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2026/10/16
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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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the 6 traits of people who can’t stop making money
2026/10/16
Take our founder personality quiz: https://clickhubspot.com/dclt
Episode 872: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk about the different types of founders.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Natural Money-Makers
(1:52) Attributes of Natural Money-Makers
(3:10) The Story of Nick Kokonas
(8:12) The Story of Jay Gould
(10:00) Can It Be Learned?
(13:04) The Story of Syed Balkhi
(17:58) Only Spend the Second Derivative
(22:27) Trading Valuable Hours for Useless Dollars
(26:50) Other Play Styles That Win
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Links:
• Syed Balkhi episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzHdrQ5pDFo
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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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• 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:
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My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /
3 embarrassing moments that changed my life
2026/10/12
$1M Solopreneur MVP guide: https://clickhubspot.com/ftws
Episode 870: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tells 3 embarrassing stories. One from his personal life, one from business, and a most recent one.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) intro
(1:15) recent embarrassment
(5:20) Lesson: “You Can Make Hell Out of Heaven”
(8:15) business embarrassment
(12:58) Lesson: “Worship at the Church of Action”
(15:35) personal embarrassment
(19:55) Lesson: “The Decision Is Upstream of All Action”
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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:
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The creative genius behind Squatty Potty & Poo-Pourri reveals his marketing playbook
2026/10/07
$1M Attention Guide: 15+ ways to get eyeballs on what you're building https://clickhubspot.com/okbv
Episode 869: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Angel Studios founder Jeff Harmon ( https://x.com/JeffreyHarmon ) about finding and exploiting glitches.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) I helped a dentist create one of the greatest marketing campaigns
(8:35) How to find the glitch in the system
(11:10) Go for your own problems
(13:25) Where is the attention going?
(16:10) ANGEL
(19:15) 19-minute ad experiment
(25:30) The genius moment behind Squatty Potty, Poo-Pourri
(26:55) Poo-Pourri ad
(27:25) How to craft a $100M ad
(28:55) Use comedians
(35:55) Warm up the algorithm
(39:35) Super Bowl stunts
(41:10) PG-13 content for the masses
(44:45) Base hits vs. home runs
(45:10) The economics of the movie business
(47:05) “I’ve never met a billionaire who doesn’t want to make movies”
(49:55) The brutality of Hollywood
(54:10) Having a personal vibe coder
(1:00:05) Advice to my younger self
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Links:
• Angel Studios — angel.com
• Poo-Pourri — poopourri.com
• Squatty Potty — squattypotty.com
• Purple — purple.com
• A24 — a24films.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
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3 businesses we think are about to blow up
2026/10/05
Database of 140+ business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/slkm
Episode 868: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk about 3 business ideas.
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Show Notes:
(3:08) Idea: Oxytocin dosing
(20:17) Idea: Loneliness solutions
(27:30) Idea: Faith-based businesses
(27:33) Angel Studios
(34:36) What’s the reaction to the action?
(42:03) The brutal business of making hit movies
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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 /
We tested Instinct, MUSE and Grokbot. They’re ridiculous.
2026/09/30
Get Sam's guide to turn AI into your executive coach: https://clickhubspot.com/vbrp
Episode 867: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) test out the new ai personal assistants.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:42) AI is the highest ELO game in the world
(5:18) Instinct
(9:31) Grokbot
(20:24) It’s not all about intelligence
(38:35) Micro1
(44:08) Exploiting vulnerabilities
(58:48) $100 billion companies everywhere
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Links:
• Instinct - https://instinct.com/
• Grokbot - https://x.ai/news/introducing-grok-bot
• micro1 - https://www.micro1.ai/
• OpenRouter - https://openrouter.ai/
• MUSE - https://muse.ai/
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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
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MIT scientist: Elon Musk was right, we are almost certainly in a simulation
2026/09/28
(Free) MFM's pro-level business resources shared by the best in the biz: https://clickhubspot.com/pvks
Episode 866: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to MIT Scientist about whether or not we’re living in a simulation.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Are We Living in a Simulation?
(8:30) Ancient Religions Already Believed This
(14:40) AI Agents Are Getting Weird
(28:40) Quantum Physics & the Simulation Theory
(40:50) Aliens, UFOs & Glitches in the Matrix
(51:30) Dreams, Past Lives & DMT
(55:00) How Simulation Theory Changes How You Live
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Links:
• The Simulation Hypothesis by Rizwan Virk - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/774523/the-simulation-hypothesis-by-rizwan-virk/
• Zen Entrepreneurship by Rizwan Virk - https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Rizwan_Virk_Zen_Entrepreneurship?id=CE9zEAAAQBAJ
• The Zen Entrepreneur and the Dream by Rizwan Virk - https://www.zenentrepreneur.com/
• Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - https://yogananda.org/autobiography-of-a-yogi
• Are You Living in a Computer Simulation? by Nick Bostrom - https://nickbostrom.com/
• Second Life - https://www.secondlife.com/
• SETI Institute - https://www.seti.org/
• Project Blue Book Archives - https://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/ufos
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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:
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There’s 98 days until 2027...Do this and you’ll thank yourself on Jan 1st
2026/09/25
Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/brgh
Episode 865: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to about how to win 2027.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) There are 99 days left in the year
(1:40) Parkinson’s Law
(3:35) The toxic love of events
(9:25) Joel Greenblatt’s Jelly Bean experiment
(12:25) The aftershocks of Joe Hudson
(15:30) Shaan’s “5 voices in the head” theory
(18:05) Six Thinking Hats
(20:00) The two minds of a creator
(22:45) Blue notebook vs. red notebook
(23:50) Sam’s three notebooks
(27:00) “Your brain is an old mansion”
(30:00) Obscure billionaire, family dynasty
(41:40) Nike stock falls 80%
(44:00) I created a monster / turn shit into gold
(48:35) Tales from the house
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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 /
Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerce
2026/09/21
$1M Attention Guide: 15+ ways to get eyeballs on what you're building https://clickhubspot.com/brcv
Episode 863: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to Grant Lafontaine ( https://x.com/GrantLaFontaine ) the founder of Whatnot.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Grant turned down Shaan’s investment
(2:12) Shaan buys a crab on Whatnot
(3:58) First 1,000 users
(19:07) Black hat growth tactics
(28:52) 30 sales to $2.3M in year 1
(34:03) $2.3M to $163M in year 2
(34:56) $163M to $1B in year 3
(37:02) How to be a billion-dollar founder
(42:04) Going all the way deep on a single problem
(45:44) Don’t let people use fancy language
(49:48) Being disagreeable but likable
(50:43) The reason I left Facebook
(53:39) “If you think you’re moving fast, you’re probably not”
(54:13) Trends: NeeDohs, squishies, gold bars
(56:21) 9-figure sellers
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Links:
• Whatnot - https://www.whatnot.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:
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Coach for SpaceX & OpenAI destroys your limiting beliefs for 88 minutes straight
2026/09/18
Get Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your life coach: https://clickhubspot.com/edlv
Episode 863: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) get coached by Joe Hudson ( https://x.com/FU_joehudson ) on the mental game of being a founder.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:35) Limiting beliefs
(6:48) Mind, heart, gut
(8:20) The self-reliance pattern
(14:45) Unkink your hose
(16:35) Phrases that change your thinking
(18:20) Visualize the negative outcomes
(21:35) Most common fear of founders: homelessness
(23:45) Tricking your nervous system with repetition
(27:35) Avoiding conflict
(32:40) How to address conflict
(38:35) Abusive self-talk patterns
(42:45) Is this stuff worth doing?
(50:40) Experiments to try this week
(54:45) Why bliss destroys you
(59:35) Finding your billion-dollar purpose
(1:01:00) What's the Illuminati like in person?
(1:04:00) How Joe got here
(1:22:00) Where you click matters
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Links:
• The Art of Accomplishment - https://www.artofaccomplishment.com/
• Descartes’ Error - https://a.co/d/0j1JxxLC
• Tibetan Book of Living and Dying - https://a.co/d/0apYnAGF
• The Inner Game of Tennis - https://a.co/d/0hy9hBRa
• Listen - https://a.co/d/0gzKTFBy
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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:
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i got internet famous... if i started again from scratch, here's what I'd do this time
2026/09/16
Shaan's guide on how to build an audience: https://clickhubspot.com/tjsv
Episode 862: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) teaches what it takes to build an audience in 18 minutes.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) Lesson 1: Who, not how many
(2:28) Lesson 2: What should I talk about?
(5:03) Lesson 3: Learn the 5 Ds
(7:12) Lesson 4: OK this is getting long. But you’re still here. Weird, right
(7:55) Lesson 5: Don't worry about writing style or production quality
(9:08) Lesson 6: Create a binge bank
(10:03) Lesson 7: Feeling, not information
(12:05) Lesson 8: “Be so good they can’t ignore you”
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Links:
• My blog post - https://www.shaanpuri.com/essays/i-got-internet-famouse-if-i-started-again-from-scratch-heres-what-id-do-this-time
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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 /
David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B
2026/09/14
Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/pnlv
Episode 861: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with David Rubenstein ( https://x.com/DM_Rubenstein ) to talk about turning Carlyle into $500B, his $14B miss, and the greatest business lessons in history.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Turning $5M into $500B
(5:13) Scrappy private equity
(11:58) Don’t fool yourself
(14:14) Turning down 20% of Amazon
(16:23) Recruiting big shots
(20:40) Finding the right partner
(22:02) Trade-offs
(27:39) Witnessing ascents to power
(31:40) The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
(33:37) History that repeats itself
(35:49) Recommended Reading
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Links:
• Carlyl - https://www.carlyle.com/
• David’s books - https://www.davidrubenstein.com/books/
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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 /
Decoding Tony Hawk’s mindset in 72 minutes
2026/09/09
30+ unsexy business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/pdnb
Episode 860: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) chop it up with skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:20) Meeting Tony in Ethiopia
(3:42) Economics of skate parks
(12:38) The price of greatness
(17:54) Scraping by
(26:33) The 900
(35:16) Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
(52:20) Investing
(58:53) Influencing on internet culture
(1:03:47) Aging skaters
(1:08:07) Tickets
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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 /
How we scaled to $100M in under a year (ft. IM8 co-founder Danny Yeung)
2026/09/07
$1M+ problems worth solving (90+ business ideas): https://clickhubspot.com/phfl
Episode 859: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Danny Yeung ( https://x.com/DannyYeung_ ) about how he built a $200M business in 18 months.
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Links:
• IM8 - https://im8health.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 /
How to naturally monetize what you love
2026/09/04
140+ real business ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/lrgo
Episode 858: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the weird ways people go all in on strange hobbies and make millions doing it.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(0:24) scent social club
(1:54) Museum hacks
(16:34) Mafia tours
(21:39) Dolly Parton--Honorary Billy of The Week
(45:04) LeBron James's brilliant business move
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Links:
• Scent Social Club - https://www.scentsocialclub.com/
• We Don’t Sell Saddles Here - https://medium.com/@stewart/we-dont-sell-saddles-here-4c59524d650d
• Equine Network - https://equinenetwork.com/
• Museum Hack - https://museumhack.com/
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• 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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• 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/
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7 things MrBeast, Bezos & Thiel do that you don’t
2026/09/02
Get Sam and Shaan's CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/epmw
Episode 857: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the extreme behaviors of the most legendary CEOs.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) CEO Moves
(2:49) Move 1: Option Drop
(10:39) Move 2: Friction Removal Service
(12:55) Move 3: 1-bit communication
(19:35) Move 4: Single-tasking
(23:18) Move 5: Continuous culling
(26:05) Move 6: Reward failure
(27:06) Move 7: Clone yourself
(30:18) Alternative: Give up on greatness (also fine)
(35:59) Just be great
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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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Happy-user1234 2026/08/21
“And like…”
This is a great podcast, I love the content. I don’t know what generation you’re from, but “and like” must be the new “and um”. And like I was listeni...
JJPerrizo 2026/05/17
I’m one of your loyal female listeners
Sam, thank you for what you said about checking your guests against the Epstein files. I’ve listened to your show for years now. I think you both have...
Trump's FUPA 2026/04/17
Episode “Steph Smith: This oportunity is totally overlooked” is from over a year ago
Not sure when the original episode was posted, but I started listening to this and recognized it instantly from a podcast. They did a long time ago. I...
Jhgill2019 2026/03/09
I’m not your target market, but I love y’all anyway
I find Sam and Shaan’s banter to be one of the best in podcasting. I’ve been a podcast listener for 10 years, mostly business oriented ones specifical...
mccoymom52 2026/02/27
Curious, honest, informative
Im a 64 yo grandma and love this podcast (don’t hold it against them). Triggers curiosity and enthusiasm
82alexis 2026/02/21
Podcast #795
#795 great
zpocrdy 2026/02/11
Better than cocaine
I listen to all my podcasts in Up Next order because finding episodes by title got boring. When these guys talk through my speakers, I go from tired t...
TM.Mtview 2026/02/01
Easily my favorite pod
Amazing job with the interesting guests you host! It has led me to many other pods and books this past year. While I am not a founder, I have grown on...
ArlinaAllen 2026/01/22
This podcast lights my brain on FIRE!!
I have been binging on this pod lately and I love it! Both Sam and Shann are great story tellers and they have so many interesting guests on! I get so...
TopAppStoreReviewer 2026/01/21
Used to be great
This podcast could be a tweet. Used to be great content but now it’s just too much with Elmo and PeterTheil fan boys clubs. Go join the FAllInPod. The...
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