Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstorm with them.
Want Sam's playbook to turn ChatGPT into your executive coach? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/etbEpisode 722: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with Mike Novogratz ( https://x.com/novogratz ) about risk tolerance and coming back from massive losses. —Show Notes:(0:00) Mike’s first million(8:37) Starting Fortress(13:55) $30M to $2.3B(25:28) Operating system for life(35:41) Being early on crypto(40:26) Risk tolerance—Links:• Fortress - https://www.fortress.com/ • Galaxy - https://www.galaxy.com/ • Business Untitled - https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessUntitled —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
Want to scale your business? Get the Side Hustler's AI Prompt Database: https://clickhubspot.com/kvwEpisode 721: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about a billionaire’s recipe for happiness, Shaan’s stock picks, plus the new mayor of NY. —Show Notes:(0:00) Billionaire recipe for happiness(5:12) Shaan gives a talk at Berkeley (12:01) Steve Ballmer on Acquired(17:02) Gary V is bullish on everything(26:28) The new mayor of NY(35:45) Multilingual politicians(38:43) Vibe voting(41:20) Idea: "The President"(45:58) Businesses w/ 50X potential(49:07) Shaan's first 6 stocks—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
Want to scale your startup? Get 700 prompts for your side hustle: https://clickhubspot.com/fpgEpisode 720: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how Surge built a $1B business in 5 years and the second-order effects of self-driving cars. —Show Notes:(0:00) Best idea of the month(6:00) Business as a sport(10:57) The inner game of tennis(14:21) Shaan writes a letter to himself(19:15) Patron View(27:42) Surge(35:00) Handshake(39:47) Waymo vs Robotaxi(50:30) Elon replies to Shaan's tweet(53:13) Shaan gets in a fight with his moms doctor(1:02:50) Sam wears overalls—Links:• The Inner Game of Tennis - https://tinyurl.com/mphz9zkr • Patron View - https://patronview.com/ • Museum Hack - https://museumhack.com/ • Surge AI - https://www.surgehq.ai/ • Handshake - https://joinhandshake.com/ • Gemini - https://gemini.google.com/ • Grok - https://grok.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
Want to scale? Get 700 side hustle prompts: https://clickhubspot.com/blv Episode 719: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to his business partner Ben Levy about creating luck, his barbell method for building relationships and 6 half-baked business ideas. Apply to join Club LTV - https://tinyurl.com/3y478hm2 —Show Notes:(0:00) Intro(4:01) Your first believer(6:11) The K Academy(9:38) Ben as a product(17:53) Measuring luck(23:43) Barbell method(30:24) Idea: Court side seats(33:44) Idea: Lunch Bounty(36:51) Idea: Birkins for everyone(45:31) Idea: Survivor for post-economic people(50:50) Idea: Cool carpel tunnel brand(53:42) Idea: Coach K in a box—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
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