My First Million

• We found the top 1% of the internet this week (so you don't have to)

  Episode 718: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about stuff that hit the group chat this week. — Show Notes: (0:00) Apple Just Unlocked a $1B App Idea (04:13) McKinsey got $55M for This? (10:28) Frank Slootman’s Ice-Cold Advice (16:20) “Treat people well, and you’ll win.” (24:41)  Man steals $122 million from Facebook and Google,  (28:17)  ChatGPT’s $10B ARR retention curve (34:58) Elon v. Trump Meltdown (39:54) Ramp’s Monopolist Pitch Deck (46:22) Rich Guy House Alert: Gary Tan Edition (48:55) Sam’s First Ever Bookmark — Links: • Want Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (& his reading strategy)? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/kmb • Apple AlarmKit announcement (WWDC) - https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23/  • Waymo Self-Driving Cars - https://waymo.com/  • Ramp (Eric Glyman’s company) - https://ramp.com/• Brex - https://www.brex.com/  • Amp It Up - https://tinyurl.com/5ak4ckux  • Les Schwab: Pride in Performance - https://tinyurl.com/5ch39nrv • TBPN - https://www.youtube.com/@thebrospodcastnetwork  — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

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• The Side Hustle King: “I’m making $8K/DAY from easy businesses”

  Episode 717: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Chris Koerner about how to make millions from local side hustles.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:13) Idea: Hole-in-one golf challenge (12:24) Idea: Bitcoin mining (16:00) Idea: Garage shelving (17:18) Idea: Tourist traps for home markets (20:13) Idea: Toasted tours (24:56) Idea: Buc-ees snack arbitrage  (38:01) Idea: Pet cremation (45:29) Idea: b2b stump grinding (48:13) Idea: Pickleball court (58:15) Focus is overrated (59:34) Say yes to everything (1:05:11) copy-paste millionaires — Links: • Want to scale? Get the Side Hustler's AI Prompt Database: https://clickhubspot.com/wnd • The Koerner Office - https://tkopod.com/  — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

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• We found the weirdest ways to make $1M, $1B, and $5B

  Episode 716: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the 6 weird ways to make millions.  — Show Notes: (0:00) $1M Twerking Class (5:55) Fecal transplants (12:00) A brief history of butts (15:05) $1B BBLs (20:26) $5B hookup app (31:16) $200M bonus: DUDE Wipes (37:19) How many millionaires from the pod? (47:17) Having it all (50:18) Shaan's reading list (53:28) Wisdom extraction — Links: • Want Sam's Top 7 Books as a Founder (& his Reading Strategy)? Get the guide here: https://clickhubspot.com/apw • OpenBiome - https://openbiome.org/  • Grindr - https://www.grindr.com/  • DUDE Wipes - https://dudewipes.com/  • Tushy - https://hellotushy.com/  • Modern Wisdom - https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisWillx  • Save The Cat - https://tinyurl.com/4nwpec6z — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

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• “$100M dollar brands are being built for boring products” - Harley Finkelstein of Shopify

  Episode 715: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Harley Finkelstein ( https://x.com/harleyf ) about boring products that could be worth $100M.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Disrupting boring products (15:05) Swiss Army knife founders (21:42) "People only remember your weird" (31:45) Considering an exit (39:32) Becoming a better storyteller (46:17) Shopify's leaked memo about AI (51:26) Biohacking Longevity — Links: • Shopify - https://shopify.com/  • Touchland - https://touchland.com/  • Firebelly Tea - https://firebellytea.com/  • Ember Mug - https://ember.com/  • David’s Tea - https://davidstea.com/  • AG1 - https://drinkag1.com/  • Method - https://www.methodhome.com/  • Olly - https://www.olly.com/  • Welly - https://www.getwelly.com/  • Ritual - https://ritual.com/  • Seed - https://seed.com/  • Prose - https://prose.com/  • Prenuvo - https://www.prenuvo.com/  • CLEERLY - https://cleerlyhealth.com/  • 29029 - https://29029everesting.com/  — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

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• How to Scale a Profitable Agency with 0 Employees (Using AI Agents)

  Episode 714: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Matt Mazzeo ( https://x.com/Mazzeo ) about using AI agents as your go-to-market.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro  (3:30) AI as the Go-to-Market (8:50) The Billion Dollar Secret  (12:03) Mario Kart Theory (18:55) Being a Tinkerer/Supabase (25:38) Amjad Masad/Replt (28: 41) Taste (36:44) Agents replacing VCs (37:57) Agent Employees (42:28) Story Game — Links: • Want Sam's guide to use ChatGPT? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/wpv • Supabase - https://supabase.com/  • Replit - https://replit.com/  • Clay - https://www.clay.com/  • Alpha Go Movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXuK6gekU1Y  — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

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