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.
Episodes
June 18, 2025 • 77 mins
Episode 717: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Chris Koerner about how to make millions from local side hustles.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:13) Idea: Hole-in-one golf challenge
(12:24) Idea: Bitcoin mining
(16:00) Idea: Garage shelving
(17:18) Idea: Tourist traps for home markets
(20:13) Idea: Toasted tours
(24:56) Idea: Buc-ees snack arbitrage
(38:01) Idea: Pet cremation
(45:29) Idea: b2b stump grinding...
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June 13, 2025 • 64 mins
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 extr...
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June 12, 2025 • 61 mins
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
(5...
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June 6, 2025 • 65 mins
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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June 4, 2025 • 78 mins
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...
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May 30, 2025 • 58 mins
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 pro...
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May 28, 2025 • 77 mins
Episode 711: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Guillermo Rauch ( https://x.com/rauchg ) about building Vercel plus 7 business ideas to start in AI.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Dropout to job offer from Facebook
(3:38) Genius vs accident
(21:04) Building Vercel
(25:26) AI startup ideas
(31:38) IDEA: V0 for Video Games
(33:09) IDEA: Doom CAPTCHA
(40:04) IDEA: AI Typeform
(46:54) IDEA: AI Camera
(54:06) IDEA: Auto Co...
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May 23, 2025 • 47 mins
Episode 710: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how to evaluate risk and upside of new ideas.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Bessemer's $140B misjudgment of Shopify
(5:47) Shaan's Anti-portfolio
(15:26) Goal: Avoid Ruin
(21:30) Outlier personalities
(24:51) Underestimating Uber
(32:16) "You can't overinvest in AI"
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Links:
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May 21, 2025 • 77 mins
Episode 709: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Logan Ury ( https://x.com/loganury ) about how young men can be more successful in dating.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(6:28) The secretary problem
(14:43) What's happening with men right now
(21:07) How to do the apps right
(27:32) Meeting someone IRL
(30:03) The power of weak ties
(36:56) How to be a better date
(40:37) D...
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May 16, 2025 • 68 mins
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Episode 708: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Scott Galloway ( https://x.com/profgalloway ) about his wildest investments, plus advice for men in their 20s and 30s.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) FTX bankruptcy claims (Turning $2M into $15M with one trade)
(6:56) NJOY (Turning $2.5M into $75M)
(15:...
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May 14, 2025 • 71 mins
Episode 707: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Ankur Nagpal ( https://x.com/ankurnagpal ) about IRS loopholes that can help you grow your net worth plus Ankur shares 6 business ideas.
See Ankur in person at the OOO SUMMIT on Friday, May 16th - https://lu.ma/2025
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Ankur's portfolio experiment
(10:46) A case for direct indexing
(16:29) Super backdoor rot...
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May 12, 2025 • 61 mins
Episode 706: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about offline businesses that are crushing it.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Be a $1M dollar business spotter
(4:56) Swim lessons franchise
(6:34) AWS for the Amish
(17:25) At home pet euthanasia service
(25:37) Take out order call center
(42:35) Cheat code: Coaches
(52:13) Add a performance
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Links:
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May 9, 2025 • 81 mins
Episode 705: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Mohnish Pabrai ( https://x.com/MohnishPabrai ) about how to turn $10K into $1M.
Show Notes:
(0:00) Simple = Genius
(28:00) Never over-leverage
(30:30) Risk vs uncertainty
(33:00) Too hard pile
(35:30) Be 1 inch wide, 1 mile deep
(39:00) Learn from losers
(43:30) A case for napping
(48:00) Having an owner’s manual
(53:00) Dying with zero
(1:10:00) India’...
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May 7, 2025 • 72 mins
Episode 704: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Blake Scholl ( https://x.com/bscholl ) about he went from high school dropout to Groupon to the founder of a supersonic jet startup.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Find your red line
(4:29) Problems hidden in plain sight
(13:00) The making of Boom Supersonic
(23:00) No rules of thumb
(29:13) Blake's favorite interview question
(34:22)...
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May 5, 2025 • 59 mins
Episode 703: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack ) about high agency.
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Links:
• Steal Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/wec
• High Agency - https://www.highagency.com/
• Nick Mowbray episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pHcxoZ0j9A
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May 2, 2025 • 64 mins
Steal Jess' Billion-Dollar Startup Playbook [for free]: https://clickhubspot.com/jhm
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.
Use code "MFM" to get access to Steph's Internet Pipes - http://internetpipes.com/
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Trend 1: Hearing Loss
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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 - F...
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April 17, 2025 • 43 mins
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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