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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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
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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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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Every Business I Tried Before Making My First Million
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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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
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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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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How Alex Hormozi Gets Other People To Build His $100M+ Empire
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
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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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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I Did Nothing For 2 Weeks. It Made Me Better At Everything.
Get the behind-the-scenes on Shaan’s book project - https://onehourbooks.co
Get Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (+ his reading strategy): https://clickhubspot.com/rkf
Episode 763: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the benefits of doing nothing, Shaan’s secret book project, and the $100M startup that’s trying to cure loneliness.
And we share the big news: Shaan’s dropping a new book - https://onehourbooks.co
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Sam takes 2 weeks off
(8:13) Stoicism, so hot right now
(14:09) engineering breakthroughs
(19:55) One Hour Books
(33:21) good procrastination
(35:33) Shaping a belief
(43:52) Shaan's family hustle
(49:00) Build What Outlives You
(51:01) Little Blue Books
(56:11) $100M curing loneliness
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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
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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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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I Ranked the Best & WORST Businesses to Start Before 2026 | Andrew Wilkinson
Which business model should you start? Get Andrew's cheat sheet with his full ranking and real profit margins here: https://clickhubspot.com/dge
Episode 762: What’s the best business to start in 2026?
Agencies, SaaS, Restaurants, Real Estate, Marketplaces. Angel Investing; Andrew Wilkinson has played every game.
He built 38 companies, lost $10 million, and still ended up with a $300 million portfolio.
This week, @shaanpuri spoke with him about:
the best and worst business models to win in 2026
starting Tiny with just $4M (now $250M)
the truth behind the Twitter hate on Tiny’s stock
why buying companies beats building them
His is not a redemption story. It is the unapologetic reality of building, failing, and getting back up.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:06) MLM
(4:28) Freelancer
(5:07) Agency
(9:33) SaaS
(14:48) Restaurant
(17:03) Marketplace
(19:43) Short Term Rentals
(20:52) Content Creator
(23:06) Real Estate
(26:16) Fund Management
(35:21) Local Services
(36:36) Investing
(38:12) Sweaty Startup
(43:15) Tiny stock performance
(52:20) The courage to be disliked
(1:10:21) Inputs v outputs
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Links:
• Tiny - https://tiny.com/
• Never Enough - https://www.neverenough.com/
• Serato - https://serato.com/
• Rekordbox - https://rekordbox.com
• Pershing Square Holdings - https://pershingsquareholdings.com/
• Invest Like The Best - https://www.youtube.com/@ILTB_Podcast
• The Courage To Be Disliked - https://tinyurl.com/5fk3sa79
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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
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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 HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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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