My First Million

The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team

Get the guide to build your own unicorn billion dollar biz: https://clickhubspot.com/fgk [https://clickhubspot.com/fgk] Episode 761: Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) sits down with Ryan Smith ( https://x.com/ryanqualtrics [https://x.com/ryanqualtrics] ) – the high school dropout who built an $8B company and bought an NBA team. — Show Notes: (0:00) 1.9 GPA to $2B (9:47) Starting Qualtrics (14:02) Focus (24:00)  How to be top 1% at sales (26:17) Turning down $500M (31:37) Working backwards (3814) Buying an NBA team (43:51)  The 9 most important minutes of the day — Links: • Qualtrics - https://www.qualtrics.com/ • Utah Jazz - https://www.nba.com/jazz/ — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com [https://www.shaanpuri.com]  • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm [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 [http://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/ [https://www.joinhampton.com/] • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ [https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/] • Copy That - https://copythat.com [https://copythat.com/] • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth [https://joinhampton.com/wealth] • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ [http://samslist.co/] My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

I asked Cathie Wood the question no one else will

Get the free investing playbook to invest like Warren Buffet: https://clickhubspot.com/rme [https://clickhubspot.com/rme] Episode 760: Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) talks to Cathie Wood ( https://x.com/CathieDWood [https://x.com/CathieDWood] )  about her fund’s performance, her biggest bets on AI, and the most misunderstood stock on earth.  — Show Notes: (0:00) McDonald’s to Managing Billions (8:54) A day in the life of Cathie Wood (17:29) ARK’s Performance Review (30:00) Cathie’s #1 stock pick — Links: • ARK - https://www.ark-funds.com/ [https://www.ark-funds.com/]  • The MFM Newsletter Challenge - https://www.beehiiv.com/application/mfm — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com [https://www.shaanpuri.com]  • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm [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 [http://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/ [https://www.joinhampton.com/] • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ [https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/] • Copy That - https://copythat.com [https://copythat.com/] • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth [https://joinhampton.com/wealth] • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ [http://samslist.co/] My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Masterclass: How to go from founder to CEO (without imploding)

Get Shaan's CEO Masterclass Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/esd [https://clickhubspot.com/esd] Episode 759: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ [https://x.com/theSamParr] ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) talk about the things they wish they knew when they were first-time CEOs.  — Show Notes: (0:00) CEO Masterclass (38:06) Abusing Your Edge — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com [https://www.shaanpuri.com]  • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm [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 [http://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/ [https://www.joinhampton.com/] • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ [https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/] • Copy That - https://copythat.com [https://copythat.com/] • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth [https://joinhampton.com/wealth] • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ [http://samslist.co/] My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

5 AI Tools I’d Use to Make $1M (w/o employees, capital, or time)

Use these 5 AI tools to make your first $1M: https://clickhubspot.com/khe [https://clickhubspot.com/khe] Episode 758: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ [https://x.com/theSamParr] ) talks to Greg Isenberg ( https://x.com/gregisenberg [https://x.com/gregisenberg] ) about 5 underrated AI tools founders should know about.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Enhancer.ai (7:05) Comet (17:15) Wispr Flow (19:11) Shortcut AI (23:50) Reel.Farm (30:55) AI Apply — Links: • Wan 2.2 - https://github.com/Wan-Video/Wan2.2 [https://github.com/Wan-Video/Wan2.2]  • Comet - https://www.perplexity.ai/comet • Wisprflow - https://wisprflow.ai/ • Shortcut - https://www.tryshortcut.ai/ • Reel.farm - http://reel.farm/ [http://reel.farm/] • AI Apply -https://aiapply.co/ — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com [https://www.shaanpuri.com]  • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm [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 [http://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/ [https://www.joinhampton.com/] • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ [https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/] • Copy That - https://copythat.com [https://copythat.com/] • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth [https://joinhampton.com/wealth] • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ [http://samslist.co/] My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

How to live an asymmetric life

Get Sam's ChatGPT Executive Coach Playbook - his exact system for everything from revenue optimization to life decisions: https://clickhubspot.com/skm [https://clickhubspot.com/skm] Episode 757 Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ [https://x.com/theSamParr] ) shares his formula for how to live a good life.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Step 1: Don’t Have a Best Friend (2:45) Step 2: Don’t Decide (7:01) Step 3: Don’t Set Goals (13:54) Step 4: Keep Pivoting (16:23) Step 5: Don’t Buy the Index — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com [https://www.shaanpuri.com]  • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm [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 [http://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/ [https://www.joinhampton.com/] • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ [https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/] • Copy That - https://copythat.com [https://copythat.com/] • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth [https://joinhampton.com/wealth] • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ [http://samslist.co/] My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano