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Episode 603: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Kevin Van Trump ( https://x.com/KevinVanTrump ) about his journey from rural farm kid, to commodities trader, to creator of a farm newsletter that’s making $20M/year. 

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Show Notes: 
(0:45) How Sam met Kevin, then got his mind blown
(2:05) Shaan's reaction at his 1st Farmcon experience (Corn futures and options trading)
(4:35) The farmer's theory of the old bear and the young bull
(5:00) How Kevin's newsletter inspired Shaan to start Milk Road
(6:25) Breaking down The Van Trump Report ($18M ARR run by 4 ppl)
(8:05) Rural farm kid gets into trading
(12:28) Farmers operating at the highest level
(13:50) Ag Swag
(16:18) The Van Trump Business Model "People buy value not price"
(19:00) The customer continuum
(20:43) Poker vs chess
(23:57) The decision to do nothing is still a decision
(25:04) Trader v investor
(28:20) How most people should be building wealth
(32:37) Why the wealthy are getting into agriculture
(33:55) The succession plan for farms
(36:00) The economics of professional bull riding
(39:14) The come up of FarmersOnly
(41:15) How to buy a farm
(44:32) Wearables for livestock
(45:18) Blockchaining farms
(47:55) Kevin's take on lab-grown meat
(50:00) Opportunity zones: air, shelter, food, water
(52:35) New trend: trade schools
(54:24) Roll ups for wealth creation
(55:30) How to gain new perspectives (purposefully)
(57:50) Windows vs doors


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Links:
• FARMCON - https://www.farmcon.com/
• The Van Trump Report - https://www.vantrumpreport.com/
• AgSwag - https://agswag.com/
• Bid On Beef - https://www.bidonbeef.com/
• AcreTrader - https://acretrader.com/
• Zoetis - https://www.zoetisus.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 602: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how to 10x your odds of success. 

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Show Notes:
(0:00) Ed Thorp and the mathematics of gambling
(7:51) World's first hedge fund
(12:12) Sam and Shaan revisit “The Game”
(16:06) The Feynman technique for learning
(21:14) Shaan's one criteria for action
(24:58) Why you don't need privilege to start
(29:06) Playing "the game" of business
(33:37) Switching to better games
(36:15) How the Roger Bannister Effect crushes limiting beliefs
(40:13) Step 0: Believe it can be done


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Links:
• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy
• Ed Thorp biography - https://tinyurl.com/yjcp4645
• Beat The Dealer - https://tinyurl.com/yc426fc5
• Ed Thorp website - https://www.edwardothorp.com/
• The Game - https://tinyurl.com/3kh3xfhn
• Jack Smith’s episode - https://tinyurl.com/yc4zdnem
• Kaggle - https://www.kaggle.com/
• Bringing Down The House - https://tinyurl.com/4txm492n
• 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 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://www.truemed.com/
• 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/


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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:
• [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/


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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


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