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Episode 710: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how to evaluate risk and upside of new ideas.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Bessemer's $140B misjudgment of Shopify
(5:47) Shaan's Anti-portfolio
(15:26) Goal: Avoid Ruin
(21:30) Outlier personalities
(24:51) Underestimating Uber
(32:16) "You can't overinvest in AI"
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Links:
• Want Sam's Playbook to Uncover Business Opportunities? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/bzo
• “How to miss by a mile” - https://tinyurl.com/2rxubfwa
• Leaked OpenAI emails - https://www.techemails.com/p/elon-musk-and-openai
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Episode 709: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Logan Ury ( https://x.com/loganury ) about how young men can be more successful in dating.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(6:28) The secretary problem
(14:43) What's happening with men right now
(21:07) How to do the apps right
(27:32) Meeting someone IRL
(30:03) The power of weak ties
(36:56) How to be a better date
(40:37) Date like a scientist
(45:44) Fuck the spark
(49:02) What's your tendency
(51:00) AI partners
(57:15) Pro tip: join a mens group
(1:03:23) Mental Health vs Mental Fitness
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Links:
• Want Sam's Company Research Playbook? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/wve
• Logan Ury - https://www.loganury.com/
• 3 Tendencies Quiz - https://www.loganury.com/quiz
• The School of Life - https://www.youtube.com/@theschooloflifetv
• Mating in Captivity - https://tinyurl.com/bddrnw9c
• How to Not Die Alone - https://tinyurl.com/mupe2ntc
• Seven Principles for Making a Marriage Work - https://tinyurl.com/jvz9hhu6
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Want Scott Galloway's Business Playbook? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/pfg
Episode 708: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Scott Galloway ( https://x.com/profgalloway ) about his wildest investments, plus advice for men in their 20s and 30s.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) FTX bankruptcy claims (Turning $2M into $15M with one trade)
(6:56) NJOY (Turning $2.5M into $75M)
(15:58) YellowPages (Turning $4M into $20M)
(21:10) Prediction: The U.S market is about to have a 15-year downturn
(27:55) The inverse galloway index
(31:55) Who Scott admires
(33:14) Advice for young men
(37:19) Scott spots the next $1B trend: European markets
(44:18) How does one ball?
(46:00) Trump's meme coin and transnational oligarchs
(53:25) More advice for young men
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Episode 707: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Ankur Nagpal ( https://x.com/ankurnagpal ) about IRS loopholes that can help you grow your net worth plus Ankur shares 6 business ideas.
See Ankur in person at the OOO SUMMIT on Friday, May 16th - https://lu.ma/2025
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Ankur's portfolio experiment
(10:46) A case for direct indexing
(16:29) Super backdoor roth conversions
(20:59) Mega backdoor conversion
(23:52) IDEA: Executive Clinic for Aesthetics
(32:32) IDEA: Amish Farm Imports
(36:18) IDEA: Credit Card Agent
(43:01) IDEA: Homeownership app
(47:35) IDEA: Padel club
(56:31) IDEA: Buying a sports team
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Links:
• Steal Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/dvj
• Teachable - https://teachable.com/
• Carry - https://carry.com/
• Frec - https://frec.com/
• Superpower - https://superpower.com/
• Flightfox - https://www.flightfox.com/
• Seats.aero - https://seats.aero/
• Home Depot Workshops - https://www.homedepot.com/c/kids-workshop
• The OOO Summit - https://lu.ma/2025
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Episode 706: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about offline businesses that are crushing it.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Be a $1M dollar business spotter
(4:56) Swim lessons franchise
(6:34) AWS for the Amish
(17:25) At home pet euthanasia service
(25:37) Take out order call center
(42:35) Cheat code: Coaches
(52:13) Add a performance
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Links:
• Steal Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/ogh
• Goldfish Swim School - https://goldfishswimschool.com/
• IbyFax - http://ibyfax.com/
• Lap of Love - https://www.lapoflove.com/
• Tarro - https://www.tarro.com/
• Owner - https://www.owner.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Episode 705: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Mohnish Pabrai ( https://x.com/MohnishPabrai ) about how to turn $10K into $1M.
Show Notes:
(0:00) Simple = Genius
(28:00) Never over-leverage
(30:30) Risk vs uncertainty
(33:00) Too hard pile
(35:30) Be 1 inch wide, 1 mile deep
(39:00) Learn from losers
(43:30) A case for napping
(48:00) Having an owner’s manual
(53:00) Dying with zero
(1:10:00) India’s Greatest Investor
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Links:
• Want to invest like a Billionaire? Get Mohnish's investment playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/mnp
• Value Investors Club - https://www.valueinvestorsclub.com/
• Japan Company Handbook - https://tinyurl.com/489czpkp
• Dakshana - https://www.dakshana.org/
• BJ21 - https://bj21.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Episode 704: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Blake Scholl ( https://x.com/bscholl ) about he went from high school dropout to Groupon to the founder of a supersonic jet startup.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Find your red line
(4:29) Problems hidden in plain sight
(13:00) The making of Boom Supersonic
(23:00) No rules of thumb
(29:13) Blake's favorite interview question
(34:22) Demo Day at YC
(38:13) Selling Richard Branson
(47:46) Being a dark matter founder
(52:14) What does the most ambition of yourself look like?
(55:51) Progressively overturning of the skeptics
(1:01:06) Working with Jeff Bezos at Amazon
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Links:
• Steal Shaan's $20M Pitch Deck: https://clickhubspot.com/wem
• Boom - https://boomsupersonic.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Episode 703: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack ) about high agency.
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Links:
• Steal Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/wec
• High Agency - https://www.highagency.com/
• Nick Mowbray episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pHcxoZ0j9A
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Steal Jess' Billion-Dollar Startup Playbook [for free]: https://clickhubspot.com/jhm
Episode 702: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) boards the private jet of Jess Mah ( https://x.com/jessicamah ) to brainstorm business ideas and talk about her process for vetting which ideas to jump on.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Buying a jet
(5:37) Barn full of horses
(8:44) Business ideas matrix
(11:06) Idea: DOGE as a service
(13:30) Idea: Vertical agents
(16:52) Idea: Cargo ship coating
(21:26) Idea: Holy Health
(25:07) Building a team with digital twins
(28:46) Jess’s 0 - 1 framework
(31:09) Worst advice from Silicon Valley
(35:44) Find a starving crowd
(37:55) Idea: Divorce.fund
(38:36) Failures: Credboost
(46:08) Ignorant of past, realistic of present, delulu of the future
(49:58) Engineering serendipity
(56:12) AI for medicine
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Links:
• Mahway - https://mahway.com/
• YC’s Request for Startups - https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Episode 701: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about Nick Saban’s car dealership play, plus the most defensible ideas for AI startups.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Car dealership billionaires
(13:35) Local Maxima
(17:07) Most defensible AI ideas right now
34:40) AI workflows for profitable newsletters
(43:10) Spermracing
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Links:
• Want to make $ with AI? Get the database here: https://clickhubspot.com/bfu
• John Elway - https://www.elwaydealers.com/
• Lovable - https://lovable.dev/
• Replit - https://replit.com/
• Bolt - https://bolt.new/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Want to spot trends before they explode? Get the guide here: https://clickhubspot.com/wdv
Episode 700: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Steph Smith ( https://x.com/stephsmithio ) about business trends that are currently untapped and ripe for opportunity to build businesses around.
Use code "MFM" to get access to Steph's Internet Pipes - http://internetpipes.com/
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Trend 1: Hearing Loss
(11:33) Trend 2: eVTOL
(17:42) Trend 3: Psychedelics
(24:26) Trend 4: New Job Skills
(42:50) Trend5: Nature technology
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Links:
https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/new-rule-faa-ready-air-travel-future
https://psychedelicalpha.com/data/psychedelic-laws
https://x.com/stephsmithio/status/1877418726485799283
https://www.amazon.com/Immense-World-Animal-Senses-Reveal/dp/0593133234
https://asknature.org/
https://internetpipes.com/
https://mischiefusa.com/
https://clickhubspot.com/wdv
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Want your own $100M side project? Get our guide to win your first 100 customers: https://clickhubspot.com/wfp
Episode 699: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Elan Lee ( https://x.com/elanlee ) about growing Exploding Kittens from a $10K Kickstarter campaign to $100M dollar company.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Humble Success: Exploding Kittens Insights
(8:07) The origin story - From 10k to $9M on kickstarter
(16:17) Focus on the crowd, not the funding
(20:41) Games should not be entertaining
(23:52) The Kitty Test pilots
(27:57) $0 marketing hacks
(38:49) Pushing past the ‘no’
(41:07) Business as a game
(45:32) Creativity loves constraints
(54:28) Irritation is the source of innovation
(59:13) Designing a game with Tim Ferriss
(01:04:08) Do what never makes you bored
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Links:
• Exploding Kittens - https://www.explodingkittens.com/
• Paxsite - https://www.paxsite.com
• Elan on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mrelanlee
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Episode 698: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to David Senra ( https://x.com/FoundersPodcast ) about what qualities make an anti-business billionaire.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) High Level of Disagreeableness
(9:02) Extreme Self-Confidence
(12:55) Product Quality Obsessed
(18:37) Retention of Total Control
(27:28) Exit Strategy is Death
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Links:
• Steal Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your Executive Coach: https://clickhubspot.com/wcv
• Play Nice But Win - https://tinyurl.com/uuwumk8d
• Creative Selection - https://tinyurl.com/bdz8f9ae
• Founders Podcast - https://www.founderspodcast.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Episode 697: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with James Currier ( https://x.com/JamesCurrier ) to talk about going from $0 to $110M through network effects.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) $0 to $1.6B
(4:23) Your life on network effects
(8:00) Savage founders
(13:40) Speed
(15:49) The art of unlearning
(21:23) Technology window curves
(30:29) Network Vampire attacks
(37:37) Language first
(43:15) Tickle
(42:29) Finding a business bromance
(58:47) James isolation mistake
(1:01:27) Become an API
(1:05:02) AI business ideas
(1:16:07) What to do in your 20s
(1:22:18) One world currency
(1:32:16) Go to therapy
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Links:
• Steal Shaan's $20M Pitch Deck: https://clickhubspot.com/qrd
• NFX - https://www.nfx.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Episode 696: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about what they’re doing about the tariffs.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:13) Tariffs
(22:00) Medieval Times
(27:48) Shaan's process for finding edges
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Links:
• Shaan's $20M Pitch Deck: https://clickhubspot.com/uve
• Medieval Times - https://www.medievaltimes.com/
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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Episode 695: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tells the story of finding what is truly valuable.
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Episode 694: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Will O’Brien ( https://x.com/willobri ) about how the ocean is the new hot girl.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Ocean is the new space
(8:50) Ocean surveying
(10:25) Sea grass restoration
(16:39) Defense drones
(22:34) Underwater cable networks
(31:51) Technology windows
(38:16) Lab-grown seafood
(41:03) Pirate treasure profit sharing
(44:03) Marine geo-engineering
(47:43) A new era for tech guys
(57:52) Who Will admires
(1:01:00) Underrated conspiracy theories
(1:10:27) Becoming a monk
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Links:
• Ulysses - https://www.ulysses.eco/
• Saildrone - https://www.saildrone.com/
• Saronic - https://www.saronic.com/
• Wildtype Foods - https://www.wildtypefoods.com/
• Rainmaker - https://www.rainmaker.com/
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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Episode 693: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Alex Lieberman ( https://x.com/businessbarista ) and Austin Rief ( https://x.com/austin_rief ) about how to build a profitable newsletter.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:12) 0 to 100K subscribers
(9:18) Nontraditional hires
(15:26) 100K to 1M subscribers
(35:00) Entrepreneurs Operating System
(43:27) 8-figure Exits
(55:28) How to start a newsletter in 2025
(1:02:57) Newsletter ideas
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Links:
• The Hustle - https://thehustle.co/
• Morning Brew - https://www.morningbrew.com/
• Traction - https://tinyurl.com/5dfh3nx9
• Arena Magazine - https://arenamag.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Episode 692: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Justin Mares ( https://x.com/jwmares ) about what’s going to be big in the next 5 years.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(3:16) Longevity products for dogs
(9:24) Toxin testing
(19:55) Function and Superpower
(26:19) Doctor for your home
(37:25) Skin gut health
(47:39) Natural fiber clothing
(51:04) Justin's take on vaccines
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Links:
• Truemed - http://truemed.com/
• Justin’s Substack - https://justinmares.substack.com/
• Rorra - https://rorra.com/
• Light Labs - http://lightlabs.com
• Eurofins - https://www.eurofins.com/
• Function Health - https://www.functionhealth.com/
• Superpower - https://superpower.com/
• InsideTracker - https://info.insidetracker.com/
• Lightwork - https://www.dolightwork.com/
• r/moderatelygranolamoms - https://www.reddit.com/r/moderatelygranolamoms/
• Paul Saladino - https://www.paulsaladinomd.co/
• NADS - https://nadsunder.com/
• Pact - https://wearpact.com/
• ExOfficio - https://www.exofficio.com/
• Ryker - https://rykerusa.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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Episode 691: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Immad Akhund ( https://x.com/immad ) about the businesses he would start if he wasn’t running a unicorn.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(2:17) IDEA: Lunar nuclear power plant
(5:04) IDEA: Defense tech
(10:09) The Peter Thiel test
(13:52) IDEA: Selling stars
(15:54) IDEA: Enterprise Agents
(22:45) IDEA: Digital Twin CEO
(32:39) Find accepted abuse
(36:18) Silicon Valley Bank fail
(44:15) Bets with asymmetric upside
(54:07) Choose your mess
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Links:
• Mercury - https://mercury.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!
Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC
—
Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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