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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:
• Shaan Puri essays - ​​https://www.shaanpuri.com/essays
• Brunello Cucinelli - https://shop.brunellocucinelli.com/

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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 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


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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




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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/
• 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 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
• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf
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Enter to win a free trip at https://www.wander.com/mfm 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