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My First Million

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Episode 799: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the Starter Story founder Pat Walls ( https://x.com/thepatwalls )  about selling his company + business ideas he’s seen lately. 



Show Notes: 

(0:00) Being pre-close

(2:11) Starter Story

(5:49) Pushscroll

(10:12) Puffcount

(12:31) 5-0 Scanner 

(14:23) Cal.ai

(16:10) B2B Video 

(30:30) Busyness is for losers

(33:57) EOS

(39:56) I am my own biggest obstacle





Links:

• Starter Story - https://www.youtube.com/@starterstory 

• Starter Story database - https://www.starterstory.com/explore 

• “I Am My Own Greatest Obstacle” - https://patwalls.com/2020-i-am-my-own-greatest-obstacle 





Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

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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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /