My First Million

My First Million

Hubspot Media

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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79 Years of Investing Wisdom in 55 Minutes

79 Years of Investing Wisdom in 55 Minutes

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Want our 9 investment principles playbook? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/kcmEpisode 738: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Howard Marks about principles of value investing. —Show Notes:(0:00) The S&P 500(11:48) Legendary memos(18:45) Investing without emotion(29:32) You can't raise money in a crisis(36:05) Recommended Reading(41:49) Higher than average returns—Links:• Oaktree - https://www.oaktreecapital.com/ • Memos - https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/memos • The Most Important Thing - https://tinyurl.com/47amrzhj • Mastering The Market Cycle - https://tinyurl.com/mr33mjbr • Devil Take The Hindmost - https://tinyurl.com/yx9ce7xn • A Short History of Financial Euphoria - https://tinyurl.com/uavcnunx • Winning a Loser’s Game - https://tinyurl.com/55ch2rh9 • Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) - https://tinyurl.com/yc85ek63 —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 built a billion dollar company in 18 months

I built a billion dollar company in 18 months

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Want to research million-dollar opportunities like Eric did with Ramp? Get Sam's Company Research Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/kbfEpisode 737: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with Eric Glyman ( https://x.com/eglyman ) about how he built a unicorn in less than 2 years. —Show Notes:(0:00) $100M in 18 months(4:13) The Ramp business model(8:58) Moving fast(15:29) IDEA: Manufactured homes(18:24) IDEA: Creator credit card(21:51) The crazy history of credit in America(28:15) Building a 100-year company(31:20) Favorite business biographies(40:03) Auditing your weaknesses—Links:• Ramp - https://ramp.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

3 Wild Stories to Get You Hyped This Week

3 Wild Stories to Get You Hyped This Week

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Want Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (& his reading strategy)? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/ndfEpisode 736: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell 3 wild stories of business lore. —Show Notes:(0:00) Amadeo Giannini(23:31) Preston Thorpe(30:45) Stefan Thomas —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 Launched A Viral Water Brand In 8 Weeks

I Launched A Viral Water Brand In 8 Weeks

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Want Sam's guide to create actually-good content? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/mchEpisode 735: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Dan Porter ( https://x.com/tfadp ) about how he turned canned water into a viral hit. —Show Notes:(0:00) Making water viral(24:12) Marketing from the bottom(45:15) Positioning is everything(58:22) How I got 100M followers(1:04:29) How to spot gold —Links:• 67 Water - https://www.67water.com/ • Overtime - https://itsovertime.com/ • Teach for America - https://www.teachforamerica.org/ —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

From $4/Hour to $4 Billion Net Worth

From $4/Hour to $4 Billion Net Worth

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Want to build your own million dollar side hustle? Get 700+ prompts here: https://clickhubspot.com/cdwEpisode 734: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with billionaire Hayes Barnard for a rare interview. TeamWater is now live!$1 = 1 year of clean water for someone in need. During August,  countless founders (including Hayes) are attempting to raise $40,000,000 to give 2,000,000 people clean drinking water for decades each!Anything you can give helps: teamwater.org—Show Notes:(0:00) Failing 1st grade to $10B Founder(4:21) The making of outperformers(9:28) Lessons from Larry Ellison(32:05) Surviving Crisis(41:30) The difference between rejection and results(46:40) Meeting Elon(56:07) What to chase(1:07:35) The Dad Story(1:18:30) Laying in the dirt(1:26:45) Give Power—Links:• TEAMWATER - https://teamwater.org/ • GoodLeap - https://www.goodleap.com/ • GivePower - https://givepower.org/ —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