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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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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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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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• 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 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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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 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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• 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 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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• 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 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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• 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 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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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 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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• 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 659: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jesse Itzler ( https://x.com/JesseItzler ) about how to live an epic life. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Come into the new year light

(7:56) Hand written letters

(14:03) Identify your B minuses

(20:15) Pick your Misogi

(27:28) 6 mini adventures

(37:38) Add a winning habit

(39:55) Write it down

(49:50) Don't f*cking waste 2025

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Links:

• Jesse Itzler - https://jesseitzler.com/ 

• Jesse's on MFM episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff1z3GUcfO8

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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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• 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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