My First Million

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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.

6 DAYS AGO

The Crazy Story of Google’s 7 Angel Investors

Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 669: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) do a deep dive on the 7 strangers that made the greatest investment of all time. — Show Notes: (0:00) Andy Bechtolsheim (7:10) David Cheriton (10:10) Ron Conway (29:20) Alfred Lin (35:00) Shaquille O'Neill (37:20) Susan Wojcicki (38:50) Pejman Nozad (46:20) Jeff Bezos — Links: • SV Angel - https://svangel.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 5m
JAN 14

Just found out my neighbor’s business sold for $450M

Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 668: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the story behind Muscle Milk, Scott Galloway's bet against FTX, and how Bill Ackman spent $460M in 4 hours. — Show Notes: (0:00) The untold Muscle Milk story (16:41) Timelines of your heroes (19:43) Having a social agenda (22:29) Shaan pitches Sam a business (38:58) Scott Galloway buys FTX claims (47:17) The value of having a too hard pile (55:18) Bill Ackman spends $460M in 4 hours — Links: • Muscle Milk - https://www.musclemilk.com/ • Flavor Insights - https://flavorinsights.com/ • Hormel - https://www.hormel.com/ • Arfur Rock - https://x.com/ArfurRock — 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
JAN 10

Five +$10M Ideas (from a guy who's done it 3 times)

Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 667: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sheel Mohnot ( https://x.com/pitdesi ) about the biggest opportunities he sees right now. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:33) iPod mini hustle (10:40) Being a dot collector (20:30) The $100M story of Thistle (24:30) IDEA: Affinity-based retirement home (34:30) IDEA: Yelp for professional services (38:48) IDEA: Pearly whites (42:10) IDEA: Outsourced pizza (44:40) The story of Grey Goose (48:00) IDEA: School for AI Tools (52:00) Sheel's credit card stack (59:00) Sheel's position on crypto (1:03:00) Learning to sell — Links: • Thistle - https://www.thistle.co/ • Sam’s List - https://samslist.co/ • Pizzeria DeLuna - https://pizzeriadeluna.com/ • U.S. Bank Smartly Visa - https://www.usbank.com/credit-cards/bank-smartly-visa-signature-credit-card.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 16m
JAN 8

How to Make $1,000,000 After You Graduate (5 steps)

Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Watch this episode here - https://youtu.be/qkcFcwb6mk0 Episode 666: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) breaks down his 5 step process for making $1,000,000 quickly. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:32) Slay the salary monster (13:26) Play the game 10 times (20:05) How to win even when you lose (25:26) Proximity is power (26:33) Impatient with action, patient with results — Links: • Sarah Moore episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF6zvTXimxY — 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

40 min
JAN 6

56 Minutes of Money Wisdom for High-Earning Couples

Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 665: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Ramit Sethi ( https://x.com/ramit ) about money rules for couples in their 30s and 40s. — Show Notes: (0:00) 5 rules for money in your relationship (5:25) the 4 money types: avoider, optimizer, worriers, dreamers (10:15) The Annual Review (23:00) Monthly money meetings (26:00) There is no "money person" (31:09) 4 benchmarks for high-earning couples (35:03) Learning to spend (41:01) Investments vs purchases (43:39) Troubleshooting partnership disagreements (49:00) Spending to solve problems (53:00) Fight for simplicity — Links: • Money for Couples - http://iwt.com/moneyforcouples • Ramit on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@ramitsethi — 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

1 hr
JAN 3

No Small Boy Stuff, Investing Wisdom from Nassim Taleb, plus ChatGPT Prompts We're Using

Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 664: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about investing wisdom from Nassim Taleb and how to use ChatGPT as a life coach. — Show Notes: (0:00) No small boy stuff (2:30) Squid Game for investors (13:00) Noise v. signal (20:36) Sam uses ChatGPT to plan his life (31:50) Shaan explains how LLMs work (39:50) How to write better prompts (52:56) How to build a billion dollar company (55:51) 13 Questions that will change your life — Links: • Nassim Taleb books - https://tinyurl.com/2vnvz36f • Crystal Ball Trading Challenge - https://elmwealth.com/crystal-ball-challenge/ • Kubera - https://www.kubera.com/ • 3Blue1Brown - https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown • Leetcode Wizard - https://leetcodewizard.io/ • Fertilo - https://www.gametogen.com/fertilo • “13 Questions That Will Change Your Life” - https://shaan.beehiiv.com/p/one-minute-blog-13-questions-that-will-change-your-life — 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 10m
12/30/2024

The 2024 Milly Awards

Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 663: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down the best and worst of the year. — Show Notes: (0:00) Best Investment of The Year (7:51) Worst Investments of The Year (14:39) Biggest Personal L (20:26) Coolest Moment (24:50) Life Hack of the Year (30:55) Billy of the year (37:31) Frame Breaking Person (48:53) Favorite guest (57:30) Best Product (1:01:24) Biggest change for next year — Links: • Inverse Galloway Index - https://inversegallowayindex.com/ • Nick Gray - https://nickgray.net/ • “Do What Makes The Best Story” - https://amasad.me/story • Brick - https://getbrick.app/ — 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 16m
12/23/2024

$500M Founder: “This is the biggest opportunity in the US today”

Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 662: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Justin Mares ( https://x.com/jwmares ) about the biggest trends and opportunities in health and wellness. — Show Notes: (0:00) The poisoning of America (7:17) IDEA: Home Health Services (25:26) IDEA: Modern butcher shop (38:58) IDEA: Calibrate for fertility (45:34) Choose one problem for your career (48:50) Building a 9-figure bone broth product (59:18) Zuck donates his gold chain — Links: • The Great American Poisoning - https://justinmares.substack.com/p/the-great-american-poisoning • Lightwork - https://dolightwork.com/ • Blueprint - https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.com/ • Snake River Farms - https://snakeriverfarms.com/ • Calibrate - https://www.joincalibrate.com/ • Inflection Grant - https://www.inflectiongrants.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

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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.