The Hustle presents - My First Million. A podcast where Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests and brainstorm with them.
Episode 676: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with MrBeast ( https://x.com/MrBeast ) to talk about the mindset that made him the youngest billionaire and biggest entertainer on earth.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Origin story
(5:11) Burn the boats
(11:15) The Rule of 100
(16:49) You can make anything go viral
(23:27) Cloning
(28:39) Impossible is possible
(36:53) Consultants are a cheat code
(41:25) Block out the noise
(43:00) Reinvest everything
(47:30) Feastables
(53:02) Getting jacked
(54:56) Buying TikTok
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Links:
• MrBeast on YouTube - https://tinyurl.com/2wfkm4by
• Beast Games - https://tinyurl.com/fh3atsxp
• Feastables - https://feastables.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
Episode 675: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the three stories of founders with insanely high agency.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Boom Supersonic
(30:50) Nick Mowbray, #1 most impressive founder
(43:43) The Moped King
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Links:
• Boom Supersonic - https://boomsupersonic.com/
• ZURU - http://zurutoys.com/
• Fly E-Bike - https://www.flyebike.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
Episode 674: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the most successful sports better of all time, Haralabos Voulgaris ( https://x.com/haralabob ).
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Stumbling into gambling
(6:19) Finding your edge
(19:23) Alpha
(27:28) Casinos are for losers
(30:02) Betting 160% on Bitcoin
(35:36) Getting paid
(37:31) Buying a soccer team
(46:11) Investing every dollar into Bitcoin
(49:27) Analogue things and biohacking
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Links:
• https://www.cdcastellon.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
Episode 673: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Nick Mowbray ( https://x.com/NMowbray23 ), the founder of the most profitable toy company in the world.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Selling DIY hot air balloons door-to-door
(5:57) First product
(21:32) $30M David Beckham Tamagotchi fail
(30:18) Nightball
(36:18) Robofish
(41:43) Diapers
(48:44) Shampoo, pet food, confectionary, supplements, home products
(1:00:07) Zurutech - a self-funded moonshot
(1:03:28) Serial entrepreneur flywheel
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Links:
• Zuru - https://zurutoys.com/
• Zuru Tech - https://zuru.tech/
• Boom Supersonic - https://boomsupersonic.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
Episode 672: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Matt Mullenweg ( https://x.com/photomatt ), the founder of WordPress and Automattic.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Turning down $200M at 24
(6:04) WordPress's 1000 days of irrelevance
(9:24) Turning a small South African company into $3B
(13:40) The battle of giants - WooCommerce vs Shopify
(18:37) Matt's Villain Arc
(30:07) Auditions > Interviews
(36:04) Putting every employee on the front line
(42:56) Matt on Deepseek
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Links:
• Automattic - https://automattic.com/
• WordPress - https://wordpress.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
Episode 671: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) recap a weekend spent with billionaires in Greenville, NC.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(4:49) Fish Where The Fish Swim, Not Where The Fishermen Stand
(12:45) Man Does Not Sell Chocolate, He Becomes It
(18:48) Non-Obnoxious Confidence Beats IQ
(22:53) I Am
(24:51) Take Your Billions and Shove It
(30:20) Hardwork.....maybe?
(32:41) Health is the New Status Symbol
(37:39) Midwit meme in full effect
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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
Episode 670: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Andrew Wilkinson ( https://x.com/awilkinson ) about the AI tools that are replacing new hires.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) AI to kill admin work
(7:37) the K-shaped future
(16:29) 24/7 agents in your business
(25:46) Software is the new commodity
(38:40) Andrew's AI hedge investments
(50:56) Buy, sell, or hold
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Links:
Lindy - https://www.lindy.ai/
Howie - https://howie.ai/
Fyxer - https://www.fyxer.com/
Fathom - https://fathom.video/
Otter - https://otter.ai/
Claude - https://claude.ai/
Zero - https://zerotax.ai/
Replit - https://replit.com/
Constellation - https://www.csisoftware.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
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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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
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/
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
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
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