My First Million
Hasan Minhaj - Comedy, Netflix, Haters, & MoneyShaan sits down with comedian Hasan Minhaj on daily routines, whether entrepreneurship and comedy are inborn or learned, his process for…
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My First Million
Fitness Hotels, Steel-Manning, and Why the Creator Economy is OverhypedIdea brainstorm: steel-manning as a thinking tool, why speech/debate kids end up successful, RockAuto.com (auto parts ecom), Sam's plan to…
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This CEO Just Fired 900 Employees Live on Zoom...Shaan breaks down the viral Better.com video where CEO Vishal Garg fired 900 employees on a Zoom call, dissecting what went wrong. Pure…
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How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, QVC for Mobile, and MoreSam and Shaan break down MrBeast getting 100M views in under four days, then discuss a real estate YouTube project, ad-block and Chrome…
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How He Turned His Side Hustle Into A $100M BusinessSam interviews Noah Kagan about starting AppSumo as a side hustle and turning it into a $100M business, plus what Noah is working on, why…
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How Walt Disney Turned Disneyland Into A $3.8 Billion/Year EmpireShaan explains how Walt Disney turned Disneyland into a $3.8B per year empire. The chapters cover the original idea, financing and…
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Unbundling Disney, Why CNN is Just Like the WWE, YouTube Creator Camps, and MoreSam and Shaan riff on PFP NFT projects, business ideas from 'unbundling Disney' (concierge services, premium park experiences, character IP…
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Holiday Special: Great Finds (Products, Apps, Media)In a holiday special, Sam and Shaan share favorite products, apps, and media, including journals, gratitude science, fatFIRE,…
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How an Early Adopter Mindset Can Make You MillionsRiff on how an early-adopter mindset makes you money: dismissing new trends is the lesson, embracing Twitch/niche adoption early is the…
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How to Have an Early Adopter Mindset, ConstitutionDAO, Optimizing Twitter Bios, and MoreMixed bag: adopting an early-adopter mindset, the ConstitutionDAO story and whether it was a good idea, Gary Vaynerchuk using NFTs for 'the…
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Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, "How Much is Pomp Worth?", and MoreBrainstorm covering Dave Portnoy's Barstool cancellation drama, Bryan Johnson's extreme body-monitoring protocol, the future of apparel…
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Dr. Andrew Huberman’s Path to Fame, Money, and Total Human OptimizationSam and Shaan interview Dr. Andrew Huberman (Stanford neuroscientist, Huberman Lab podcast): his path to a top-10 podcast in under a year,…
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How To Get the Most Out of Every Event and the World Premier of Southern Sam’s Sticky IckyHow to get the most out of every event you attend, why keto nutrition brands like Quest Nutrition are crushing it, brainstorm of MFM's…
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Why Everyone Is Wrong About the Metaverse, Gaingels, Companies that Don't Advertise, and MoreShaan's viral-tweet take on what everyone gets wrong about the metaverse, the UFC/Rose Namajunas moment, real-estate agent network…
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Shaan Challenges Sam to Ignore His Limits, Michael Rubin is the Billy of the Week, and MoreMFM on the power of intensity, rolling sushi with no experience, Michael Rubin as 'Billy of the Week', a Shaan challenge, how they respond…
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The Next Big Social Media Network Will Be On the Blockchain. Nader Al-Naji Tells Us Why.Nader Al-Naji on building a blockchain social network (Deso/BitClout): the social blockchain, why creators should have their own coin,…
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Ariel Helwani Is Building His Own ESPN. He Already Has 1m+ Followers. He Tells Us How.MMA journalist Ariel Helwani on leaving ESPN to go independent: how he drives revenue (Substack, YouTube, podcasts, sponsorships), how he…
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MFM Goes to Jail, Startup Cities, Julian Shapiro Building a Ranch, Testing Out Purchases, and MoreSam's trip to a federal prison to teach inmates, Shaan's parallel prison-education work, Prospera and startup cities, why Julian Shapiro is…
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From $300k to $35M+ Selling Dog Ramps with Ramon Van Meer, CEO & Founder at Alpha PawRamon Van Meer (Alpha Paw) discusses growing dog ramps from $300K to $35M+, why he prefers buying businesses over building them, how to do…
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Dopamine Fasts, Cruise Ship Investing, and Elon vs Bezos with Andrew Wilkinson, Co-Founder of TinyAndrew Wilkinson on his four-week dopamine fast, buying AeroPress, the 'cruise ship vs speed boat' investing metaphor, founding a DTC…
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Near Death Accidents and Hitting $1B ARR with Brian Halligan, Founder and Exec Chairman of HubSpotHubSpot founder Brian Halligan discusses the snowmobile accident that nearly killed him, how it changed his life, what he does day to day,…
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How Brumate Made $20M with 0 Employees, Shahid Khan is the Billionaire of the Week, and MoreMix of founder stories and side hustles: Brumate scaling to $20M with zero employees (dropship/DTC playbook), MVMT selling for $100M+, an…
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3 Patterns for Great Business Ideas with Jack Abraham, Founder, Managing Partner & CEO at AtomicJack Abraham (Atomic) on three patterns behind great business ideas, why he bans brainstorming inside Atomic, the Jenga Law of time…
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How Tracking Every Second Took Rob Dyrdek from 0 to $405M in Exits | My First Million #224Rob Dyrdek explains how he moved from skating and TV into venture studio work with $405M in exits, and how he structures money, business,…