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Episode 833: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) breakdown the biggest IPO of all time.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) what even is SpaceX
(7:11) What even is a trillion dollars?
(8:51) Launches explained
(9:07) Starlink
(14:07) Data centers in space
(17:39) Starship
(24:46) Grok
(28:06) a wonderful business at a silly price?
(34:16) the mission
(37:51) SBF's $114B fumble
(39:04) funny, weird, surprising nuggets from the IPO
(42:35Who's getting rich this week?
(51:13) The genius insight of Luke at Gigafund
(55:46) Pessimists get to be right, optimists get to be right
(59:12) Elon's comp package
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Episode 832: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to legendary fund manager Barry Ritholtz( https://x.com/Ritholtz ) about the behaviors that destroy returns for investors and how to avoid them.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:19) christmas tree portfolio
(4:43) the cowboy account
(9:51) day trading
(11:09) Barry yells at Lloyd Blankfein
(13:46) panic selling
(16:45) sam picks a fight
(18:46) direct indexing
(21:43) Great investors
(27:25) 90% of everything is crap
(36:14) Elon's foray into PE
(44:02) Predicting the housing crisis
(46:01) spending a year as the dumbest guy on wall street
(49:01) Why bubbles are good for the economy
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Links:
• How Not To Invest - https://www.hownottoinvestbook.com/
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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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• 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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Episode 831: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of a $270M/yr meat purveyor plus Nick Sleep’s letter and the framework that will make Elon a trillionaire.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The $300M butcher
(18:28) Nick Sleep letters
(23:20) the idiot index
(35:44) breaking your own frame
(39:04) how to become a king maker
(51:49) Idea: Teen nerd awards
(57:23) Sam's List
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Links:
• https://www.lafrieda.com/
• https://www.omahasteaks.com/
• https://drinklmnt.com/
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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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• 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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Episode 830: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) rate 7 crazy business ideas that are actually genius.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:14) Pet Chat
(5:47) Super Brain
(9:44) At home hyperbarics
(13:03) Blue collar meta learning
(16:57) Endpoint Arena
(21:54) Bathhouse + Steakhouse Experience
(27:46) Funday Press
(31:52) Dumb phones
(41:42) Zach Yadegari's new thing
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Links:
• HVAC Technician Trainining - https://www.meta.com/experiences/hvac-technician/9277146442386260/
• Endpoint Arena - https://endpointarena.com
• The Funday Press - https://thefundaypress.com
• Dumb.co - http://dumb.co/
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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• 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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Episode 829: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with Tom Freston to talk about the insane story of starting MTV and shaping America in the 80s and 90s.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(4:04) Millionaire by 26, broke by 33
(8:49) The first days of MTV (no frontal nudity)
(14:14) Music Videos
(19:03) How to spot culture-changing talent
(27:12) Making your employees party together
(31:56) Nickelodeon, SpongeBob, and Building Legacy IP
(35:21) Programming for a Specific Audience
(37:33) The Facebook Acquisition That Almost Happened
(41:25) Founders Who Refuse to Sell
(43:29) Rupert Murdoch vs. Sumner Redstone
(45:23) MySpace, Big Bets, and Getting Fired
(47:55) Inside the writers room
(51:33) Oprah Calling
(54:00) The End of Monoculture and the Creator Economy
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Links:
Unplugged - https://a.co/d/0ef6YVu2
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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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• 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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Episode 828: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to billionaire Joe Liemandt ( https://x.com/jliemandt ) about the experiment he’s put $1,000,000,000 of his own money into.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Joe, the total man?
(08:09) fighting bill gates for talent
(13:14) intensity
(16:18) choosing hard over easy
(19:00) how to be a magnet
(21:34) high standards
(23:29) being persuasive
(29:23) simplicity: 3 ines, 3 words
(34:41) is 2x faster really better?
(36:23) making kids run a 5k
(38:45) why be public now
(41:01) why put $1b into the lowest roi thing?
(50:03) buying SaaS companies
(51:06) cloning Warren Buffett's brain
(53:00) changing your brain lift
(57:19) is AI going to make everyone dumb?
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Links:
• Alpha School - https://alpha.school/
• 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People - https://a.co/d/048Cfexh
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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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• 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.
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Episode 827: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Mohnish Pabrai to break down the mental models that made him a billionaire value investor.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:25) Mental models of the top 1%
(3:38) The mistress is always hotter than the wife
(6:37) Introduce Randomness in your life
(10:47) Humans are poor at copying
(20:13) Take a simple idea seriously
(23:02) Be and inch wide and a mile deep
(30:29) Never use Excel
(35:03) Wait for fat pitches
(39:38) the stock market is like a church with a casino
(44:01) Paying $650,000 to have lunch with Warren Buffett
(45:43) The cautionary tale of Rick Guerin
(47:22) The inner score card
(49:25) The future of Berkshire Hathaway
(51:29) Mohnish’s best investment
(1:02:39) The hardest question
(1:06:16) How to beat the index
(1:11:25) Mohnish's stock picks for 2026
(1:22:26) S&P 500
(1:24:57) life advice disguised as investing advice
(1:29:32) Studying the greatest investors
(1:37:51) if you remember nothing else, remember this
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Links:
Mohnish Part 1: This Guy Copy-Pasted Warren Buffett’s Strategy (And Became A Billionaire)
Mohnish Part 2: Go from $10,000 to $1M in just 3 years
The Dhando Investor - https://a.co/d/0hkx1t8g
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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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• 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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Episode 826: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) chop it up with Gary Vee.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:40) Nick Dio, VP of friendships
(6:47) How to invest $1M on yourself
(10:06) being long term greedy
(17:53) Gary breaks down his companies and revenue
(21:43) day in the life of Gary v
(26:19) breaking down the 15-minute meeting
(29:07) eat shit and firefight
(31:00) picking projects
(32:31) 5-year bets gary is making
(34:04) missed fat pitches
(38:00) vetting shady people
(42:55) Mimetic rivals
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Links:
• https://vaynersports.com/
• https://www.vaynerwatt.com/
• https://winelibrary.com/
• https://empathywines.com/
• https://resy.com/
• https://vcrgroup.com/
• https://vaynerx.com/
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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• 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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Episode 824: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) open the kimono and do a My First Million strategy meeting live.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:11) the virtue of selfishness
(5:54) clip army
(14:01) MFM 1% events
(22:13) newsletter
(24:50) mfm dinner club
(29:19) barbell guests
(34:13) content ideas
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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• 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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Episode 823: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about their billy of the week, childhood passions and people making millions on TikTok selling stuff.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Billy of the week
(8:25) Raising kids with an edge
(13:37) childhood passions
(26:44) Random TikTok People Are Making Millions Selling Hoodies
(42:11) the best brands start janky
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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• 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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Episode 822: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how your genes could determine how much money you make and the startup ideas YC is betting on.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) money genes
(5:07) your personality is your business
(23:46) productive placebos
(33:39) YC Request for Startups
(34:57) IDEA: aesthetic data centers
(42:15) IDEA: The company brain
(51:10) IDEA: drone swarm defense
(57:33) IDEA: personalized medicine
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Links:
• YC RFS - https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs
• Deep Personality - https://deeppersonality.app/
• Viktor - https://getviktor.com/
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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• 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.
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Episode 821: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Replit founder Amjad Masad ( https://x.com/amasad ) about growing 100x in one year.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) 2.5M to 250M in 1 year
(10:28) the darkest hour
(17:00) pivot, pivot, pivot, until it hits
(28:19) companies exploding with Replit
(33:05) Amjad's business ideas
(38:44) "we are in the singularity"
(51:24) best business biography
(53:23) getting on Joe Rogan
(57:00) slowing down under pressure
(1:11:08) Vercel scandal
(1:13:35) lifestyle upgrades of being a billionaire
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Links:
• Replit - https://replit.com/
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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• 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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Episode 820: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Rohan Oza about how his formula for simple products that end in multi-billion dollar exits.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The brandfather
(2:40) Rule 1: influence the influencer
(7:02) Deal: Poppi on Shark Tank
(20:32) rule 2: Make a brand pop culture
(25:10) knowing winners from losers
(26:48) Rohan breaks down his formula
(29:31) "shelf space is the original algorithm"
(33:39) Closing the biggest deal of your life
(38:57) how to win with no network
(42:07) Rohan's first million
(46:45) spotting the next trend (tastebuds and TAM)
(48:09) How do you sell water?
(52:33) learning from the giants
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Links:
• CAVU - https://cavuconsumer.com/
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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• 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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Episode 819: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) answer the question, “If you’re smart and in your 20s, where’s the opportunity?”
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Where is the opportunity right now?
(08:01) the buff billionaire
(19:43) We break down the TBPN acquisition by OpenAI
(31:59) 2 stories of John Coogan being locked in
(41:56) William Randolph Hearst
(54:48) Collecting 100x talent
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Links:
• GTA VI - https://www.rockstargames.com/VI
• John Coogan on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@JohnCooganPlus/videos
• Hearst Castle - https://hearstcastle.org/
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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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• 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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Episode 818: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how to design a life worth living.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Follow your bliss
(3:33) enthusiasm, enduring enthusiasm, mastery, passion
(16:23) Find a loop that you love
(24:49) The top 5 regrets of the dying
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Links:
• The Top 5 Regrets of The Dying - https://a.co/d/07V6Zze9
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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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!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Get Shaan's guide to go from $0 to $1M: https://clickhubspot.com/etpc
Episode 817: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Chad Janis ( https://x.com/chadjanis ) who just sold his gummies business for $1b+ in less than 3 years.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:28) origin story
(8:11) $30K to $230K in 1 month
(10:33) Naming Gruns
(13:14) remixing formats
(20:28) only looking for $10b ideas
(29:25) 10-minute ecom Marketing Masterclass
(41:26) $1b Idea: ACH distribution layer
(48:17) Access is everything
(57:16) Where Chad is going to spend his money
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Links:
• Gruns - https://gruns.co/
• Replo - https://www.replo.app/
• Monarch - https://www.monarch.com/
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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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!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:
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Get our investing playbook (with 35+ insights from top investors): https://clickhubspot.com/rwpt
Episode 816: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the opportunities with AI and longevity.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Hal Finney
(9:30) Aubrey De Grey
(23:10) Be Here Now
(33:31) Oz Pearlman
(42:55) When Kevin Hart met Jeff Bezos
(50:46) Shaan reads The Art of The Deal
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Links:
• The Prospect of Immortality - https://a.co/d/0d2jc81i
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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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!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:
beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge
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Run your life like a $100M business. Get the system here: https://clickhubspot.com/cdew
Episode 815: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Charles Duhigg ( https://x.com/cduhigg ) about how to transform your life through habits.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) the habit loop
(5:26) you fall to the levels of your systems
(11:06) replying to emails in your inbox
(14:44) chosen bad habits
(16:20) 1-line journaling
(19:30) supercommunication
(28:12) Trump's supercommunication skill
(33:15) a case against authenticity
(37:44) famous speeches
(45:58) coldcalling 900 people
(47:43) 60-second productivity masterclass
(49:51) The best stuff Charles has read lately
(53:13) financial freedom
(56:17) bending the earth to your will
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Links:
• Charles Duhigg - https://charlesduhigg.com/
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
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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!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:
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Get Steph's database with 100+ stats that will shape the next decade: https://clickhubspot.com/ehsf
Episode 814: In this special episode, we’re pulling our best moments with the trends queen herself, Steph Smith ( https://x.com/stephsmithio ).
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(0:44) Silver Tsunami
(8:05) Sports
(11:39) Mega trends (declining birthrate, air quality)
(21:41) Nerd Neck
(25:49) Nature
(32:02) Breakup Spending
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
—
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!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:
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Get our CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/rmfk
Episode 813: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Jon McNeill about his time running Tesla and working side-by-side with Elon Musk.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:18) a job interview with Elon Musk
(5:07) Being a sniper for talent
(8:20) solve a real problem, right now.
(11:23) solving Tesla's sales problem
(23:41) One size fits all opportunities
(26:50) the power of noticing
(31:45) order of magnitude goals
(38:34) 3 sentence emails
(43:24) identifying $50B industry
(49:05) AI
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Links:
• The Algorithm - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799958/the-algorithm-by-jon-mcneill/
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm
—
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!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:
beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge
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