Sam & Shaan Bet $500, Ozy Media Scam, Why Google is Dying, and More | My First Million #223

Synopsis
Sam 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 side hustle, walk through Newspapers.com as a niche research product, and place a $500 bet on whether Shaan can make $10K in a day with a mall-Santa scheme. They also touch on AI-generated royalty-free music and NerdWallet's persistence.
Ideas in this episode
- Niche research database / paid reports
Sam 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 side hustle, walk through Newspapers.com as a niche research product, place a $500 bet on Shaan making $10K in a day with a mall-Santa scheme; AI music, NerdWallet.
- Side-hustle ideas media channel
The episode's AI-generated royalty-free music and Newspapers.com examples point toward either a music generator for content creators or a vertical local-history research product.