My First Million

Episode 650: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Leila Hormozi ( https://x.com/LeilaHormozi ) about being broke at 22 to making $1,200,000.month by 23. 

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Show Notes: 
(0:00) Broke, overweight, going no where
(3:53) Wake up calls
(11:25) The Dickens Method
(13:29) Dating Alex Hormozi
(18:49) Starting Gym Launch at 23
(20:39) Repeating $0 - $15M in 12 months
(23:38) Life after selling gym launch
(25:15) "Who you compete with is who you become"
(34:28) $10M workshops
(35:30) Impatience with actions, patience with results

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Links:
• Acquisition - https://www.acquisition.com/ 
• Alex Hormozi on MFM - https://youtu.be/4KfuQwB5rIs 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 649: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Derek Guy ( https://x.com/dieworkwear ) about how to dress better, have more confidence, and where and how to build a wardrobe that lasts decades. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) Why it matters
(3:17) Sprezzatura
(6:01) Ralph Lauren
(9:33) Advice for the American male
(15:16) How to find a tailor
(17:21) Why we dress worse now
(20:15) How to build a wardrobe
(24:54) Budgeting
(28:23) Ready-to-wear, made-to-measure, and bespoke
(34:21) Personal style nirvana
(39:18) Buying for the decade

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Links:
• Die, Workwear! - https://dieworkwear.com/ 
• Inside the Mirrortocracy - https://carlos.bueno.org/2014/06/mirrortocracy.html 
• The Paradox of Choice - https://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Choice-Why-More-Less/dp/0060005696 
• How to Judge Quality in Clothing - https://www.putthison.com/how-to-judge-quality-in-clothing/ 

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Episode 648: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Flexport founder Ryan Petersen ( https://x.com/typesfast ) about playing both games: bootstrapping a startup to millions and raising venture capital to build a multi-billion dollar company. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) Import Genius
(5:36) Paul Graham's superpower
(9:34) Data-as-a-service framework
(13:51) Charlie Munger's worldly wisdom
(19:45) Prioritizing adventure
(24:09) The paradox of wealth
(28:51) Charlie Munger's student experiment
(31:00) Negotiation masterclass
(37:23) Inside Founders Fund
(43:16) Being in a crowd v following a crowd
(46:29) Highs and lows
(48:52) "You can just do things"
(50:16) Unseen arbitrages
(53:00) $50M Phone booths

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Links:
• Flexport - https://www.flexport.com/ 
• Flexport on X - https://x.com/flexport
• ImportGenius - https://www.importgenius.com/ 
• Schlep Blindness - https://paulgraham.com/schlep.html
• Poor Charlie’s Almanack - https://www.stripe.press/poor-charlies-almanack 
• Founders Fund - https://foundersfund.com/ 

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Episode 647: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) invite 6 college students to pitch their startup ideas. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) Intro
(3:58) Meet Your Class
(16:32) Metafrazo
(30:21) Milieu
(42:47) Brother Nuts
(54:14) Tour
(1:08:38) Pathlit

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Links:
• Meet Your Class - http://meetyourclass.com
• Jonah Liss -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahliss/ 
• Blake Mischley - https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-mischley/ 
• Metafrazo - http://metafrazo.ai
• Shrikar Lekkala - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrikar-lekkala/ 
• Milieu - http://milieubio.com
• Nathan Shatz - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-shatz/ 
• Brother Nuts - http://brothersnuts.com
• Austin Majors - https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-majors-6b3275195/ 
• Tour - http://usetour.com
• Amulya Parmar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amulya-agape/ 
• Pathlit - http://pathlit.com
• Advay Gupta - https://www.linkedin.com/in/advaygupta/ 


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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Episode 646: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Vanta founder Christina Cacioppo ( https://x.com/christinacaci ) about quitting her job and betting on herself. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) Stumblehustling into USV 
(4:36) Betting on the left side of your email address
(8:30) The art of fear
(11:47) Making bad art
(13:30) The marshmallow test
(17:26) Startup advice to beware of
(18:16) The idea for Vanta
(21:00) The only question that matters
(22:30) Managing your mind
(27:47) How to pick an idea to chase
(29:03) The real origin of Vanta
(31:00) Building a flywheel
(36:06) Controversial opinions
(40:49) Pushing past the no
(46:17) Not flinching during negotiations


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Links:
• Vanta - https://www.vanta.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Episode 645: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about cash-printing businesses that are around us every day and how to spot them. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) $1M dollar product: Water quality testing
(8:26) $10M dollar product: EZ Labor Law Posters
(15:22) $100M dollar product: Barcodes
(22:55) Idea: Casual Friday
(28:44) Marketing campaigns that altered culture
(36:00) Shaan reads his intro
(40:06) "Torches of freedom"
(44:42( Sam tours Yale campus
(50:59) Idea: YC campus

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Links:
• Oasis - https://www.oasiswater.app/ 
• GS1 - https://www.gs1us.org/ 
• Propaganda - https://tinyurl.com/2fc959jr 
• Craig Clemens Episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N9rNShYI_g 

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Episode 644: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to author and political campaign expert Sasha Issenberg ( https://x.com/sissenberg ) about the marketing machine behind presidential elections.  
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) The malarky factory and The Harm Index
(18:55) Trump's 2016 playbook
(28:18)Kamala's viral clip factory
(32:35) Who’s running a better 2024 campaign?
(35:04) What is Elon's role in Trump's campaign
(38:31) The lopsided downside of doorknocks
(42:25) Deepfakes and new tools in campaigning
(45:58) "The podcast election"
(50:00) The new playbook for winning in the age of meme wars
(54:15) Most mis-priced opportunity in elections

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Links:
• Sasha Issenberg - https://www.sashaissenberg.com/
• The Victory Lap - https://www.amazon.com/Victory-Lab-Science-Winning-Campaigns/dp/0307954803 
• The Lie Detectives - https://www.amazon.com/Lie-Detectives-Playbook-Elections-Disinformation/dp/B0CFN6WM3Y 

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Episode 643: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) answer juicy questions from the audience. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) Where should I put my money?
(9:35) Best thing you've read lately?
(15:28) Who’s on MFM’s Mt. Rushmore?
(26:18) When was your biggest gut punch?
(31:31) Who would you spend 24 hours with?
(40:24) What’s your best advice for new dads?

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Links:
• Alex Karp article - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/17/style/alex-karp-palantir.html
• Casa Bonita - https://www.casabonitadenver.com/
• Leave us a voicemail - https://www.mfmpod.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Episode 642: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Garry Tan ( https://x.com/garrytan ), CEO of Y Combinator, about the sauce that makes YC outperform the rest of Silicon Valley plus lessons from Paul Graham, Peter Thiel and Garry’s first million. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) Winning the game
(3:16) Being the Harvard of startups
(7:31) How YC outperforms most Silicon Valley investors
(9:36) Spotting extreme winners
(14:14) Capital-as-a-service
(16:34) How Garry hustled at 14 to get his into financial security
(23:04) Turning down Peter Thiel's offer to start Palantir
(32:20) Garry's first million
(44:57) Early days at YC
(51:31) The edge of startups with a 2-pizza team
(54:36) Advice for founders in AI
(1:05:57) The spoon-bending story

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Links:
• YC - https://www.ycombinator.com/
• Founding Sales - https://www.foundingsales.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Episode 640: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP )sits down with Mike Posner ( https://x.com/MikePosner ) about his insane hustle, fame, loss and reinvention.
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) iTunesU Story
(14:41) Going back to school, famous
(21:40) Getting on the radio
(26:40) “I just do what's cool to me and sometimes the whole world agrees”
(30:06) One true sentence / Writing Process
(39:50) Money, fame and Survivor
(46:52) Advice to my younger self
(48:10) Missed flight story
(58:00) The making of a hit song
(1:04:31) Walking Across America
(1:11:09) "How cheap is your happiness?"
(1:14:17) Beautiful States v Suffering States

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Links:
• Mike Posner - https://mikeposner.com/



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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano