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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: Fred Smith (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 19min

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

Want to start your own million dollar business with less than $1k? Get the guide: https://clickhubspot.com/wbk Episode 742: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Billy Parks ( https://x.com/billyfilm ) about 7 creators making $5M to $10M from niche content with small audiences. Billy is a partner at Slow Ventures where he invests in creator-built businesses. — Show Notes: (0:00) The creator middle class (6:53) Jonathan Katz-Moses (15:24) Mary Heffernan (23:03) Jocko Willink (29:01) Detail Geek (35:10) Tony Seno (46:15) Niches to go after (58:17) Under the radar creators — Links: • Jonathan Katz-Moses - https://www.youtube.com/@katzmosestools/videos • Mary Heffernan - https://fivemarys.com/marys-story • Jocko Willink - https://www.youtube.com/@JockoPodcastOfficial • Tonester - https://www.youtube.com/@tonesterpaints • T.Rex Arms - https://www.trex-arms.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

5 Sep 1h 10min

Want to start your business the right way (with less than $1k)? Get the guide: https://clickhubspot.com/wsu Episode 741: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the most common mistakes founders make and how to fix them PLUS old school businesses that are making a comeback. — Show Notes: (0:00) Business Traps (21:21) The Onion selling print papers again (31:36) Oberweis milk delivery (39:31) Joe Lemandt and Alpha School (1:00:05) Grind Academy home schooling facility — Links: • Mobile Emissions - http://mobileemissions.com/ • Purple Cow - https://tinyurl.com/mdbfksx8 • Train Hard, Win Easy - https://tinyurl.com/2raksmas • The Triple Package - https://tinyurl.com/yebnt9nx • The Onion - https://theonion.com/ • Colossus - https://joincolossus.com/ • Oberweis - https://www.oberweis.com/ • Mentava - https://www.mentava.com/ • The Grind Academy - https://www.grindlv.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

3 Sep 1h 12min

*Want the 7 books that transformed Sam's thinking this year? Get his list + reading strategy: https://clickhubspot.com/ekb Episode 740: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Robert Greene ( https://x.com/RobertGreene ) about the most important ideas from his books and how to apply them today. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (00:48) Why specialists beat generalists (1:42) Your brain needs deep work (3:03) 300 books read for every 1 book written (14:58) Clues from childhood (21:27) Buffett’s Inner Scorecard (23:16) The Power of Silence and Mystery (30:35) Find your purpose (31:02) Authenticity Is Overrated (34:31) Boldness attracts. Timidness repels (41:08) Who’s Playing the Power Game Well Today (52:52) Turning a disaster into attention. (56:19) Breaking Through at 37 — Links: • The 48 Laws of Power - https://tinyurl.com/4ahkxzfj • The 33 Strategies of War - https://tinyurl.com/57vp9khn • The Art of Seduction - https://tinyurl.com/424mbtux • The 50th Law - https://tinyurl.com/zcte6826 • Mastery - https://tinyurl.com/3ch5ah8y • The Daily Laws - https://tinyurl.com/3n8pjv3t — 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

28 Aug 1h 24min

*Want to start a business with less than $1k? Get the guide: https://clickhubspot.com/obd Episode 739: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about anti-digital businesses that are making $10M to $300M a year. — Show Notes: (0:00) Shaan joins a country club (06:28) IDEA: Social Club (11:04) IDEA: Family club house (12:10) IDEA: Pet Owner Housing (19:47) IDEA: $300M Anti-phone pouch (32:53) MFM’s Pascal Challenge (24hr phone fast) (34:29) The greatest biography of all time (37:22) Steve Martin's 40-year mindset (41:31) Dialectics — Links: • Zero Bond - https://zerobondny.com/ • Chief - https://chief.com • The Malin - https://themalin.co/ • The Lighthouse - https://thelighthouse.com/ • Neuehouse - https://www.neuehouse.com/ • Soho House - https://www.sohohouse.com/ • Yondr - https://www.overyondr.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 Aug 55min

Want our 9 investment principles playbook? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/kcm Episode 738: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Howard Marks about principles of value investing. — Show Notes: (0:00) The S&P 500 (11:48) Legendary memos (18:45) Investing without emotion (29:32) You can't raise money in a crisis (36:05) Recommended Reading (41:49) Higher than average returns — Links: • Oaktree - https://www.oaktreecapital.com/ • Memos - https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/memos • The Most Important Thing - https://tinyurl.com/47amrzhj • Mastering The Market Cycle - https://tinyurl.com/mr33mjbr • Devil Take The Hindmost - https://tinyurl.com/yx9ce7xn • A Short History of Financial Euphoria - https://tinyurl.com/uavcnunx • Winning a Loser’s Game - https://tinyurl.com/55ch2rh9 • Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) - https://tinyurl.com/yc85ek63 — 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

25 Aug 49min

Want to research million-dollar opportunities like Eric did with Ramp? Get Sam's Company Research Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/kbf Episode 737: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with Eric Glyman ( https://x.com/eglyman ) about how he built a unicorn in less than 2 years. — Show Notes: (0:00) $100M in 18 months (4:13) The Ramp business model (8:58) Moving fast (15:29) IDEA: Manufactured homes (18:24) IDEA: Creator credit card (21:51) The crazy history of credit in America (28:15) Building a 100-year company (31:20) Favorite business biographies (40:03) Auditing your weaknesses — Links: • Ramp - https://ramp.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

20 Aug 51min