My First Million

Episode 418: In a new segment called The Boys React to the News, Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) give their two cents on a few relevant business stories. Check it out... ----- Links: * Jack Butcher NFT * Visualize Value * Moonwalker shoes * Edward Snowden exposes host / Reddit * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want...

Episode 417: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) preview the Super Bowl by looking at the business side of the game... who are the wealthy NFL owners, the power of Super Bowl commercials, niche Super Bowl related businesses, and much more. Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here. ----- Links: * 50 Star Productions * Coinbase Super Bowl ad 2022 * Phil Simms/Disn...

Episode 416: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) preview Sam's interview with Harry-O of Death Row records, discuss whether Steve Bartlett is legit, Shaan gives an apology to MrBeast, and much more. Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here. ----- Links: * TheDailyPump * Steven Bartlett * NP Reviews * Nick Gray * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's sm...

Episode 415: In a new segment called The Boys React to the News, Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) give their two cents on a few relevant business stories. Check it out... ----- Links: * Artifact * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ------ Show Notes: (01:02) -...

Episode 414: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about friend of the pod, Andrew Wilkinson's journey from starting a small agency to growing a billion dollar company, Shaan's investment miss, the Scallenge, and more. Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here. ----- Links: * ApplyBoard * Dribble 2.0 blog post * MetaLab * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam an...

Episode 413: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk with Anand Sanwal (@asanwal), CEO and co-founder of CB Insights, about how Anand built his companies, the importance of data, small business niches that are growing, and much more. Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here. ----- Links: * RebelGirls * USNews Best Colleges * McCormick Corporation * Anand's Twit...

Episode 412: We re-run episode 1 of My First Million with Suleman Ali. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ------ Show Notes: We talk with tech founder & investor Suleman "Suli" Ali (@sulemanali) about his journey from making $76k a year at Microsoft to selling multiple...

Episode 411: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) speak with Will Ahmed (@willahmed), founder and CEO of WHOOP, about building a $3.6 billion company based on a personal health and fitness wearable. ----- Links: * WHOOP * Whisper * deeptomcruise * @lilmiquela * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM...

Episode 410: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) is joined by Suli Ali (@sulemanali) to talk about new business ideas, how to write an honest LinkedIn profile, rapid fire responses to personal questions, what's Suli's next step... and much more. ----- Links: * Justin Yoshimura * CSC Generation * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights...

Episode 409: In a new segment called The Boys React to the News, Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) give their two cents on a few relevant business stories. Check it out... ----- Links: * Gas * Nikita Bier * Tonic * Unsellable NFTs * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsle...

Episode 408: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about multi-million dollar car businesses, Shaan's business offer for a female listener, creators who have made $50M plus, and Billy of the Week Sam Altman. Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here. ----- Links: * Bring a Trailer * Shaan's tweet * More Plates More Dates * Gorilla Mind * Marek Health * Kayla I...

Episode 407: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about expanding the business of tracking trends, the explosion of pickleball popularity, and lucrative online gaming. Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here. ----- Links: * Exploding Topics * Meet Glimpse * WGSN * GLG * Eureka Surveys * The Dink * Virtual Gaming World * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam a...

Episode 406: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about weight loss drugs Sam's testing, vaping weed, South Park creators' new tool and much more. Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here. ----- Links: * Ozempic * Calibrate * Deep Voodoo * South Park Guys video * Sophia Amoruso Instagram * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscr...

Episode 405: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about what happens when Shaan leaves the house and meets up with other founders, the power of storytelling, the things you learn when you sell a company and how to hire a researcher. Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here. ----- Links: * Alpha Paw * Genius Litter * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Sh...

Episode 404: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) binge on business ideas in this episode. They discuss becoming the next member of the Twitter Guy Mafia to going through Anand Sanwal's treasure trove of ideas - the good and the bad, plus much more. Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here. ----- Links: * Anand Sanwal * Yardstiq * Guy Dealership * Luxury Watch Gu...

Episode 403: After an extensive process of intense research and rigorous evaluation (we ran one Twitter poll) we have determined the episode of the year: The Camp MFM Recap episode. So as we gear up to bring you tons of new and improved content this year, please enjoy this (now award winning!) episode from the vaults. ----- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji S...

Episode 402: Producer Ben breaks down his top 5 MFM interviews from 2022 ------ Show Notes: (00:45) - MrBeast and Hasan Minhaj (05:30) - Palmer Luckey (14:20) - Dharmesh Shah (26:00) - Pieter Levels (35:50) - Alex Hormozi ----- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwan...

Episode 401: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr), Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) present the annual Milly Awards. The most notable Billy of the Year will be named... as well as best and worst investments, favorite breakout company of the year, coolest moment of the year, best content, and so much more. And one side note, if you want to sell your boring business email shaan@shaanpuri.c...

Episode 400: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about TikTokers making shows with millions of views, the success of Coffeezilla debunking internet myths, the power of Click Funnels for making money online and more. ----- Links: * Papa Swolio TikTok * Buying Time TikTok * Keep The Meter Running TikTok * Einstein Elementary TikTok * The Adventurists * Coffeezilla YT * Gently * Cli...

Episode 399: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk to Billy McFarland talks about the failures of Fyre Festival, lessons learned, and his latest business venture, PYRT. ----- Links: * PYRT * Bounty Hunter World * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ------ Show N...

Episode 398: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk to Morning Brew Founder & CEO Austin Rief (@austin_rief) about building, growing and selling a newsletter valued at $75M in 5 years, whether newsletter businesses are still worth doing, how to make them succeed, and a few good side hustle ideas to start now. ----- Links: * Morning Brew * Toptal * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam...

Episode 397: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talks with Kendall Saville and Michael Wittmeyer about their decision to buy Milk Road, their background in gambling affiliates, gold, and crypto, and much more. ----- Links: * JM Bullion * Milk Road * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. -----...

Episode 396: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) judge the My First Million pitch competition with students at the University of Michigan for a prize of $5,000. Some impressive ideas... find out who wins. ----- Links: * Internet Activism * Yofi * Deal Dog * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? C...

Episode 395: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about Shaan's interview with entrepreneur, investor, author, podcaster, and lifestyle guru, Tim Ferriss (@tferriss). They review his money and life advice, as well as his new NFT project. Plus, real estate insights and one business idea... plugins and SaaS tools for Only Fans. ----- Links: * Homestead Heritage * Tim Ferriss * Milk...

Episode 394: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk with entrepreneur and Kayak co-founder, Paul English (@englishpaulm) about his latest business ideas, his famous missed investments, how to become a strong recruiter, and why he wants to create Twitter's competitor. ----- Links: * Paul English * Boston Venture Studio * Middle * Bipolar Social Club * Do you love MFM and want to see...