My First Million
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.
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Story Of The Most Important Founder You've Never Heard Of
Get our Resource Vault - a curated collection of pro-level business resources (tools, guides, databases): https://clickhubspot.com/jbgEpisode 786: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story Demis Hassabis ( https://x.com/demishassabis ) and the creation of Deepmind. Show Notes:(0:00) Demis the Menace(22:05) The only resource you need is resourcefulness(2457) Move 37(29:38) The olympics of protein folding(4639) We are the gorillas—Links:• The Thinking Game - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95J8yzvjbQ • Why We Do What We Do - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwFOwyoH-3g • Fierce Nerds - https://paulgraham.com/fn.html • Isomorphic Labs - https://www.isomorphiclabs.com/ • If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies - https://ifanyonebuildsit.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• 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—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 /
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons
Get our Resource Vault - a curated collection of pro-level business resources: https://clickhubspot.com/ebhEpisode 785: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Nick Huber ( https://x.com/sweatystartup ) about the biggest bet he ever made and the mistakes he learned the hard way.Email Nick@SweatyStartup.com to get hooked up with a pre-vetted salesperson, finance person or executive assistant. Show Notes:(0:00) Intro(3:24) Breaking down Nick's portfolio(8:49) The deal structure and terms(11:20) Fail: Buying a domain for $400K, killing out traffic(12:24) Fail Elon bought twitter + I invited competition(16:49) new owner syndrome(18:43) How to hire overseas talent (10-min masterclass)(27:18) Pieter Thiel's Stanford class(30:17) Suli's brutal advice(34:23) Holdcos is overrated(36:04) The tortoise always wins(38:52) one big thing(47:25) Roofing(51:07) Self-storage—Links:• Somewhere - https://somewhere.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 /
Why Balance Is the Enemy of Greatness | David Senra
Get Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (+ his reading strategy): https://clickhubspot.com/gdsEpisode 784: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with David Senra ( https://x.com/FoundersPodcast ) to talk about greatness, balance and what destroys successful people. Show Notes:(0:00) Intro(1:22) Balance is the enemy of greatness(9:13) How to remember what you learn(17:10) Revenge for Being Born & Reframing the Inner Critic(26:40) Success, Relationships, and What Destroys Great People(30:55) Advice for 19-Year-Olds(34:42) David’s ideal board of advisors(39:20) Don’t Do Anything Someone Else Can Do(44:05) what successful people really think about at the end(48:30) Compounding wisdom—Links:• Founders Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@founderspodcast1 —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 /
I chose to be broke for a year
Want the 4 money rules that changed my life? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/fwsEpisode 783: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) gets interviewed by his former intern about quitting a $120K/yr job in his 20s to become strategically broke and the other counter-intuitive decisions that made him successful. Show Notes:(0:00) Intro(1:56) Quitting a $120k job to be broke and live with 3 friends (Don’t linger on bad decisions)(10:26) Fear is what holds people back more so than anything else(13:17) How to get what you (actually) want.(16:37) Most people are not serious(28:21) Who is the most important voice in your life?(34:05) Why I decided to sell my company to Twitch & Amazon.(40:18) The biggest waste of time is doing something that needn’t been done at all (Elon)(41:52) “You can’t run an A/B test on life” (Act Accordingly)(52:37) There are no bonus points for making things harder for yourself (location)(58:23) The best people are 'down' (Buffett)—Links:• The Biography Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@thebiographypod —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 /
Two Millionaires Answer the Questions You’d Ask Off-Camera
Get the free Side Hustle Ideas Database 👉 https://clickhubspot.com/rveEpisode 782: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) answer listener questions. Show Notes:(0:00) Biggest mistake in business you've never talked about(7:33) Best company to work at to become a millionaire(20:43) How much revenue did Hampton make in 2025?(21:28) 2026 misogi's(29:46) what's your f u money purchase(35:28) what are the mfm OGs up to?(43:07) how to build compounding wealth(50:09) Who would be your jail call?(1:04:41) best idea you've heard on the pod—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 //