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.
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
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
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
Episode 713: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jason Lemkin ( https://x.com/jasonlk ) about cloning yourself with AI and how ChatGPT will be the end of incumbent apps. —Show Notes:(0:00) AI body doubles Users tell AI things they won't tell humans(15:15) The incumbents are dying(27:25) Inside the office of OpenAI(34:12) How to be an AI billionaire(44:40) The story of Saastr(55:49) Being a relentless recruiter(58:52) Seeing through the fog of war(1:07:53) The future of work for gen alpha—Links:• Want Sam's playbook to turn ChatGPT into your executive coach? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/ejv• Saastr - https://www.saastr.com/ • Delphi - https://www.delphi.ai/• Windsurf - https://windsurf.com • Coursiv - https://coursiv.io/ • Lovable - https://lovable.dev/ • Higsfield - http://higsfield.ai/ —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
For the full experience, watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0j_n3OOM7c Episode 712: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Greg Isenberg ( https://x.com/gregisenberg ) talk about how to find a startup idea and build it in a couple hours using AI. — Show Notes: (0:00) Step 1: Find an idea (7:57) Step 2: Sketch out the idea (9:48) Step 3: Scope out the MVP (18:25) Step 4: Vibe code a prototype (36:06) Step 5: Vibe marketing the business (49:14) Step 6: AI agent product manager — Links: • Want Greg's guide to Build an AI Startup in 3 Hours with <$500? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/wrc • Idea Browser - ideabrowser.com • TLDraw - https://www.tldraw.com/ • Wispr Flow - https://wisprflow.ai/ • Manus - https://manus.im/ • Bolt - https://bolt.new/ • The Vibe Marketer - https://www.thevibemarketer.com/ • Kubera - https://www.kubera.com/ • Lindy - https://www.lindy.ai/ • Lovable - https://lovable.dev/ • Windsurf - https://windsurf.com/ • Cursor - https://www.cursor.com/ • Supabase - https://supabase.com/ • Prospect AI - https://www.prospectai.co/ • Boring Marketing - https://www.boringmarketing.com/ • Gumloop - https://www.gumloop.com/ • N8N - https://n8n.io/ • Ahrefs - https://ahrefs.com/ • Semrush - https://www.semrush.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