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May 3, 2022

The Billion Dollar Ad Arbitrage: Opportunities Sitting in Plain Sight

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about how marketing and advertising can be simple and profitable, and much more. ----- Links: * Outcome Health (acquired by Patient Point) * Cheddar News * @jonsteinberg * Tabs Chocolate * Tabs Chocolate TikTok ad * @Oliver_b1 * @SteveBartlettSC * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ----- Show Notes: (01:26) - Curr...
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April 29, 2022

One Question Friday: How Do You Scale A Ghost Kitchen Business?

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) answer one listener question. On this episode, Brian asks how he should grow his successful ghost kitchen business. To submit your question and hear yourself on My First Million, go to MFMPod.com and click on the circle with the microphone in the lower right hand corner. ----- Links: * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter.
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April 28, 2022

Elon Musk, Mobile Minorities, and How to Overcome Fear

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) react to Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter and much more. ----- Links: * Aceable * Vitalchek * Relx * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ----- Show Notes: (01:30) - Combustion engines and Tesla (08:30) - Human body is a marvel (09:50) - Vocal minority; mobile minority (10:20) - Tesla founder controversy (29:00) - How ...
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April 26, 2022

My First Million's Origin Story, How to Find Winners, and More

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about the roadmap for new start-ups, how the podcast came to be and much, much more. ----- Links: * CyberLeads * @alexwestco * Indie Hackers * DeadEyes podcast * Losers Exist, Don't Hire Them - blog post * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ----- Show Notes: (00:50) - Cyberleads.com (10:50) - Question: What would yo...
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April 22, 2022

One Question Friday: To Raise or Not To Raise?

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) answer one listener question. On this episode, Matt from North Carolina asks whether he should raise money to grow his business. To submit your question and hear yourself on My First Million, go to MFMPod.com and click on the circle with the microphone in the lower right hand corner. ----- Links: * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's n...
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April 21, 2022

How to Interact with Famous People, The In-Person Event Playbook, and More

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and talk about their interactions with famous people and how to leave a good impression, how in-person events make money (and why they're only getting bigger), and much more. ----- Links: * https://maven.com/samparr/ideation-bootcamp?ss=true * https://www.marathonranch.com * https://blippi.com/ * https://www.vstarentertainment.com/ * https://unreasonablegroup.com/ * The Bill Simmons Podcast * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smili...
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April 19, 2022

How to Get Famous on Twitter and Other Listener Questions

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) answer your Twitter questions about how they found success. ----- Links: * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ----- Show Notes: (04:40) - Question #1 - Starting again from zero (16:15) - Question #2 - What do look for in business partners (22:45) - Question #3 - How to get Twitter famous (30:45) - Question #4 - Buying ...
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April 14, 2022

EMERGENCY POD: ELON BUYING TWITTER - Our Reaction and Explanation (Hilarious)

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) react to Elon Musk's attempted hostile takeover of Twitter. They analyze why he's doing it, whether they think he'll be successful, and more. ----- Links: * Elon's letter: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001494730/000110465922045641/tm2212748d1_sc13da.htm * Punk6529 Twitter: https://twitter.com/punk6529?s=20&t=_z6Y7oL3z9JfPiYx0AqImw * Video of Elon's plan B: https://twitter.com/heydave7/status/1514675952802017282 * Do you love MFM and w...
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April 14, 2022

From Coder to Cartel Boss - The Jeff Bezos of Organized Crime

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about Paul Le Roux and his possible connection to Bitcoin, Peter Thiel's recent crypto speech, the power of knowing exactly what you want, and much more. ----- Links: * https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/ * https://www.thielfellowship.org * https://mopoints.com * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ----- Show...
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April 12, 2022

Getting Rich Quick Sucks - Andrew Wilkinson Teaches You How to Get Rich Slow

Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) joins Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) to talk about why getting rich slow is better than getting rich quick. They also talk about the five pillars of happiness, how to identify winners, and much more. ----- Links: * https://www.tinycapital.com/ * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ----- Show Notes: (00:30) - Sam helps a f...
April 6, 2022

Announcement: Marketing Against the Grain

The HubSpot Podcast Network is proud to announce our latest podcast: Marketing Against the Grain. Listen here: https://link.chtbl.com/eASRByGO About Marketing Against the Grain: If you want to know what's happening now in marketing, what's ahead, and how you can lead the way, this is your podcast! In this weekly show, HubSpot’s CMO and SVP of Marketing, Kipp Bodnar and Kieran Flanagan, share their marketing expertise - unfiltered in the details, the truth, and like nobody tells it to you. Tune...
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April 5, 2022

Writing Your Way to Millions with Neville Medhora

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Ben Wilson (@BenWilsonTweets) sit down with copywriter and entrepreneur Neville Medhora (@NevMed) to talk about copywriting, ----- Links: * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. * https://ahrefs.com/ * https://www.nevblog.com/ * https://copywritingcourse.com/ ----- Show Notes: (01:30) - Introduction to Neville (05:00) - When copywriting first st...
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March 31, 2022

5 Big Ideas with Greg Isenberg

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) sit down with entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Greg Isenberg (@gregisenberg), to talk about big ideas for a new business and much more. ----- Links: * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. * Will Smith slap: https://youtu.be/z4t1CC7-UFE ----- Show Notes: (02:30) - Reaction to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock (15:10) - Bus...
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March 30, 2022

Courses That Are Making 7 Digits with Amy Porterfield

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) sit down with Amy Porterfield (@AmyPorterfield) to talk about the courses business, her background working with Tony Robbins, and much more. ----- Links: * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. * Blake Berg Tweet on 11 Powerful Questions You Can Ask Yourself Today: https://twitter.com/blakeaburge/status/1506257757401456640?s=...
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March 29, 2022

5 Questions that Will Change Your Life

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) answer five life changing questions. ----- Links: * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. * Blake Berg Tweet on 11 Powerful Questions You Can Ask Yourself Today: https://twitter.com/blakeaburge/status/1506257757401456640?s=20&t=XouFvtfvlgp06vJHiU2F4A * NYTimes 36 Questions That Lead To Love: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09...
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March 24, 2022

Two Side Hustle Ideas, The Top Trait of Successful Entrepreneurs, Building a Compound with your Friends, and More

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about how to identify trends, whether it's possible to get ultra-wealthy from cash flow businesses, why they enjoy doing hood rat stuff, and more. ----- Links: * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ----- Show Notes: (03:00) - Dan Porter (25:00) - The meaning of brand (19:40) - Two side hustle ideas: ballin' doctors ...
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March 22, 2022

Finding Profitable Business Ideas By Studying Trends, Hood Rat Stuff, and More

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about how to identify trends, whether it's possible to get ultra-wealthy from cash flow businesses, why they enjoy doing hood rat stuff, and more. ----- Links: * https://worldview.space/ * https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/ * https://www.reddit.com/r/overemployed/ * Bullshit Jobs: https://www.amazon.com/Bullshit-Jobs-Theory-David-Graeber/dp/150114331X * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Yout...
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March 18, 2022

Best of This Week: March 18th

Some of the best moments from this week of My First Million. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ----- Show Notes: (01:30) - Recapping Mr. Beast and betting on yourself (07:10) - Kanye West and knowing who you are (12:45) - Andrew Wilkinson and juggling successes ----- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake P...
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March 17, 2022

Hire 1 to Hire 10, Sam Gets Hacked, Shaan Buys a $200K NFT, and More with Andrew Wilkinson

Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) joins Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) to talk about delegation, hiring 1 to hire 10, how to handle getting hacked, Shaan's $200K NFT purchase, and more. ----- Links: * https://www.tinycapital.com/ * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ----- Show Notes: (01:30) - Thoughts on getting hacked (17:15) - Bored Ape Yacht Club an...
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March 16, 2022

The Kanye Episode

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about Netflix's recent Kanye West documentary, Jeen-Yuhs, and what lessons they learned from watching it. ----- Links: * Jeen-Yuhs on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/81426972 * * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ----- Show Notes: (01:30) - Thoughts on the Kanye Doc (21:30) - Being yourself and being obse...
March 15, 2022

Recapping the Mr Beast Joe Rogan Interview, The Billionaire Who Owns the Sports Jersey Market, Betting on Yourself, and More

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) recap Mr. Beast's interview on Joe Rogan, talk about people who find their passion early in life, discuss Michael Rubin and how he has taken over the sports jersey market, and more. ----- Links: * Fanatics - https://www.fanatics.com/ * Mr Beast on Joe Rogan - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5lokpznqvSrJO3gButgQvs?si=b931061285fd4e84 * Whatnot - https://whatnot.com/ * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to...
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March 11, 2022

Best of This Week: March 11th

Some of the best moments from this week of My First Million. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ----- Show Notes: (01:40) - The ABZ framework and getting started (04:30) - Very long distance girlfriend (12:15) - Guerilla recruiting tactics ----- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberma...
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March 10, 2022

10X Employees, The ABZ Framework, Secret Job Interviews, and Side-Hustle Generators with Steph Smith

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) are joined by Steph Smith (@StephSmithIO) discuss why you shouldn't think beyond step 1 when starting a business, how to identify 10X productivity employees, and how to automatically generate side-hustle ideas. ----- Links: * https://twitter.com/NYT_first_said * https://www.nuuly.com/ * https://mschf.xyz/ * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check ou...
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March 9, 2022

Is Time Out a Billion Dollar Business? - Plus Russian Stocks, Right-Wing Media Sites, and More

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss why Time Out is a surprising business that could be worth a billion dollars, whether it's worth buying Russian stocks, and what Shaan would do to build a large right-wing media property. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ----- Links: * Time Out - https://www.timeout.com/ * DC Enquirer - https://dcenquire...