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ResourceElon Musk's "Short Shorts" is the Perfect Meme | Hustle Hot Takes #2
Sam and Shaan analyze Elon Musk's limited-edition short shorts and the layered meme references embedded in their release. They break …
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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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ResourceLululemon, Mirror & Hamilton | Hustle Hot Takes #1
Sam and Shaan discuss Lululemon's $500 million acquisition of home fitness startup Mirror, analyzing what the deal means for both …
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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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ResourceEntrepreneur Mindset: Are You Chasing Money When You Invest? (Advice & Tips) | My First Million
Sam and Shaan debate the merits and drawbacks of investing, with Sam arguing that traditional financial investing is often boring …
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ResourceHow to be an Entrepreneur: Advice & Mindset (See Business Opportunities) | My First Million Podcast
Sam and Shaan explore "hidden in plain sight" business ideas by examining everyday objects and systems, asking who created them and …
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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 Read Annual Report of Any Private Company in Europe & Australia | My First Million Podcast
Sam and Shaan discuss how publicly available company financial data in countries like the UK and Australia can be a business …
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ResourceEmail Marketing & Why All Content Creators Should be Using SendFox | My First Million
Sam Parr discusses building SendFox, an affordable email marketing platform designed to compete with MailChimp and ConvertKit by …
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ResourcePhone Scammer Calls & Dad LOSES $3000 in Gift Cards - "Paralyzed With Fear" | Behind The Hustle Ep13
Guest Zach recounts how his father fell victim to an imposter scam where callers posing as federal agents claimed his ID was linked …
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ResourceThe 3 Principles of Marketing Strategy in Any Business (Noah Kagan) | My First Million Podcast
The guest shares their marketing strategy focused on picking one primary goal, deeply understanding your target audience, and …
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ResourceEmail Marketing & Why All Content Creators Should be Using SendFox | My First Million 06/18/2020
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri interview entrepreneur Noah Kagan about building multiple businesses, delegation, and personal growth. They …
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ResourceThe New Best Web Browser For Your PC in 2020 | Better Than Google? | My First Million 06/22/2020
Sam and Shaan brainstorm various business ideas ranging from privacy-focused products like DuckDuckGo and VPN routers, to …
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ResourceThis Entrepreneur Grew a Franchise of Hair Salons to 500+ (Inspirational) | Behind The Hustle Ep.12
Guest Zack tells the story of Martha Matilda Harper, a 19th-century female entrepreneur who pioneered the franchise business model …
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ResourceThis SAAS Business Will Make Over 100 Million (Software as a Service) | My First million Podcast
Sam and Shaan explore how companies like the Washington Post are productizing their internal publishing infrastructure through ARC …
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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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ResourceIs Paying Celebrities to Send a Snapchat a Good Idea? (LIKE Cameo) | My First Million Podcast
Sam and Shaan discuss the strategic opportunity of building apps early on emerging platforms, using Snapchat's SnapKit developer …
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ResourceTurning an Indiegogo campaign into a $100M exit | Exit Strategy S1:E8 Jake Kassan
Jai Kisan, co-founder and CEO of Movement Watches, discusses how he bootstrapped the fashion accessories brand from credit card debt …
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ResourceWill Snapchat Lose to Facebook & Instagram? We Don't Think so (Wechat) | My First Million Podcast
Sam and Shaan discuss Snapchat's strategic pivot toward becoming a platform ecosystem, particularly through its introduction of …
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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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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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ResourceExit Strategy S1:E7 //Chris Davi: Scaling to $170m in 4 Years and Then Going Bankrupt
Chris Davis, founder of Loot Crate, discusses how the subscription box business grew from $25k in seed funding to $170M revenue by …
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ResourceHow to Invest Like a Millionaire & Become One (Angel Investing Guide) | My First Million Podcast
Shaan Puri discusses his angel investing framework, explaining how he evaluates founders based on their clarity of thought, …
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ResourceIt Took This Angel Investing Millionaire 4 Years to Learn This Lesson | My First Million Podcast
Shaan recounts how he became an angel investor despite lacking significant capital early in his career. He shares how reframing …
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