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  • My First Million

    Best of MFM: Listen To This Before You Invest Another Dollar

    25/03/2026 | 35 mins.
    Want to invest like the best? Get Mohnish's investment playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/jbhm

    Episode 808: In this special episode, we’re pulling together the most replayed moments from our episodes with value investors like Mohnish Pabrai, Howard Marks and Guy Spier. 



    Show Notes: 

    (0:00) Mohnish Pabrai: How to turn $10K into $1M

    (3:56) Howard Marks: The S&P 500

    (9:29) Guy Spier: Finite and Infinite Games

    (14:47) Mohnish Pabrai: Circle the wagons

    (17:58) Howard Marks: Recommended Reading

    (23:03) Mohnish Pabrai: The most important thing

    (27:16) Howard Marks: “When the time comes to buy, you won’t want to” 

    (31:17) Guy Spier: Don’t study lottery winners



    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

    My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /
  • My First Million

    This guy cured his dog’s cancer with ChatGPT + 4 other crazy AI stories

    19/03/2026 | 54 mins.
    Get Sam's exact system/playbook for ChatGPT: https://clickhubspot.com/jdeb

    Episode 807: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the wildest stories in AI right now. 



    Show Notes: 

    (0:00) Intro

    (5:08) Story 1: Anthropic did $6B in revenue last month

    (10:34) Story 2: Man uses AI to treat his dog's cancer

    (17:06) Story 3: New high school for entrepreneurs 

    (29:12) Story 4: Pokemon Go is an AI mapping company now

    (35:18) Story 5: Karpathy's job thing



    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



    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 /
  • My First Million

    DHH: $100M+ Advice That'll Piss Off Every Business Guru

    17/03/2026 | 1h 18 mins.
    Get Sam's guide to run your life like a $100M biz: https://clickhubspot.com/kdmv

    Episode 806: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to David Heinemeier Hansson ( https://x.com/dhh ) about AI,  being wrong in public, and taking on Apple. 



    Show Notes: 

    (0:00) How to stand out

    (7:48) not giving a damn

    (9:57) liquid vs crystalized intelligence

    (12:03) constraints breed creativity

    (18:18) being publicly wrong

    (24:27) taste vs data

    (33:25) Being in awe of Shopify 

    (41:05) how David uses AI

    (47:49) What won't work today

    (51:23) who David admires

    (1:00:13) Longevity decisions

    (1:07:09) Taking on the App Store and Google



    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



    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 /
  • My First Million

    This guy names billion dollar brands for a living, here’s his exact 3-step formula.

    13/03/2026 | 1h
    Get Sam & Shaan's pro-level biz resource vault (free): https://clickhubspot.com/kgcm

    Episode 805: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the branding genius behind BlackBerry, Sonos, Vercel and Swiffer about how to create a billion-dollar brand name. 



    Show Notes: 

    (0:00) Nothing will be used more than your name

    (2:01) Windsurf

    (3:50) Swiffer

    (10:06) Naming game: Fiber startup

    (17:14) quantity leads to quality

    (29:46) Problem solving propositions

    (32:40) Power letters

    (35:04) How Sam names a company

    (40:48) Rate this brand (1-10) 

    (47:50) Blackberry

    (48:24) When to change a name

    (50:47) Presidential slogans

    (51:43) Recommended reading

    (53:39) How David thinks about AI



    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



    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 /
  • My First Million

    The Simplest Way To Make $1M In 2026

    11/03/2026 | 1h 15 mins.
    Get Shaan's 4 money rules that took him from broke to $25M by 30: https://clickhubspot.com/sfmc

    Episode 804: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) team up with the TBPN boys John Coogan ( https://x.com/johncoogan ) and Jordi Hays ( https://x.com/jordihays ) to break down the companies that could make you a millionaire as an employee. 



    Show Notes: 

    (0:00) How to make $1,000,000

    (5:05) Zuru 

    (12:47) Varda Space Industries

    (19:33) Suno

    (28:19) TrueMed

    (37:32) HubSpot

    (45:13) SemiAnalysis

    (52:32) Harvey

    (1:00:01) SendCutSent

    (1:04:55) Column



    Links:

    • ZURU - https://zurutoys.com/ 

    • Varda -  ​​https://www.varda.com/ 

    • Suno - https://suno.com/ 

    • TrueMed - https://www.truemed.com/ 

    • HubSpot - https://www.hubspot.com/ 

    • SemiAnalysis - https://semianalysis.com/ 

    • Harvey - https://www.harvey.ai/ 

    • SendCutSend - https://sendcutsend.com/ 

    • Column - https://column.com/ 

    • TBPN - https://www.youtube.com/@TBPNLive 



    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



    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 /

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Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstorm with them.
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