My First Million HubSpot Podcast Network

Episode 601: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Calley Means ( https://x.com/calleymeans ) about the $50T drug that has Americans in a chokehold. 

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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro 
(1:54) The problem with Ozempic
(4:25) America is a dirty fish tank
(9:58) The Flexner Report
(12:06) 90% of doctors never study nutrition or fitness
(15:38) Cigarette companies invented processed food
(17:16) A case for Ozempic
(21:56) The macroeconomics of Ozempic
(26:37) Why you shouldn't trust Stanford or Harvard
(34:11) How one family got America hooked on drugs for life
(36:51) Nothing is more profitable than a child who gets sick early
(39:00) The 80/20 on nutrition and health
(42:32) How the death of a parent radicalized Calley
(46:46) Why Japanese children only have 3% obesity rate
(49:07) The difference between European and American candy
(52:33) HBS is a conformity factory
(55:50)"Psilocybin is the single most thing we should be doing"
(1:05:47) When the student is ready, the teacher appears


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Links:
• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy
• Truemed - https://trumed.ai/
• The Flexner Report - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3178858/
• Good Energy - https://tinyurl.com/39jzb6zs
• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf

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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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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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Episode 600: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sabri Suby ( https://x.com/sabrisuby) about business ideas he would go after if he was starting from scratch. 

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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro 
(1:04) Idea: Done-For-You Channel Growth
(7:28) Idea: Affiliate arbitrage for Chiropractors
(13:02) Idea: Live Chat as a service
(14:50) Look for customers with a bleeding neck
(17:39) Idea: $100K/day opportunity with TikTok Shops
(26:42) Get paid to learn the most valuable skills as a marketer
(29:24) Kill the little bitch inside
(32:18) Philosophy: Have more fun
(44:31) How to be better at small talk 
(45:44) Invest in building your year
(47:53) Showmanship
(51:42) The difference between good and great
(53:26) Stop praying to the internet gods
(54:45) How to get your target market to raise their hand
(56:33) Sabri's 1M copy book funnel
(59:47) The Yes, Yes, Yes, No Funnel


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Links:
• Sabri on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SabriSubyOfficial
• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy
• Sell Like Crazy - https://selllikecrazybook.com/
• King Kong - https://kingkong.co/
• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf


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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

Episode 599: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the best traits of a startup founder and lessons from how Dana White, Elon Musk, and Emmett Shear cut through the bullshit. 
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Top traits founders should take from Dana White
(5:35) 1 - Brute force
(10:21) 2 - Extreme bias for action
(14:55) Quick audit of Dana White's gambling claims
(18:00) 3 - Speed
(19:00) Checklist for a perfect niche event business
(22:56) IDEA: The Beer Mile
(24:45) IDEA: Paddle Prison Break
(25:47) IDEA: Skyline Scramble
(30:17) Growth vs EBITDA vs cash flow
(32:27) Shaan's Guide to Increase EBITDA
(34:19) Step 1: create a EBITDA budget
(37:08) Step 2: communicate the plan relentlessly
(37:48) Step 3: Track and report
(38:04) Step 4: Tie into incentives
(38:30) Step 5: Repeat every 30 days
(40:02) Next stage: Cash flow
(41:28) The benefit of playing on Hard Mode
(43:38) Is e-commerce dead?
(44:54) Shaan's $30M dollar dream house
(47:56) Shaan writes an essay
(49:43) Sexier core principles
(1:00:53) Culture: What people do when the boss isn't around

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Links:
• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy
• Shaan Puri essays - ​​https://www.shaanpuri.com/essays
• Brunello Cucinelli - https://shop.brunellocucinelli.com/
• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf
• Wander - https://www.wander.com/mfm (Enter to win a free trip and use code MFM300 at checkout for $300 off your booking)



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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

Episode 598: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about which path is worth pursuing: money or passion?
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The rise and fall of the Lehman Brothers
(4:56) The life we live vs the unlived life
(9:13) How Jerry Seinfeld puts in the work
(12:54) You don't have to save the world
(21:45) “What would I work on if I wasn't afraid?”
(23:27) Sylvester Stallone and the wolf at the door
(30:10) Low Key Billy of the Week: Michael Pryor
(39:29) Sam reflects on being popular
(40:58) Sam and Shaan's "number" to walk away

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Links:
• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy
• The War of Art - https://tinyurl.com/4w9evyk8
• Fog Bugz - https://ignitetech.com/softwarelibrary/fogbugz
• Stack Overflow - https://stackoverflow.com/
• Joel on Software - https://www.joelonsoftware.com/
• Wander - https://www.wander.com/mfm (Enter to win a free trip and use code MFM300 at checkout for $300 off your booking)
• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf


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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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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


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 597: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to Brett Adcock ( https://x.com/adcock_brett ) about his next big idea, his checklist for entrepreneurs, and his framework for learning new things and moving fast. 

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Show Notes:
(0:00) Solving school shootings
(3:15) Cold calling NASA
(6:14) Spotting the mega-trend
(8:37) "Thinking big is easier"
(12:42) Brett's philosophy on company names
(16:22) Brett's ideas note app: genetics, super-sonic travel, synthetic foods
(19:45) "I just want to win"
(21:46) Brett's checklist for entrepreneurs
(25:17) Being fast in hardware
(30:15) Brett's framework for learning new things
(33:00) Who does Brett admire

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Links:
• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy
• Brett Adcock - https://www.brettadcock.com/
• Cover - https://www.cover.ai/
• Figure - https://figure.ai/

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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 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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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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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




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