My First Million
Billionaire Lawyer Reveals His Side Hustle Playbook.John Morgan (the Morgan & Morgan personal-injury billboard lawyer) walks through his side-hustle playbook: Wonderworks novelty attraction,…
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My First Million
if you didn't make progress in 2025, watch the first 10 minutes.Shaan and Sam on 2025 review and 2026 framework: 5-year journaling, the power of a good system versus a goal, the power of reminders,…
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Living in a garage to building the $1B+ 'Savannah Bananas'Jesse Cole, founder of the Savannah Bananas, walks through his arc from living in a garage with $260 in the bank to a touring entertainment…
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Weirdly Brilliant Businesses You Can Copy in 2026A grab-bag of 'weirdly brilliant' businesses: gutter-cleaning as a quiet category, a MrBeast-style roofer, barber-business advice for a…
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60 Minute Business Masterclass (worth more than your Stanford MBA)Ben Horowitz talks with Sam and Shaan about leadership, founder-CEO failure modes, culture rules, opportunities for young people, and…
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Ideas That Sound Illegal (But Print Money Anyway)Sam and Shaan brainstorm seven odd-sounding but profitable ideas: a 50-year mortgage product, an AI Yard Vision service that flags lawn…
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The Aftermath of a $1B Exit | Jamie SiminoffJamie Siminoff (Ring founder) on selling Ring for $1.15B to Amazon, getting sued by ADT, working with Jeff Bezos, the wire moment, and his…
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This 20 Year Old makes $3.6M/Year interviewing strangersSam and Shaan react to Bill Ackman's dating advice for young men, then deep-dive on a 20-year-old reportedly making $300K/month running…
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I Failed 12 Times Before Making My First Million (Here's Every Failure)Shaan walks through his 12 failed businesses — Chipotle-of-Sushi, online wristbands, a biotech with a billionaire, the 'next billion-dollar…
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How NOT to Make $1,000,000 (I Tried 17 Ways)Sam recounts 17 businesses he tried before My First Million took off: flipping sports equipment, a hot-dog stand, an online liquor store,…
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Alex Hormozi's best frameworks for business and beyondAlex Hormozi discusses hiring for general intelligence, building a talent snowball, employees versus partners, attracting talent, firing…
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I Did Nothing For 2 Weeks. It Made Me Better At Everything.Sam reflects on taking two weeks off, then the conversation moves through stoicism, engineering breakthroughs, One Hour Books, good…
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I Own 38 Businesses. Here's What Actually Makes Money.Andrew Wilkinson compares agencies, SaaS, restaurants, marketplaces, short-term rentals, real estate, fund management, local services,…
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The High School Dropout Who Made Billions & Bought An NBA teamThe guest's story runs from a 1.9 GPA to a $2B outcome, covering the start of Qualtrics, focus, sales skill, turning down $500M, working…
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Spending 24 hours with billionaire nba team owner, Ryan smithBehind The Pod episode 2: Shaan spends 24 hours with Ryan Smith — built Qualtrics to ~$10B, bought the Utah Jazz, now building a new city…
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Confronting Cathie Wood About Her Fund’s 70% DeclineLong-form interview with Cathie Wood (ARK Invest): her origin from McDonald's to managing billions, a day-in-the-life breakdown, ARK's…
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How to go from founder to CEO (without imploding)Two-chapter episode: a CEO Masterclass (operating as CEO of a grown company, hiring executives, letting go) plus 'Abusing Your Edge' (how…
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5 AI Tools I’d Use to Make $1M (w/o employees, money, or time)Sam and Shaan walk through five AI tools a solo operator could use to chase a $1M outcome: Enhancer.ai (image upscaling/listing), Comet (AI…
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How To Get Ahead of 99% of People (Starting Today)Contrarian five-step life playbook: don't have a best friend, don't decide, don't set goals, keep pivoting and don't buy the index. Pure…
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How two straight guys bought Grindr and made $2BHow two straight guys bought Grindr and exited at ~$2B; a private-equity crash course; Sam and Shaan riff on what businesses 'Uncle Rick'…
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ChatGPT's App Store Just Dropped — Steal These 5 App IdeasSam and Shaan react to the ChatGPT App Store launch and pitch five starter app ideas: My AI Tax Guy (CPA-on-demand chat), AI Healthcare…
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How I Start $1 Billion Companies from Boring ProductsSam's playbook for building $1B companies from boring CPG products: find a 'sea of sameness', take trend trips, remix opposing ideas, the…
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$50M Poker Pro Shares Emotional Intelligence Tricks For FoundersPoker pro Daniel ($50M winner) translates table reads to founders: Scotty Nguyen story, reading people, Daniel's first poker game,…
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The App That’ll Be Bigger Than TikTokShaan and Sam try out Sora, then pitch three ideas: micro sports betting (parlay-style single-game wagers), a remote AA /…