My First Million

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Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/ekvd Episode 874: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) are breaking down the best documentary of the year.  — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it......

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Take our founder personality quiz: https://clickhubspot.com/dclt Episode 872: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk about the different types of founders.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Natural Money-Makers (1:52) Attributes of Natural Money-Makers (3:10) The Story of Nick Kokonas (8:12) The Story of Jay Gould (10:00) Can It Be Learned? (13:04) The Story o...

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$1M Attention Guide: 15+ ways to get eyeballs on what you're building https://clickhubspot.com/okbv Episode 869: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Angel Studios founder Jeff Harmon ( https://x.com/JeffreyHarmon  ) about finding and exploiting glitches.  — Show Notes: (0:00) I helped a dentist create one of the greatest marketing campaigns (8:35) How to find the glitch in the...

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Get Sam's guide to turn AI into your executive coach: https://clickhubspot.com/vbrp Episode 867: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) test out the new ai personal assistants.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:42) AI is the highest ELO game in the world (5:18) Instinct (9:31) Grokbot (20:24) It’s not all about intelligence (38:35) Micro1 (44:08) Exploitin...

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$1M Attention Guide: 15+ ways to get eyeballs on what you're building https://clickhubspot.com/brcv Episode 863: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to Grant Lafontaine ( https://x.com/GrantLaFontaine ) the founder of Whatnot.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:00) Grant turned down Shaan’s investment (2:12) Shaan buys a crab on Whatnot (3:58) First...

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Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/pnlv Episode 861: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with David Rubenstein ( https://x.com/DM_Rubenstein ) to talk about turning Carlyle into $500B, his $14B miss, and the greatest business lessons in history.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Turning $5M into $500B (5:13) Scrappy private equity (11:58) Don...

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30+ unsexy business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/dwtb Episode 854: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) ask 3 founders to tell them the juiciest number behind their businesses and get advice live.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Rishi Talati, Hot Plate (20:10) Ajay Mehta, Tolan (39:53) Jonathan Baer, Overlap — Links: • Hot Plate - https://www.hotplate.com/&n...

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