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  • My First Million

    Mohnish Pabrai: This will save you 10 years of bad investments

    2026-05-22 | 1h 46 mins.
    Get Mohnish's 9 investment principles: https://clickhubspot.com/kwdo

    Episode 827: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Mohnish Pabrai to break down the mental models that made him a billionaire value investor.  



    Show Notes: 

    (0:00) Intro

    (1:25) Mental models of the top 1%

    (3:38) The mistress is always hotter than the wife

    (6:37) Introduce Randomness in your life

    (10:47)  Humans are poor at copying

    (20:13) Take a simple idea seriously 

    (23:02)  Be and inch wide and a mile deep

    (30:29)  Never use Excel

    (35:03) Wait for fat pitches

    (39:38) the stock market is like a church with a casino 

    (44:01) Paying $650,000 to have lunch with Warren Buffett

    (45:43) The cautionary tale of Rick Guerin

    (47:22) The inner score card

    (49:25) The future of Berkshire Hathaway

    (51:29) Mohnish’s best investment

    (1:02:39) The hardest question

    (1:06:16) How to beat the index

    (1:11:25) Mohnish's stock picks for 2026 

    (1:22:26)  S&P 500

    (1:24:57) life advice disguised as investing advice

    (1:29:32)  Studying the greatest investors 

    (1:37:51) if you remember nothing else, remember this 



    Links:

    Mohnish Part 1: This Guy Copy-Pasted Warren Buffett’s Strategy (And Became A Billionaire)

    Mohnish Part 2: Go from $10,000 to $1M in just 3 years 

    The Dhando Investor - https://a.co/d/0hkx1t8g 



    Check Out Sam's Stuff:

    • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm



    Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

    • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

    • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

    • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

    Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

    • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

    beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

    My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /
  • My First Million

    How Gary Vee runs 7 businesses

    2026-05-19 | 51 mins.
    Get Sam & Shaan's CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/ptcw

    Episode 826: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) chop it up with Gary Vee. 



    Show Notes: 

    (0:00) Intro

    (2:40) Nick Dio, VP of friendships

    (6:47) How to invest $1M on yourself

    (10:06) being long term greedy

    (17:53) Gary breaks down his companies and revenue

    (21:43) day in the life of Gary v

    (26:19) breaking down the 15-minute meeting

    (29:07) eat shit and firefight

    (31:00) picking projects

    (32:31) 5-year bets gary is making

    (34:04) missed fat pitches

    (38:00) vetting shady people

    (42:55) Mimetic rivals



    Links:

    • https://vaynersports.com/ 

    • https://www.vaynerwatt.com/

    • https://winelibrary.com/ 

    • https://empathywines.com/ 

    • https://resy.com/ 

    • https://vcrgroup.com/

    • https://vaynerx.com/



    Check Out Sam's Stuff:

    • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm



    Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

    • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

    • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

    • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

    Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

    • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

    beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

    My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /
  • My First Million

    We hit record on our private strategy session

    2026-05-15 | 48 mins.
    Steal the exact framework we use to grow the pod: https://clickhubspot.com/blfb

    Episode 824: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) open the kimono and do a My First Million strategy meeting live. 



    Show Notes: 

    (0:00) Intro

    (2:11) the virtue of selfishness

    (5:54) clip army

    (14:01) MFM 1% events

    (22:13) newsletter

    (24:50) mfm dinner club

    (29:19) barbell guests

    (34:13) content ideas



    Check Out Sam's Stuff:

    • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm



    Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

    • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

    • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

    • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

    Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

    • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

    beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

    My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /
  • My First Million

    How to manufacture a billionaire childhood

    2026-05-13 | 55 mins.
    Get Shaan's $0-$1M guide: https://clickhubspot.com/rgfr

    Episode 823: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about their billy of the week, childhood passions and people making millions on TikTok selling stuff. 



    Show Notes: 

    (0:00) Billy of the week

    (8:25) Raising kids with an edge

    (13:37) childhood passions

    (26:44) Random TikTok People Are Making Millions Selling Hoodies

    (42:11) the best brands start janky



    Check Out Sam's Stuff:

    • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm



    Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

    • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

    • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

    • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

    Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

    • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

    beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

    My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /
  • My First Million

    I put 80% of my money in the S&P

    2026-05-11 | 1h 6 mins.
    Get our Wealth Guide (35+ insights from top investors): https://clickhubspot.com/ohkg

    Episode 822: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how your genes could determine how much money you make and the startup ideas YC is betting on. 



    Show Notes: 

    (0:00) money genes

    (5:07) your personality is your business

    (23:46) productive placebos

    (33:39) YC Request for Startups

    (34:57) IDEA: aesthetic data centers

    (42:15) IDEA: The company brain

    (51:10) IDEA: drone swarm defense

    (57:33) IDEA: personalized medicine



    Links:

    • YC RFS - https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs 

    • Deep Personality - https://deeppersonality.app/

    • Viktor - https://getviktor.com/ 



    Check Out Sam's Stuff:

    • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm



    Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

    • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

    • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

    • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

    Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

    • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

    beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

    My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // 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.
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