My First Million

4.7 (11)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
UPDATED DAILY

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.

22 HR AGO

$100B Founder Breaks Down The Biggest AI Business Opportunities For 2025

Episode 653: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Furqan Rydhan ( https://x.com/FurqanR ) about the biggest opportunities in AI right now. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (4:42) Define the Job-to-be-done (8:20) How to build an AI Agent workflow (11:16) AI Tools break down (27:05) How Polymarket won (31:48) Why VR is a sleeping giant? (44:43) Be a lifelong player in tech (58:52) The unbeatable combination (1:02:27) Adam Foroughi’s A+ execution (1:18:35) Betting on -1 to 0 — Links: • Furqan’s site - https://furqan.sh/ • Founders, Inc - https://f.inc/ • Applovin - https://www.applovin.com/ • Claude - https://claude.ai/ • OpenAI - https://platform.openai.com/ • Langchain - https://www.langchain.com/ • AutoGen - https://autogenai.com/ • Crew - https://www.crewai.com/ • CloudSDK - https://cloud.google.com/sdk/ • Perplexity - https://www.perplexity.ai/ • “Attention is all you need” - https://typeset.io/papers/attention-is-all-you-need-1hodz0wcqb • Anthropic - https://www.anthropic.com/ • Third Web - https://thirdweb.com/ • Luna’s AI Brain - https://terminal.virtuals.io/ • Oasis - https://oasis.decart.ai/welcome • Polymarket - https://polymarket.com/ • Gorilla Tag - https://www.gorillatagvr.com/ • Yeeps - https://tinyurl.com/59z2yrdu — 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 32m
6 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
19 NOV

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
15 NOV

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
13 NOV

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
11 NOV

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
8 NOV

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
6 NOV

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

See All (695)

4.7

out of 5

11 Ratings

Stuffs are made of dreams.

16/11/2021

Ekrystale

The motivation packed in MFM is topnotch. It is made of that feeling of “I can do it” and if you take it seriously which I advice you do, you will do it. Maybe get featured in one of MFM episode.
Innovative

04/11/2021

Joseph Young 05

This kind of Idea have been on my mind since but I didn’t carry it out cause I wasn’t influential yet but one day I will .
Amazing!!

25/11/2020

Jsbabasanmi

Full of ideas and great convo. My first mil pod is probably my best podcast.

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.