Sam Parr ( @TheSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) answer five life changing questions. ----- Links: * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . * Blake Berg Tweet on 11 Powerful Questions You Can Ask Yourself Today: https://twitter.com/blakeaburge/status/1506257757401456640?s=20&t=XouFvtfvlgp06vJHiU2F4A * NYTimes 36 Questions That Lead To Love: https://www.nytimes.com/2015...
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 295
Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( @TheSamParr ) talk about how to identify trends, whether it's possible to get ultra-wealthy from cash flow businesses, why they enjoy doing hood rat stuff, and more. ----- Links: * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (03:00) - Dan Porter (25:00) - The meaning of brand (19:40) - Two side hustle ideas: ballin' doctors a...
Mar 24, 2022•17 min•Ep. 294
Sam Parr ( @TheSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) talk about how to identify trends, whether it's possible to get ultra-wealthy from cash flow businesses, why they enjoy doing hood rat stuff, and more. ----- Links: * https://worldview.space/ * https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/ * https://www.reddit.com/r/overemployed/ * Bullshit Jobs: https://www.amazon.com/Bullshit-Jobs-Theory-David-Graeber/dp/150114331X * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtub...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 293
Some of the best moments from this week of My First Million. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (01:30) - Recapping Mr. Beast and betting on yourself (07:10) - Kanye West and knowing who you are (12:45) - Andrew Wilkinson and juggling successes ----- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr...
Mar 18, 2022•19 min•Ep. 292
Andrew Wilkinson ( @awilkinson ) joins Sam Parr ( @TheSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) to talk about delegation, hiring 1 to hire 10, how to handle getting hacked, Shaan's $200K NFT purchase, and more. ----- Links: * https://www.tinycapital.com/ * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (01:30) - Thoughts on getting hacked (17:15) - Bored Ape Yacht Club a...
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 291
Sam Parr ( @TheSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) talk about Netflix's recent Kanye West documentary, Jeen-Yuhs, and what lessons they learned from watching it. ----- Links: * Jeen-Yuhs on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/81426972 * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (01:30) - Thoughts on the Kanye Doc (21:30) - Being yourself and being obsessed...
Mar 16, 2022•42 min•Ep. 290
Sam Parr ( @TheSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) recap Mr. Beast's interview on Joe Rogan, talk about people who find their passion early in life, discuss Michael Rubin and how he has taken over the sports jersey market, and more. ----- Links: * Fanatics - https://www.fanatics.com/ * Mr Beast on Joe Rogan - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5lokpznqvSrJO3gButgQvs?si=b931061285fd4e84 * Whatnot - https://whatnot.com/ * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to ...
Mar 15, 2022•30 min•Ep. 289
Some of the best moments from this week of My First Million. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (01:40) - The ABZ framework and getting started (04:30) - Very long distance girlfriend (12:15) - Guerilla recruiting tactics ----- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary...
Mar 11, 2022•21 min•Ep. 288
Sam Parr ( @TheSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) are joined by Steph Smith ( @StephSmithIO ) to discuss why you shouldn't think beyond step 1 when starting a business, how to identify 10X productivity employees, and how to automatically generate side-hustle ideas. ----- Links: * Steph's website - http://stephsmith.io/ * Steph's podcast - http://listenandlearn.co/ * Spring loading community - https://discord.gg/xhhFEwgWTf * NYT First Said - https://twitter.com/NYT_first_said * Nuuly - https:/...
Mar 10, 2022•48 min•Ep. 287
Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( @TheSamParr ) discuss why Time Out is a surprising business that could be worth a billion dollars, whether it's worth buying Russian stocks, and what Shaan would do to build a large right-wing media property. ----- Links: * Time Out - https://www.timeout.com/ * DC Enquirer - https://dcenquirer.com/ * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter ....
Mar 09, 2022•18 min•Ep. 286
Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( @TheSamParr ) share some "drunk business ideas." Ideas that sound ridiculous... but might actually work. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (02:25) - Very long distance girlfriend (10:00) - Extremely large beds (17:10) - HOA Court (25:30) - Business Olympics ----- Past guests on My First Million include Rob D...
Mar 08, 2022•42 min•Ep. 285
Some of the best moments from this week of My First Million. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (01:30) - David Friedberg on the power of thinking big (05:15) - Raoul Pal on network effects and crypto (10:45) - Sam and Shaan discussing how the Russian oligarchs came to power ----- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, B...
Mar 04, 2022•22 min•Ep. 284
Sam Parr ( @TheSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) talk about the little known story of the Russian oligarchs, and discuss the current situation in Ukraine and how President Zelensky is leading his country through the invasion. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (00:30) - The story of the Russian oligarchs (13:30) - General reactions to the inva...
Mar 03, 2022•47 min•Ep. 283
Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) sits down with David Friedberg ( @Friedberg ) to talk about ambition, what he learned from the founders of Google, and how he's aiming to change the world by 3D printing drinks with his latest startup, Cana . ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (01:30) - Dave's background (10:30) - What Dave learned from the founders of Goog...
Mar 03, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 282
Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) sits down with Raoul Pal ( @RaoulGMI ) to talk about his career, how he 10X-ed his money with crypto, why NFTs are a bubble, winning the game of life, and more. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (00:35) - Why Raoul lives in the Cayman Islands (07:30) - Winning at the game of life (16:15) - How Raoul got into crypto (30:10)...
Mar 02, 2022•51 min•Ep. 281
Sam Parr ( @theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) bring John Lee Dumas onto the show to talk about why he moved to Puerto Rico, how he makes his money, why he went on a 10-day fast, and more. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (2:20) - Interview with JLD begins (06:05) - Why JLD reveals his revenue (10:30) - Why he moved to Puerto Rico (19:30) ...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 280
Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( @theSamParr ) bring you the second edition of the Player Hater's Ball. They discuss the things they think don't work: bad business ideas, bad investing advice, bad life advice, and more. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (00:25) - Silent retreat in Portugal (04:10) - The raw meat experiment (14:30) - Despera...
Feb 23, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 278
Sam Parr ( @theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) talk about Billy of the Week Chris Aker and how he was able to maintain 100% control of his $900M company. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel ...
Feb 21, 2022•13 min•Ep. 276
Some of the best moments from this week of My First Million. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (01:05) - The BTC thieves and Sam's interaction with them (10:30) - Paper cut companies (18:30) - Max Lytvyn on how he knew Grammarly could be a big opportunity (23:25) - How to avoid accidentally over-indexing ----- Past guests on My First Million incl...
Feb 18, 2022•30 min•Ep. 275
Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( @theSamParr ) discuss the Olympics and whether it is worth while to spend time trying to get a gold medal, companies that make billions solving small "paper cut" problems, why Sam thinks he needs a money therapist, and much more. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (00:20) - The Paralympics and the Olympics (1...
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 274
Sam Parr ( @theSamParr ) sits down with Max Lytvyn ( @Max_lytvyn ), co-founder and head of revenue at Grammarly, to talk about the founding story of the company, how he grew it from 0 to $13B in revenue, why he decided to hire an outside CEO, and much more. ----- Show Notes: (00:00) - Max's background (05:15) - Why people underestimate Grammarly (12:00) - Grammarly's breakthrough moment (24:40) - Business ideas that go with Grammarly ----- Links: * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's...
Feb 16, 2022•33 min•Ep. 273
Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( @theSamParr ) discuss Sam's new course on coming up with business ideas, Stonks.com, the key to building a billion dollar internet business, and finally they discuss the couple that stole billions of dollars in Bitcoin... and just got busted. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (00:25) - Bill Gates jumping ove...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 272
Sam Parr ( @theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) are joined by Alex Hormozi ( @AlexHormozi ) to discuss his journey from sleeping on gym floors to making millions, sales techniques that can earn you $100k per month, how he got so ripped, and more. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (00:25) - Explaining Alex's business (09:55) - Alex's backgrou...
Feb 10, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 271
Sam Parr ( @theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) are joined by Ben Levy ( @BenMLevy ) to discuss the story of the World copycat who topped the app store charts and then lost everything, Shaan and Ben's new project, Milk Road , and how to pick your next project. Find out more about Milk Road at MilkRoad.com . ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: ...
Feb 08, 2022•56 min•Ep. 270
Some of the best moments from this week of My First Million. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (00:50) - Ryan Breslow, founder of Bolt, shares why he called out Stripe and YC (11:12) - Nathan Barry says how to become a billion dollar creator (24:00) - Ryan Holiday shares why he works with a traditional book publisher and how he stays a top-sellin...
Feb 04, 2022•32 min•Ep. 269
Sam Parr ( @theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) are joined by Ryan Holiday ( @RyanHoliday ) to discuss how Ryan makes and spends his money, why he opened a book shop, what fuels him, why he decided to sell coins instead of tee shirts, and much more. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (00:28) - Background on Ryan and MFM (05:42) - Stories and ...
Feb 03, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 268
Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( @theSamParr ) are joined by Nathan Barry ( @NathanBarry ) to discuss ConvertKit and how Nathan has grown it to over $200M, how to become a billion dollar creator, why he refuses to give Shaan a price discount, and much more. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Show Notes: (00:25) - Nathan's real estate investment making $...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 267
Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( @theSamParr ) talk about how to learn any skill, whether Dan Price is legit or a fraud, Dave Friedberg and Cana, and what a chicken wing actually is. They are then joined by Ryan Breslow ( @theryanking ) of Bolt to talk about the latest controversy surrounding his Twitter thread, and why he's trying to take down what he considers to be silicon valley's tech mafia. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtub...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 266
Special cross-post from How to Take Over the World. Walt Disney's childhood, adolescence, how how he got his start in animation, and his first successes. To find more episodes like this go to httotw.com or search "How to Take Over the World" wherever you get your podcasts.
Jan 31, 2022•48 min
Sam Parr ( @theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( @ShaanVP ) talk about (non) Billy of the Week Alex Hormozi, how he has made $72M over the last 5 years based mostly around gym businesses, and discuss whether he is legit. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter . ----- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huber...
Jan 31, 2022•12 min•Ep. 265
