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  • My First Million

    The 2 businesses AI can never make obsolete

    2026-11-04 | 31 mins.
    Unsexy business ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/fpko

    Episode 879: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk about businesses that non-technical people can still win at in the age of AI.

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    Show Notes:

    (0:00) NADA

    (3:59) White Coat Investor

    (5:03) BNI

    (8:35) MODA

    (11:12) Finding/Nurturing Whales

    (15:50) Triumph

    (21:43) Private Photo Vault

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    Links:

    • NADA - https://www.nada.org

    • White Coat Investor - https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/

    • BNI - https://www.bni.com/

    • MODA - https://www.modacommunities.com/

    • Triumph Labs - https://www.triumphlabs.com/rips

    • Collector Crypt - https://collectorcrypt.com/

    • Private Photo Vault - https://privatephotovault.com/

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    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

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    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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/

    Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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

    $100M hedge fund manager: Do not make the mistake of dying rich

    2026-11-02 | 1h 23 mins.
    Free guide: how to build wealth (and use it well): https://clickhubspot.com/fjvx

    Episode 878: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to Bill Perkins ( https://x.com/bp22 ) about how to die with zero and never have a regret about it.

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    Show Notes:

    (0:00) Intro

    (0:55) How Bill made his money

    (1:55) Price go up or price go down?

    (3:45) Maximize risk when young

    (5:15) The 3 edges of the greatest investors

    (9:15) The name of the game is to stay in the game

    (10:25) A decade of intensity

    (12:20) No parties at 85

    (13:00) Define your net worth peak

    (18:15) Shaan reads an email to Bill

    (19:25) The fear of a wasted life

    (20:00) Crush your ego

    (25:45) Set your cookie cutter life on fire

    (26:10) Reprogramming your brain

    (30:00) Rewrite for maximum accountability

    (32:55) Seasons of balance

    (34:25) Time buckets vs. bucket list

    (37:15) Plan your year

    (38:30) What Bill regrets right now

    (41:05) Don't fuck your future self

    (42:15) Die With Zero

    (52:35) Playing the money game for fun

    (54:05) What Bill spends his money on

    (1:00:35) Spending $15M on a painting

    (1:09:05) The art of Sylvester Stallone

    (1:17:05) Bill's follow-up book

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    Links:

    • Die With Zero - https://diewithzerobook.com/

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    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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/

    Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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

    Ex-Amazon VP tells us what it’s really like working with Jeff Bezos

    2026-10-28 | 1h 15 mins.
    Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/tewg

    Episode 877: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to Ethan Evans about what it’s really like to work with Jeff Bezos.

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    Show Notes:

    (0:00) Intro

    (3:15) Criticism without praise

    (5:15) The every-great-man flaw

    (7:05) Attack mode

    (11:45) “Sometimes all you need is a B”

    (19:35) Question mark emails

    (22:25) Strategically patient, but tactically impatient

    (24:10) Work hard, long, and smart

    (25:15) Where high-performers go to feel bad about themselves

    (28:05) Ethan evaluates Shaan

    (35:55) Project selection

    (39:50) Waiting for fat pitches

    (42:30) Jeff’s security detail

    (45:50) The story of Amazon Prime

    (47:55) Amazon's idea tool

    (50:55) Good design vs. bad design

    (54:15) The morality of Amazon

    (56:15) Who Jeff studied

    (31:35) Post-Amazon

    (1:04:10) Streaming career advice on Twitch

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    Links:

    • https://www.ethanevans.com/about

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    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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/

    Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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 find your arbitrage (from the guy who’s done it 3x) ft. Nick Kokonas

    2026-10-26 | 2h 7 mins.
    Database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/tyvc

    Episode 876: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Nick Kokonas ( https://x.com/nickkokonas ) to talk about finding arbitrages and how to win an many different games.

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    Show Notes:

    (0:00) Intro

    (9:45) How I Became a Trader With $60K

    (18:15) Surviving Day 1 of Anything

    (20:35) The Comfort Trap

    (23:50) Finding Your Arb

    (32:00) No Boats. No Women. No Drugs.

    (34:55) Showing Up

    (43:15) Everything Is an Arbitrage

    (47:55) Greatness

    (55:55) Working Backwards

    (1:03:40) The Magic of Alinea

    (1:10:35) Controlling Attention

    (1:19:10) Remixing Old Mechanics

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    Links:

    • Alinea – https://www.alinearestaurant.com/

    • Tock – https://www.exploretock.com/

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    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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/

    Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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 spent 8 hours finding the best stuff on X. Here it is.

    2026-10-23 | 50 mins.
    Database of 300+ business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/wtfv

    Episode 875: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) are joined by Ben Levy ( https://x.com/benmlevy ) to react to the best stuff on X this week.

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    Show Notes:

    (0:00) Idea: Wedding Crashers

    (3:10) Idea: Clavicular's Billion-Dollar Business Opportunity

    (7:55) Elon's Flying Tesla Roadster

    (12:25) Elon Wants to Give Every Kid a Share of SpaceX

    (16:50) Inside Andrew Huberman's Fridge

    (20:10) Peter Levels on Moats

    (26:40) Bryan Johnson's Quest to Dunk at 49

    (35:15) The Craziest Rich-Guy Purchase

    (41:30) Jensen Huang's Algorithm

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    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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/

    Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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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