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TeacherMy First Million — Sam Parr & Shaan Puri Brainstorm Businesses
My First Million is the HubSpot Media podcast where Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm business ideas, dissect real companies, and …
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Resource3 low competition businesses minting MILLIONS right now
The hosts of My First Million host their 'Shoot Your Shot' live event in San Francisco, where three founders pitch their businesses. …
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Resource$100M+ Advice That'll Piss Off Every Business Guru (ft. DHH)
David Heinemeier Hansson, co-founder of 37signals and creator of Ruby on Rails, discusses his 25+ year journey building profitable, …
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ResourceClosed a billionaire at a coffee shop.
The hosts discuss the founding story of NetJet, which sold for $725 million in 1998. The guest recounts an unconventional sales …
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ResourceFrom Nonprofit Founder To Building A $300M Pilates Business
Anne Mahlum, founder of Back on My Feet nonprofit and Solidcore pilates studio, shares her journey bootstrapping Back on My Feet to …
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ResourceJesse Pujji on Bootstrapping a +$1B Business + Selling To The Ultra Rich
Jesse Cole discusses building Ox Insights, a marketing due diligence consulting firm for private equity firms, and shares lessons on …
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ResourceThe Solidcore Story: How She Started A $88M Pilates Business
Sam recounts the story of an entrepreneur who built Solid Core, a reformer pilates studio business, from scratch with $175,000 in …
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ResourceThe Cashflow King: “Here’s How I Do It”, Negotiating w/ Jeff Bezos, Elon’s Cracked Rocket
Sam and Shaan interview Jason Fried, co-founder of 37signals, about building a profitable, self-funded software business for 25 …
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ResourceThe 3 Biggest Business Opportunities Of 2024 w/ Syed Balkhi
Syed Balkhi, a bootstrapped founder who built a billion-dollar company without external funding, returns to discuss three specific …
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Resource$20M In ONE Day?! (#544)
Sam and Shaan explore business stories and lessons, discussing Follow-up Boss's $500M exit built through grassroots Facebook …
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ResourceHow I Bought A Multi-Million Dollar Egg Carton Business For $0 | Sarah Moore Interview
Sarah Moore recounts how she bought a multi-million dollar egg carton distribution business (eggcartons.com) with no money down …
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ResourceFrom $0 To +$100M With Gas Stations & WP Plugins | Syed Balkhi Interview
Syed Balkhi, a 32-year-old founder who bootstrapped a billion-dollar portfolio in the WordPress ecosystem without outside …
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ResourceHow To Make $100M+ By Predicting Trends (Step By Step Guide) (#407)
Sam and Shaan explore three business ideas: trend forecasting services (like WGSN and their former company Trends.co) that help …
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ResourceThis Guy Is Making $100M/Year Selling Quilts To Your Grandma (#354)
Al Doan, founder and executive chairman of Creativity Inc, discusses building Missouri Star Quilt Company from zero to over $100 …
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ResourceHow This Harvard MBA Bought A $50 Million Dollar Business For $0
Shaan shares the story of Sarah Moore, who acquired eggcartons.com through an unconventional PE approach: she operated from a school …
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ResourceInvestigating The Profitable Business Of Public Speaking
Sam recounts an embarrassing encounter with someone he mistook for Hassan Minhaj on a NYC street, then pivots to discussing speaking …
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ResourceThis Is What Real Freedom Looks Like - Pieter Levels
Sam and Shaan interview Pieter Levels (levels.io), a bootstrapped entrepreneur and digital nomad who builds profitable software …
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ResourceThe Billion Dollar Business Behind Drake's Gambling Live Streams (Stake.com)
Sam and Shaan discuss several fascinating underground business successes, starting with Stake.com, a cryptocurrency gambling …
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ResourceBillionaire Of The Week: Christopher Aker
Sam recounts the story of Linode, a cloud computing company founded by Chris in the early 2000s that was recently acquired by Akamai …
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ResourceAsking The Founder Of Grammarly How He Built A $13 Billion Company
Sam and Shaan interview Max Levin, founder of Grammarly, about building the writing assistant from a plagiarism detection startup …
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ResourceHow To Build A Billion Dollar Business As An Influencer
Nathan Barry, founder and CEO of ConvertKit, joins Sam and Shaan to discuss building billion-dollar creator businesses. The …
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ResourceHow To Start A Tech Company as a Non-Technical Founder
Sam and Shaan discuss how non-technical founders can build software companies, drawing on data from their independent SaaS survey. …
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ResourceMillion Dollar Businesses with 0 Employees
Steph Smith, a researcher and content creator, shares a 15-page document of business ideas and examples of successful solo founders …
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ResourceHow Sam Parr Does Deep Research on Wealthy People
Sam discusses how real estate holdings can reveal someone's true wealth, and uses this method to research Brian Carringer, who …
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