My First Million
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 /…
Good ideas start with a conversation.
Watch the creators. Understand the context. Find your own angle.
890 episodes
My First Million
The Hospitality Principles That Build Billion-Dollar StartupsFrameworks from restaurant and luxury hospitality: delivering praise and criticism, delivering unreasonable customer experience, and the…
My First Million
He turned a broke team into a billion dollarsFounder-story episode on Jesse Cole / the Savannah Bananas, the showman-led baseball-entertainment franchise that turned a broke…
My First Million
How to Get Rich (without luck, talent, or a trust fund)Shaan lays out four rules to get rich without luck, talent, or a trust fund: master a money-making skill, own equity instead of renting…
My First Million
Make $8K/day From These Side Hustles You’ve Never Heard OfRapid-fire brainstorm of local/offline hustles with claimed $8K/day payouts: porch-pumpkin rentals, sport-court installation, in-ground…
My First Million
How To Turn $100K into $4,000,000 with Distressed InvestingTom (likely the FTX bankruptcy investor) explains how he turned roughly $100K into $4M+ via distressed-asset deals. He walks through the…
My First Million
5 Lessons in Business Negotiation from an FBI Hostage NegotiatorShaan and Sam break down ex-FBI negotiator Chris Voss's five rules: imperfect information, tactical empathy (label), going for no, why…
My First Million
$30B Founder: SEO is Dead.. Do This InsteadThe episode covers Dharmesh Shah's view that classic SEO is giving way to AEO, or answer-engine optimization. The playbook is to enable…
My First Million
The man who made a billion off blueberriesThe "Billy of the Week" is John Bragg, founder of one of the largest wild blueberry operations in North America, who built a roughly…
My First Million
This guy made Millions by inventing the $1 MenuShaan profiles the 'godfather of junk food' — the person who invented the $1 menu at fast food — with a Stockapalooza stock-picking update…
My First Million
7 YouTubers Making +$5M/Year With Weird HobbiesBilly Parks (Slow Ventures) profiles seven creators earning $5M–$10M/yr from niche content with small audiences: Jonathan Katz-Moses…
My First Million
These old school businesses are making millionsProfiles of old-school businesses still printing money: The Onion's relaunched print paper, Oberweis dairy home delivery (the milkman model…
My First Million
Master Your Mind & Watch What Happens - Robert GreeneRobert Greene (48 Laws of Power, Mastery, The 33 Strategies of War) on the ideas behind his books: specialists vs generalists, deep work,…
My First Million
Start This Business If Want To Survive The Ai ApocalypseThe episode brainstorms offline and anti-digital ideas: a social club, family clubhouse, pet-owner housing, and a $300M anti-phone pouch…
My First Million
Howard Marks Warning: Why I'm Getting Out NowHoward Marks discusses the S&P 500, legendary memos, removing emotion from investing, why capital is hard to raise in a crisis, recommended…
My First Million
I built a billion dollar company in 18 monthsThe episode uses Ramp's growth as the main case study, including $100M in 18 months, its business model, and the discipline of moving fast.…
My First Million
3 Wild Stories to Get You Hyped This WeekThe hosts tell three motivational stories centered on Amadeo Giannini, Preston Thorpe, and Stefan Thomas. The description frames them as…
My First Million
I Talk To The $500M Man About How He Finds Hit After HitA short-form Q&A with a $500M-founder type on spotting hits: how to make a commoditized product (water) go viral with bottom-up marketing,…
My First Million
The $4B Man: How to win BIG in businessLong Hayes Barnard interview: failing first grade, lessons from Larry Ellison, surviving crisis, 'the difference between rejection and…
My First Million
Spending 12hrs With The Anti-Routine BillionaireA day-in-the-life vlog with Hayes Barnard (solar-power billionaire, dyslexia, single-mom upbringing). Shaan, Ben and Diego drive to his…
My First Million
5 Live Callers Get Brutal Startup Advice from Hormozi & ShaanLive Q&A episode where Sam, Shaan and guest Alex Hormozi give brutally direct startup advice to five live callers on pricing, distribution,…
My First Million
These 4 Math Equations Will Make You A Millionaire | Alex HormoziAlex Hormozi pitches four 'money model' equations, sells when pain is highest, then live-coaches Shaan on rebuilding his business. Other…
My First Million
The Blueprint for living a Dope Life | Tim FerrissTim Ferriss on what a 'dope life' actually means: how much money is enough, his favourite podcast guests, lifestyle sampling, creativity…
My First Million
This is About To Take Over the Internet…A Creator Camp round-up: Wesley Wang's viral-short-film playbook, The Iron Snail (artisanal/repair-format YouTube), Michael MacKelvie, Ryan…