My First Million
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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May 2, 2025 • 64 mins
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Episode 702: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) boards the private jet of Jess Mah ( https://x.com/jessicamah ) to brainstorm business ideas and talk about her process for vetting which ideas to jump on.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Buying a jet
(5:37) Barn full of horses
(8:44) Business ideas matrix
(11:06) Idea: DOGE as a service
(13:30) Id...
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April 28, 2025 • 55 mins
Episode 701: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about Nick Saban’s car dealership play, plus the most defensible ideas for AI startups.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Car dealership billionaires
(13:35) Local Maxima
(17:07) Most defensible AI ideas right now
34:40) AI workflows for profitable newsletters
(43:10) Spermracing
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Links:
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April 24, 2025 • 51 mins
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Episode 700: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Steph Smith ( https://x.com/stephsmithio ) about business trends that are currently untapped and ripe for opportunity to build businesses around.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Trend 1: Hearing Loss
(11:33) ...
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April 21, 2025 • 77 mins
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Episode 699: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Elan Lee ( https://x.com/elanlee ) about growing Exploding Kittens from a $10K Kickstarter campaign to $100M dollar company.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Humble Success: Exploding Kittens Insights
(8:07) The origin story - From 10...
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April 17, 2025 • 43 mins
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Episode 698: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to David Senra ( https://x.com/FoundersPodcast ) about what qualities make an anti-business billionaire.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) High Level of Disagreeableness
(9:02) Extreme Self-Confidence
(12:55) Product Quality Obsessed
(18:37) Retention of Total Control
(27:28) Exit Strategy is Death
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April 15, 2025 • 99 mins
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Episode 697: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with James Currier ( https://x.com/JamesCurrier ) to talk about going from $0 to $110M through network effects.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) $0 to $1.6B
(4:23) Your life on network effects
(8:00) Savage founders
(13:40) Speed
(15:49) The ...
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April 11, 2025 • 49 mins
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Episode 696: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about what they’re doing about the tariffs.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:13) Tariffs
(22:00) Medieval Times
(27:48) Shaan's process for finding edges
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Links:
• Shaan's $20M Pitch Deck: https://clickhubspot.com/uve
• Medieval Times - https://www.medievaltimes.com/
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April 9, 2025 • 15 mins
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Episode 695: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tells the story of finding what is truly valuable.
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April 7, 2025 • 77 mins
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Episode 694: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Will O’Brien ( https://x.com/willobri ) about how the ocean is the new hot girl.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Ocean is the new space
(8:50) Ocean surveying
(10:25) Sea grass restoration
(16:39) Defense drones
(22:34) Underwater cable networks
(31:51) Technology windows
(38:...
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April 4, 2025 • 74 mins
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Episode 693: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Alex Lieberman ( https://x.com/businessbarista ) and Austin Rief ( https://x.com/austin_rief ) about how to build a profitable newsletter.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:12) 0 to 100K subscribers
(9:18) Nontraditional hires
(15:26) 100K to 1M subscribers
(35:00) Entrepreneurs Operating System
(43:27) 8-fig...
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March 31, 2025 • 58 mins
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Episode 692: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Justin Mares ( https://x.com/jwmares ) about what’s going to be big in the next 5 years.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:16) Longevity products for dogs
(9:24) Toxin testing
(19:55) Function and Superpower
(26:19) Doctor for your home
(37:25) Skin gut health
(47:39) Natural fiber clothing
(51:04) Justin's take on vaccines
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March 27, 2025 • 60 mins
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Episode 691: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Immad Akhund ( https://x.com/immad ) about the businesses he would start if he wasn’t running a unicorn.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:17) IDEA: Lunar nuclear power plant
(5:04) IDEA: Defense tech
(10:09) The Peter Thiel test
(13:52) IDEA: Selling stars
(15:54) IDEA: Enterprise Agents
(22:45) IDEA: Digital Twin CEO
(32:39) Find...
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March 25, 2025 • 51 mins
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Episode 690: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of the smartest YouTube rollup they’ve ever seen.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) $3B of nursery rhymes rollup
(21:55) Sam goes all-in on IRL
(36:03) All-in dads
(38:37) Shotsy
(41:49) PEDs for business
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Links:
• CoCoMelon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlnJ9attCOc
• Blippi - https://w...
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March 21, 2025 • 62 mins
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Episode 689: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down the craziest stories of corporate espionage in history.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Rippling vs Deel
(10:21) The British East India Company
(17:11) Oracle vs Microsoft
(21:28) Coke vs. Pepsi
(24:14) Uber vs. Waymo
(26:03) U.S. Intellectual piracy
(28:10) Wiz sells for $32B
(39:40) A case for...
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March 19, 2025 • 67 mins
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Episode 688: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about 6 under-the-radar trends.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:24) Short Drama Apps
(13:55) Rucking
(22:10) Plastic-free everything
(31:58) "Nervous System Work"
(41:46) Biohacking plants
(46:48) AI Social Networks
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Links:
• ReelShort - https://www.reelshort.com/
• DramaBox - https://www.d...
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March 17, 2025 • 74 mins
Episode 687: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Zach Yadegari ( https://x.com/zach_yadegari/ ), the high school kid who went from $0 - $20M in 10 months.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:45) $0 - $20M in 10 months
(17:12) Sold first business for $100K at 16
(20:42) Zach's Influencer marketing playbook
(24:23) Being worth $30M at 18
(34:40) How to find problems to solve with AI
(38:2...
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March 14, 2025 • 55 mins
Episode 686: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the two trends that could make you rich in the next 12 months.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Trend: Fleamarkets
(20:03) Trend: True Crime
(26:05) Business ideas brainstorm
(43:52) Fyre Festival update
(48:27) Shaan's dad's travel hacks
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Links:
• Brimfield Antique Flea Market - https://www.brimfieldantiquefleamarket.com/
• First Monday...
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March 12, 2025 • 75 mins
Episode 685: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the most interesting things they’ve found this week.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Justin Caldbeck
(8:02) Steve Houghton
(20:15) James Currier
(38:36) Furqan Rydhan
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Links:
• NFX - https://www.nfx.com/
• James Altucher - https://www.jamesaltucher.com/
• Agora - https://theagora.com/
• Sheel’s MFM episode - https://youtu.be/-HfUCbna...
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March 10, 2025 • 67 mins
Episode 684: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sean Frank ( https://x.com/SeanEcom ) about his $200M ecom playbook.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Sean's first million
(8:35) $5M - $200M in 6 years
(25:57) What people get wrong in ecom
(30:33) Case study: HexClad
(36:52) Fast-emerging trends
(40:57) How to spot trends
(44:54) Services-to-product playbook
(51:47) Sean calls his shot
(54:0...
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March 6, 2025 • 52 mins
Episode 683: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Craig Clemens ( https://x.com/craigclemens ) to talk about the greatest marketing lines in history.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:22) Does not contain an illegal sexual stimulant
(9:09) 4-hour erection
(10:56) Operators are standing by
(15:17) They’re eating the cats
(21:54) A diamond is forever
(26:09) Buy these worms, catch more fish
(30:26) Joseph Duveen
(41:30) ...
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