Episode 620: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) breaks down the 9 lessons he’s learned while building an audience. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:17) Forget the numbers (6:11) Find your inner nerd (9:57)Build a magnet (10:40) First, Last, Best, Worst, Weirdest (12:40) The thing I wish I knew earlier (15:53) No such thing as too long (16:18) A+ content with C- delivery (17:58) Create a binge bank (18:32) People don’t want information (19:55) Be so good they can’t ignore you — Get our business id...
Aug 21, 2024•28 min
Episode 619: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) do a post-mortem on a fight they had yesterday. — Show Notes: (0:00) Fights don't start as fights (9:08) Gottman's Fourhorseman of the Apocalypse (11:28) The magic ratio of 5:1 (15:42) The body keeps the score (19:36) No winners in war (24:19) Mistaken attribution (26:40) Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy (29:17) The cardinal sin is measuring (32:55) The best relationships are bigger than...
Aug 19, 2024•47 min
Episode 618: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Alex Hormozi ( https://x.com/AlexHormozi ) about losing everything overnight, investing in Skool, and Acquisition’s $250M/yr playbook. — Show Notes: (0:00) Brink of oblivion to $26M in 18 months (18:13) Crafting a killer offer (28:14) Investing in Skool (36:25) Acquisition’s $250M/yr playbook (52:46) “Here's what I would buy now” — Links: • Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot....
Aug 15, 2024•58 min
Episode 617: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the most important conversations they had when they were just getting started. — Show Notes: (0:00) Scott Belsky’s pep talk (5:43) Enrolling in Getting Rich (9:37) John Prendergrast asks a better question (13:37 Michael Birch pulls Shaan aside — Links: • Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm • Sabi - https://sabisushi.wordpress.com/ • Shaan’s online “resume” - https:/...
Aug 12, 2024•22 min
Episode 616: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about what they are doing in response to the market dip, plus The Olympics biggest winners and losers of the week. Show Notes: (0:00) Boys React: The market dip (4:32) React or respond? (10:48) The Olympics winners and losers (19:03) Winner: Fem Kabul (21:26) Winner: Team Refugees (24:48) Loser: Simone Biles and Gymnastics in general (27:30) Loser: Pole vault guy memes (28:18) Winner: Noah Lyles (30:...
Aug 09, 2024•52 min
Episode 615: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of Scott Heiferman, the reindustrialization of America, plus Elon’s Problem Solving Method. — Show Notes: (0:00) Millionaire working at McDonalds (11:40) Scott Heiferman’s path to $15M (17:32) Building Meetup.com to $156M exit (24:20) Rosie the Riveter 3.0 (34:32) Elon's Problem Solving Method — Links: • Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm • Meetup - https://www...
Aug 07, 2024•45 min
Episode 614: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) share the stories of people who took shots on goal and were just one hit away from blowing up. — Show Notes: (0:00) The Jewish Ed Sheeran (10:22) The actual Ed Sheeran (15:00) Eric the Eel (20:00) How CarEdge is quietly crushing it (29:21) How a car dealership is pulling millions of views on TikTok (33:07) $100M+ Pokemon sleep tracking app (35:55) Nick Gray's new thing (39:37) “The best advice is free by ...
Jul 31, 2024•58 min
Episode 613: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to about the giving up drinking 11 years ago and the lessons he learned for anyone wanting to make a major change in their life. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:00) Lesson 1: Figure out your why and go all in on that. (4:14) Lesson 2: Tell your friends (8:40) Lesson 3: Recreate your identity. (13:00) Lesson 4: Don’t be perfect, just mostly good. (15:50) Lesson 5: You’ll attract more people. (18:26) Lesson 6. Find inspiration. (It’s ok to be c...
Jul 29, 2024•27 min
Episode 612: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sarah Guo ( https://x.com/saranormous ) about the Ai ideas she thinks could be $1B swings. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (4:00) IDEA: AI companions (16:00) IDEA: AI interior design / professional headshots (22:30) IDEA: A richer version of The Sims (25:00) The speedy way to do this if you're non-technical (27:00) IDEA: Your Personal Seller (32:00) IDEA: Generative Voice API for service pr...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Episode 611: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) catch up and share 3 business ideas they came up with over the weekend. — Show Notes: (0:00) Shaan's no phone weekend (5:17) Control your inputs (10:20) Life hack: Play with your kid (15:38) Business Idea: Sketchy (25:15) Business Idea: Niche Fake News You Can Trust (34:41) Business Idea: Tampons that won't kill you (40:28) An unqualified brief history of presidential assassinations (46:09) Th...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Episode 610: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the $1b dollar app idea for millennial moms, how Solidcore founder Anne Mahlum emptied her life savings into a pilates studio that she sold for $88M + Shaan writes a movie using ChatGPT. — Show Notes: (0:00) APP IDEA: Reddit For Moms (3:50) Capitalizing on a reverse craving (14:30) How we use our wives to predict trends (18:54) Shaan uses ChatGPT to make a movie (22:56) How to use C...
Jul 19, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Episode 609: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) break down the genius marketing tactics used by the brands you can’t get out of your brain–no matter how much you want to. — Show Notes: (0:00) The history of jingles (Bring them back!) (11:07) Prediction: Polymarket is going to be massive (21:25) The wisdom on the crowd phenomenon (26:36) How gaming apps hunt for whales (31:00) Corporate Slang That Doesn't Exist But Should — Links: • DatPiff ...
Jul 17, 2024•45 min
Episode 608: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) react to the $22M "fake-work" app, mouse jigglers & Ryan Serhant’s Netflix show. — Show Notes: (0:00) Devices helping the overemployed cheat on their bosses (6:50) $22M ARR side hustle catching mouse jigglers (8:36) Career polygamy support at r/overemployed (11:18) Is this a good strategy for financial freedom? (15:58) Big Desk Energy (20:22) Life hack: Intentional internet consumption (26...
Jul 12, 2024•56 min
Episode 607: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Dan Porter ( https://x.com/tfadp ) about selling his app for $200M after just 6 weeks plus stories about Richard Branson, Ari Emmanuel & building cult brands. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:29) Story behind OMGPop gaming company (5:23)Creating viral mobile game Draw My Thing (now Draw Something) (12:02) 25 million users a day, 1 million drawings every 5 seconds (24:10) Zynga bought ...
Jul 10, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Episode 606: Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) brings you 24 minutes of raw motivation. Think of this as an angry love letter to kick off your week. — Show Notes: (0:00) Peter Thiel’s One Priority Philosophy (4:30) 3 lies you’re telling yourself (7:55) Zuck closes a $1B dollar deal in 48 hours (13:41) The Collison Installation (16:13) Lead bullets v Silver bullets (18:51) When to sprint (20:44) The 3 Big Questions — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: Need to hire? You should use the same service ...
Jul 08, 2024•26 min
Episode 604: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Andrew Wilkinson ( https://x.com/awilkinson ) about how he went from a $6.50/hr barista to millionaire in just 4 years. — Show Notes: (1:00) From barista to billionaire (1:40) Andrew’s 1st level up: From day job to self employed (3:26) Shaan 1st money made as an entrepreneur (4:40) Sam’s 1st money as an entrepreneur (7:15) Andrew’s 2nd level up: From self employed to boss (8:40) From s...
Jul 05, 2024•58 min•Ep. 604
Episode 603: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Kevin Van Trump ( https://x.com/KevinVanTrump ) about his journey from rural farm kid, to commodities trader, to creator of a farm newsletter that’s making $20M/year. — Show Notes: (0:45) How Sam met Kevin, then got his mind blown (2:05) Shaan's reaction at his 1st Farmcon experience (Corn futures and options trading) (4:35) The farmer's theory of the old bear and the young bull (5:00)...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 603
Episode 602: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how to 10x your odds of success. — Show Notes: (0:00) Ed Thorp and the mathematics of gambling (7:51) World's first hedge fund (12:12) Sam and Shaan revisit “The Game” (16:06) The Feynman technique for learning (21:14) Shaan's one criteria for action (24:58) Why you don't need privilege to start (29:06) Playing "the game" of business (33:37) Switching to better games (36:15) How the...
Jun 28, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Episode 601: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Calley Means ( https://x.com/calleymeans ) about the $50T drug that has Americans in a chokehold. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:54) The problem with Ozempic (4:25) America is a dirty fish tank (9:58) The Flexner Report (12:06) 90% of doctors never study nutrition or fitness (15:38) Cigarette companies invented processed food (17:16) A case for Ozempic (21:56) The macroeconomics of Ozem...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Episode 600: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sabri Suby ( https://x.com/sabrisuby) about business ideas he would go after if he was starting from scratch. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:04) Idea: Done-For-You Channel Growth (7:28) Idea: Affiliate arbitrage for Chiropractors (13:02) Idea: Live Chat as a service (14:50) Look for customers with a bleeding neck (17:39) Idea: $100K/day opportunity with TikTok Shops (26:42) Get paid to ...
Jun 25, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Episode 599: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the best traits of a startup founder and lessons from how Dana White, Elon Musk, and Emmett Shear cut through the bullshit. — Show Notes: (0:00) Top traits founders should take from Dana White (5:35) 1 - Brute force (10:21) 2 - Extreme bias for action (14:55) Quick audit of Dana White's gambling claims (18:00) 3 - Speed (19:00) Checklist for a perfect niche event business (22:56) ID...
Jun 22, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Episode 598: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about which path is worth pursuing: money or passion? — Show Notes: (0:00) The rise and fall of the Lehman Brothers (4:56) The life we live vs the unlived life (9:13) How Jerry Seinfeld puts in the work (12:54) You don't have to save the world (21:45) “What would I work on if I wasn't afraid?” (23:27) Sylvester Stallone and the wolf at the door (30:10) Low Key Billy of the Week: Michael P...
Jun 19, 2024•49 min
Episode 597: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to Brett Adcock ( https://x.com/adcock_brett ) about his next big idea, his checklist for entrepreneurs, and his framework for learning new things and moving fast. — Show Notes: (0:00) Solving school shootings (3:15) Cold calling NASA (6:14) Spotting the mega-trend (8:37) "Thinking big is easier" (12:42) Brett's philosophy on company names (16:22) Brett's ideas note app: genetics, super-sonic travel, synthetic foods (19:45) "I just w...
Jun 17, 2024•39 min
Episode 596: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to Craig Fuller ( https://x.com/FreightAlley ) about how he turned dying hobby magazines into a cash flow machine. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:45) Economics of long-haul trucking (3:36) Getting fired from the family business (5:30) Fuel cards for truck drivers (6:40) How FreightWaves hit $20M ARR in 2 years (9:08) Acquiring FLYING for $3.5M (12:14) Opportunity: Depressed media properties (16:02) From losing $8 per subscriber to pro...
Jun 13, 2024•59 min
Episode 595: Anand Sanwal ( https://x.com/asanwal ) joins Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) to reveal his playbook for building an insanely profitable data business. — Show Notes: (0:00) Anand’s data arbitrage playbook (9:51) Starting weird as Chubby Brain (12:03) Don't run 100mph in the wrong direction (14:53) Edge, Collection, and Opportunity (19:24) IDEA: High-end Glassdoor (27:00) IDEA: C-Suite Head Hunting Service (28:57) IDEA: HomeOp...
Jun 11, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Episode 594: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) explain what’s happening with GameStop AGAIN and how Keith Gill turned $56k into $210M with memes. — Show Notes: (0:00) Roaring Kitty's $200M GameStop holding (8:41) Is Keith Gill the most genius creator behind a brand? (14:53) Where did the $65M come from? (17:44) The 7 Stages of GameStop FOMO (20:00) Ryan Cohen's activist investments in GameStop, Bed Bath and Beyond (26:34) Shaan's honest ta...
Jun 07, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Episode 593: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Jason Fried ( https://x.com/jasonfried ) open up about personal finances, raising kids around wealth and dealing with risk. — Show Notes: (0:00) Sam and Jason play Would You Rather... (5:15) Loosening the grip on the stick (12:35) The pale blue dot (14:03) Why does the businessworld deserve our best lessons? (18:30) Early days vs. vs. middle days vs later days (24:47) "A founder's job is to inject risk" (29:36) “Cool wears off but usef...
Jun 05, 2024•59 min
Episode 592: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) break down the economics of luxury hobby magazines, make a prediction about Ai cameras, and explain how to find the next tech wave. Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5 — Show Notes: (0:00) Craig Fuller's field of dreams (5:12) $50M side hustle (9:16) We call to find out EXACTLY how he did it (19:02) The New York...
Jun 03, 2024•52 min
Episode 591: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to Kevin Espiritu ( https://x.com/KevinEspiritu ), AKA The Plant Daddy, about how he turned a side hustle into a $45M business in his backyard. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:41) $250k playing online poker (6:04) The influence of Pat Flynn (7:43) Cocoa butter cream review site (8:30) Printing on-demand shirts (12:26) From Scribe to $300/mo gardening blog (15:06) Inflection point: The metal raised bed (17:42) Billion-dollar blogs (19:2...
May 31, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Episode 590: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr ( https://twitter.com/JackCarrUSA ) about how he churns out hit after hit and what the SEALs has taught him about hardship, mission readiness, and hitting targets. Want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Head to the MFM YouTube Channel and subscribe - http://tinyurl.com/5n7ftsy5 — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:15) Launching a book how Red Bull launches a drink (7:30) 6 books in 6 yea...
May 29, 2024•53 min
