My First Million

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Episode 669: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) do a deep dive on the 7 strangers that made the greatest investment of all time. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) Andy Bechtolsheim
(7:10) David Cheriton
(10:10) Ron Conway
(29:20) Alfred Lin
(35:00) Shaquille O'Neill
(37:20) Susan Wojcicki
(38:50) Pejman Nozad
(46:20) Jeff Bezos


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Links:
• SV Angel - https://svangel.com/ 


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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/

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Episode 668: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the story behind Muscle Milk, Scott Galloway's bet against FTX, and how Bill Ackman spent $460M in 4 hours. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) The untold Muscle Milk story
(16:41) Timelines of your heroes
(19:43) Having a social agenda
(22:29) Shaan pitches Sam a business
(38:58) Scott Galloway buys FTX claims
(47:17) The value of having a too hard pile
(55:18) Bill Ackman spends $460M in 4 hours

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Links:
• Muscle Milk - https://www.musclemilk.com/ 
• Flavor Insights - https://flavorinsights.com/ 
• Hormel - https://www.hormel.com/ 
• Arfur Rock - https://x.com/ArfurRock 


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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/

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Episode 667: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sheel Mohnot ( https://x.com/pitdesi ) about the biggest opportunities he sees right now. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) Intro
(2:33) iPod mini hustle
(10:40) Being a dot collector
(20:30) The $100M story of Thistle
(24:30) IDEA: Affinity-based retirement home
(34:30) IDEA: Yelp for professional services
(38:48) IDEA: Pearly whites
(42:10) IDEA: Outsourced pizza
(44:40) The story of Grey Goose
(48:00) IDEA: School for AI Tools
(52:00) Sheel's credit card stack
(59:00) Sheel's position on crypto
(1:03:00) Learning to sell

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Links:
• Thistle - https://www.thistle.co/ 
• Sam’s List - https://samslist.co/ 
• Pizzeria DeLuna - https://pizzeriadeluna.com/
• U.S. Bank Smartly Visa - https://www.usbank.com/credit-cards/bank-smartly-visa-signature-credit-card.html 


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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

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Watch this episode here - https://youtu.be/qkcFcwb6mk0

Episode 666: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) breaks down his 5 step process for making $1,000,000 quickly. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) Intro
(2:32) Slay the salary monster
(13:26) Play the game 10 times
(20:05) How to win even when you lose
(25:26) Proximity is power
(26:33) Impatient with action, patient with results

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Links:
• Sarah Moore episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF6zvTXimxY 

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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

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Episode 665: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Ramit Sethi ( https://x.com/ramit ) about money rules for couples in their 30s and 40s. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) 5 rules for money in your relationship
(5:25) the 4 money types: avoider, optimizer, worriers, dreamers
(10:15) The Annual Review
(23:00) Monthly money meetings
(26:00) There is no "money person"
(31:09) 4 benchmarks for high-earning couples
(35:03) Learning to spend
(41:01) Investments vs purchases
(43:39) Troubleshooting partnership disagreements
(49:00) Spending to solve problems
(53:00) Fight for simplicity


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Links:
• Money for Couples - http://iwt.com/moneyforcouples
• Ramit on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@ramitsethi

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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

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Episode 664: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about investing wisdom from Nassim Taleb and how to use ChatGPT as a life coach. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) No small boy stuff
(2:30) Squid Game for investors
(13:00) Noise v. signal
(20:36) Sam uses ChatGPT to plan his life
(31:50) Shaan explains how LLMs work
(39:50) How to write better prompts
(52:56) How to build a billion dollar company
(55:51) 13 Questions that will change your life


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Links:
• Nassim Taleb books - https://tinyurl.com/2vnvz36f 
• Crystal Ball Trading Challenge - https://elmwealth.com/crystal-ball-challenge/ 
• Kubera - https://www.kubera.com/ 
• 3Blue1Brown - https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown 
• Leetcode Wizard - https://leetcodewizard.io/ 
• Fertilo - https://www.gametogen.com/fertilo 
• “13 Questions That Will Change Your Life” - https://shaan.beehiiv.com/p/one-minute-blog-13-questions-that-will-change-your-life 

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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

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Episode 663: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down the best and worst of the year. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) Best Investment of The Year
(7:51) Worst Investments of The Year
(14:39) Biggest Personal L
(20:26) Coolest Moment
(24:50) Life Hack of the Year
(30:55) Billy of the year
(37:31) Frame Breaking Person
(48:53) Favorite guest
(57:30) Best Product
(1:01:24) Biggest change for next year

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Links:
• Inverse Galloway Index - https://inversegallowayindex.com/ 
• Nick Gray - https://nickgray.net/ 
• “Do What Makes The Best Story” - https://amasad.me/story 
• Brick - https://getbrick.app/ 

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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

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Episode 662: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Justin Mares ( https://x.com/jwmares ) about the biggest trends and opportunities in health and wellness. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) The poisoning of America
(7:17) IDEA: Home Health Services
(25:26) IDEA: Modern butcher shop
(38:58) IDEA: Calibrate for fertility
(45:34) Choose one problem for your career
(48:50) Building a 9-figure bone broth product
(59:18) Zuck donates his gold chain

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Links:
• The Great American Poisoning - https://justinmares.substack.com/p/the-great-american-poisoning 
• Lightwork - https://dolightwork.com/ 
• Blueprint - https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.com/ 
• Snake River Farms - https://snakeriverfarms.com/ 
• Calibrate - https://www.joincalibrate.com/ 
• Inflection Grant - https://www.inflectiongrants.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

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Episode 661: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the NY Christmas Tree mafia, 2 health startups with crazy traction, plus their predictions for big trends in 2025. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) Christmas Tree Mafia
(6:45) Neko Health
(11:57) Superpower
(21:43) Shaan's 4x/wk training program
(25:33) Prediction: Whole Foods is going down
(27:40) Prediction: Natural fibers, local meat


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Links:
• Curbed article - https://tinyurl.com/3z6tzf3w 
• Neko Health - https://www.nekohealth.com/ 
• Superpower - https://superpower.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

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Episode 660: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about founders who have rage as an unfair advantage, Bill Ackman’s takedown of Harvard, and a ruthless PE rollup. 
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Show Notes: 
(0:00) Revenge businesses and other green flags
(5:55) Chips on shoulders = chips in pockets
(19:38) Bhutan's Gross National Happiness
(34:48) Ruthless PE rollup: International schools
(43:58) IDEA: $500M YouTube University
(54:11) Bill Ackman Breaks down Harvard as a business

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Links:
• How To Lose Weight in 4 Easy Steps - https://tinyurl.com/2x67a7jc 
• Nord Anglia Education - https://www.nordangliaeducation.com/ 
• Full Sail University - https://hello.fullsail.edu/
• University of Austin - https://www.uaustin.org/people/joe-lonsdale 
• Veritas? - https://pershingsquarefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Veritas.pdf 

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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