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Want to start your own business with less than $1k? Get the playbook here: https://clickhubspot.com/fhe Episode 750: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the wild rise of Savannah Bananas. — Show Notes: (0:00) The wild story of Savannah Bananas (20:59) How to be insanely great — Links: • The Savannah Bananas - https://thesavannahbananas.com/ • Jesse Cole on Acquired - https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/building-the-savannah-bananas • Monster Jam - https://www.monsterjam.com/ — 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 - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

26 Sep 49min

Want the 4 money rules that changed my life? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/fmd Episode 749: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) teaches the 4 simple rules that made him a millionaire by 30. — Show Notes: (0:00) Rule #1: Master a Money-Making Skill (5:00) Rule #2: Don’t Rent Your Time, Own Equity (8:19) Rule #3: Wait (9:44) Rule #4: Proximity is Power (12:08) Putting it all together — 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 - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

24 Sep 16min

Want 200 Business Ideas to launch your next side hustle? get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/egk Episode 748: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Chris Koerner ( https://x.com/mhp_guy ) about side hustles you can start in your backyard. — Show Notes: (0:00) Porch pumpkins (12:50) Sport court installation (19:17) In-ground trampoline installation (23:08) Robot Manicure Machine (28:49) Dollhouses for men (34:21) Govdeals.com (39:57) Mobile Fuel Delivery (41:16) Novelty Ice Cream (48:01) Secret pickleball court (49:13) Kids gym equipment (54:41) RV Parks (1:00:33) If I was starting from scatch — Links: • The Koerner Office - https://www.thekoerneroffice.com/ • Porch Pumpkins - https://porchpumpkins.com/ • Trampolines.com - Trampolines.com • GovDeals.com - GovDeals.com • BStock.com - BStock.com • 260SampleSale - https://260samplesale.com/ — 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 - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

22 Sep 1h 14min

Want the 9 investment principles guide? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/rhs Episode 747: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Thomas Braziel ( https://x.com/thomasbraziel ) about distress investing. — Show Notes: (0:00) Distressed investing 101 (6:06) FTX deal details (25:59) First, Best, Worst, Weirdest (33:27) Shop Madison not Canal (34:27) Your first decade is tuition (38:25) Where Tom puts his cash (41:46) A position well bought is already half sold (43:35) The ugly side (46:24) How to handle public controversy (55:42) Recommended reading (59:33) E.P. Taylor — 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 - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

19 Sep 1h 8min

Want to use these FBI negotiation tactics to make money? Turn conversations into customers - get your first 100: https://clickhubspot.com/rtb Episode 746: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) gets coached by Chris Voss ( https://x.com/fbinegotiator ) on how to be a better negotiator in business. — Show Notes: (0:00) The hijack moment (10:04) High stakes hostage negotiation (20:53) Rule 1. You have imperfect information (23:51) Rule 2. Label (28:00) Rule 3. Go for no (34:30) Rule 4. Leverage will never make you a better negotiator (36:53) Rule 5. Be predictable (39:00) Oprah as a master negotiator (42:49) How to prep for a negotiation (47:46) Chris Voss in situ (50:23) Parenting advice from a hostage negotiator (52:38) Let them talk — Links: • Join the Black Swan Community - https://www.blackswanltd.com/ — 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 - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

17 Sep 1h

Want to rank #1 in ChatGPT? Get the Prompt Library: https://clickhubspot.com/dpm Get HubSpot's new Loop playbook here: https://clickhubspot.com/cd63b7 Episode 745: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Dharmesh Shah about the early days of SEO and how to jack the algorithm today to show up in ChatGPT responses. — Show Notes: (0:00) The origin of inbound (15:55) Algorithm jacking (22:43) Old Way: SEO (32:45) New Way: AEO (36:21) Step 1: Enable chatbot crawlers (37:55) Step 2: Restructure your content as Q&A (39:05) Step 3: White hat linking (43:44) Step 4: Structured product catalogues (44:27)Step 5: Human generated answered (46:57) How Dharmesh goes from 0 to 1 (52:26) How Dharmesh uses ChatGPT (59:30) The sport of business — Links: • Inbound - http://inbound.com/ • On Startups - https://www.onstartups.com/ • ClickFunnels - https://www.clickfunnels.com/ • Loop Marketing - https://www.hubspot.com/loop-marketing • ImageGen.ai - https://imagegen.ai/imagegen • DadJoke.ai - https://agent.ai/agent/dadjoke • Agent.ai - https://agent.ai/ — 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 - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

15 Sep 1h 11min

Want to start your own million dollar business with less than $1k? Get the guide: https://clickhubspot.com/ejn Episode 744: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the insane economics of Broadway shows, the blueberry billionaire plus business lessons from sports. — Show Notes: (0:00) Billy of the week: John Bragg (20:40) America's Banana King (24:29) Sam goes to Broadway (34:01) Lessons from Tennis (42:36) The pain cave (50:53) Rebranding motivational phrases (59:48) Jerry Seinfeld on how to be great — 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 - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

12 Sep 1h 18min

Want to start your own million-dollar biz with less than $1k? Get the guide: https://clickhubspot.com/rko Episode 743: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the inventor of the McFlurry and Stuffed Crust Pizza plus Shaan’s stock picks. — Show Notes: (0:00) The godfather of junk food (26:02) Stockapalooza update — Links: • QSR Magazine - https://www.qsrmagazine.com/ • David Protein - https://davidprotein.com/ — 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 - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

10 Sep 58min