My First Million

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Episode 851: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Brett Adcock ( https://x.com/adcock_brett ), the founder of Figure.ai.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:29) Hark, a human in a box

(8:00) zero constraints

(17:32) rapid prototyping

(21:38) What are the robots doing?

(23:45) what about the hype is real?

(27:54) finding the best people

(30:14) $20M dollar salaries for engineers

(32:03) How Zuck is buying his way into AI

(35:44) Auditing Brett's 2026 predictions

(42:33) reducing your buckets

(44:00) show us your home screen

(46:17) hitting rock bottom 3x

(57:22) who inspires Brett

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Links:

• Hark - https://hark.com/

• Cover - https://www.cover.ai/

• Figure - https://www.figure.ai/

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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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Episode 850: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about massive businesses hidden in plain sight.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The wild economics of lab testing on monkeys

(11:01) Salad oil crisis

(15:35) the art of noticing

(24:38) enthusiasm

(27:39) know thy 8-year old self

(32:32) be shameless

(37:08) Sam goes to SF for 7 days

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Links:

• Qoves - https://www.qoves.com/

• Charles River - https://www.criver.com/

• How To Do Great Work - https://www.paulgraham.com/greatwork.html

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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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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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My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/erhy

Episode 849: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ), Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and their producer Arie brainstorm 9 business ideas that are genius.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:07) IDEA 1: Reverse vacations

(6:03) IDEA 2: Rap battle + UFC fight

(13:18) IDEA 3: Giant claw machine

(20:39) IDEA 4: Butter dispenser

(27:32) IDEA 5: beepers for kids

(35:35) IDEA 6: Mexican Benihana

(40:01) IDEA 7: bulk custom gifts

(44:10) IDEA 8: Slop Stop

(49:06) IDEA 9: Take your roommate to work day

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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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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 /

Get our CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/sagh

Episode 848: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the 7 rules of sales, Bernard Arnault’s revenge letter, plus the economics of Magic: The Gathering.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) highest value comment from HackerNews

(2:50) always bring 2 diet cokes to a negotiation

(7:36) Saving lives as a service

(17:24) Bernard Arnaults revenge letter

(25:29) The business of Magic: The Gathering

(41:58) Bryan Johnson, The Dana White of Longevity

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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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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 /

Unsexy Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/yjsa

Episode 847: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about dynastic wealth creation.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Shaan gets invited to graduation

(2:19) The richest man in Italy

(16:09) The golden window

(26:51) meeting an xtreme multi-billionaire

(36:04) An update about Ben WIlson

(42:52) achieving greatness vs being great

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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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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 /