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MFM #160 The guys breakdown paid communities Why paid communities are good businesses: You can make them kinda fast (much faster if you have an audience) Fun to run if you like the interest Don’t need a lot of start-up capita...

MFM #159 MJ house update Recap : Last episode the guys spoke about buying MJ’s house. The plan was to potentially turn it into a museum or Airbnb. Problem : zoning and parking -- but those might be overcome Shaan: Spoke to Ra...

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP):2:40 Andrew Chen's early college experience and why it's smart marketing10:38 Buying Michael Jordan's house and turning it into a business28:00 Investing in athletes?38:10 The startu...

MFM #158 Andrew Chen story University of Washington has a program for gifted high schoolers who want to do college early. Andrew took part and graduated at 19. He met some pretty cool people doing this including emmit of twit...

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP):MFM #158- Rewarding hustle: MFM is hiring two kids to do video production because they took the job without permission. They heard Sam complain about needing a recording studio and offered to do t...

MFM #157 Rewarding hustle : MFM is hiring two kids to do video production because they took the job without permission. They heard Sam complain about needing a recording studio and offered to do the work https://twitter.com/D...

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr), Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and David Segal (@_davidsegal) discuss:David’s background- At 26, David teams up with his 70-something-year-old cousin, Herschel Segal, to start DAVIDsTEA.- Herschel had made his fortune in Canada’...

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) discuss:Negotiation as a Service (NaaS)- The guys talk about (and maybe invent) a new category of business: negotiations as a service. The idea here is that there are certain big ticket items where ...

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) discuss:- Investing like a $16B dollar fund- The guys who built multi-million dollar businesses anonymously- A genius company manipulating web results- The big opportunities in privacy- The h...

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr), Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Kieran Flanagan (@searchbrat) discuss:- Crafting the perfect cold email to catch Sam's attention- The grueling process of selling a company and how to do it right- The best advice on how to...

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) discuss:- How the HubSpot/The Hustle deal came about?- Why did Sam decide to sell?- What will be Sam's biggest purchase now that he's sold?- What will change with The Hustle and MF...

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP), and Trevor McKendrick (@TrevMcKendrick) discuss:The brainstorm session:- 2:14: Headshots are our avatars in the digital world: why do most suck? There might be an opportunity to fix this- 7:02: The startup doing handwritte...

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP), Sam Parr (@theSamParr), and Jason Calacanis (@jason) discuss:- The reason Jason gambles and how much he has made over the years- How Jason made the transition from being a journalist to being an investor- How Jason became a...

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP), Sam Parr (@theSamParr), and Immad Akhund (@immad) discuss:- How Shaan 3x his Twitter following in 2 months- The wild r/WallStreetBets trades and Shaan's $100k bet- Immad brings his ideas: a new CRM, startups catering t...

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP), Sam Parr (@theSamParr), and Jack Smith (@_jacksmith) discuss:- Balaji Srinivasan on why people will have to hide their real identities in the future- How Silkroad was actually a well-run company while co-workers remained anon...

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@theSamParr) discuss:- Sam explains the origins of the QAnon movement- Could buying collectibles from infamous people work?- Romance stories are big business: Sam almost launched a company in the space (https...

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Suleman "Suli" Ali (@sulemanali) discuss:- Creating a reputation database for people- Voluntarily selling your data to companies- Dealing with scammers- Creating a publically available org chart- A new re...

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss:- Who is Reed Duchscher- How does managing a YouTuber work- Who is MrBeast and how he got so big- Creating empires with celebrities and influencers- What is a "Personal Media Com...

MFM Apex: https://joinapex.com/i/pwr8nkShaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss:- DTC smelling salts?- A mysterious, anonymous new app- Should you hide your real opinions?- The amazing story of Katalin Kariko- Should you ...

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss:- Is Sam Parr Time Person of the Year?- Jeremy introduces himself- Idea: subscription box for bread (and the millions in subscription boxes)- The big business of selling to middle Ameri...

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss:- 02:52: A home security idea- 06:02: Wynter.io and other powerful simple plugins- 15:24: Kevin Systrom's and Mark Zuckerburg's transcripts from the Instagram acquisition- 22:...

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP), Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) wrap up 2020 by awarding and highlighting the best moments in the business world, the MFM podcast and their personal lives. The guys also make some fun predictions for wha...

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss:- 06:05 A booming grocery delivery startup, Fridge No More- 12:00 The "Ukranian Tik-Tok", Coub- 13:01 The $4b startup you haven't heard of: GoPuff- 21:09 A board game doi...

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss:- 00:30 Is it better to rent and invest your money elsewhere?- 05:32 Penny Hoarder acquired for over $100m- 09:20 MrBeast Burger and clout kitchens- 17:01 Guthy-Renker and the lucrative w...