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Sam & Shaan Bet $500, Ozy Media Scam, Why Google is Dying, and More | My First Million #223Sam and Shaan react to the Ozy Media fraud story, debate why Google may not dominate in ten years, profile Mall Santas as a blue-collar…
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How to Get a Slice of Harvard's Billion Dollar Case Study Industry | My First Million #222Sam and Shaan break down Harvard Business Review / HBP's billion-dollar case-study publishing arm, how to get in on the case-study game,…
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How to Make Millions With a Modern Day Infomercial | My First Million #221Modern-day infomercial playbook: Guthy-Renker direct-response TV, trust-as-a-service businesses, content-business subscription models,…
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12 Startups Where Stock Grants Can Make You a Millionaire | My First Million #220Updated 'Sara's List' of 12 established startups with the potential to 5–10x over five years and turn stock grants into millions: Flexport,…
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How to Make Billions with a DTC Niche Clothing Line | My First Million #219Sam and Shaan discuss Laird Hamilton's publicly-traded Superfood, the MFM NFT launch, a 'Stripe for vice' story, whether people should lie…
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Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates | My First Million #218Sam and Shaan discuss a Bill Gates-style think week focused on crypto, Wilbur Wright storytelling, real estate Twitter, niche content…
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Why Direct-to-Consumer Companies Are Awesome to Own | My First Million #217Shaan and Sam debate owning direct-to-consumer ecommerce businesses, including ad spend, purchase multipliers, Whoop and Allbirds, Loot,…
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Why Today Is the Day to Ask For a Raise | My First Million #216Shaan and Sam discuss asking for a raise, the $75K happiness study, the future of maps, local MMA fights, Pacasso-style fractional vacation…
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What Venture Capital Will Look Like in the Future | My First Million #215Shaan and Sam predict the future of venture capital, explain SPACs, and discuss ways to win as a VC. They also cover Tonic Fake Data,…
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Why You Should Have a Diversified Investment Portfolio | My First Million #214 with Ramit SethiRamit Sethi (I Will Teach You To Be Rich) on running a course business for 15+ years, who Jay Abraham is, pet and cosmetics business ideas,…
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How to Build a Community | My First Million #213How community businesses work: the law of reciprocity, Friends With Benefits (token-backed community), why communities can be great…
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The 3 Cheat Codes Startups Use to Print Cash | My First Million #211 with Julian ShapiroGrowth expert Julian Shapiro lays out his three 'cheat codes' for printing cash with a startup: (1) give the customer a no-brainer decision…
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Why You Shouldn't Be A Slave to a 40 Hour Work Week | My First Million #212Mini-retirements and the Tim Ferriss / Naval Ravikant lens on work, work ethic in other countries, the lion-vs-cow living metaphor, the…
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How Celebrities Have Made Billions off Their Names | My First Million #210Episode 210: how a handful of politicians make money from car dealerships, Skip Barber racing school, a digitised gun-range idea,…
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How Gary Vee Thinks about NFTs | My First Million #209 with Gary VaynerchukGary Vaynerchuk on Vayner X headcount growth, NFTs (the 'what, not the how'), VeeFriends and VeeCon, his master plan to buy and grow…
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Why You Need a Chief Automation Officer | My First Million #208 with Steph SmithShaan and Steph Smith (Trends / 'Internet Goldmines') riff on FSA-dollar spending ideas, swag-pack opportunities, the 'Chief Automation…
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How to Make Millions by Unbundling Etsy | My First Million #207Sam and Shaan break down a multi-million-dollar opportunity to 'unbundle' Etsy ($24B market cap) into vertical-specific marketplaces:…
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How Venture Capitalists Make Money with Brianne Kimmel | My First Million #206Solo capitalist Brianne Kimmel on how she got into investing, her crazy schedule, how VCs make money, hot spaces she sees, whether college…
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How to Stop Your Tech Addiction | My First Million #205NCAA NIL money and a predicted next sports agent, the AngelList scout program, the mugshot-posting-and-removal industry, an app to fight…
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Behind-the-Scenes of Shaan's Power Writing Course | My First Million #204Shaan opens the books on his Power Writing course numbers and walk-through, with side topics on short squeezes, the programming language…
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Why Dunder Mifflin Should Be a Real Company & A Look Inside MicroAcquire | My First Million #203Two-parter: ideas on building brands around pop culture (Dunder Mifflin as a real company), private space race drama, 'Bill's lemonade…
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A Breakdown of Trendy New Businesses & Boring 9 Figure Businesses | My First Million #202Trend-spotting episode: Sam and Shaan walk through stretching-gym studios, semi-permanent tattoos, the billion-dollar class-ring business,…
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Why You Should Spend 5x Your Budget on an Engagement Ring | My First Million #201Brainstorm on iOS privacy and advertising, Ghost.org (open-source newsletter platform vs. Substack/WordPress), IKEA Hacking, the $400M…
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When to Go All In on an Idea & the Crypto Exchange That Could Have Been | My First Million #200Sam and Shaan on performance vs brand advertising, Shaan's $15M house, the 8-figure crypto-media business (Milk Road), a Bitcoin community…