My First Million HubSpot Podcast Network
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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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He Got Fired By His DAD… So He Built a $60M/yr Empire
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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$100M Founder Reveals The Secret To Making Data Profitable
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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The GameStop Guy Has Returned… (And Has A New $210M Bet)
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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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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25 Years Of Founder WISDOM In 55 Minutes (ft. Jason Fried)
Episode 593: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Jason Fried ( https://x.com/jasonfried ) open up about personal finances, raising kids around wealth and dealing with risk.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Sam and Jason play Would You Rather...
(5:15) Loosening the grip on the stick
(12:35) The pale blue dot
(14:03) Why does the businessworld deserve our best lessons?
(18:30) Early days vs. vs. middle days vs later days
(24:47) "A founder's job is to inject risk"
(29:36) “Cool wears off but useful never does”
(31:07) Striking balance with a business partner
(34:14) The value of talking about money
(37:28) Navigating luxury with kids
(40:08) Midwestern values on blast
(43:39) The truth about luck
(46:55) Staying up vs. staying off
(49:45) New insights from old biographies
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Links:
• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy
• The Most Important Thing - https://tinyurl.com/9ym3xw5b
• Peter Lynch books - https://tinyurl.com/2nf87pzb
• The Pale Blue Dot - https://www.planetary.org/worlds/pale-blue-dot
• The Messy Middle = https://tinyurl.com/2paw5jmk
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
• Newspapers.com - http://newpapers.com/
• Pessimists Archive - https://pessimistsarchive.org/
• 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
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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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This $50M/Yr Side Hustle Is On Track To Make $1 Billion By 2030
Episode 592: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) break down the economics of luxury hobby magazines, make a prediction about Ai cameras, and explain how to find the next tech wave.
Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Craig Fuller's field of dreams
(5:12) $50M side hustle
(9:16) We call to find out EXACTLY how he did it
(19:02) The New York Times is a gaming company
(23:27) Idea: Third party LinkedIn games developer
(27:00) How rich people spend money
(29:00) The myth of the second home
(30:57) Ai cameras
(36:31) Prediction: A camera on every field, every court
(38:31) How to find the next wave: What's the next menus on the internet?
(40:41) How to avoid product obsolescence
(44:09) "Measure twice. Cut once"
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Links:
• FreightWaves - https://www.freightwaves.com/
• FLYING Magazine - https://www.flyingmag.com/
• Firecrown - https://firecrown.com/
• Veo - https://launch.veo.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
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He Turned $300/mo Into $3,750,000/mo From GARDENING
Episode 591: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to Kevin Espiritu ( https://x.com/KevinEspiritu ), AKA The Plant Daddy, about how he turned a side hustle into a $45M business in his backyard.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:41) $250k playing online poker
(6:04) The influence of Pat Flynn
(7:43) Cocoa butter cream review site
(8:30) Printing on-demand shirts
(12:26) From Scribe to $300/mo gardening blog
(15:06) Inflection point: The metal raised bed
(17:42) Billion-dollar blogs
(19:20) Life-changing money
(23:56) 5 Languages of the love of money
(26:47) Lessons from Ramit Sethi
(28:25) Path to $100M through acquisitions
(29:19) Buying a seed tray business for less than $500K
(33:22) Buying a competing gardening blog
(37:00) Acquiring Botanical Interests
(42:16) Red and green flags in acquisitions
(46:12) The danger of being a celebrity on the internet
(48:45) Idea: Branded hybrid plant species
(52:38) Floyd Zaiger, the godfather of licenced plants
(57:26) The lie behind Blue Zones
(1:00:12) The Tesla of chicken coops
(1:00:53) Beekeeping
(1:04:46) Choosing your hobbies wisely
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Links:
• Kevin on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@kevinmespiritu
• Epic Gardening on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@epicgardening
• The Chernin Group - https://tcg.co/
• The Billion Dollar Creator - https://nathanbarry.com/billion/
• Get HubSpot's Free AI-Powered Sales Hub: enhance support, retention, and revenue all in one place https://clickhubspot.com/sym
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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
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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