My First Million

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Episode 837: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) bring in 3 founders with weird businesses making $10M, $20M, and $30M. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:32) Alex Daniels, $10M real estate magazine

(20:31) Josh Weissenstein, $20M camp ground business

(38:36) The $1.8B App Copying Politicians & Hedge Funds

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Links:

• Haven Lifestyles - https://www.havenlifestyles.com/ 

• Team Outsider - https://www.teamoutsider.com/ 

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

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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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 - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech 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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Episode 836: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about people who have turned their lifestyles into millions, plus Nick Sleep’s investing genius. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) fringe creators

(13:14) Nick Sleep's shared economies of scale

(24:41) lloyd blanfein's personal finances

(31:14) David Rubenstein, the man

(39:09) Nat Turner's crazy new business

(50:13) a brief masterclass in valuing denim

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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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 - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

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*Sam’s guide to run your life like a $100M business:* https://clickhubspot.com/dfbn

Episode 835: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about people who have turned their lifestyles into a business.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) escape aesthetics

(4:06) putting the life in lifestyle

(17:28) Law 25: Recreate Yourself

(20:20) Your word is your wand

(25:06) unclear words, unclear thinking

(27:24) America amazes world cup tourists

(33:43) the game of more

(49:07) no hedging

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Links:

• Your Word Is Your Wand - https://a.co/d/05683tU7 

• The 48 Laws of Power - https://a.co/d/0ghzjpKk 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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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 - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

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

Get our Investment Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/rgek

Episode 834: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blanfein ( https://x.com/lloydblankfein ) to talk about what he does with his money. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Lloyd on Money, Day Trading, and Feeling “Rich”

(3:52) Meeting Elon

(5:23) What the worst traders have in common

(9:54) Warren Buffett’s handshake deal

(15:04) Lloyd breaks down his portfolio

(20:41) Advice to young investors 

(23:09) biggest mistakes

(25:54) Anxiety as a superpower

(27:54) Family finances

(31:35) Scarcity

(40:46) The Goldman Obituary Test

(43:53) Lessons from history

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Links:

• Streetwise - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/780438/streetwise-by-lloyd-blankfein/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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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 - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

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

Get our Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/wjsl

Episode 833: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) breakdown the biggest IPO of all time. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) what even is SpaceX

(7:11) What even is a trillion dollars?

(8:51) Launches explained

(9:07) Starlink

(14:07) Data centers in space

(17:39) Starship

(24:46) Grok

(28:06) a wonderful business at a silly price?

(34:16) the mission

(37:51) SBF's $114B fumble

(39:04) funny, weird, surprising nuggets from the IPO

(42:35Who's getting rich this week?

(51:13) The genius insight of Luke at Gigafund

(55:46) Pessimists get to be right, optimists get to be right

(59:12) Elon's comp package

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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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

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

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