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My First Million HubSpot Podcast Network
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5.0 • 16 Ratings
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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.
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10 AI Business Ideas From The Queen of AI ft. Sarah Guo
Episode 612: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sarah Guo ( https://x.com/saranormous ) about the Ai ideas she thinks could be $1B swings.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(4:00) IDEA: AI companions
(16:00) IDEA: AI interior design / professional headshots
(22:30) IDEA: A richer version of The Sims
(25:00) The speedy way to do this if you're non-technical
(27:00) IDEA: Your Personal Seller
(32:00) IDEA: Generative Voice API for service providers, SMBs, restaurants
(38:00) IDEA: Next Gen Auto-Fill
(40:00) Software 3.0--what's coming
(42:00) Boring verticals fertile for AI: Legal and medical
(44:00) Ask: What's already being outsourced?
(47:00) Ripe for disruption: energy storage, chips,
(49:00) “Ai's $600B Question”
(52:00) Sarah Reacts: Doomsday scenarios in Ai
(56:30) If you're 22, hungry and optimistic, go west
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Links:
• Sarah Guo - https://sarahguo.com/
• Conviction - https://www.conviction.com/
• Replika - https://replika.com/
• Character.ai - https://character.ai/
• HeyGen - https://www.heygen.com/
• Icon - https://icon.me/
• Arcads - https://www.arcads.ai/
• Interior AI - https://interiorai.com/
• Aragon - https://aragon.ai/
• Chatbot App - https://chatbotapp.ai/
• Cartesia - https://cartesia.ai/
• Somewhere - https://www.somewhere.com/
• AI’s $600B Question - https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/ais-600b-question/
• Eureka Labs - https://eurekalabs.ai/
• Conviction Embed - https://embed.conviction.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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Business Brainstorm: SAT Prep Cartoons, The Onion For Millennial Moms & More
Episode 611: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) catch up and share 3 business ideas they came up with over the weekend.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Shaan's no phone weekend
(5:17) Control your inputs
(10:20) Life hack: Play with your kid
(15:38) Business Idea: Sketchy
(25:15) Business Idea: Niche Fake News You Can Trust
(34:41) Business Idea: Tampons that won't kill you
(40:28) An unqualified brief history of presidential assassinations
(46:09) The ceaseless action of Teddy Roosevelt
(55:10) MFM Required Readling List
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Links:
• r/regretfulparents - https://www.reddit.com/r/regretfulparents/
• Sketchy - https://www.sketchy.com/
• Babylon Bee - https://babylonbee.com/
• Manhunt - https://tinyurl.com/bdepazn4
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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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We Bet This App Idea Could Be Bigger Than Reddit
Episode 610: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the $1b dollar app idea for millennial moms, how Solidcore founder Anne Mahlum emptied her life savings into a pilates studio that she sold for $88M + Shaan writes a movie using ChatGPT.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) APP IDEA: Reddit For Moms
(3:50) Capitalizing on a reverse craving
(14:30) How we use our wives to predict trends
(18:54) Shaan uses ChatGPT to make a movie
(22:56) How to use ChatGPT as an on-demand creative collaborator
(34:14) The mind-boggling story of Solidcore
(37:21) The insane confidence of Anne Mahlum
(41:40) There's no business that looks good on the inside
(44:07) "They drove a clown car into a gold mine"
(47:55) Who's your Elon?
(50:34) Why Ben Franklin and Jesse Itzler are Shaan's entrepreneurial heroes
(55:10) Bryan Johnson's aging leaderboard
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Links:
• Better Than Google - https://tinyurl.com/mskmpysd
• Beehiiv - https://www.beehiiv.com/
• Solidcore - https://www.solidcore.co/
• Anne Mahlum - https://www.annemahlum.com/
• Jesse Itzler’s episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff1z3GUcfO8
• I’m There For You, Baby - https://tinyurl.com/2m42ktk9
• TruDiagnostic - https://www.trudiagnostic.com/
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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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How to hijack attention: Lessons from jingles, candy crush, and betting sites
Episode 609: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) break down the genius marketing tactics used by the brands you can’t get out of your brain–no matter how much you want to.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The history of jingles (Bring them back!)
(11:07) Prediction: Polymarket is going to be massive
(21:25) The wisdom on the crowd phenomenon
(26:36) How gaming apps hunt for whales
(31:00) Corporate Slang That Doesn't Exist But Should
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Links:
• DatPiff - https://www.datpiff.com/
• Polymarket - https://polymarket.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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3 Startup Ideas: Mouse Jigglers, Employee Monitoring Softwares and Photoshop Copycats
Episode 608: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) react to the $22M "fake-work" app, mouse jigglers & Ryan Serhant’s Netflix show.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Devices helping the overemployed cheat on their bosses
(6:50) $22M ARR side hustle catching mouse jigglers
(8:36) Career polygamy support at r/overemployed
(11:18) Is this a good strategy for financial freedom?
(15:58) Big Desk Energy
(20:22) Life hack: Intentional internet consumption
(26:58) Indie hacking on steroids
(32:44) Shaan tries a self-driving car, becomes evangelist
(36:50) Secondary effects of autonomous vehicles
(40:16) Ryan Serhant’s Netflix show
(45:28) Don’t try to be noticed; try to be great.
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Links:
• Hubstaff - http://hubstaff.com/
• Teramind - https://democompany.teramind.co/
• Mouse Mover - https://tech8usa.com/
• r/overemployed - https://www.reddit.com/r/overemployed/
• Overemployed - https://overemployed.com/
• Beehiiv - https://www.beehiiv.com/
• Big Desk Energy - http://bigdeskenergy.com/
• Brian Koppelman blog - https://briankoppelman.com/
• Photopea - https://www.photopea.com/
• Pikimov - https://pikimov.com/
• Waymo - https://waymo.com/
• Sellit.com - https://sellit.com/
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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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Our buddy sold his app for $200M in just 6 weeks?!
Episode 607: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Dan Porter ( https://x.com/tfadp ) about selling his app for $200M after just 6 weeks plus stories about Richard Branson, Ari Emmanuel & building cult brands.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:29) Story behind OMGPop gaming company
(5:23)Creating viral mobile game Draw My Thing (now Draw Something)
(12:02) 25 million users a day, 1 million drawings every 5 seconds
(24:10) Zynga bought the game for $200M 6 weeks after launch
(32:30) The real power of money
(38:32) Working with Richard Branson and Ari Emmanuel
(47:44) Building Overtime (creating a brand that is part of culture)
(52:28) The Travis Scott effect
(1:06:45) Dan's life advice
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Links:
• Overtime - https://overtimeelite.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/
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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Super insightful and fun
Love the podcast overall, not only for the amazing insights about business and finance, but also for their personal stories and interaction with the guests.
Favorite podcast
This podcast provides a lot of value. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are extraordinary storytellers which make this podcast really engaging. Also the quality guests put this podcast to the top of my favorite ones.
Really insightful
Been listening to My First Million for a few months now and it is always a great listen.
The guys have a good structure to the show and as well as some quality guests, the part I particularly like is when they discuss different business ideas and give their opinion.
As a Business teacher I often get my students to listen to the show - would recommend!