:42( Sam tours Yale campus (50:59) Idea: YC campus — Links: • Oasis - https://www.oasiswater.app/ • GS1 - https://www.gs1us.org/ • Propaganda - https://tinyurl.com/2fc959jr • Craig Clemens Episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N9rNShYI_g — 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

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Favorite podcast of all time.

Nov 13

MyDogMyLife

You’re the reason I started www.NowHiring.ai 🌟
Inspirational

Nov 5

82alexis

You give me hope.
EASILY THE BEST PODCAST

Sep 3

Bennievero

I start every morning with this podcast and will relisten to episodes. Also-the hosts don’t realize it yet, but they’re already my best friends.
Love the banter & riffing that naturally happens!

Sep 3

Jgill06

I really enjoy how both Shaan and Sam allow for the breathing room of conversation. It truly shows how great of podcast hosts they are. Whether it’s with a guest or not, they don’t feel like they have to stick to a strict expectation of the show. Keep it up y’all! Appreciate the episodes & look forward every week. You’re one of the few I listen to on a weekly basis.

Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstorm with them.