My First Million

Episode 627: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the socially rich, “Friends Billionaire”, Nick Gray ( https://x.com/nickgraynews ) about how to be a master networker, throw the perfect cocktail party, plus 7 simple business ideas.

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(4:12) If you had $10M, how would you live?

(10:11) Find who your heroes follow

(13:29) Speedrun of Nick Gray's career

(22:15) Idea: White label enterprise sales

(26:08) Idea: Millionaire Matchmaker

(37:22) Idea: web-hosting services

(45:00) Idea: Airbnb...

Episode 626: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Guy Spier ( https://x.com/GSpier ) about everything he’s learned from studying the greatest value investors of all time. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) The Posse

(5:41) Farmer Mac

(17:30) Lessons from going to 9 Tony Robbins seminars

(28:57) Handwritten notes from Warren Buffett

(42:00) Don’t study lottery winners

(59:22) Berkshire vs Index

(1:05:13) Finite vs infinite games

(1:13:26) Be a promiscuous reader

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Episode 625: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) are back with George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack) to talk about the best ideas he’s come across. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Spotting high agency people

(26:12) The Kale phone vs the Cocaine phone

(31:37) The obsessiveness of Lee Kuan Yew

(37:34) Life as a Midwit meme

(43:22) Work like a lion, not like a cow

(51:52)The Buffett Coin

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Episode 624: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) brainstorm cash-printing business ideas with George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack). 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(2:49) Idea: Self Awareness Test

(16:35) Idea: Designer babies

(26:30) Idea: Selling eyes as art

(30:40) Idea: Personal color analysis

(34:45) Idea: Mold removal as a service

(40:11) Idea: CMO of the UK

(46:43) George's favorite ad campaigns

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Links:

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Episode 623: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the underrated philanthropy style of Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Alfred Nobel.

MFM Scholarship: Apply for $10K to start The Onion For College - https://www.shaanpuri.com/collegepaper

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Alfred Nobel's $266M Legacy

(6:06) Competitions vs. Trusts

(15:28) Idea: XPRIZE but for companies

(19:15) Shaan’s Prize: Win $10K to start a college paper

(23:07) How Barstool Sports started

(26:47) Peter Thiel’s contr...

Episode 622: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jesse Pujji ( https://x.com/jspujji  ) about bootstrapping Ampush and the four levers of digital marketing. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Unique insight + unfair advantage

(3:05) How Jesse bootstrapped Ampush using GLG

(14:00) Digital marketing in masterclass in 3 minutes

(20:30) How to sell to the ultra rich

(27:38) Red Ventures' Playbook

(32:40) The Four Big Levers

(41:00) Calling Zuck's cell

(46:30) Noah Kagan's $100M mistake at facebook

(58:45) What's the thing you can't...

Episode 621: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jack Smith ( https://x.com/_jacksmith ) about his under-the-radar biohacking experiments plus 2 $1M dollar business ideas.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Is reverse-aging a scam

(3:23) The 1% of biohacking

(12:28) Business idea: Mobile Dexa Scan

(25:30) Business idea: Medical tourism brokers

(32:06) Anti-beast mode

(39:10) Why smart people have bad ideas

(45:40) Hunt for the starving crowd

(49:27) AppLovin origin story

(54:20) Finding demand that feels like a landmine

Episode 620: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) breaks down the 9 lessons he’s learned while building an audience. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(2:17) Forget the numbers

(6:11) Find your inner nerd

(9:57)Build a magnet

(10:40) First, Last, Best, Worst, Weirdest

(12:40) The thing I wish I knew earlier

(15:53) No such thing as too long

(16:18) A+ content with C- delivery

(17:58) Create a binge bank

(18:32) People don’t want information

(19:55) Be so good they can’t ignore you

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Episode 619: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) do a post-mortem on a fight they had yesterday. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Fights don't start as fights

(9:08) Gottman's Fourhorseman of the Apocalypse

(11:28) The magic ratio of 5:1 

(15:42) The body keeps the score

(19:36) No winners in war

(24:19) Mistaken attribution

(26:40) Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy

(29:17) The cardinal sin is measuring 

(32:55) The best relationships are bigger than you

(40:00) Identi...

Episode 618: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Alex Hormozi ( https://x.com/AlexHormozi ) about losing everything overnight, investing in Skool, and Acquisition’s $250M/yr playbook. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Brink of oblivion to $26M in 18 months

(18:13) Crafting a killer offer

(28:14) Investing in Skool

(36:25) Acquisition’s $250M/yr playbook

(52:46) “Here's what I would buy now”

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• Alex on YouTube - https...