Ryan Holiday (author, bookstore owner, former American Apparel marketing director) on whether bestseller lists still matter, real…
My First Million
890 source episodes in the catalog.
Episode 369 ('One Question Friday'): lessons from Hitler, addictive personalities, charisma, and bias to action — framed as conqueror…
Behind-the-scenes on My First Million at 3M downloads/month: ad economics, cost structure, how the pod started, finding a niche, building…
MFM explores how Roger Federer became the first tennis billionaire through equity/endorsement stacking. They also cover employee incentives…
Sam and Shaan on Sam's $15K/year body stack: a 'Craigslist coach' anecdote, the exact protocols, supplements and gear, Shaan's…
Profile of a guy making $20M/year with zero employees via Google plugins, plus Billy of the Week, Sam's 'make your 12-year-old self proud'…
Lessons from a Dharmesh Shah lunch (fierce nerds, mediums where you're comfortable, Shaan's odd domain portfolio), then three ideas: a D2C…
Why scaling is overrated, how Uber / Product Hunt got their first 1000 customers, Scott Belsky, how to make millions from a salaried…
News/ideas episode: Kanye vs Adidas fallout, Gautam Adani as 'Billy of the Week', MrBeast's translation business (localising his videos…
Quick roundup of nine under-the-radar apps, Twitter accounts and tools (YouTube Premium, voice-note/iMessage flows, TriggerPoint massage…
Profiles of two humanoid-robot founders (Brett Adcock of Figure, Furqan Rydhan with a related venture), followed by a deep dive on robotic…
Sam and Shaan on Mad Realities (their reality-format production company, pitched to Netflix/Hulu/Apple), why production companies capture…
Four prosaic businesses that crossed $100M valuations: Teddy Bear Law (a content site ranking for legal questions), Comparitech…
Sam and Shaan host a demo day where six tech startups pitch for investment: Cherry, Pillup, Campus Ink, Terrashroom, Dealbuilder, and Field…
Sam Parr, Shaan Puri and producer Ben recount Camp MFM, a retreat where MrBeast was a guest, sharing inside stories about MrBeast's…
Al Doan, co-founder of Missouri Star Quilt Company (the world's largest quilting company at $100M+ revenue), on how the company started,…
MrBeast and Hasan Minhaj join Sam and Shaan for a conversation about obsession, how MrBeast measures success, how he runs his company, the…
Five 'drunk ideas' brainstormed as $1M plays: Hideaway (a secret bookcase to hide your phone), Santa's Club (subscription mystery gifts),…
Sam walks through his plan to live in NYC on $1,200,000/year — lifestyle finance with no description, no chapters, and no business idea.
The episode includes a segment on making $10M in a year by building apps, plus discussions of New York costs, Scott Painter, Adam Neumann,…
Shaan and Sam discuss being a big fish in a small pond, a Florida math teacher with a winning team, interesting companies, LIV Golf…
Sam and Shaan discuss virtual study halls, lo-fi YouTube, Scott Galloway reportedly making $5M per year in speaking fees, marketing…
Shaan and Sam discuss goal setting for lazy people, goals and anti-goals, flipping disadvantages into advantages, a Jeff Bezos-style story,…
Sam and Shaan brainstorm four AI business ideas: DALL-E-powered design tools, John Steinberg's Twitter-empire strategies, building a…























