Get the side hustle ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/trm

Episode 774: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to America’s richest lawyer John Morgan ( https://x.com/JohnMorganESQ ) about his fly-wheel side hustles. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:08) Wonderworks

(7:00) Alcatraz East ($5M/yr)

(13:00) John's earliest hustles

(17:11) Morgan & Morgan

(29:48) The John Morgan School of Branding

(33:30) Downtown Flavortown

(37:55) WWGD - What would Google do

(47:30) What John would chase today

(48:58) The winning formula

(52:05) Santa's Chocolate Factory

(56:11) Malls

(1:01:36) Bullets before bombs

(1:02:13) “fish first, fish fast”

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Links:

• WonderWorks - https://www.wonderworksonline.com/ 

• Alcatraz East - https://www.alcatrazeast.com/ 

• Morgan and Morgan - https://www.forthepeople.com/ 

• Litify - https://www.litify.com/ 

• Practice Made Perfect - https://www.pmpmg.com/ 

• Mass Torts Made Perfect - https://mtmp.com/ 

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

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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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Get Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your life coach: https://clickhubspot.com/hdp

Episode 773: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk about the systems you need to hit your goals, Shaan’s new unpaid side hustle, and how to be a better communicator. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) 5-year journaling

(2:09) The power of a good system

(8;21) The power of reminders

(10:38) Shaan's new career path

(16:27) the 3 things that matter

(27:38) high-standards

(32:45) How to craft an earworms

(42:42) giving back better

(46:11) The voice in your head

(50:26) Shaan talks to a ChatGPT coach about money

(1:00:01) “VIdeo is the native tongue of the internet”

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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!

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

—

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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Get the free Side Hustle Ideas Database 👉 https://clickhubspot.com/nsv

Episode 772: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Jesse Cole ( https://x.com/YellowTuxJesse ) the owner of Savannah Bananas and creator of Banana Ball. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) 200 fans, $260 in the bank

(3:00) The team no one ever heard about

(9:01) How to become an idea machine

(13:30) Lessons from PT Barnum, Bill Veeck, Walt Disney

(15:55) Surviving embarrassment

(19:16) Rock bottom

(23:34) Inside Jesse's creative process

(27:00) Stealing from MrBeast

(28:39( Jesse opens his idea book

(32:00) Meeting Bob Iger

(33:28) Identifying the chip on Jesse's shoulder

(38:58) 11 principles

(48:14) The 12-star experience

(53:12) The sacrifice of extreme hard mode

(58:08) Attracting vs recruiting

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Links:

• Savannah Bananas - https://thesavannahbananas.com/ 

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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!

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

—

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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Want to start a $1M side hustle? Get 100+ ideas here: https://clickhubspot.com/gbh

Episode 771: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk about simple business ideas that are making millions. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) suckmyguttersclean

(4:51) Hill BIlly of the Week

(9:50) The MrBeast of roofing

(16:02) Shaan gives his barber business advice

(21:07) The positioning of Ari Emanuel

(27:28) Barrett-Jackson auctions

(29:41) The offline craving for content

(39:56) Noise canceling products

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Links:

• Suck My Gutters Clean - https://www.suckmyguttersclean.com/ 

• Billy Bob Products - https://billybobproducts.com/

• Siua Cutz - https://www.instagram.com/siuacutz/ 

• Frieze - https://www.frieze.com/ 

• Barrett-Jackson - https://www.barrett-jackson.com/ 

• Museum of Ice Cream - https://www.museumoficecream.com/ 

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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!

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

—

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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Steal Sam's playbook to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/ohv

Episode 770: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Ben Horowitz ( https://x.com/bhorowitz ) about the Tupac murder, how to be a great leader, and the best opportunities for young people. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(5:36) Why most leadership books don't work

(9:25) What to do when your CTO is an asshole

(17:54) What makes Zuck a great CEO

(27:09) #1 reason why founders fail as CEOs

(33:10) Startups solving America's problems

(39:19) Opportunities for young people

(44:25) Culture rules with shock value

(55:25) Jeff Bezos' new startup

(57:00) Ben's uncommon traits

(1:00:13) Wisdom accelerators

(1:03:24) Paid in Full

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Links:

• High Output Management - https://tinyurl.com/yejpnfs8 

• The Motive - https://tinyurl.com/2ba2p52m 

• a16z - https://a16z.com/ 

• KoBold Metals - https://koboldmetals.com/ 

• Flock Safety - https://www.flocksafety.com/ 

• Paid In Full - https://paidinfullfoundation.org/ 

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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!

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

—

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 //

Want to start a $1M side hustle? Get 100+ ideas here: https://clickhubspot.com/gtb

Episode 769: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Sheel Mohnot ( https://x.com/pitdesi ) about $10M business ideas you could be early on. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:42) 50-year mortgage

(11:22) #1 - AI Yard Vision

(15:02) #2 - AI Pool Vision

(24:05) #4 - Peptides

(35:43) #5 - eHarmony for Surrogacy

(44:13) #6 - EMS - not the one you're thinking

(55:53) #7 - Prediction Marketplaces

(56:30) Books are a waste of time

(58:13) Message the owner

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Links:

• BTV - https://www.btv.vc/ 

• DeepLawn - https://deeplawn.com/ 

• Roofer - https://roofer.com/ 

• Hone - https://honehealth.com/

• Katalyst - https://katalyst.com/ 

—

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

—

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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Get the cheat sheet: Jamie's 5 steps to build a $1B product from a $200 idea: https://clickhubspot.com/ajn

Episode 768: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk to Ring founder Jamie Siminoff ( https://x.com/JamieSiminoff ) about the wild story of building and selling Ring–plus business ideas he thinks someone should go after. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:47) Selling Ring for $1.15B

(6:48) Getting sued by ADT

(17:18) Working with Jeff Bezos

(19:29) $400M to $4B

(24:02) Getting the wire

(26:44) Money v freedom

(28:29) Rule 1: Start with the problem

(30:02) Rule 2: Little solution, massive market

(33:31) Idea: Modern bug control ($5-10B idea)

(40:35) Rule 3: The snowball approach

(43:54) Ding Dong and other must reads

(46:32) The Tom Brady philosophy on hiring

(51:33) The too hard pile

(54:25) Stickwithitness

(56:14) Last mile marketing

(58:08) Rebuilding a town

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Links:

• Ding Dong - https://tinyurl.com/3zrsjete 

• Ring - https://ring.com/ 

—

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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!

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

—

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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Get the free guide on 5 Ways to Start a Business with Less Than $1k: https://clickhubspot.com/icv

Episode 767: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) react to Bill Ackman’s dating advice for young men. Plus, the 20-something kid who’s making $300K/month doing man-on-the-street interviews.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) May I meet you?

(10:52) $300K/mo Street interviews as a service

(17:14) Taking a stance

(25:53) The crazy story of Pandora

(30:43) Taking simple ideas seriously

(37:31) Ben Horowitz, a great hang

(45:49) Noticing the AI tipping point

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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!

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

—

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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Get the Side Hustle Ideas Database [free]: https://clickhubspot.com/ckf

Episode 765: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk about every business Shaan tried before he made his first million.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) #1 Chipotle of Sushi

(5:00) #2 Selling Wristbands Online

(9:34) #3 Biotech with a billionaire

(12:54) #4 Making the next billion dollar app

(17:30) #5 Ride a wave

(22:37) Shaan applies to Stripe

(25:29) Going from 0/12 to 5/5

(26:35) Project selection

(40:00) Your last dollar

(46:00) Uncle Shaan's advice for 20 year olds

(52:12) New segment: Life happens

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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!

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

—

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 //

Want the Side Hustle Ideas Database? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/jnd

Episode 765: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) talk about every business Sam tried before he made his first million.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) #1 - Flipping Sports Equipment

(2:05) #2 - Hot Dog Stand

(5:42) #3 - Online Liquor Store

(8:33) #4 - Anti-MBA Book Club

(10:40) #5 - Roommate Matching

(12:11) What to start now

(19:48) Risk vs uncertainty

(24:57) #? - Itch Juice

(29:04) A bunch of failures

(34:17) Lessons from starting 17 businesses

—

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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!

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

—

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 //

Get Sam & Shaan's guide to build a Million Dollar Business (+team): https://clickhubspot.com/hde

Episode 764: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) talks to Alex Hormozi ( https://x.com/AlexHormozi ) about how to hire A+ talent, how to think in frameworks, and how to write for maximum persuasion. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Hiring for general intelligence

(16:12) The snowball of talent

(18:59) Employees v. Partners

(20:35) How to be a magnet for talent

(24:39) #1 mistake

(26:37) Be fast to fire

(30:33) macro patience, micro speed

(38:03) Shower thoughts w/ Hormozi

(44:58) Persuasion

(1:05:12) Alex reads his own tweets

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Links:

• Acquisition - https://www.acquisition.com/ 

• 1929 - https://tinyurl.com/5n78rjzw 

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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

—

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 //