Hasan Minhaj - Comedy, Netflix, Haters, & Money
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) sits down with award-winning comedian Hasan Minhaj to discuss how he prepares for his shows, how he stays in the moment, his struggles dealing with anonymous Twitter trolls, what he has planned for the future, and more. _____ * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Would you like to participate in our clips contest? Earn up to $10k by remixing My First Million episodes. To learn more, go to mfmpod.com/clips. * Want to win an hour of time with Sam and Shaan? Tap here to enter the contest. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. * Click here to find out if you won $1,000 from the review giveaway: https://youtu.be/xsaO0H-0wg0 * If you won, please contact bwilson@hubspot.com _____ Show Notes: (00:45) - Shaan and Hasan's daily routines (13:30) - Is entrepreneurship inborn or learned? Is comedy? (18:30) - Hasan's process for preparing for a show (21:00) - Why comedians need to work out (31:00) - How to deal with feedback/haters (55:00) - Creating instead of consuming (1:21:00) - How creators can get leverage back from corporate interests
13 Joulu 20212h
EMERGENCY POD: Shaan Reacts to Better.com CEO Firing 900 Employees
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) reacts to the Better.com CEO firing 900 employees on Zoom and explains what went wrong and how the CEO could have done better. To see Shaan's reaction vid on YouTube, click here: https://youtu.be/9NRMaZ_nGw0
10 Joulu 202113min
Fitness Hotels, Steel-Manning, and Why the Creator Economy is Overhyped
Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) discuss new business ideas including building a fitness hotel, the mental model of building a steel man argument, and why the creator economy might be overhyped. _____ * 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: * Click here to find out if you won $1,000 from the review giveaway: https://youtu.be/xsaO0H-0wg0 * If you won, please contact bwilson@hubspot.com Show Notes: (00:54) - Announcing review contest winners and. introducing the clips contest (04:50) - Recapping the Noah Kagan episode (12:30) - Steel-manning (16:05) - Why speech and debate nerds end up successful (27:39) - RockAuto.com (33:00) - Why Sam is going to start a fitness hotel (38:00) - ManualsLib.com (43:57) - Why dentists are some of the top creators on YouTube (46:00) - Why the creator economy is overhyped (01:13:35) - Dane Cook's amazing growth hack
9 Joulu 20211h 18min
How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, QVC for Mobile, and More
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@theSamParr) break down Mr. Beast's Squid Games recreation and talk about how he was able to get 100M views in less than four days. They also discuss a number of business ideas including chrome extensions, building QVC for mobile, and more. _____ * 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 & Links: (00:26) - Recapping Sam's conversation with Noah Kagan. (05:38) - Recapping and breaking down the Mr. Beast Squid Games (22:45) - Sam's real estate YouTube project (30:55) - Ad Block and chrome extensions (36:20) - Rolling up gaming platforms (44:05) - QVC for mobile (47:48) - How to get numbers out of someone who's reluctant to share (52:25) - Levels.io and remote work
7 Joulu 20211h
Noah Kagan: Notes From Meeting Peter Thiel and Books that Helped Him Make Millions
Sam Parr (@theSamParr) is joined by Noah Kagan (@noahkagan) to discuss how AppSumo started, what he's working on now, what he learned from his recent meeting from Peter Thiel, the books that have had. the biggest impact on him, and what he's reading now. _____ * 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 & Links: (0:30) - Noah's schedule and what he's working on now (11:30) - Why Noah doesn't think 10 years ahead (22:15) - Does being rich really make you happier? (Yes) (35:05) - Noah's thoughts from meeting Peter Thiel and startup cities (47:10) - How would you live differently if you were a billionaire? (58:15) - What Noah and Sam are reading
2 Joulu 20211h 6min
SPECIAL: The Rothschilds (Part 2)
This is a special release of the 2-part Rothschild series from the How to Take Over the World podcast with Ben Wilson. Description - How did the Rothschilds go from a poor family inhabiting a part-share of a home in a Jewish ghetto to the richest family of all time in less than 50 years? Listen to how they reach their zenith, and what has happened to the family since then on How to Take Over the World. _____ * 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.
30 Marras 202145min
SPECIAL: The Rothschilds (Part 1)
This is a special release of the 2-part Rothschild series from the How to Take Over the World podcast with Ben Wilson. Description - How did the Rothschilds go from a poor family inhabiting a part-share of a home in a Jewish ghetto to the richest family of all time in less than 50 years? Listen to how their story begins on How to Take Over the World. _____ * 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.
30 Marras 202155min
Thanksgiving Special: Great Finds (Products, Apps, Media)
On this special Thanksgiving episode, Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) share their favorite products they are using, apps they have downloaded, and media they are consuming. _____ * 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 & Links: (5:05) - Zero (7:30) - Five Minute Journal (9:30) - The Science of Gratitude (13:20) - Othership (15:30) - fatFIRE Subreddit (26:00) - Confessions of a Hectomillionaire (27:35) - Archive.today (36:55) - Chris D'Elia YouTube (41:35) - Rose Namajunas "I'm the Best" (42:14) - Primitive Technology YouTube (46:30) - How to be Great by Steph Smith (47:15) - More Plates More Dates (48:25) - Little Golden America PDF (50:15) - Everyday Habit Tracker (51:40) - Camo (54:05) - How to Sell Anything by Tony Robbins (56:00) - The Boron Letters by Gary Halpert
25 Marras 20211h 2min
