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Episode 672: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Matt Mullenweg ( https://x.com/photomatt ), the founder of WordPress and Automattic. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Turning down $200M at 24

(6:04) WordPress's 1000 days of irrelevance

(9:24) Turning a small South African company into $3B

(13:40) The battle of giants - WooCommerce vs Shopify

(18:37) Matt's Villain Arc

(30:07) Auditions > Interviews

(36:04) Putting every employee on the front line

(42:56) Matt on Deepseek

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Links:

• Automattic - https://automattic.com/ 

• WordPress - https://wordpress.com/ 

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 671: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) recap a weekend spent with billionaires in Greenville, NC. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(4:49) Fish Where The Fish Swim, Not Where The Fishermen Stand

(12:45) Man Does Not Sell Chocolate, He Becomes It

(18:48) Non-Obnoxious Confidence Beats IQ

(22:53) I Am

(24:51) Take Your Billions and Shove It

(30:20) Hardwork.....maybe?

(32:41) Health is the New Status Symbol

(37:39) Midwit meme in full effect

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• 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/

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Episode 670: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Andrew Wilkinson ( https://x.com/awilkinson ) about the AI tools that are replacing new hires. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) AI to kill admin work

(7:37) the K-shaped future

(16:29) 24/7 agents in your business

(25:46) Software is the new commodity

(38:40) Andrew's AI hedge investments

(50:56) Buy, sell, or hold

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Links:

Lindy - https://www.lindy.ai/ 

Howie - https://howie.ai/ 

Fyxer - https://www.fyxer.com/ 

Fathom - https://fathom.video/ 

Otter - https://otter.ai/ 

Claude - https://claude.ai/ 

Zero - https://zerotax.ai/ 

Replit - https://replit.com/ 

Constellation - https://www.csisoftware.com/ 

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• 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/

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Episode 669: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) do a deep dive on the 7 strangers that made the greatest investment of all time. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Andy Bechtolsheim

(7:10) David Cheriton

(10:10) Ron Conway

(29:20) Alfred Lin

(35:00) Shaquille O'Neill

(37:20) Susan Wojcicki

(38:50) Pejman Nozad

(46:20) Jeff Bezos

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Links:

• SV Angel - https://svangel.com/ 

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• 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/

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Episode 668: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the story behind Muscle Milk, Scott Galloway's bet against FTX, and how Bill Ackman spent $460M in 4 hours. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The untold Muscle Milk story

(16:41) Timelines of your heroes

(19:43) Having a social agenda

(22:29) Shaan pitches Sam a business

(38:58) Scott Galloway buys FTX claims

(47:17) The value of having a too hard pile

(55:18) Bill Ackman spends $460M in 4 hours

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Links:

• Muscle Milk - https://www.musclemilk.com/ 

• Flavor Insights - https://flavorinsights.com/ 

• Hormel - https://www.hormel.com/ 

• Arfur Rock - https://x.com/ArfurRock 

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• 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/

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Episode 667: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sheel Mohnot ( https://x.com/pitdesi ) about the biggest opportunities he sees right now. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(2:33) iPod mini hustle

(10:40) Being a dot collector

(20:30) The $100M story of Thistle

(24:30) IDEA: Affinity-based retirement home

(34:30) IDEA: Yelp for professional services

(38:48) IDEA: Pearly whites

(42:10) IDEA: Outsourced pizza

(44:40) The story of Grey Goose

(48:00) IDEA: School for AI Tools

(52:00) Sheel's credit card stack

(59:00) Sheel's position on crypto

(1:03:00) Learning to sell

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Links:

• Thistle - https://www.thistle.co/ 

• Sam’s List - https://samslist.co/ 

• Pizzeria DeLuna - https://pizzeriadeluna.com/

• U.S. Bank Smartly Visa - https://www.usbank.com/credit-cards/bank-smartly-visa-signature-credit-card.html 

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Watch this episode here - https://youtu.be/qkcFcwb6mk0

Episode 666: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) breaks down his 5 step process for making $1,000,000 quickly. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(2:32) Slay the salary monster

(13:26) Play the game 10 times

(20:05) How to win even when you lose

(25:26) Proximity is power

(26:33) Impatient with action, patient with results

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Links:

• Sarah Moore episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF6zvTXimxY 

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• 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/

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Episode 665: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Ramit Sethi ( https://x.com/ramit ) about money rules for couples in their 30s and 40s. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) 5 rules for money in your relationship

(5:25) the 4 money types: avoider, optimizer, worriers, dreamers

(10:15) The Annual Review

(23:00) Monthly money meetings

(26:00) There is no "money person"

(31:09) 4 benchmarks for high-earning couples

(35:03) Learning to spend

(41:01) Investments vs purchases

(43:39) Troubleshooting partnership disagreements

(49:00) Spending to solve problems

(53:00) Fight for simplicity

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Links:

• Money for Couples - http://iwt.com/moneyforcouples

• Ramit on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@ramitsethi

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• 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/

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Episode 664: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about investing wisdom from Nassim Taleb and how to use ChatGPT as a life coach. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) No small boy stuff

(2:30) Squid Game for investors

(13:00) Noise v. signal

(20:36) Sam uses ChatGPT to plan his life

(31:50) Shaan explains how LLMs work

(39:50) How to write better prompts

(52:56) How to build a billion dollar company

(55:51) 13 Questions that will change your life

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Links:

• Nassim Taleb books - https://tinyurl.com/2vnvz36f 

• Crystal Ball Trading Challenge - https://elmwealth.com/crystal-ball-challenge/ 

• Kubera - https://www.kubera.com/ 

• 3Blue1Brown - https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown 

• Leetcode Wizard - https://leetcodewizard.io/ 

• Fertilo - https://www.gametogen.com/fertilo 

• “13 Questions That Will Change Your Life” - https://shaan.beehiiv.com/p/one-minute-blog-13-questions-that-will-change-your-life 

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• 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/

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Episode 663: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down the best and worst of the year. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Best Investment of The Year

(7:51) Worst Investments of The Year

(14:39) Biggest Personal L

(20:26) Coolest Moment

(24:50) Life Hack of the Year

(30:55) Billy of the year

(37:31) Frame Breaking Person

(48:53) Favorite guest

(57:30) Best Product

(1:01:24) Biggest change for next year

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Links:

• Inverse Galloway Index - https://inversegallowayindex.com/ 

• Nick Gray - https://nickgray.net/ 

• “Do What Makes The Best Story” - https://amasad.me/story 

• Brick - https://getbrick.app/ 

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• 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/

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Episode 662: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Justin Mares ( https://x.com/jwmares ) about the biggest trends and opportunities in health and wellness. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The poisoning of America

(7:17) IDEA: Home Health Services

(25:26) IDEA: Modern butcher shop

(38:58) IDEA: Calibrate for fertility

(45:34) Choose one problem for your career

(48:50) Building a 9-figure bone broth product

(59:18) Zuck donates his gold chain

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Links:

• The Great American Poisoning - https://justinmares.substack.com/p/the-great-american-poisoning 

• Lightwork - https://dolightwork.com/ 

• Blueprint - https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.com/ 

• Snake River Farms - https://snakeriverfarms.com/ 

• Calibrate - https://www.joincalibrate.com/ 

• Inflection Grant - https://www.inflectiongrants.com/ 

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• 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/

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Episode 661: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the NY Christmas Tree mafia, 2 health startups with crazy traction, plus their predictions for big trends in 2025. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Christmas Tree Mafia

(6:45) Neko Health

(11:57) Superpower

(21:43) Shaan's 4x/wk training program

(25:33) Prediction: Whole Foods is going down

(27:40) Prediction: Natural fibers, local meat

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Links:

• Curbed article - https://tinyurl.com/3z6tzf3w 

• Neko Health - https://www.nekohealth.com/ 

• Superpower - https://superpower.com/ 

—

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• 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/

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Episode 660: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about founders who have rage as an unfair advantage, Bill Ackman’s takedown of Harvard, and a ruthless PE rollup. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Revenge businesses and other green flags

(5:55) Chips on shoulders = chips in pockets

(19:38) Bhutan's Gross National Happiness

(34:48) Ruthless PE rollup: International schools

(43:58) IDEA: $500M YouTube University

(54:11) Bill Ackman Breaks down Harvard as a business

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Links:

• How To Lose Weight in 4 Easy Steps - https://tinyurl.com/2x67a7jc 

• Nord Anglia Education - https://www.nordangliaeducation.com/ 

• Full Sail University - https://hello.fullsail.edu/

• University of Austin - https://www.uaustin.org/people/joe-lonsdale 

• Veritas? - https://pershingsquarefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Veritas.pdf 

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• 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/

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Episode 659: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jesse Itzler ( https://x.com/JesseItzler ) about how to live an epic life. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Come into the new year light

(7:56) Hand written letters

(14:03) Identify your B minuses

(20:15) Pick your Misogi

(27:28) 6 mini adventures

(37:38) Add a winning habit

(39:55) Write it down

(49:50) Don't f*cking waste 2025

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Links:

• Jesse Itzler - https://jesseitzler.com/ 

• Jesse's on MFM episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff1z3GUcfO8

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• 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/

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Episode 658: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Replit founder Amjad Masad ( https://x.com/amasad ) about the massive opportunities with AI Agents. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Replit origin story  

(9:27) Replit's 10-year overnight success

(12:27) Rejected 4x by YC

(17:28) Personal essays from Paul Graham

(20:17) "i hacked into my university to change my grades"

(25:55) Rickrolling into YC

(35:25) Shaan builds a food tracking app in 30 seconds

(43:19) Magic School: An AI application for educators 4M users in 1 year

(47:31) Amjad on Agents

(49:53) Building moats in a goldrush

(54:53) Replit is Shopify for software creators

(1:05:11) The most gangster story in Silicon Valley

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Links:

• Amjad essays - https://amasad.me/ 

• Replit - https://replit.com/ 

• Codeacademy - https://www.codecademy.com/ 

• Do What Makes The Best Story - https://amasad.me/story 

• Magic School AI - https://www.magicschool.ai/ 

• 11x AI - https://www.11x.ai/ 

• Synthesis Tutor - https://www.synthesis.com/tutor 

• The Sovereign Individual - https://tinyurl.com/4w6ns7b2 

• 7 Powers - https://tinyurl.com/382ch557 

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 657: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the $10M ARR dinner club app, the history of Black Friday, and ChatGPT prompts that work like cheat codes.  

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) $10M ARR dinner club

(26:19) The science of Black Friday and Cyber Monday

(32:47) Reverse Black Friday positions

(36:21) 7-day MFM Money Fast

(40:57) Simple ChatGPT prompt hacks that work

(45:55) Picking a rocket ship

(50:53) Warren Buffett's $150B problem

(58:17) The Elon Musk Learning Method

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Links:

• Timleft - https://timeleft.com/

• Bucket list - https://dailymax.fr/fr/bucket-list-fr/

• Your Life in Weeks - https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html

• Warren Buffett letter - https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/news/nov2524.pdf

• Elon Musk Learning Method - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=splkLcpBws8

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 656: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell 3 stories of people who took insane risks that paid off. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Bitcoin millionaire hides $2M in treasures across US

(11:27) Building the Ralph Lauren fantasy

(23:58) Michael Saylor's infinite money glitch

—

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 655: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Dharmesh Shah ( https://x.com/dharmesh ) about how to increase the odds of hitting your first million and your next million. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(3:33) Lesson 1: Get leverage

(9:26) Lesson 2: Be an asset, not a liability

(13:40) Lesson 3: Get even closer to the value creation

(19:42) Mini Masterclass on Power Negotiating

(24:35) Dharmesh's little-known $2M failure

(29:35) Lesson: Insight compression

(34:08) Dharmesh sells Chat.com

(41:06) Agents are the new apps

(44:51) The future is hybrid teams

(49:23) Agents Dharmesh uses today

(53:20) Dharmesh's next big thing

(1:02:58) Uncomfortable company values

(1:05:33) Local maximum vs global maximum

(1:06:57) RaaS: Results-as-a-Service

(1:09:59) Being a first time billionaire

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Links:

• Agent AI - https://agent.ai/ 

• Harvey MacKay books - https://harveymackay.com/books/ 

• Getting To Yes - https://tinyurl.com/43ne6v97 

• Connecting Dots - https://connectingdots.com/ 

• MFM Vault - https://frontend-production-f8b7.up.railway.app/ 

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• 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/

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Episode 653: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Furqan Rydhan ( https://x.com/FurqanR ) about the biggest opportunities in AI right now. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(4:42) Define the Job-to-be-done

(8:20) How to build an AI Agent workflow

(11:16) AI Tools break down

(27:05) How Polymarket won

(31:48) Why VR is a sleeping giant?

(44:43) Be a lifelong player in tech

(58:52) The unbeatable combination

(1:02:27) Adam Foroughi’s A+ execution

(1:18:35) Betting on -1 to 0

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Links:

• Furqan’s site - https://furqan.sh/ 

• Founders, Inc - https://f.inc/ 

• Applovin - https://www.applovin.com/ 

• Claude - https://claude.ai/ 

• OpenAI - https://platform.openai.com/ 

• Langchain - https://www.langchain.com/ 

• AutoGen - https://autogenai.com/ 

• Crew - https://www.crewai.com/ 

• CloudSDK - https://cloud.google.com/sdk/ 

• Perplexity - https://www.perplexity.ai/ 

• “Attention is all you need” - https://typeset.io/papers/attention-is-all-you-need-1hodz0wcqb 

• Anthropic - https://www.anthropic.com/ 

• Third Web - https://thirdweb.com/ 

• Luna’s AI Brain - https://terminal.virtuals.io/ 

• Oasis - https://oasis.decart.ai/welcome 

• Polymarket - https://polymarket.com/ 

• Gorilla Tag - https://www.gorillatagvr.com/ 

• Yeeps - https://tinyurl.com/59z2yrdu 

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• 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/

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Episode 652: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about 5 ways you can make millions off of TikTok. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(4:34) Idea 1: Creator Rewards Program

(12:19) Idea 2: Botox Face Tape

(16:57) Idea 3: Madison Reed dupe for TikTok

(20:50) Idea 4: Self-help Journal

(32:10) Idea 5: Candy Candles

(34:42) Idea 6: 23andMe reboot

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Links:

• Goli - https://goli.com/

• The Natural Faces - http://thenaturalfaces.com/ 

• Madison Reed - https://www.madison-reed.com/ 

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• 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/

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Episode 651: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the Polymarket whale who made millions off the election, Ozempic for sleep and why Martha Stewart would have been our Billy of the Week in 1999. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The rise and fall of Martha Stewart

(19:04) Ozempic for sleep

(33:10) The guts and brains of Polymarket's whale

(44:55) Betting vs gambling

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Links:

• Isaak.net - https://isaak.net/sleepless/

• Polymarket - https://polymarket.com/ 

• Chainalysis - http://chainalysis.com

• Vitalik blog - https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/11/09/infofinance.html 

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• 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/

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Episode 650: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Leila Hormozi ( https://x.com/LeilaHormozi ) about being broke at 22 to making $1,200,000.month by 23. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Broke, overweight, going no where

(3:53) Wake up calls

(11:25) The Dickens Method

(13:29) Dating Alex Hormozi

(18:49) Starting Gym Launch at 23

(20:39) Repeating $0 - $15M in 12 months

(23:38) Life after selling gym launch

(25:15) "Who you compete with is who you become"

(34:28) $10M workshops

(35:30) Impatience with actions, patience with results

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Links:

• Acquisition - https://www.acquisition.com/ 

• Alex Hormozi on MFM - https://youtu.be/4KfuQwB5rIs 

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• 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/

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Episode 649: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Derek Guy ( https://x.com/dieworkwear ) about how to dress better, have more confidence, and where and how to build a wardrobe that lasts decades. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Why it matters

(3:17) Sprezzatura

(6:01) Ralph Lauren

(9:33) Advice for the American male

(15:16) How to find a tailor

(17:21) Why we dress worse now

(20:15) How to build a wardrobe

(24:54) Budgeting

(28:23) Ready-to-wear, made-to-measure, and bespoke

(34:21) Personal style nirvana

(39:18) Buying for the decade

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Links:

• Die, Workwear! - https://dieworkwear.com/ 

• Inside the Mirrortocracy - https://carlos.bueno.org/2014/06/mirrortocracy.html 

• The Paradox of Choice - https://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Choice-Why-More-Less/dp/0060005696 

• How to Judge Quality in Clothing - https://www.putthison.com/how-to-judge-quality-in-clothing/ 

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• 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/

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Episode 648: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Flexport founder Ryan Petersen ( https://x.com/typesfast ) about playing both games: bootstrapping a startup to millions and raising venture capital to build a multi-billion dollar company. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Import Genius

(5:36) Paul Graham's superpower

(9:34) Data-as-a-service framework

(13:51) Charlie Munger's worldly wisdom

(19:45) Prioritizing adventure

(24:09) The paradox of wealth

(28:51) Charlie Munger's student experiment

(31:00) Negotiation masterclass

(37:23) Inside Founders Fund

(43:16) Being in a crowd v following a crowd

(46:29) Highs and lows

(48:52) "You can just do things"

(50:16) Unseen arbitrages

(53:00) $50M Phone booths

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Links:

• Flexport - https://www.flexport.com/ 

• Flexport on X - https://x.com/flexport

• ImportGenius - https://www.importgenius.com/ 

• Schlep Blindness - https://paulgraham.com/schlep.html

• Poor Charlie’s Almanack - https://www.stripe.press/poor-charlies-almanack 

• Founders Fund - https://foundersfund.com/ 

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• 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/

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Episode 647: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) invite 6 college students to pitch their startup ideas. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(3:58) Meet Your Class

(16:32) Metafrazo

(30:21) Milieu

(42:47) Brother Nuts

(54:14) Tour

(1:08:38) Pathlit

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Links:

• Meet Your Class - http://meetyourclass.com

• Jonah Liss -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahliss/ 

• Blake Mischley - https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-mischley/ 

• Metafrazo - http://metafrazo.ai

• Shrikar Lekkala - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrikar-lekkala/ 

• Milieu - http://milieubio.com

• Nathan Shatz - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-shatz/ 

• Brother Nuts - http://brothersnuts.com

• Austin Majors - https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-majors-6b3275195/ 

• Tour - http://usetour.com

• Amulya Parmar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amulya-agape/ 

• Pathlit - http://pathlit.com

• Advay Gupta - https://www.linkedin.com/in/advaygupta/ 

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• 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/

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Episode 646: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Vanta founder Christina Cacioppo ( https://x.com/christinacaci ) about quitting her job and betting on herself. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Stumblehustling into USV 

(4:36) Betting on the left side of your email address

(8:30) The art of fear

(11:47) Making bad art

(13:30) The marshmallow test

(17:26) Startup advice to beware of

(18:16) The idea for Vanta

(21:00) The only question that matters

(22:30) Managing your mind

(27:47) How to pick an idea to chase

(29:03) The real origin of Vanta

(31:00) Building a flywheel

(36:06) Controversial opinions

(40:49) Pushing past the no

(46:17) Not flinching during negotiations

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Links:

• Vanta - https://www.vanta.com/

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• 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/

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Episode 645: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about cash-printing businesses that are around us every day and how to spot them. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) $1M dollar product: Water quality testing

(8:26) $10M dollar product: EZ Labor Law Posters

(15:22) $100M dollar product: Barcodes

(22:55) Idea: Casual Friday

(28:44) Marketing campaigns that altered culture

(36:00) Shaan reads his intro

(40:06) "Torches of freedom"

(44:42( Sam tours Yale campus

(50:59) Idea: YC campus

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Links:

• Oasis - https://www.oasiswater.app/ 

• GS1 - https://www.gs1us.org/ 

• Propaganda - https://tinyurl.com/2fc959jr 

• Craig Clemens Episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N9rNShYI_g 

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• 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/

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Episode 644: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to author and political campaign expert Sasha Issenberg ( https://x.com/sissenberg ) about the marketing machine behind presidential elections.  

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The malarky factory and The Harm Index

(18:55) Trump's 2016 playbook

(28:18)Kamala's viral clip factory

(32:35) Who’s running a better 2024 campaign?

(35:04) What is Elon's role in Trump's campaign

(38:31) The lopsided downside of doorknocks

(42:25) Deepfakes and new tools in campaigning

(45:58) "The podcast election"

(50:00) The new playbook for winning in the age of meme wars

(54:15) Most mis-priced opportunity in elections

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Links:

• Sasha Issenberg - https://www.sashaissenberg.com/

• The Victory Lap - https://www.amazon.com/Victory-Lab-Science-Winning-Campaigns/dp/0307954803 

• The Lie Detectives - https://www.amazon.com/Lie-Detectives-Playbook-Elections-Disinformation/dp/B0CFN6WM3Y 

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• 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/

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Episode 643: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) answer juicy questions from the audience. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Where should I put my money?

(9:35) Best thing you've read lately?

(15:28) Who’s on MFM’s Mt. Rushmore?

(26:18) When was your biggest gut punch?

(31:31) Who would you spend 24 hours with?

(40:24) What’s your best advice for new dads?

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Links:

• Alex Karp article - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/style/alex-karp-palantir.html

• Casa Bonita - https://www.casabonitadenver.com/

• Leave us a voicemail - https://www.mfmpod.com/

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• 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/

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Episode 642: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Garry Tan ( https://x.com/garrytan ), CEO of Y Combinator, about the sauce that makes YC outperform the rest of Silicon Valley plus lessons from Paul Graham, Peter Thiel and Garry’s first million. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Winning the game

(3:16) Being the Harvard of startups

(7:31) How YC outperforms most Silicon Valley investors

(9:36) Spotting extreme winners

(14:14) Capital-as-a-service

(16:34) How Garry hustled at 14 to get his into financial security

(23:04) Turning down Peter Thiel's offer to start Palantir

(32:20) Garry's first million

(44:57) Early days at YC

(51:31) The edge of startups with a 2-pizza team

(54:36) Advice for founders in AI

(1:05:57) The spoon-bending story

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Links:

• YC - https://www.ycombinator.com/

• Founding Sales - https://www.foundingsales.com/

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• 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/

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Episode 640: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP )sits down with Mike Posner ( https://x.com/MikePosner ) about his insane hustle, fame, loss and reinvention.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) iTunesU Story

(14:41) Going back to school, famous

(21:40) Getting on the radio

(26:40) “I just do what's cool to me and sometimes the whole world agrees”

(30:06) One true sentence / Writing Process

(39:50) Money, fame and Survivor

(46:52) Advice to my younger self

(48:10) Missed flight story

(58:00) The making of a hit song

(1:04:31) Walking Across America

(1:11:09) "How cheap is your happiness?"

(1:14:17) Beautiful States v Suffering States

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Links:

• Mike Posner - https://mikeposner.com/

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• 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/

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Episode 640: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about setting one priority–one sprint–to turn your entire year into a win. It’s time for life or death mode. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) 70 days left to win 2024

(10:27) The prestige hacking of Jamie Beaton

(25:32) Billy of the Week: Ken Fisher (and his marketing playbook)

(39:25)The shocking economics of public monuments

(46:19) Pro tip for founders: Find a banker

(54:28) The double standard of VCs

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Links:

• My Body Tutor - https://www.mybodytutor.com/

• Fisher Investments - https://www.fisherinvestments.com/

• Motley Fool Asset Management - https://fooletfs.com/

• American Colossus - https://americancolossus.org/

• Built To Sell - https://builttosell.com/

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• 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/

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Episode 639: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Peter Rahal ( https://x.com/peterrahal ) about starting RXBAR with $10K and selling it for $600M, business ideas he would chase today, plus why he’s back with another bar.  

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) RX Bar's path to $600M

(8:32) Branding to solve a problem

(14:03) David Protein

(16:22) Idea 1: Differentiated vasodilator

(27:53) Idea 2: The coffee of sleep

(32:28) Idea 3: Continuous Testosterone meter

(36:58)Idea 4: New religion 

(42:03) Why do this again?

(45:28) How to survive the first year after exiting

(53:03) How big is David going to get?

(56:18) Remote v in-office

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Links:

• RXBAR - https://www.rxbar.com/

• SCOTT & VICTOR - https://scottandvictor.com/ 

• David’s Protein - https://davidprotein.com/

• Lucy - https://lucy.co/ 

• Moonbrew - https://moonbrew.co/ 

• Levels - https://www.levels.com/ 

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• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 638: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to 14-year-old founder Isaac Katayev ( https://x.com/isaackatayev ) about the startup he launched out of his 7th grade computer class. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Cookieduck 

(4:18) Making $1,500 a day at age 12

(6:19) Price Satellite 

(11:08) Being peerless

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Links:

• Cookieduck Games - http://cookieduck.com 

• Price Satellite - http://pricesatellite.com/ 

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 637: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the conspiracy theory behind Bitcoin’s biggest mystery. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The making of Satoshi

(14:02) Is Peter Todd the guy?

(30:20) A "1 minute" case for Bitcoin

(35:21) “It's political suicide to not be pro crypto"

(43:42) Must watch crypto thriller movies

(46:32) SBF and FTX update

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Links:

• Money Electric - https://tinyurl.com/yw5mktnn 

• Bitcoin Forum - https://bitcointalk.org/ 

• Fidelity Crypto Funds - https://www.fidelity.com/etfs/crypto-funds 

• Trust No One - https://tinyurl.com/32fxa9y3 

• The Night Of - https://tinyurl.com/3wmm68cc 

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 636: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the rise and fall of Mike Lynch aka The British Bill Gates and his mysterious death onboard his $30M dollar yacht. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The British Bill Gates Dies in Freak Yacht accident

(14:51) The Kennedy Curse, conspiracies and coincidences

(20:49) Sam bombs his meeting with the mayor

(33:50) Branding to attract equals

(44:36) Work backwards from the customers

(48:00) Knowing something in your head vs your hands

—

Links:

• Philosophize This! - https://www.philosophizethis.org/ 

• Wait But Why - https://waitbutwhy.com/ 

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 635: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Elad Gil ( https://x.com/eladgil ) about the three things he looks for when betting on startups, how he became an early investor in Anduril, plus 3 business ideas he thinks someone should go after. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) How to be successful in angel investing

(3:00) How to create a bankroll 

(5:00) Making the great works of history available to anyone anywhere

(7:21) The 1 thing that matters in a business

(10:21) How to master a new topic like defense tech

(12:15) Investing in Anduril in the first round

(15:47) $1b dollar 1 person companies

(18:51) Missionary vs mercenary

(22:12) Idea: new schools inspired by Ancient Greece

(25:49) Idea: A drug that makes you live longer

(34:56) Idea: Large scale monuments to flex

(44:25) Gil's Guide to Intensive Travel

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Links:

• Elad’s blog - https://eladgil.com/ 

• Proof School - https://www.proofschool.org/

• BioAge Labs - https://bioagelabs.com/ 

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 635: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the things Shaan learned while at Re-convene in Los Angeles. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) the low-status-technique for becoming high-status at a conference

(7:09) the richer the guy, the weirder the guy

(12:17) dressing well vs. dressing comfortably

(18:25) meeting mike posner

(26:06) little luxuries 

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 634: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk  about Shoji Morimoto, the Japanese guy who’s making $80k/yr renting himself out to friendless people, Autopilot’s viral marketing stunt, PLUS how to make $1M in 8 weeks.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The Do Nothing Man: $80K/yr for doing nothing

(4:23) The new male situationship

(11:24) Setting long term intentions

(14:06) Non-sexual companionship-as-a-service

(21:52) Professional grievers

(24:18) Autopilot’s badass marketing stunt

(32:37) Blue Collar Side Hustle: Porch Pumpkins ($1M in 8 weeks)

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Links:

• Rent a Friend - https://rentafriend.com/

• Papa - https://www.papa.com/

• Sugar Daddy - https://www.sugardaddy.com/

• Autopilot - https://www.joinautopilot.com/

• Porch Pumpkins - https://porchpumpkins.com/

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 633: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Steph Smith ( https://x.com/stephsmithio ) about the mega trend called the Silver Tsunami.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Silver tsunami

(7:10) Perimenopause = 6k new customers a day

(10:57) One chart opportunity: Nursing homes and assisted living

(18:28) Why entrepreneurs are sleeping on this space

(20:11) Opportunity: Measuring and tracking

(27:36) Idea: Stava for CGMs

(39:41) Idea: Solutions for nerd neck

(44:19) Idea: Niche paddle sports leagues

(56:18) The smile curve

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Links:

• Our World In Data - https://ourworldindata.org/

• The Longevity Imperative - https://tinyurl.com/mr2m46vk

• Bonafide Health - https://hellobonafide.com/

• Gennev - https://www.gennev.com/

• All Akiyas - https://www.allakiyas.com/

• Numlock News - https://www.numlock.com/

• Outlive - https://tinyurl.com/ybewhrw4

• Levels - https://www.levels.com/

• Dexcom - https://www.dexcom.com/

• Stelo - https://www.stelo.com/

• Q Bio - https://www.q.bio/

• Internet Pipes - http://internetpipes.com/

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 632: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to John Allen ( https://x.com/MrBallen ) and Nick Witters ( https://x.com/themrwitters ), the minds behind MrBallen and Ballen Studios. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Being a creator on hard mode

(7:19) Slow is smooth and smooth is fast

(8:44) Being hit by a grenade in combat

(17:03) Elite Meet

(18:29) John's TikTok ideas bank

(21:42) The SEALs turn on John

(25:02) How telling 1 story launched MrBallen

(28:18) Getting unstuck

(35:02) Be rich or be a king?

(40:44) The North Star for Ballen

(44:00) 1 thing to be a better storyteller

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Links:

• MrBallen on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen

• MrBallen on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mrballen

• Ballen Studios - https://ballenstudios.com/

• Elite Meet - https://elitemeetus.org/

• Dyaltov Pass TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mrballen/video/6799049964937809157

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• 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/

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Get our episode with MrBallen before anyone else: https://clickhubspot.com/mbe

Episode 631: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Isaac French ( https://x.com/isaacfrench_ ) about how to he bought his first investment property at age 24 with $2K down and sold it 2 years later for $7M. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Buying an investment property with $2K

(9:53) $7M exit in 2 years

(16:41) Repeating the formula

(20:35) Blueprint for flipping properties into Airbnbs

(27:27) Mistakes to avoid

(31:07) Games that are easy to play, but hard to win

(34:56) How to write 20M view threads

(54:58) 2 quotes to live by

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Links:

• Isaac’s Newsletter - https://www.isaacjfrench.com/newsletter

• Live Oak Lake - https://www.liveoaklake.com/

• Isaac on IG - https://www.instagram.com/isaacfrench_/

• Isaac on X - https://x.com/isaacfrench_

• Isaac on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/isaacfrench

• Isaac on LI - https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacjfrench

• Experiential Hospitality - https://www.experientialhospitality.com/

• Isaac’s site - https://www.isaacjfrench.com/

• Unreasonable Hospitality - https://tinyurl.com/3j8ymjpp

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 630: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Anne Mahlum ( https://www.instagram.com/annemahlum/ ) about starting an $8M/yr charity from scratch and betting her entire life savings ($175K) on a pilates studio. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Building a $8M/yr non-profit 

(16:27) The economics of [solidcore]

(22:07) Play a game you can win

(24:16) How to be a killer negotiator

(27:00) Turning down $75k

(30:39) 0 - 27 locations in 4 years

(43:50) Idea: Endurance events

(50:21) Idea: Taboo for recruiters

(51:37) Idea: AI Personal trainer

(56:45) Idea: SeatGeek for airlines

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Links:

• Back on My Feet - https://backonmyfeet.org/

• [solicore] - https://www.solidcore.co/

• 29029 - https://29029everesting.com/

• HYROX - https://hyrox.com/

• OxeFit - https://www.oxefit.com/

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• 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/

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Episode 629: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) bring you the third installment of Sara’s List. A path to wealth that doesn’t involve insane amounts of risk, luck, or burnout. Just get a job at the right company. The criteria? Growth-stage startups that have the potential to 5-10x over the next 5 years.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Auditing Cohort 1

(9:56) OpenAI

(12:07) Retool

(17:04) Mercury

(23:04) Cursor

(27:28) Epirus

(33:30) Wiz

(42:52) Neuralink

(46:00) Perplexity AI

(49:43) Traba

(54:54) Replit

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Links:

• OpenAI - https://openai.com/

• Retool - https://retool.com/

• Mercury - https://mercury.com/

• Cursor - https://www.cursor.com/

• Epirus - https://www.epirusinc.com/

• Wiz - https://www.wiz.io/

• Neuralink - https://neuralink.com/

• Perplexity - https://www.perplexity.ai/

• Traba - https://traba.work/

• Replit - https://replit.com/

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 628: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down the business behind the sports bar Cosm and the massive trend coming to out-of-home entertainment. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Cosm’s playground virality

(10:38) The Tesla of home appliances

(18:13) $100M sleepy industries

(23:11) The rise and fall (and rise?) of Weight Watchers

(40:42) "What story is the data telling me?"

(48:54) What certainty level is needed to make a decision

(53:49) Confidence vs certainty

(57:22) Shaan's monthly impact grid

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Links:

• Cosm - https://www.cosm.com/

• Impulse Labs - https://www.impulselabs.com/

• Rivian - https://rivian.com/

• Brick - https://getbrick.app/

• June Oven - https://juneoven.com/

• Shark Ninja - https://sharkninja.com/

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 627: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the socially rich, “Friends Billionaire”, Nick Gray ( https://x.com/nickgraynews ) about how to be a master networker, throw the perfect cocktail party, plus 7 simple business ideas.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(4:12) If you had $10M, how would you live?

(10:11) Find who your heroes follow

(13:29) Speedrun of Nick Gray's career

(22:15) Idea: White label enterprise sales

(26:08) Idea: Millionaire Matchmaker

(37:22) Idea: web-hosting services

(45:00) Idea: Airbnb experiences

(48:55) Idea: Geek Squad as a service

(55:00) Idea: VHS to digital conversion as a service

(58:58) Idea: Bring blogging back

(1:04:05) The persuasion of liking

(1:09:14) How to throw a Nick Gray party 

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Links:

• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm

• Museum Hack - https://nickgray.net/sold-museum-hack/

• “If I Had $10M” - https://nickgray.net/if-i-had-10m/

• vs3 Web Services - https://vs3.net/

• Airbnb Experiences - https://www.airbnb.com/s/experiences

• Elemind - https://x.com/elemindtech

• Nick’s blog - https://nickgray.net

• The 2-Hour Cocktail Party - https://tinyurl.com/4p6h4xnu

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 626: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Guy Spier ( https://x.com/GSpier ) about everything he’s learned from studying the greatest value investors of all time. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The Posse

(5:41) Farmer Mac

(17:30) Lessons from going to 9 Tony Robbins seminars

(28:57) Handwritten notes from Warren Buffett

(42:00) Don’t study lottery winners

(59:22) Berkshire vs Index

(1:05:13) Finite vs infinite games

(1:13:26) Be a promiscuous reader

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Links:

• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm

• VALUEx - https://www.valuex.ch/

• Aquamarine - https://www.aquamarinefund.com/

• Guy’s book - https://tinyurl.com/47zvxatr

• Power vs Force - https://tinyurl.com/2fn9peya

• Influence - https://tinyurl.com/3z2vyfdt

• Shareholder Letters - https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.html

• Poor Charlie’s Almanack - https://tinyurl.com/bdf6pcww

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 625: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) are back with George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack) to talk about the best ideas he’s come across. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Spotting high agency people

(26:12) The Kale phone vs the Cocaine phone

(31:37) The obsessiveness of Lee Kuan Yew

(37:34) Life as a Midwit meme

(43:22) Work like a lion, not like a cow

(51:52)The Buffett Coin

—

Links:

• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm

• Relentlessly Resourceful - https://paulgraham.com/relres.html

• 3:1 Work Structure - https://science.drinklmnt.com/lmnt-at-work/lmnt-3-1-work-structure/

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• 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/

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Episode 624: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) brainstorm cash-printing business ideas with George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack). 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(2:49) Idea: Self Awareness Test

(16:35) Idea: Designer babies

(26:30) Idea: Selling eyes as art

(30:40) Idea: Personal color analysis

(34:45) Idea: Mold removal as a service

(40:11) Idea: CMO of the UK

(46:43) George's favorite ad campaigns

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Links:

• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm

• Cities and Ambition - https://paulgraham.com/cities.html

• Jack Skeen - https://jackskeen.com/

• Thinking Fast and Slow - https://tinyurl.com/345d9fsb

• Iris Galerie - https://en.irisgalerie.com/

• Ad Professor on Twitter -  https://x.com/The_AdProfessor

• r/adporn - https://www.reddit.com/r/AdPorn/

• Ad Professor - https://www.adprofessor.com/

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• 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/

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Episode 623: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the underrated philanthropy style of Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Alfred Nobel.

MFM Scholarship: Apply for $10K to start The Onion For College - https://www.shaanpuri.com/collegepaper

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Alfred Nobel's $266M Legacy

(6:06) Competitions vs. Trusts

(15:28) Idea: XPRIZE but for companies

(19:15) Shaan’s Prize: Win $10K to start a college paper

(23:07) How Barstool Sports started

(26:47) Peter Thiel’s contrarian philanthropy

(32:30) Elon Musks sexy indifference

(37:22) Interview questions designed to repel and attract

(44:25) Be a harsh grader of people

(47:49) Great people are great in the first 2 weeks

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Links:

• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm

• Nobel Peace Prize - https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/

• XPRIZE - https://www.xprize.org/

• Darpa - https://www.darpa.mil/

• Vesuvius Challenge - https://scrollprize.org/

• Kaggle - https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/

• Thiel Foundation - https://www.thielfoundation.org/

• Musk Foundation - https://www.muskfoundation.org/

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• 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/

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Episode 622: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jesse Pujji ( https://x.com/jspujji  ) about bootstrapping Ampush and the four levers of digital marketing. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Unique insight + unfair advantage

(3:05) How Jesse bootstrapped Ampush using GLG

(14:00) Digital marketing in masterclass in 3 minutes

(20:30) How to sell to the ultra rich

(27:38) Red Ventures' Playbook

(32:40) The Four Big Levers

(41:00) Calling Zuck's cell

(46:30) Noah Kagan's $100M mistake at facebook

(58:45) What's the thing you can't not do?

(1:01:00) Nelly performs at Jesse's birthday party

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Links:

• Gateway X - https://www.gateway.xyz/

• Aux Insights - https://www.auxinsights.com/

• Accordion - https://www.accordion.com/

• GrowthAssistant - https://growthassistant.com/

• GLG Insights - https://glginsights.com/

• Triple Whale - https://www.triplewhale.com/

• Ampush Lead Gen Overview - https://tinyurl.com/mw3f7cbk

• Bootstrapped Giants Newsletter - https://tinyurl.com/46t82kk9

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• 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/

—

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Episode 621: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jack Smith ( https://x.com/_jacksmith ) about his under-the-radar biohacking experiments plus 2 $1M dollar business ideas.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Is reverse-aging a scam

(3:23) The 1% of biohacking

(12:28) Business idea: Mobile Dexa Scan

(25:30) Business idea: Medical tourism brokers

(32:06) Anti-beast mode

(39:10) Why smart people have bad ideas

(45:40) Hunt for the starving crowd

(49:27) AppLovin origin story

(54:20) Finding demand that feels like a landmine

(56:03) Jack's book recommendation

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Links:

• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm

• BodySpec - https://www.bodyspec.com/

• Prenuvo - https://www.prenuvo.com/

• Q Bio - https://www.q.bio/

• Aiwo - https://aiwo.com/

• “Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas” - https://paulgraham.com/bronze.html

• Vungle - https://vungle.com/privacy/

• The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success - https://tinyurl.com/mwyf6spw

• Jack on MFM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVwLEocqK0E

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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/

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Episode 620: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) breaks down the 9 lessons he’s learned while building an audience. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(2:17) Forget the numbers

(6:11) Find your inner nerd

(9:57)Build a magnet

(10:40) First, Last, Best, Worst, Weirdest

(12:40) The thing I wish I knew earlier

(15:53) No such thing as too long

(16:18) A+ content with C- delivery

(17:58) Create a binge bank

(18:32) People don’t want information

(19:55) Be so good they can’t ignore you

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Episode 619: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) do a post-mortem on a fight they had yesterday. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Fights don't start as fights

(9:08) Gottman's Fourhorseman of the Apocalypse

(11:28) The magic ratio of 5:1 

(15:42) The body keeps the score

(19:36) No winners in war

(24:19) Mistaken attribution

(26:40) Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy

(29:17) The cardinal sin is measuring 

(32:55) The best relationships are bigger than you

(40:00) Identify the skill issue

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Links:

• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm

• The Body Keeps the Score - https://tinyurl.com/sf66b2tj

• How to Win Friends and Influence People - https://tinyurl.com/4wbafxyf

• Fight Right - https://tinyurl.com/pdvub4b4

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—

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• 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/

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Episode 618: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Alex Hormozi ( https://x.com/AlexHormozi ) about losing everything overnight, investing in Skool, and Acquisition’s $250M/yr playbook. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Brink of oblivion to $26M in 18 months

(18:13) Crafting a killer offer

(28:14) Investing in Skool

(36:25) Acquisition’s $250M/yr playbook

(52:46) “Here's what I would buy now”

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Links:

• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm

• Alex on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/alexhormozi

• Acquisition - https://www.acquisition.com/

• Skool - https://www.skool.com/

• Gym Launch - https://www.gymlaunch.com/

• Alex Hormozi on MFM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KfuQwB5rIs

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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/

—

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Episode 617: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the most important conversations they had when they were just getting started.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Scott Belsky’s pep talk

(5:43) Enrolling in Getting Rich

(9:37) John Prendergrast asks a better question

(13:37 Michael Birch pulls Shaan aside

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Links:

• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm

• Sabi - https://sabisushi.wordpress.com/

• Shaan’s online “resume” - https://shaan-sample.mystrikingly.com/

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• 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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Episode 616: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about what they are doing in response to the market dip, plus The Olympics biggest winners and losers of the week. 

Show Notes: 

(0:00) Boys React: The market dip

(4:32) React or respond?

(10:48) The Olympics winners and losers

(19:03) Winner: Fem Kabul

(21:26) Winner: Team Refugees

(24:48) Loser: Simone Biles and Gymnastics in general

(27:30) Loser: Pole vault guy memes

(28:18) Winner: Noah Lyles

(30:41) Loser: The Olympic's programming

(34:00) The $75B dollar uniform rental empire

(38:18) Building a line of succession for your business

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Links:

• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm

• Cintas - https://www.cintas.com/

—

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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

—

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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Episode 615: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of Scott Heiferman, the reindustrialization of America, plus Elon’s Problem Solving Method. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Millionaire working at McDonalds

(11:40) Scott Heiferman’s path to $15M

(17:32) Building Meetup.com to $156M exit

(24:20) Rosie the Riveter 3.0

(34:32) Elon's Problem Solving Method

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Links:

• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm

• Meetup - https://www.meetup.com/

• Bowling Alone - https://tinyurl.com/23etxxdp

• Careers Built To Last - https://www.careersbuilttolast.com/

• BlueForge Alliance - https://www.blueforgealliance.us/

• Gundo Deep Dive - https://x.com/johncoogan/status/1741512539979325733

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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/

—

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Episode 614: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) share the stories of people who took shots on goal and were just one hit away from blowing up.  

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The Jewish Ed Sheeran

(10:22) The actual Ed Sheeran

(15:00) Eric the Eel

(20:00) How CarEdge is quietly crushing it

(29:21) How a car dealership is pulling millions of views on TikTok

(33:07) $100M+ Pokemon sleep tracking app

(35:55) Nick Gray's new thing

(39:37) “The best advice is free by definition”

(43:29) Take a 360 review of your life

(50:16) Shaan bombs a talk at a conference (lessons learned)

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Links:

• CarEdge - https://caredge.com/

• Mohawk Chevrolet - https://www.tiktok.com/@mohawkchevrolet

• Jack Skeen - https://jackskeen.com/

—

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—

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/

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Episode 613: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to about the giving up drinking 11 years ago and the lessons he learned for anyone wanting to make a major change in their life. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(1:00) Lesson 1: Figure out your why and go all in on that.

(4:14) Lesson 2: Tell your friends

(8:40) Lesson 3: Recreate your identity.

(13:00) Lesson 4: Don’t be perfect, just mostly good.

(15:50) Lesson 5: You’ll attract more people.

(18:26) Lesson 6. Find inspiration. (It’s ok to be corny)

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• 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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Episode 612: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sarah Guo ( https://x.com/saranormous ) about the Ai ideas she thinks could be $1B swings.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(4:00) IDEA: AI companions

(16:00) IDEA: AI interior design / professional headshots

(22:30) IDEA: A richer version of The Sims

(25:00) The speedy way to do this if you're non-technical

(27:00) IDEA: Your Personal Seller

(32:00) IDEA: Generative Voice API for service providers, SMBs, restaurants

(38:00) IDEA: Next Gen Auto-Fill

(40:00) Software 3.0--what's coming

(42:00) Boring verticals fertile for AI: Legal and medical

(44:00) Ask: What's already being outsourced?

(47:00) Ripe for disruption: energy storage, chips,

(49:00) “Ai's $600B Question”

(52:00) Sarah Reacts: Doomsday scenarios in Ai

(56:30) If you're 22, hungry and optimistic, go west

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Links:

• Sarah Guo - https://sarahguo.com/

• Conviction - https://www.conviction.com/

• No Priors Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@NoPriorsPodcast

• Replika - https://replika.com/

• Character.ai - https://character.ai/

• HeyGen - https://www.heygen.com/

• Icon - https://icon.me/

• Arcads - https://www.arcads.ai/

• Interior AI - https://interiorai.com/

• Aragon - https://aragon.ai/

• Chatbot App - https://chatbotapp.ai/

• Cartesia - https://cartesia.ai/

• Somewhere - https://www.somewhere.com/

• AI’s $600B Question - https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/ais-600b-question/

• Eureka Labs - https://eurekalabs.ai/

• Conviction Embed - https://embed.conviction.com/

—

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—

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• 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/

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Episode 611: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) catch up and share 3 business ideas they came up with over the weekend. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Shaan's no phone weekend

(5:17) Control your inputs

(10:20) Life hack: Play with your kid

(15:38) Business Idea: Sketchy

(25:15) Business Idea: Niche Fake News You Can Trust

(34:41) Business Idea: Tampons that won't kill you

(40:28) An unqualified brief history of presidential assassinations

(46:09) The ceaseless action of Teddy Roosevelt

(55:10) MFM Required Readling List

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Links:

• r/regretfulparents - https://www.reddit.com/r/regretfulparents/

• Sketchy - https://www.sketchy.com/

• Babylon Bee - https://babylonbee.com/

• Manhunt - https://tinyurl.com/bdepazn4

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• 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/

—

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Episode 610: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the $1b dollar app idea for millennial moms, how Solidcore founder Anne Mahlum emptied her life savings into a pilates studio that she sold for $88M + Shaan writes a movie using ChatGPT. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) APP IDEA: Reddit For Moms

(3:50) Capitalizing on a reverse craving

(14:30) How we use our wives to predict trends

(18:54) Shaan uses ChatGPT to make a movie

(22:56) How to use ChatGPT as an on-demand creative collaborator

(34:14) The mind-boggling story of Solidcore

(37:21) The insane confidence of Anne Mahlum

(41:40) There's no business that looks good on the inside

(44:07) "They drove a clown car into a gold mine"

(47:55) Who's your Elon?

(50:34) Why Ben Franklin and Jesse Itzler are Shaan's entrepreneurial heroes

(55:10) Bryan Johnson's aging leaderboard

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Links:

• Better Than Google - https://tinyurl.com/mskmpysd

• Beehiiv - https://www.beehiiv.com/

• Solidcore - https://www.solidcore.co/

• Anne Mahlum - https://www.annemahlum.com/

• Jesse Itzler’s episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff1z3GUcfO8

• I’m There For You, Baby - https://tinyurl.com/2m42ktk9

• TruDiagnostic - https://www.trudiagnostic.com/

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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/

—

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Episode 609: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) break down the genius marketing tactics used by the brands you can’t get out of your brain–no matter how much you want to. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The history of jingles (Bring them back!)

(11:07) Prediction: Polymarket is going to be massive

(21:25) The wisdom on the crowd phenomenon

(26:36) How gaming apps hunt for whales

(31:00) Corporate Slang That Doesn't Exist But Should

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Links:

• DatPiff - https://www.datpiff.com/

• Polymarket - https://polymarket.com/

—

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? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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• 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/

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Episode 608: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) react to the $22M "fake-work" app, mouse jigglers & Ryan Serhant’s Netflix show.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Devices helping the overemployed cheat on their bosses

(6:50) $22M ARR side hustle catching mouse jigglers

(8:36) Career polygamy support at r/overemployed

(11:18) Is this a good strategy for financial freedom?

(15:58) Big Desk Energy

(20:22) Life hack: Intentional internet consumption

(26:58) Indie hacking on steroids

(32:44) Shaan tries a self-driving car, becomes evangelist

(36:50) Secondary effects of autonomous vehicles

(40:16) Ryan Serhant’s Netflix show

(45:28) Don’t try to be noticed; try to be great. 

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Links:

• Hubstaff - http://hubstaff.com/

• Teramind - https://democompany.teramind.co/

• Mouse Mover - https://tech8usa.com/

• r/overemployed - https://www.reddit.com/r/overemployed/

• Overemployed - https://overemployed.com/

• Beehiiv - https://www.beehiiv.com/

• Big Desk Energy - http://bigdeskenergy.com/

• Brian Koppelman blog - https://briankoppelman.com/

• Photopea - https://www.photopea.com/

• Pikimov - https://pikimov.com/

• Waymo - https://waymo.com/

• Sellit.com - https://sellit.com/

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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/

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Episode 607: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Dan Porter ( https://x.com/tfadp ) about selling his app for $200M after just 6 weeks plus stories about Richard Branson, Ari Emmanuel & building cult brands.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(1:29) Story behind OMGPop gaming company

(5:23)Creating viral mobile game Draw My Thing (now Draw Something)

(12:02) 25 million users a day, 1 million drawings every 5 seconds

(24:10) Zynga bought the game for $200M 6 weeks after launch

(32:30) The real power of money

(38:32) Working with Richard Branson and Ari Emmanuel

(47:44) Building Overtime (creating a brand that is part of culture)

(52:28) The Travis Scott effect

(1:06:45) Dan's life advice 

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Links:

• Overtime - https://overtimeelite.com/

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• 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/

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Episode 606: Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) brings you 24 minutes of raw motivation. Think of this as an angry love letter to kick off your week.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Peter Thiel’s One Priority Philosophy

(4:30) 3 lies you’re telling yourself

(7:55) Zuck closes a $1B dollar deal in 48 hours

(13:41) The Collison Installation

(16:13) Lead bullets v Silver bullets

(18:51) When to sprint

(20:44) The 3 Big Questions

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• 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/

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Episode 604: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Andrew Wilkinson ( https://x.com/awilkinson ) about how he went from a $6.50/hr barista to millionaire in just 4 years. 

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Show Notes: 

(1:00) From barista to billionaire

(1:40) Andrew’s 1st level up: From day job to self employed

(3:26) Shaan 1st money made as an entrepreneur

(4:40) Sam’s 1st money as an entrepreneur

(7:15) Andrew’s 2nd level up: From self employed to boss 

(8:40) From selling your time to selling other people's time

(9:30) Book: The E-Myth (Thinking of your business as a machine) (10:10) Andrew makes his first million dollars profit

(12:00) Robert Kiyosaki’s cashflow quadrant

(13:20) Andrew’s 3rd level up: Incubating Businesses - The decathlon of failed businesses

(17:00) Andrew sells one of his businesses and creates a nest egg

(18:45) Andrew discovers Warren Buffet’s teachings and starts learning to invest.

(19:48) Andrew's 20% rule

(20:33) Sam's pauper tendencies

(22:58) Andrew starts angel investing

(24:00) Andrew starts hiring CEOs and removes himself from his businesses

(28:30) Poker v Roulette in investing

(31:20) Andrew’s 4th level up: Taking his company public and reaching the end goal. However money didn’t buy happiness. 

(33:46) What’s the actual amount that will make you happy?

(34:37) Business is a good way to build relationships

(35:35) Figuring out your annual burn rate

(36:48) The goals every entrepreneur should have. Launchpad. Enough. Life’s Work

(38:23) $10M = financial freedom

(41:28) It doesn’t take a special skill set to get to financial independence

(46:41) Shaan’s learns about the deferred life plan 

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Links:

• Never Enough - https://www.neverenough.com/ (⬅️ Andrew’s book!)

• The E-Myth - https://shorturl.at/h7Q1J

• Rich Dad Poor Dad - https://shorturl.at/S28Dd

• How To Get Rich - https://shorturl.at/pGTSm

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• 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/

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Episode 603: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Kevin Van Trump ( https://x.com/KevinVanTrump ) about his journey from rural farm kid, to commodities trader, to creator of a farm newsletter that’s making $20M/year. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:45) How Sam met Kevin, then got his mind blown

(2:05) Shaan's reaction at his 1st Farmcon experience (Corn futures and options trading)

(4:35) The farmer's theory of the old bear and the young bull

(5:00) How Kevin's newsletter inspired Shaan to start Milk Road

(6:25) Breaking down The Van Trump Report ($18M ARR run by 4 ppl)

(8:05) Rural farm kid gets into trading

(12:28) Farmers operating at the highest level

(13:50) Ag Swag

(16:18) The Van Trump Business Model "People buy value not price"

(19:00) The customer continuum

(20:43) Poker vs chess

(23:57) The decision to do nothing is still a decision

(25:04) Trader v investor

(28:20) How most people should be building wealth

(32:37) Why the wealthy are getting into agriculture

(33:55) The succession plan for farms

(36:00) The economics of professional bull riding

(39:14) The come up of FarmersOnly

(41:15) How to buy a farm

(44:32) Wearables for livestock

(45:18) Blockchaining farms

(47:55) Kevin's take on lab-grown meat

(50:00) Opportunity zones: air, shelter, food, water

(52:35) New trend: trade schools

(54:24) Roll ups for wealth creation

(55:30) How to gain new perspectives (purposefully)

(57:50) Windows vs doors

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Links:

• FARMCON - https://www.farmcon.com/

• The Van Trump Report - https://www.vantrumpreport.com/

• AgSwag - https://agswag.com/

• Bid On Beef - https://www.bidonbeef.com/

• AcreTrader - https://acretrader.com/

• Zoetis - https://www.zoetisus.com/

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• 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/

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Episode 602: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how to 10x your odds of success. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Ed Thorp and the mathematics of gambling

(7:51) World's first hedge fund

(12:12) Sam and Shaan revisit “The Game”

(16:06) The Feynman technique for learning

(21:14) Shaan's one criteria for action

(24:58) Why you don't need privilege to start

(29:06) Playing "the game" of business

(33:37) Switching to better games

(36:15) How the Roger Bannister Effect crushes limiting beliefs

(40:13) Step 0: Believe it can be done

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Links:

• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy

• Ed Thorp biography - https://tinyurl.com/yjcp4645

• Beat The Dealer - https://tinyurl.com/yc426fc5

• Ed Thorp website - https://www.edwardothorp.com/

• The Game - https://tinyurl.com/3kh3xfhn

• Jack Smith’s episode - https://tinyurl.com/yc4zdnem

• Kaggle - https://www.kaggle.com/

• Bringing Down The House - https://tinyurl.com/4txm492n

• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf

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• 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/

—

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Episode 601: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Calley Means ( https://x.com/calleymeans ) about the $50T drug that has Americans in a chokehold. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro 

(1:54) The problem with Ozempic

(4:25) America is a dirty fish tank

(9:58) The Flexner Report

(12:06) 90% of doctors never study nutrition or fitness

(15:38) Cigarette companies invented processed food

(17:16) A case for Ozempic

(21:56) The macroeconomics of Ozempic

(26:37) Why you shouldn't trust Stanford or Harvard

(34:11) How one family got America hooked on drugs for life

(36:51) Nothing is more profitable than a child who gets sick early

(39:00) The 80/20 on nutrition and health

(42:32) How the death of a parent radicalized Calley

(46:46) Why Japanese children only have 3% obesity rate

(49:07) The difference between European and American candy

(52:33) HBS is a conformity factory

(55:50)"Psilocybin is the single most thing we should be doing"

(1:05:47) When the student is ready, the teacher appears

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Links:

• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy

• Truemed - https://www.truemed.com/

• The Flexner Report - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3178858/

• Good Energy - https://tinyurl.com/39jzb6zs

• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf

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• 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/

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Episode 600: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sabri Suby ( https://x.com/sabrisuby) about business ideas he would go after if he was starting from scratch. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro 

(1:04) Idea: Done-For-You Channel Growth

(7:28) Idea: Affiliate arbitrage for Chiropractors

(13:02) Idea: Live Chat as a service

(14:50) Look for customers with a bleeding neck

(17:39) Idea: $100K/day opportunity with TikTok Shops

(26:42) Get paid to learn the most valuable skills as a marketer

(29:24) Kill the little bitch inside

(32:18) Philosophy: Have more fun

(44:31) How to be better at small talk 

(45:44) Invest in building your year

(47:53) Showmanship

(51:42) The difference between good and great

(53:26) Stop praying to the internet gods

(54:45) How to get your target market to raise their hand

(56:33) Sabri's 1M copy book funnel

(59:47) The Yes, Yes, Yes, No Funnel

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Links:

• Sabri on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SabriSubyOfficial

• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy

• Sell Like Crazy - https://selllikecrazybook.com/

• King Kong - https://kingkong.co/

• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf

—

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—

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• 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/

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Episode 599: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the best traits of a startup founder and lessons from how Dana White, Elon Musk, and Emmett Shear cut through the bullshit. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Top traits founders should take from Dana White

(5:35) 1 - Brute force

(10:21) 2 - Extreme bias for action

(14:55) Quick audit of Dana White's gambling claims

(18:00) 3 - Speed

(19:00) Checklist for a perfect niche event business

(22:56) IDEA: The Beer Mile

(24:45) IDEA: Paddle Prison Break

(25:47) IDEA: Skyline Scramble

(30:17) Growth vs EBITDA vs cash flow

(32:27) Shaan's Guide to Increase EBITDA

(34:19) Step 1: create a EBITDA budget

(37:08) Step 2: communicate the plan relentlessly

(37:48) Step 3: Track and report

(38:04) Step 4: Tie into incentives

(38:30) Step 5: Repeat every 30 days

(40:02) Next stage: Cash flow

(41:28) The benefit of playing on Hard Mode

(43:38) Is e-commerce dead?

(44:54) Shaan's $30M dollar dream house

(47:56) Shaan writes an essay

(49:43) Sexier core principles

(1:00:53) Culture: What people do when the boss isn't around

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Links:

• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy

• Shaan Puri essays - ​​https://www.shaanpuri.com/essays

• Brunello Cucinelli - https://shop.brunellocucinelli.com/

• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf

• Wander - https://www.wander.com/mfm (Enter to win a free trip and use code MFM300 at checkout for $300 off your booking)

—

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• 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/

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Episode 598: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about which path is worth pursuing: money or passion?

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The rise and fall of the Lehman Brothers

(4:56) The life we live vs the unlived life

(9:13) How Jerry Seinfeld puts in the work

(12:54) You don't have to save the world

(21:45) “What would I work on if I wasn't afraid?”

(23:27) Sylvester Stallone and the wolf at the door

(30:10) Low Key Billy of the Week: Michael Pryor

(39:29) Sam reflects on being popular

(40:58) Sam and Shaan's "number" to walk away

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Links:

• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy

• The War of Art - https://tinyurl.com/4w9evyk8

• Fog Bugz - https://ignitetech.com/softwarelibrary/fogbugz

• Stack Overflow - https://stackoverflow.com/

• Joel on Software - https://www.joelonsoftware.com/

• Wander - https://www.wander.com/mfm (Enter to win a free trip and use code MFM300 at checkout for $300 off your booking)

• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf

—

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/

—

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Episode 597: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to Brett Adcock ( https://x.com/adcock_brett ) about his next big idea, his checklist for entrepreneurs, and his framework for learning new things and moving fast. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Solving school shootings

(3:15) Cold calling NASA

(6:14) Spotting the mega-trend

(8:37) "Thinking big is easier"

(12:42) Brett's philosophy on company names

(16:22) Brett's ideas note app: genetics, super-sonic travel, synthetic foods

(19:45) "I just want to win"

(21:46) Brett's checklist for entrepreneurs

(25:17) Being fast in hardware

(30:15) Brett's framework for learning new things

(33:00) Who does Brett admire

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Links:

• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy

• Brett Adcock - https://www.brettadcock.com/

• Cover - https://www.cover.ai/

• Figure - https://figure.ai/

—

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—

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• 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/

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Episode 596: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to Craig Fuller ( https://x.com/FreightAlley ) about how he turned dying hobby magazines into a cash flow machine. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:45) Economics of long-haul trucking

(3:36) Getting fired from the family business

(5:30) Fuel cards for truck drivers

(6:40) How FreightWaves hit $20M ARR in 2 years

(9:08) Acquiring FLYING for $3.5M

(12:14) Opportunity: Depressed media properties

(16:02) From losing $8 per subscriber to profitability in 1 year

(20:31) A media side hustle becomes a real estate main hustle

(22:55) Craig's tolerance for being leveraged

(25:32) Pre-selling $28M units pre-construction

(28:51) Diversity, Asymmetrical risk, and generational security

(31:11) Teams to diversify your time

(34:21) Building a portfolio of hobby magazines

(37:20) Content to commerce playbook

(47:03) The story of William Randolph Hearst

(51:32) What's the chase?

(53:15) "The best thing to give a founder is an enemy"

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Links:

• FreightWaves - https://www.freightwaves.com/

• Knight-Swift - https://knight-swift.com/

• Firecrown - https://firecrown.com/

• The Chief - https://tinyurl.com/36khrt8y

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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/

—

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Episode 595: Anand Sanwal ( https://x.com/asanwal ) joins Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) to reveal his playbook for building an insanely profitable data business. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Anand’s data arbitrage playbook

(9:51) Starting weird as Chubby Brain

(12:03) Don't run 100mph in the wrong direction

(14:53) Edge, Collection, and Opportunity

(19:24) IDEA: High-end Glassdoor

(27:00) IDEA: C-Suite Head Hunting Service

(28:57) IDEA: HomeOptions for Founder Exits

(32:17) Anand's School of Entrepreneuring

(36:03) Learn how to think, not what to think

(38:18) The Die-At-Your-Desk Life Philosophy

(39:26) Competency-based curriculum

(42:47) IDEA: Slime Museums

(46:40) IDEA: Autonomous HOA Convenience Stores

(51:32) IDEA: Online Addiction Centers

(58:51) Leadership lessons from legendary coaches

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Links:

• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy

• CB Insights - https://www.cbinsights.com/

• Bloomberg article - https://tinyurl.com/32ns9beu

• Blackbaud - https://www.blackbaud.com/solutions/total-fundraising-solutions

• HomeOptions - https://www.homeoptions.com/

• IMG Academy - https://www.imgacademy.com/

• American Addiction Centers - https://americanaddictioncenters.org/

• Weapons of Mass Instruction - https://tinyurl.com/49s6xhpk

• Chasing Perfection - https://tinyurl.com/46hc5zxj

• The Score Takes Care of Itself - https://tinyurl.com/4v6k72h3

• The Talent Code - https://tinyurl.com/4h2z9yer

• The Learner Lab - https://thelearnerlab.com/

• Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf

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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/

—

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Episode 594:  Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) explain what’s happening with GameStop AGAIN and how Keith Gill turned $56k into $210M with memes. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Roaring Kitty's $200M GameStop holding

(8:41) Is Keith Gill the most genius creator behind a brand?

(14:53) Where did the $65M come from?

(17:44) The 7 Stages of GameStop FOMO

(20:00) Ryan Cohen's activist investments in GameStop, Bed Bath and Beyond 

(26:34) Shaan's honest take on paternity leave

(31:53) Painting the windows black

(35:42) Zach Pogrob's The Year of Obsession

(37:03) What's the deal with run clubs right now?

(39:19) Sexy faces and sexy paces

(42:04) Endurance event businesses

(45:06) Opportunity: The suburban Iron Man

(51:19) Scott Harrison gives Shaan unsolicited feedback

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Links:

• [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy

• wallstreetbets - https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/

• Unusual Whales - https://unusualwhales.com/

• WSJ on Ryan Cohen - https://tinyurl.com/4zue9xps

• Wander - https://www.wander.com/

• The Lehman Trilogy - https://thelehmantrilogy.com/

• The Year of Obsession - https://tinyurl.com/4nsrh689

• Nick Bare - https://www.instagram.com/nickbarefitness

• RAWDAWG - https://www.instagram.com/rawdawgrunclub

• River - https://www.getriver.io/

• 29029 Everesting - https://29029everesting.com/

• Rock n Roll Running - https://www.runrocknroll.com/

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Episode 593:  Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Jason Fried ( https://x.com/jasonfried ) open up about personal finances, raising kids around wealth and dealing with risk. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Sam and Jason play Would You Rather...

(5:15) Loosening the grip on the stick

(12:35) The pale blue dot

(14:03) Why does the businessworld deserve our best lessons?

(18:30) Early days vs. vs. middle days vs later days

(24:47) "A founder's job is to inject risk"

(29:36) “Cool wears off but useful never does”

(31:07) Striking balance with a business partner

(34:14) The value of talking about money

(37:28) Navigating luxury with kids

(40:08) Midwestern values on blast

(43:39) The truth about luck

(46:55) Staying up vs. staying off

(49:45) New insights from old biographies

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Episode 592:  Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) break down the economics of luxury hobby magazines, make a prediction about Ai cameras, and explain how to find the next tech wave. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Craig Fuller's field of dreams

(5:12) $50M side hustle

(9:16) We call to find out EXACTLY how he did it

(19:02) The New York Times is a gaming company

(23:27) Idea: Third party LinkedIn games developer

(27:00) How rich people spend money

(29:00) The myth of the second home

(30:57) Ai cameras

(36:31) Prediction: A camera on every field, every court

(38:31) How to find the next wave: What's the next menus on the internet?

(40:41) How to avoid product obsolescence

(44:09) "Measure twice. Cut once"

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• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano