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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.  — 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 — 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/  — 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 /

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.  — 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 f**k 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 — Links: • Die With Zero - https://diewithzerobook.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 - 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 /

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

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.  — 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 — Links: • Alinea – https://www.alinearestaurant.com/  • Tock – https://www.exploretock.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 - 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 /

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.   — 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 — 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 /

Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/ekvd Episode 874: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) are breaking down the best documentary of the year.  — 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 /

Investing guide: 35+ money principles from investors/financial operators https://clickhubspot.com/tmgc Episode 873: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk about an investor who makes 2.9 decisions a year, Zuck’s victory lap and what happened when Sam hired an executive coach.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Zero Action Investing (7:55) Premortems (10:05) Zuck's Victory Lap (16:50) The Superpower of 100x Leaders (20:45) Sam Hires an Executive Coach (21:35) Identify the Game You're Playing (30:15) Keep Your Sails Up (33:45) Sam Attacks His Panic Attacks (38:55) Role Playing Hard Situations (41:00) How to Prep for the Scariest Moments — 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 /

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.  — 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 — Links: • Syed Balkhi episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzHdrQ5pDFo  — 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 /

$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. — 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” — 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 /

$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.  — 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 — Links: • Angel Studios — angel.com  • Poo-Pourri — poopourri.com  • Squatty Potty — squattypotty.com  • Purple — purple.com  • A24 — a24films.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 - 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 /

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.   — 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 — 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 /

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.  — 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 — 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/  — 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 /

(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.  — 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 — 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 — 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 /

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.  — 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 — 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 /

$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.  — 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 — Links: • Whatnot - https://www.whatnot.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 - 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 /