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The insane true story behind MTV
Sam & Shaan's hard-won CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/eokb Episode 829: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with Tom Freston to talk about the insane story of starting MTV and shaping America in the 80s and 90s. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (4:04) Millionaire by 26, broke by 33 (8:49) The first days of MTV (no frontal nudity) (14:14) Music Videos (19:03) How to spot culture-changing talent (27:12) Making your employees party together (31:56) Nickelodeon, SpongeBob, and Building Legacy IP (35:21) Prog...
The 50 richest families in America are betting on this trend
Get our Wealth Guide (35+ insights from top investors): https://clickhubspot.com/fvif Episode 828: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to billionaire Joe Liemandt ( https://x.com/jliemandt ) about the experiment he’s put $1,000,000,000 of his own money into. — Show Notes: (0:00) Joe, the total man? (08:09) fighting bill gates for talent (13:14) intensity (16:18) choosing hard over easy (19:00) how to be a magnet (21:34) high standards (23:29) being persuasive (29:23) simplicity: 3 ines, 3 words ...
Mohnish Pabrai: This will save you 10 years of bad investments
Get Mohnish's 9 investment principles: https://clickhubspot.com/kwdo Episode 827: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Mohnish Pabrai to break down the mental models that made him a billionaire value investor. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:25) Mental models of the top 1% (3:38) The mistress is always hotter than the wife (6:37) Introduce Randomness in your life (10:47) Humans are poor at copying (20:13) Take a simple idea seriously (23:02) Be and inch wide and a mile deep (30:29) Never use Excel <p...
How Gary Vee runs 7 businesses
Get Sam & Shaan's CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/ptcw Episode 826: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) chop it up with Gary Vee. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:40) Nick Dio, VP of friendships (6:47) How to invest $1M on yourself (10:06) being long term greedy (17:53) Gary breaks down his companies and revenue (21:43) day in the life of Gary v (26:19) breaking down the 15-minute meeting (29:07) eat shit and firefight (3...
We hit record on our private strategy session
Steal the exact framework we use to grow the pod: https://clickhubspot.com/blfb Episode 824: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) open the kimono and do a My First Million strategy meeting live. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:11) the virtue of selfishness (5:54) clip army (14:01) MFM 1% events (22:13) newsletter (24:50) mfm dinner club (29:19) barbell guests (34:13) content ideas — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for foun...
How to manufacture a billionaire childhood
Get Shaan's $0-$1M guide: https://clickhubspot.com/rgfr Episode 823: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about their billy of the week, childhood passions and people making millions on TikTok selling stuff. — Show Notes: (0:00) Billy of the week (8:25) Raising kids with an edge (13:37) childhood passions (26:44) Random TikTok People Are Making Millions Selling Hoodies (42:11) the best brands start janky — Check Out Sam's Stuff: ...
I put 80% of my money in the S&P
Get our Wealth Guide (35+ insights from top investors): https://clickhubspot.com/ohkg Episode 822: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how your genes could determine how much money you make and the startup ideas YC is betting on. — Show Notes: (0:00) money genes (5:07) your personality is your business (23:46) productive placebos (33:39) YC Request for Startups (34:57) IDEA: aesthetic data centers (42:15) IDEA: The company brain (51:10) IDEA: drone swarm defense (57:33) IDEA: pers...
How Replit Agent made $1M on day one (then $250M in a year)
Want to build an AI side hustle? Get the free AI Side Hustle Crash Course: https://clickhubspot.com/lkb Episode 821: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Replit founder Amjad Masad ( https://x.com/amasad ) about growing 100x in one year. — Show Notes: (0:00) 2.5M to 250M in 1 year (10:28) the darkest hour (17:00) pivot, pivot, pivot, until it hits (28:19) companies exploding with Replit (33:05) Amjad's business ideas (38:44) "we are in the singularity" (5...
Spotting Billion Dollar Investments Was Hard Until I Learned These 3 Rules | Rohan Oza
Get our Unsexy Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/fjsc Episode 820: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Rohan Oza about how his formula for simple products that end in multi-billion dollar exits. — Show Notes: (0:00) The brandfather (2:40) Rule 1: influence the influencer (7:02) Deal: Poppi on Shark Tank (20:32) rule 2: Make a brand pop culture (25:10) knowing winners from losers (26:48) Rohan breaks down his formula (29:31) "shelf space is the original algorithm" (3...
This Opportunity Is Hidden In Plain Sight
Get our Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/etsl Episode 819: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) answer the question, “If you’re smart and in your 20s, where’s the opportunity?” — Show Notes: (0:00) Where is the opportunity right now? (08:01) the buff billionaire (19:43) We break down the TBPN acquisition by OpenAI (31:59) 2 stories of John Coogan being locked in (41:56) William Randolph Hearst (54:48) Collecting 100x talent ...
How to find your thing
Run your life like a $100M business. Get the system here: https://clickhubspot.com/ehw2c Episode 818: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how to design a life worth living. — Show Notes: (0:00) Follow your bliss (3:33) enthusiasm, enduring enthusiasm, mastery, passion (16:23) Find a loop that you love (24:49) The top 5 regrets of the dying — Links: • The Top 5 Regrets of The Dying - https://a.co/d/0...
This guy built a $1B+ brand in 3 years. The product? You'd never guess
Get Shaan's guide to go from $0 to $1M: https://clickhubspot.com/etpc Episode 817: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Chad Janis ( https://x.com/chadjanis ) who just sold his gummies business for $1b+ in less than 3 years. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:28) origin story (8:11) $30K to $230K in 1 month (10:33) Naming Gruns (13:14) remixing formats (20:28) only looking for $10b ideas (29:25) 10-minute ecom Marketing Masterclass (41:26) $1b Idea: ACH distribution layer <...