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ResourceHow to Stop Your Tech Addiction | My First Million #205
Sam and Shaan explore several emerging business opportunities and rule changes, including online lottery ticket sales (Slips), NIL …
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ResourceWhy Dunder Mifflin Should Be a Real Company & A Look Inside MicroAcquire | My First Million #203
Sam and Shaan brainstorm business ideas including IP licensing (using movie and TV brands for restaurants and products), a Bill's …
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ResourceA Breakdown of Trendy New Businesses & Boring 9 Figure Businesses | My First Million #202
Sam and Shaan explore several business models that generate substantial revenue through minimal innovation and high switching costs. …
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ResourceHow a $25 Million a Year Sweepstakes Business Works | My First Million #193
Sam and Shaan discuss three major topics: Oasis, a deepfake-for-Zoom technology that creates realistic digital avatars for video …
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ResourceMaking Billions with Greeting Cards & Rich People (not) Paying Taxes | My First Million #192
Sam and Shaan explore several fascinating business ideas and trends: the surprisingly large e-card and greeting card industry …
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ResourceHow Vending Machines are Generating Millions & The Next Big Social App | My First Million #187
Sam and Shaan explore disparate business opportunities: vending machines (a predictable, profitable blue-collar hustle generating …
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ResourceHow Course Businesses Work & How Irish Pubs as a Service is Making Millions | My First Million #183
Sam and Shaan explore the course business across four distinct categories: individual creators building audiences and selling …
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ResourceHow the UFC Became a Multi-Billion Dollar Brand | My First Million #179
Sam and Shaan discuss the business of the UFC—its ownership by Endeavor, revenue model, and fighter compensation—before diving into …
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ResourceMFM #168 - How to Reverse Engineer Businesses, The Indonesian King of Coal & the Story of Adidas
Sam and Shaan discuss a range of business ideas and stories, including drop servicing companies like Turned Yellow (custom …
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ResourceWhat Will the Next Opendoor Be?
Sam and Shaan discuss the "Open Door for X" business model, where companies provide instant liquidity for traditionally illiquid …
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ResourceHow Chess and Sudoku Websites Make Millions
Sam and Shaan explore the "New Zealand business" archetype—profitable, independent companies with cult followings in simple, …
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ResourceMFM #166: Why a Sudoku Company Sold for $640m, "Opendoor for X" & Franchising Tech Companies
Sam and Shaan explore the 'Open Door for X' business model—companies that provide instant liquidity for illiquid assets—examining …
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ResourceMFM #165: How Jack Butcher is Selling his Art for $76m & How to Research Wealthy People
Sam and Shaan explore unconventional wealth-building opportunities, from Jack Butcher's NFT sales (including a $77M listing) to …
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ResourceHow To Create A Plugin That Will Make Millions In Revenue
Sam and Shaan explore the overlooked opportunity of Chrome extensions as a business model, discussing successful examples like Honey …
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ResourceHere Are Areas Where You Can Start Paid Communities Right Now
Sam and Shaan explore paid communities as a business model, discussing why certain professional groups (nurses, Google Sheets users, …
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ResourcePaid Communities Making $20M a Year & How You Can Build One
Sam and Shaan explore the paid community business model, analyzing examples like Tiger 21, Aventa, and SoleSavvy to understand what …
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ResourceMFM #160: How to Build a Paid Community Making $20M a Year
Sam and Shaan explore the paid community business model, analyzing successful examples like Tiger21, Aventa, and Soul Savvy to …
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ResourceMFM #159: A 9-Figure Sex Toy Company & The Man With A Million Acres
Sam and Shaan discuss a wide range of topics including young people's shifting relationship with technology and media creation, …
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ResourceMFM #158: How We're Going to Buy Michael Jordan's House (and Make a Profit)
Sam and Shaan explore several business ideas including buying Michael Jordan's house and turning it into a museum or Airbnb …
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ResourceThis Business Has a Monopoly on Lost Luggage | Behind The Hustle Ep.14
Sam and Shaan discuss Unclaimed Baggage, a company based in Scottsboro, Alabama that has built a monopoly by purchasing luggage and …
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ResourceNigerian Scammers & Con Artists | Fake Airport Sold For $240 Million | My First Million 6/24/20
Sam and Shaan explore a mix of business ideas and cultural topics, including a potential 'Fort Knox for baseball cards' storage …
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ResourceThe BEST Private Search Engine For Online Privacy & Security (DuckDuckGo 2020) | My First Million
Sam and Shaan discuss the rising trend of privacy-focused products, using DuckDuckGo as a case study of a search engine competing on …
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ResourceHow to Invest in People - Higher Average ROI Than The S&P 500 (HumanIPO) | My First Million Podcast
Sam and Shaan examine Human IPO, a platform where individuals can go public by selling shares of their time at set hourly rates. …
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ResourceCoronavirus: Sports Stadiums Fill Their Seats With CARDBOARD FANS | Behind The Hustle Ep.11
Michael Waters, a staff writer, discusses his reporting on the cardboard cutout fan phenomenon sweeping sports stadiums worldwide …
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