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ResourceOur 2020 Predictions For OpenAI Came True… Here’s What’s Next (#508)
Sam and Shaan revisit predictions and strong opinions they made 2-3 years ago to see which they got right, wrong, or partially …
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ResourceThis $3B Founder Is The Next Elon Musk (#499)
Brett Adcock, founder of three companies (Vettery, Archer Aviation, and Figure AI), discusses his unconventional career path from …
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ResourceHow This Billionaire Founder Finds +$20B Business Ideas | Kevin Ryan Interview (#495)
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri interview Kevin Ryan, the founder of DoubleClick (sold to Google for ~$3B) and chairman of Alley Corp, a …
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ResourceHow To Find +$1 Million Business Ideas From Weird Trends (#480)
Sam and Shaan discuss the concept of 'one-chart businesses'—companies built on a single compelling data trend—using cremation …
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ResourceElon Musk And Mark Zuckerberg Agree To Fight In A Cage Match (#468)
Sam and Shaan discuss the Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg fight saga, explore what makes founders successful through the lens of …
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ResourceElizabeth Holmes’ Pre-Prison PR Campaign (#453)
Sam and Shaan discuss Elizabeth Holmes' controversial prison sentence delay, Jesse Itzler's prolific multi-industry career as this …
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ResourceAI Santa and Four Other Simple Business Ideas (+ Vice Goes Bankrupt!) (#451)
Sam and Shaan explore a variety of business ideas and case studies, ranging from PlayStreet (an upscale indoor play facility), 260 …
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ResourceHow To Grow A Small Agency Into A Billion Dollar Company (#414)
Sam and Shaan break down Andrew Wilkinson's journey building Tiny, a holding company acquiring and operating businesses, which is …
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ResourceBREAKING: Shaan Sells the Milk Road - A Conversation With the Buyers
Sam Parr welcomes his acquirers Mike and Kendall to discuss the sale of his newsletter business The Milk Road. The episode covers …
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ResourceFrom Flipping iPhones To Selling Oculus For $2 Billion To Facebook | Palmer Luckey (#378)
Palmer Luckey, billionaire founder of Oculus (sold to Facebook) and Anduril (defense tech), discusses his unconventional path from …
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ResourceThe #1 Sign That Someone Will Become A Billionaire By 40 (#364)
Sam and Shaan discuss what makes certain nerds become billionaires by exploring Paul Graham's 'fierce nerds' framework, share …
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ResourceThis Man Got Richer Than Jeff Bezos With A Boring Business (#361)
Sam and Shaan discuss Gautam Adani, who recently became the world's third richest person through a complex web of debt-leveraged …
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ResourceHow To Set Goals For Lazy People | Goal Setting 101
Sam and Shaan discuss goal-setting frameworks that actually work, exploring methods like visualization, floor/ceiling goals, and …
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Resource3 Frameworks To Build A Billion Dollar Company
Sam and Shaan discuss memorable moments from a recent sports-tech networking event in LA, including insights from billion-dollar …
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ResourceHow To Come Up With Billion Dollar Business Ideas | Hubspot Co-Founder Dharmesh Shah
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri interview Dharmesh Shah, CTO and co-founder of HubSpot, discussing talent acquisition during economic …
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ResourceWhy You Should Side Hustle As A TikTok Realtor, Conan O’Brien Gets Acquired For $150M & More
Sam and Shaan explore several business ideas and market opportunities, including a leg-lengthening surgery generating significant …
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ResourceBootstrapping A Small Agency Into A Billion Dollar Business Empire
Sam, Shaan, and guest Andrew discuss the philosophy and mechanics of bootstrapping versus raising capital, contrasting the long-term …
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ResourceSaas Companies that Anyone Can Start with Rob Walling
Sam and Shaan discuss several topics including Sam's upcoming visit to a luxury airplane community development, Sam's past article …
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ResourceSolana Billionaires, MFM Goes Viral on TikTok, Right to Be Forgotten, and More
Sam and Shaan discuss the explosive growth of their podcast through a TikTok clip contest, then pivot to exploring reputation …
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ResourceWhy Today Is the Day to Ask For a Raise | My First Million #216
Sam and Shaan discuss various business models and entrepreneurial strategies, ranging from Jake Paul's boxing PPV empire to esoteric …
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ResourceMFM #172 - Advice to Young Entrepreneurs, Indie Businesses Making Millions, & How to Grow a Podcast
Sam and Shaan discuss their My First Million podcast's growth to ~22,000 downloads per episode and their strategies to reach …
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ResourceProfitable SAAS Business, Snapchat vs Facebook & Instagram, & HumanIPO | My First million 06/11/2020
Sam and Shaan discuss Arc Publishing, a SaaS product spun from Washington Post technology that helps enterprises publish internal …
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ResourceThe Entrepreneur Life Of Sam Parr & Shaan Puri | Mindset | My First Million Podcast - 04/09/2020
Sam and Shaan discuss their recent episode with Andrew Wilkinson (Tiny Capital founder), explore Sam Evans' consulting course …
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ResourceThe Difference Between Starting & Managing A Company | My First Million Podcast
Sam Parr discusses the critical but often overlooked difference between the skills needed to start a business and those required to …
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