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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 and brainstorm with them.

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    • 4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests and brainstorm with them.

    Business Breakdown Duel & The Story of Nike's Sonny Vaccaro

    Business Breakdown Duel & The Story of Nike's Sonny Vaccaro

    Shaan's Free Workshop --> http://bit.ly/3INb6EV

    Episode 461: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) engage in a business breakdown duel where they dive deep into some interesting businesses. Vote for the winner of the duel in the comments. Plus, the story of Nike's Sonny Vaccaro.

    Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.

    Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
    * Power Writing Course
    * Daily Newsletter

    Check Out Sam's Stuff:
    * Hampton
    * Ideation Bootcamp
    * Copy That
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    Show Notes:
    (00:32) - Biz Breakdown Duel
    (01:30) - Petex
    (19:05) - T-shirt company
    (21:40) - Hims
    (41:15) - Zuck does The Murph
    (52:20) - Sonny Vaccaro story
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    Links:
    * Petex
    * Andrew Lynch - Net Income
    * Sacra
    * Hims

    * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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    Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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    • #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
    • #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
    • #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
    * #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
    • ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
    • Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
    • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

    • 1 hr 7 min
    AI-Planned Dinner with Billionaires, NVIDIA Stock Bump & Billion $ Panda Express

    AI-Planned Dinner with Billionaires, NVIDIA Stock Bump & Billion $ Panda Express

    Shaan's Free Workshop --> http://bit.ly/3INb6EV

    Episode 460: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about Shaan's AI-planned dinner with billionaires, NVIDIA stock bump, billion dollar Panda Express, and Shaan's webinar on hiring internationally.
    Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.

    Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
    * Power Writing Course
    * Daily Newsletter

    Check Out Sam's Stuff:
    * Hampton
    * Ideation Bootcamp
    * Copy That
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    Show Notes:
    (01:00) - Shaan's Webinar
    (03:35) - Shaan's Billionaire Dinner
    (17:50) - AI Rally Cry
    (23:40) - Two controversial things
    (26:00) - NVIDIA
    (38:35) - Panda Express Founder: The $10B Mom and Pops
    (47:25) - Notable people who are back
    (57:10) - Trady
    (01:01:30) - Pomp Building
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    Links:
    * Delegation 101 For Entrepreneurs
    * How To Win Friends & Influence People
    * Airchat
    * Trady
    * Bay Area Times
    * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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    Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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    Additional episodes you might enjoy:
    • #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
    • #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
    • #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
    * #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
    • ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
    • Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
    • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

    • 1 hr 12 min
    Steph Smith: Jobs of the Future, Fractional Real Estate, Mouth Tape and More

    Steph Smith: Jobs of the Future, Fractional Real Estate, Mouth Tape and More

    Episode 459: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk with a16z podcast host and author, Steph Smith (@stephsmithio) about trends in business, her new list - jobs of the future and so much more.
    Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.

    Check Out Sam's Stuff:
    * Hampton
    * Ideation Bootcamp
    * Copy That

    Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
    * Power Writing Course
    * Daily Newsletter
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    Links:
    * Steph Smith
    * a16z podcast
    * How To Be Great? Steph Smith blogpost
    * Immersive Temple Instagram
    * Rage Rooms Google Trends
    * Raleigh Williams Twitter
    * Salary Transparent Street
    * The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
    * Eden Data
    * Hostage Tape
    * Lupini Beans Google Trends
    * Cool advent calendars
    * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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    Show Notes:
    (00:40) - Shaan and Sam's disclaimers
    (04:25) - Background on Steph Smith
    (11:40) - Is a16z smarter than anywhere else you have worked?
    (13:35) - Fractional real estate
    (20:50) - Pay Transparency
    (24:55) - OTC Hearing Aids
    (29:15) - Steph's List: Jobs of the Future
    (54:30) - Mouth Tape
    (56:15) - Lupini Beans
    (59:30) - Advent Calendars
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    Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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    Additional episodes you might enjoy:
    • #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
    • #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
    • #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
    * #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
    • ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
    • Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
    • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

    • 1 hr 15 min
    AI Body Doubles, Conor McGregor, $15M Podcast, Rich People & Health

    AI Body Doubles, Conor McGregor, $15M Podcast, Rich People & Health

    Episode 458: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about AI body doubles as a business, the new Conor McGregor documentary, a podcast selling $15M, rich people and health.
    Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.

    Check Out Sam's Stuff:
    * Hampton
    * Ideation Bootcamp
    * Copy That

    Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
    * Power Writing Course
    * Daily Newsletter
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    Links:
    * Helion
    * Retro Biosciences
    * How To Take Over The World - Thomas Edison
    * Rejuvenation Olympics
    * McGregor Forever documentary
    * Ben Tiggelaar
    * Replika
    * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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    Show Notes:
    (01:15) - Rich people and health
    (26:30) - Conor McGregor Documentary
    (18:50) - $15M Podcast For Sales
    (50:00) - AI Body Doubles
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    Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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    Additional episodes you might enjoy:
    • #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
    • #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
    • #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
    * #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
    • ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
    • Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
    • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

    • 1 hr 1 min
    From Quirkiest Biz Ideas to Favorite "Creatorpreneurs" - MFM Q&A

    From Quirkiest Biz Ideas to Favorite "Creatorpreneurs" - MFM Q&A

    Episode 457: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) put out a request for your questions and they answer more than a dozen of them... from the quirkiest business ideas to what would you do differently in college.
    Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.

    Check Out Sam's Stuff:
    * Hampton
    * Ideation Bootcamp
    * Copy That

    Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
    * Power Writing Course
    * Daily Newsletter
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    Links:
    * Sweaty Startup
    * Dani Austin
    * Isaac French
    * Jasmine Star
    * Jason Yanowitz
    * Austin Rief
    * Pomp
    * Tim Ferriss
    * Steve Bartlett
    * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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    Show Notes:
    (01:40) - Sweaty Startup
    (07:35) - Most interesting startup that never took off
    (12:00) - What does enough look like?
    (20:30) - How would you do college differently?
    (25:35) - How to handle a deal not closing
    (34:50) - Updates to Sara's List
    (42:00) - Maintaining Friendships
    (43:00) - Quirkiest Business Idea
    (47:40) - First 5 Big Boy Moves at Hampton
    (50:40) - 3 Most Common Small Boy Moves
    (55:35) - Sam and Shaan's Greatest Quality
    (01:01:00) - Favorite Creatorpreneuers
    (01:07:20) - Who would you live with?
    (01:08:40) - Who is having the most fun?
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    Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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    Additional episodes you might enjoy:
    • #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
    • #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
    • #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
    * #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
    • ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
    • Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
    • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

    • 1 hr 14 min
    Doug DeMuro: How A YouTube Car Reviewer Sold His Company For $40M

    Doug DeMuro: How A YouTube Car Reviewer Sold His Company For $40M

    Episode 456: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk to Doug DeMuro (@DougDeMuro) founder and creator of the popular YouTube channel Cars and Bids, about selling the majority of his company for $40 Milllion, competitors, and more.
    Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.

    Check Out Sam's Stuff:
    * Hampton
    * Ideation Bootcamp
    * Copy That

    Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
    * Power Writing Course
    * Daily Newsletter
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    Links:
    * Cars and Bids
    * Cars and Bids YouTube
    * Exotic Car Hacks
    * DrDisRespect
    * WhistlinDiesel

    * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.
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    Show Notes:
    (00:18) - Intro to Doug
    (03:28) - The key to building trust
    (08:50) - When was the turning point for your channel?
    (16:03) - Why did you think you could beat Bring A Trailer?
    (16:55) - How creator business partnerships work
    (31:25) - How does your brand change as you gain wealth?
    (49:20) - How does it feel to be wealthy?
    (54:30) - Doug's feud with Car Dealer Guy
    (01:09:30) - Will Doug ever fly private?
    (01:11:45) - Sam gets flustered by Doug
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    Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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    Additional episodes you might enjoy:
    • #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
    • #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
    • #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
    * #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
    • ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
    • Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
    • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

    • 1 hr 19 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
2.1K Ratings

2.1K Ratings

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Don’t sleep on ‘em

Love how these two super sharp, witty, and very successful guys take a humble approach to every episode. Great sense of humor and they explore interesting ideas that challenge paradigems (sp intentional). Give ‘em a listen or two, you’ll be hook’d!

My first millions fan ,

Great Podcast

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I LOVE this podcast!!! I’ve learned so much and I laugh so much with Sam and Shaan!

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