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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Asking a Billionaire Investor How to Turn $10,000 into $1M ft. Mohnish Pabrai

Mohnish Pabrai shares his value investing strategies, focusing on finding anomalies, understanding risk, and the importance of simplicity. He discusses learning from others' successes and failures, and using a long-term approach to investing with conviction, while illustrating key principles with stories about Warren Buffett, Sam Walton, and his own experiences.

May 09, 2025•1 hr 22 min

I dropped out of high school…Now I’m building a $1T dollar company

Episode 704: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Blake Scholl ( https://x.com/bscholl ) about he went from high school dropout to Groupon to the founder of a supersonic jet startup. — Show Notes: (0:00) Find your red line (4:29) Problems hidden in plain sight (13:00) The making of Boom Supersonic (23:00) No rules of thumb (29:13) Blake's favorite interview question (34:22) Demo Day at YC (38:13) Selling Richard Branson (47:46) Being a dark matte...

May 07, 2025•1 hr 12 min

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