My First Million

Take our founder personality quiz: https://clickhubspot.com/dcltEpisode 872: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk about the different types of founders. —Show Notes:(0:00) Natural Money-Makers(1:52) Attributes of Natural Money-Makers(3:10) The Story of Nick Kokonas(8:12) The Story of Jay Gould(10:00) Can It Be Learned?(13:04) The Story of Syed Balkhi(17:58) Only Spend the Second Derivative(22:27) Trading Valuable Hours for Useless Dollars(26:50) Other Play Styles That Win—Links:• Syed Balkhi episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzHdrQ5pDFo —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—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 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., 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-challengeMy First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

$1M Solopreneur MVP guide: https://clickhubspot.com/ftwsEpisode 870: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tells 3 embarrassing stories. One from his personal life, one from business, and a most recent one. —Show Notes:(0:00) intro(1:15) recent embarrassment(5:20) Lesson: “You Can Make Hell Out of Heaven”(8:15) business embarrassment(12:58) Lesson: “Worship at the Church of Action”(15:35) personal embarrassment(19:55) Lesson: “The Decision Is Upstream of All Action”—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—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 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., 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-challengeMy First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

$1M Attention Guide: 15+ ways to get eyeballs on what you're building https://clickhubspot.com/okbvEpisode 869: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Angel Studios founder Jeff Harmon ( https://x.com/JeffreyHarmon  ) about finding and exploiting glitches. —Show Notes:(0:00) I helped a dentist create one of the greatest marketing campaigns(8:35) How to find the glitch in the system(11:10) Go for your own problems(13:25) Where is the attention going?(16:10) ANGEL(19:15) 19-minute ad experiment(25:30) The genius moment behind Squatty Potty, Poo-Pourri(26:55) Poo-Pourri ad(27:25) How to craft a $100M ad(28:55) Use comedians(35:55) Warm up the algorithm(39:35) Super Bowl stunts(41:10) PG-13 content for the masses(44:45) Base hits vs. home runs(45:10) The economics of the movie business(47:05) “I’ve never met a billionaire who doesn’t want to make movies”(49:55) The brutality of Hollywood(54:10) Having a personal vibe coder(1:00:05) Advice to my younger self—Links:• Angel Studios — angel.com • Poo-Pourri — poopourri.com • Squatty Potty — squattypotty.com • Purple — purple.com • A24 — a24films.com  —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—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 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., 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-challengeMy First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Database of 140+ business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/slkmEpisode 868: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk about 3 business ideas.  —Show Notes:(3:08) Idea: Oxytocin dosing(20:17) Idea: Loneliness solutions(27:30) Idea: Faith-based businesses(27:33) Angel Studios(34:36) What’s the reaction to the action?(42:03) The brutal business of making hit movies—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—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 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., 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-challengeMy First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Sam's guide to turn AI into your executive coach: https://clickhubspot.com/vbrpEpisode 867: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) test out the new ai personal assistants. —Show Notes:(0:00) Intro(2:42) AI is the highest ELO game in the world(5:18) Instinct(9:31) Grokbot(20:24) It’s not all about intelligence(38:35) Micro1(44:08) Exploiting vulnerabilities(58:48) $100 billion companies everywhere—Links:• Instinct - https://instinct.com/ • Grokbot - https://x.ai/news/introducing-grok-bot • micro1 - https://www.micro1.ai/ • OpenRouter - https://openrouter.ai/ • MUSE - https://muse.ai/ —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—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 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., 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-challengeMy First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /