We found the weirdest ways to make $1M, $1B, and $5B
Episode 716: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the 6 weird ways to make millions.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) $1M Twerking Class
(5:55) Fecal transplants
(12:00) A brief history of butts
(15:05) $1B BBLs
(20:26) $5B hookup app
(31:16) $200M bonus: DUDE Wipes
(37:19) How many millionaires from the pod?
(47:17) Having it all
(50:18) Shaan's reading list
(53:28) Wisdom extraction
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Links:
• Want Sam's Top 7 Books as a Founder (& his Reading Strategy)? Get the guide here: https://clickhubspot.com/apw
• OpenBiome - https://openbiome.org/
• Grindr - https://www.grindr.com/
• DUDE Wipes - https://dudewipes.com/
• Tushy - https://hellotushy.com/
• Modern Wisdom - https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisWillx
• Save The Cat - https://tinyurl.com/4nwpec6z
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
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1:04:43
“$100M dollar brands are being built for boring products” - Harley Finkelstein of Shopify
Episode 715: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Harley Finkelstein ( https://x.com/harleyf ) about boring products that could be worth $100M.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Disrupting boring products
(15:05) Swiss Army knife founders
(21:42) "People only remember your weird"
(31:45) Considering an exit
(39:32) Becoming a better storyteller
(46:17) Shopify's leaked memo about AI
(51:26) Biohacking Longevity
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Links:
• Shopify - https://shopify.com/
• Touchland - https://touchland.com/
• Firebelly Tea - https://firebellytea.com/
• Ember Mug - https://ember.com/
• David’s Tea - https://davidstea.com/
• AG1 - https://drinkag1.com/
• Method - https://www.methodhome.com/
• Olly - https://www.olly.com/
• Welly - https://www.getwelly.com/
• Ritual - https://ritual.com/
• Seed - https://seed.com/
• Prose - https://prose.com/
• Prenuvo - https://www.prenuvo.com/
• CLEERLY - https://cleerlyhealth.com/
• 29029 - https://29029everesting.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
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1:01:31
How to Scale a Profitable Agency with 0 Employees (Using AI Agents)
Episode 714: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Matt Mazzeo ( https://x.com/Mazzeo ) about using AI agents as your go-to-market.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:30) AI as the Go-to-Market
(8:50) The Billion Dollar Secret
(12:03) Mario Kart Theory
(18:55) Being a Tinkerer/Supabase
(25:38) Amjad Masad/Replt
(28: 41) Taste
(36:44) Agents replacing VCs
(37:57) Agent Employees
(42:28) Story Game
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Links:
• Want Sam's guide to use ChatGPT? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/wpv
• Supabase - https://supabase.com/
• Replit - https://replit.com/
• Clay - https://www.clay.com/
• Alpha Go Movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXuK6gekU1Y
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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1:05:48
How the Smartest Founders Are Quietly Winning with AI
Episode 713: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jason Lemkin ( https://x.com/jasonlk ) about cloning yourself with AI and how ChatGPT will be the end of incumbent apps.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) AI body doubles Users tell AI things they won't tell humans
(15:15) The incumbents are dying
(27:25) Inside the office of OpenAI
(34:12) How to be an AI billionaire
(44:40) The story of Saastr
(55:49) Being a relentless recruiter
(58:52) Seeing through the fog of war
(1:07:53) The future of work for gen alpha
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Links:
• Want Sam's playbook to turn ChatGPT into your executive coach? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/ejv
• Saastr - https://www.saastr.com/
• Delphi - https://www.delphi.ai/
• Windsurf - https://windsurf.com
• Coursiv - https://coursiv.io/
• Lovable - https://lovable.dev/
• Higsfield - http://higsfield.ai/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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1:18:43
How to build a $1M+ startup using AI (Full Tutorial)
For the full experience, watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0j_n3OOM7c
Episode 712: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Greg Isenberg ( https://x.com/gregisenberg ) talk about how to find a startup idea and build it in a couple hours using AI.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Step 1: Find an idea
(7:57) Step 2: Sketch out the idea
(9:48) Step 3: Scope out the MVP
(18:25) Step 4: Vibe code a prototype
(36:06) Step 5: Vibe marketing the business
(49:14) Step 6: AI agent product manager
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Links:
• Want Greg's guide to Build an AI Startup in 3 Hours with <$500? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/wrc
• Idea Browser - ideabrowser.com
• TLDraw - https://www.tldraw.com/
• Wispr Flow - https://wisprflow.ai/
• Manus - https://manus.im/
• Bolt - https://bolt.new/
• The Vibe Marketer - https://www.thevibemarketer.com/
• Kubera - https://www.kubera.com/
• Lindy - https://www.lindy.ai/
• Lovable - https://lovable.dev/
• Windsurf - https://windsurf.com/
• Cursor - https://www.cursor.com/
• Supabase - https://supabase.com/
• Prospect AI - https://www.prospectai.co/
• Boring Marketing - https://www.boringmarketing.com/
• Gumloop - https://www.gumloop.com/
• N8N - https://n8n.io/
• Ahrefs - https://ahrefs.com/
• Semrush - https://www.semrush.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstorm with them.
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