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Resource4 dumb ideas that made people rich
Shaan presents a list of 'dumb ideas that made a million dollars'—simple businesses that succeeded through execution and virality. …
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ResourceHow a chocolate bar became a $200M brand.
The hosts discuss the origin story of Tony's Chocolonely, a chocolate brand founded by journalists who staged a viral publicity …
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ResourceMake $8K/day From These Side Hustles You’ve Never Heard Of
Chris, a serial entrepreneur and content creator known for viral business ideas, returns to discuss relatable side hustles and …
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ResourceI Talk To The $500M Man About How He Finds Hit After Hit
Dan Porter, founder of Overtime Elite and Draw Something, discusses how he built a viral water brand called 67 with a 17-year-old …
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ResourceYou’re One AI Idea Away From Changing Your Life
Zach King, an 18-year-old founder, discusses building Cali, an AI-powered calorie tracking app that generated over $20 million in …
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ResourceHow This Guy Built a $100M Empire with No Followers
A guest entrepreneur discusses the explosive opportunity on TikTok Shop, comparing it to the Amazon gold rush of the early 2010s. He …
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Resource15 YEARS OF BRUTALLY HONEST YOUTUBE ADVICE IN 38 MINUTES
Prince Ea shares 21 strategies for YouTube success based on his experience gaining six million subscribers and creating highly …
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ResourceThis Gas Station Pizza Business Makes $540M/Yr?!
Sam and Shaan discuss several fascinating business models and viral moments: Hunt Brothers Pizza, a tiny pizza concept generating …
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ResourceHow We Got Our First 100 Customers (No Bulls**t, Specific Details) (#534)
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri explore how they acquired their first 100 customers across multiple businesses they've built, sharing …
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ResourceThese 21-Year-Old TikTokers Made A TV Show For $5,000 (#400)
Sam and Shaan discuss emerging media companies and content creators finding success on TikTok and YouTube through creative, …
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ResourceReacting To The Fake Twitter Employees Who Trolled The Media | "Ligma + Johnson"
Sam and Shaan recount the viral stunt where two people posed as laid-off Twitter engineers with a box outside Twitter HQ immediately …
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Resource8 Profitable Side Hustles For The Halloween & Christmas Season (#381)
Sam and Shaan discuss the commercialization of Halloween and the business opportunities it creates, from Spirit Halloween's pop-up …
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ResourceThis Viral TikTok Ad Sold $500,000 Worth Of "Sex Chocolates”
Sam and Shaan explore captive-audience ad networks through the lens of Outcome Health (a now-defunct startup that defrauded …
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ResourceTimeOut Magazine is making a BILLION Dollar Comeback
Sam and Shaan discuss Timeout Market, a food court concept where the magazine brand curates the best local restaurants in tourist …
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ResourceHow Miss Excel Is Making $100,000/Day On TikTok
Sam discusses the story of Miss Excel, a consultant-turned-content creator who went viral on TikTok sharing Microsoft Excel tips …
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ResourceThis Scratch-Off Activity Book Is Making $85 Million a Year
Sam discusses The Adventure Challenge, a scratch-off adventure book business that Sam claims has generated $85 million in annual …
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ResourceHere's How Much MrBeast Made From Recreating Squid Games
Sam and Shaan analyze MrBeast's Squid Game-inspired YouTube video, which garnered 132 million views in seven days—comparable to …
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ResourceMFM #162: Why Clubhouse Will Fail
Sam Parr discusses how a viral Twitter thread about Clubhouse's potential failure generated massive engagement—reaching 4.8 million …
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ResourceMFM #157: Instagram Food Drops Making $200k/Week, Chrome Extensions That're Crushing & Open Salaries
Sam and Shaan discuss emerging food brands built on Instagram using cloud kitchens and drop-based sales models (like My Cookie …
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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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ResourceLaunching a New Product & Business by Innovating a Current One, Is It Profitable? | My First Million
Sam and Shaan discuss Liquid Death's strategy of creating profitable side projects—like vinyl records and hypothetical heavy-metal …
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ResourceNEW Haircut At Home Business: Book A Barber Virtually Right Now | My First Million 05/20/2020
Shaan interviews Greg Eisenberg, a founder and product designer who sold companies to StumbleUpon and WeWork, about his background …
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ResourceThe Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia | My First Million Podcast
Sam and Shaan analyze what went wrong with HQ Trivia, a viral live mobile game show that attracted millions of players and …
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Resource1.6 Million Dollars in 10 Days
Sam and Shaan discuss Barstool Sports' viral marketing success with Dana, a cameraman who created the "Zillion Beers" brand and sold …
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