Episode 359: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about the robotic food businesses, the importance of showmanship, and hiring a stranger to help Sam grow on TikTok. ----- Links: * Brett Adcock / @adcock_brett * Vettery * Archer * Furqan Rydhan * Orangewood Robotics * Timmy Trumpet plays Edwin Diaz's entrance song * Tren Griffin - 25iq * Boosted Skateboards * Sam Parr TikTok * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want...
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 359
Episode 358: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about how production companies are so profitable, incredible AI art and generation engines. ----- Links: * Mad Realities * Hello Sunshine (Reese Witherspoon Production Company) * Hartbeat Studios LA (Kevin Hart's Production Company) * Springhill Company (LeBron James' Production Company) * Mark Manson * Stable Diffusion * Github * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * W...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 358
Episode 357: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about four businesses that change the way you think about what they do... from VPNs to pomegranate juice and more. ----- Links: * Unclaimed Baggage store * Comparitech * Quinstreet * Highkey * Franklin Mint * Wonderful 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. ------ Show Notes: (02:30) - Teddy Bear Law (1...
Sep 01, 2022•58 min•Ep. 357
Episode 356: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) with the help of Stonks.com , listen to six entrepreneurs pitch their business in hopes of getting Shaan and Sam to invest. * To watch this podcast, head over to our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/OKI1X1qFgwg ----- Links: * Cherry * Pillup * Campus Ink * Terrashroom * Dealbuilder * Field Complete * 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 o...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 356
Episode 355: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr), Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and producer Ben (@BenWilsonTweets) recap Camp MFM with stories of the real MrBeast, Kamikaze commitment, and future events. ----- Links: * CampMFM * MrBeast * 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: (01:45) - How Shaan created Camp MFM (10:40) - Insights into MrBeast (30:45) - Details of the weekend (31...
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 355
Episode 354: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) sit down with Al Doan (@drbillnye), Co-Founder of the Missouri Quilting Company, the largest quilting company in the world that does more than $100M in revenue. Doan bought two towns and says he's the best at e-commerce. ----- Links: * Missouri Star Quilt Co. * 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: ...
Aug 29, 2022•48 min•Ep. 354
Episode #353: Sam Parr (@thesamparr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) answer one listener's question: What does it mean to "test your business ideas"? To submit your question and hear yourself on My First Million, go to MFMPod.com and click on the circle with the microphone in the lower right hand corner. ----- Links: * Zuper * 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 o...
Aug 26, 2022•9 min•Ep. 353
Episode 352: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) sit down with YouTube sensation MrBeast, and award-winning comedian Hasan Minhaj to talk about obsession, how to win, finding your creativity, measuring success, how to run a company... and more. ----- Links: * MrBeast * Hasan Minhaj * 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: (02:45) - What Hassan and ...
Aug 25, 2022•39 min•Ep. 352
Episode 351: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk drunk business ideas... some good and some bad. ----- Links: * Photo Vault app * Santa's Club * /r/popping * SlideShare * Shaan's tweet about Slideshare * Opal Camera * 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: (01:20) - Drunk ideas intro (04:20) - Hideaway: A secret bookcase for your phone (11:20)...
Aug 23, 2022•59 min•Ep. 351
Episode #350: Sam Parr (@thesamparr) answers one listener's question: What questions do you ask your customers when you're starting a business? To submit your question and hear yourself on My First Million, go to MFMPod.com and click on the circle with the microphone in the lower right hand corner. ----- 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. ----- Past guests on My Fir...
Aug 19, 2022•8 min•Ep. 350
Episode 349: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about WeWork founder - Adam Neumann's - next big project, how to make $10 million in three months, and more. ----- Links: * Alan Wong * Scott Painter * Bitpipe * Braden Wallake * 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: (04:50) - How much money it costs to ball out in New York (19:55) - Making $10...
Aug 18, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 349
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about the value of being a big fish in a small pond, Saudi Arabia's version of the PGA that's luring players away, what financial freedom actually means, and Camp MFM. ----- Links: * LIV Golf * Pedal Tavern * The Peak * 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: (02:05) - Hitler on drugs (07:40) - FL math teache...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 348
Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about virtual study halls, the absurd amount of money Scott Galloway makes per speech, and what it means to push the boulder uphill when starting a business. ----- Links: * WTF Studios * lofi hip hop radio * Studyverse * Studytogether * Discord * Scott Galloway twitter * The Prof G Pod * Bet Against The Professor * Section4 * Reforge * Aging Media Network * Industry Dive * Aunt Flow * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling fa...
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 347
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about the best goal setting steps, a crazy Jeff Bezos story, and how to flip your disadvantages in business to advantages. ----- Links: * Intro.co * Woot * Mediocre * AppSumo * 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: (02:10) - Shaan is going HAM on LinkedIn (04:15) - #ManifestCowboys (09:45) - Elspeth Beard &...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 346
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) answers one listener's question: I know that your kids are still pretty young, but I wanted to know how are you going teach them to be entrepreneurial? And when are you going to start? To submit your question and hear yourself on My First Million, go to MFMPod.com and click on the circle with the microphone in the lower right hand corner. ----- Links: * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like...
Aug 05, 2022•26 min•Ep. 345
Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about four ideas of what you can do with AI, Twitter empires, and some of the billion dollar companies that have come from the Thiel Fellowship. ----- Links: * Theo Von story * Charisma On Command * DALL*E 2 * Unreal Speech * This Person Does Not Exist * Spoonflower * Trung Phan * Sahil Bloom * Thiel Fellowship * Italic * Figma * Ethereum * Luminar * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube chann...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 344
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss lessons from Shaan's ultra-exclusive event about what it takes to build a billion dollar company, the Nelk Boys, and doing memorable things. ----- Links: * Full Send Podcast * Nelk Boys * Relativity Space * How To Win Friends and Influence People * 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: (10:35) - The econ...
Aug 02, 2022•57 min•Ep. 343
Some of our best moments from July. Featured Episodes: Billion Dollar Business Philosophies With HubSpot Co-Founder Dharmesh Shah Pieter Levels: Making $2.7M A Year With No Employees Viral Tweets as a Service, Toastmasters of the Future, and Other Business Ideas ----- * 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,...
Aug 01, 2022•23 min•Ep. 343
Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) answer one listener's question: What’s the fastest way you’ve had your life changed by money or what’s the fastest way you’ve seen someone else’s life get changed by money? To submit your question and hear yourself on My First Million, go to MFMPod.com and click on the circle with the microphone in the lower right hand corner. ----- Links: * The Million Dollar Homepage * Calm.com * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Sub...
Jul 29, 2022•21 min•Ep. 342
Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about easy ways to make 10K a month, fatFIRE, Elon Musk's sister's business, and Shaan's high quality retail clothing idea. ----- Links: * My First Million Marriage * fatFire post about Attorney * PassionFlix * Ghost * Italic * 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: (01:35) - MFM leveling up (03:25) - Course...
Jul 28, 2022•59 min•Ep. 341
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about how much money famous people make from giving speeches, an update on Sarah Moore, the owner of EggCarton.com, and more. ----- Links: * Washington Speakers Bureau * EggCartons.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: (08:50) - Is MFM the top entrepreneurship podcast in the world? (12:35) - Obama mak...
Jul 26, 2022•40 min•Ep. 340
Producer Ben (@BenWilsonTweets) answers one MFM listener's question: What did you do to get your podcast found by famous people, Sam and Mr. Beast? And do you have any advice for how to develop this? To submit your question and hear yourself on My First Million, go to MFMPod.com and click on the circle with the microphone in the lower right hand corner. ----- Links: * How To Take Over The World * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * W...
Jul 22, 2022•9 min•Ep. 339
Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) brainstorm business ideas including a content remix agency, a direct-to-consumer SodaStream, and modernizing the storytelling club Toastmasters International. ----- Links: * Jesse Pujji * SodaStream * Sam's souped up SodaStream * Keurig * bevi * Toastmasters * 2015 Toastmasters International World Champion: Mohammed Qahtani * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like ...
Jul 21, 2022•59 min•Ep. 338
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talks with vegan ultra-endurance athlete and entrepreneur, Rich Roll (@richroll) about starting from nothing to building a million dollar business based on his love of eating plants, fitness, and being an inspiration for personal transformation. ----- Links: * Rich Roll * Rich Roll YouTube * 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: (02:30) -...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 337
Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk with Producer Ben (@BenWilsonTweets) about his surprise phone call with YouTube sensation, Mr. Beast, the power of hypnosis, and ambitious people. ----- Links: * Mr. Beast * Intro.co * Grace Smith * Aviator Nation * Write Like Shaan * 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: (18:15) - Intro.co and Hypnosis (29...
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 336
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) answers one listener's question: What did you do differently that allowed you to succeed, that you think other people who had similar circumstances to you, did not? Where did you succeed where they did not? To submit your question and hear yourself on My First Million, go to MFMPod.com and click on the circle with the microphone in the lower right hand corner. ----- Links: * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * W...
Jul 15, 2022•14 min•Ep. 335
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk to Pieter Levels (@levelsio) about being a solopreneur who makes nearly $3M a year with no employees while living a nomadic lifestyle. Also, want $5,000? Check out the My First Million Clips contest. ----- Links: * Nomad List * RemoteOK * BuyNothing * Derek Sivers * 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...
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 334
Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk to Co-Founder & CTO of HubSpot, Dharmesh Shah (@dharmesh), about why a bad economy is a good time to start a business, creating an alternative to Wordle, and the trillion dollar Venn diagram of success. Also, want $5,000? Check out the My First Million Clips contest. ----- Links: * HubSpot * Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy article * WordPlay * Maven writing course * Shaan tweet about starting the next Pixar * Do you love MFM and w...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 333
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) answers one listener's question: What are some tips and tricks that you do to keep your imagination, creativity alive, especially when you feel stuck or you don't know what to do? To submit your question and hear yourself on My First Million, go to MFMPod.com and click on the circle with the microphone in the lower right hand corner. ----- 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?...
Jul 08, 2022•13 min•Ep. 332
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk to Founder & CEO at ProfitWell, Patrick Campbell (@Patticus), about the billion dollar quilting industry, using spy secrets in business, buying cheap debt and a hostile takeover of a person. Also, want $5,000? Check out the My First Million Clips contest. ----- Links: * ProfitWell * Missouri Star Quilt Co. * Hallmark * KMikeyM * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more in...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 331
