#206 with Brianne Kimmel - How Venture Capitalists Make Money

3 strangers showed us how they made $8M, $10M, & $40M/year

140+ real business ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/pkst [https://clickhubspot.com/pkst] Episode 852: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr [https://x.com/theSamParr] ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) ask 3 founders to tell them the juiciest number behind their businesses and get advice live.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:31) Raav Gupta, Posha (20:03) Nick Saltarelli, Mid-Day Squares (39:48) Shreyas Parab, DayDream Dental — Links: • Posha - https://www.posha.com/ [https://www.posha.com/]  • Mid-Day Squares - https://www.middaysquares.com/ [https://www.middaysquares.com/]  • DayDream Dental - https://www.daydream.dental/ [https://www.daydream.dental/]  — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com [http://joinhampton.com]): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm [http://joinhampton.com/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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ [http://mercury.com/]  Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

$39B founder says his company could 100x in 5 years

Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/elft [https://clickhubspot.com/elft] Episode 851: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr [https://x.com/theSamParr] ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) talk to Brett Adcock ( https://x.com/adcock_brett [https://x.com/adcock_brett] ), the founder of Figure.ai. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:29) Hark, a human in a box (8:00) zero constraints (17:32) rapid prototyping (21:38) What are the robots doing? (23:45) what about the hype is real? (27:54) finding the best people (30:14) $20M dollar salaries for engineers (32:03) How Zuck is buying his way into AI (35:44) Auditing Brett's 2026 predictions (42:33) reducing your buckets (44:00) show us your home screen (46:17) hitting rock bottom 3x (57:22) who inspires Brett — Links: • Hark - https://hark.com/ [https://hark.com/]  • Cover - https://www.cover.ai/ [https://www.cover.ai/]  • Figure - https://www.figure.ai/ [https://www.figure.ai/]  — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com [http://joinhampton.com]): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm [http://joinhampton.com/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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ [http://mercury.com/]  Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

3 killer businesses hiding in plain sight

140+ real business ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/pkce [https://clickhubspot.com/pkce] Episode 850: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr [https://x.com/theSamParr] ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) talk about massive businesses hidden in plain sight.  — Show Notes: (0:00) The wild economics of lab testing on monkeys (11:01) Salad oil crisis (15:35) the art of noticing  (24:38) enthusiasm (27:39) know thy 8-year old self (32:32) be shameless (37:08) Sam goes to SF for 7 days — Links: • Qoves - https://www.qoves.com/ [https://www.qoves.com/]  • Charles River - https://www.criver.com/ [https://www.criver.com/]  • How To Do Great Work - https://www.paulgraham.com/greatwork.html — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com [http://joinhampton.com]): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm [http://joinhampton.com/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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ [http://mercury.com/]  Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

9 drunk ideas that sound stupid (but are secretly genius)

Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/erhy [https://clickhubspot.com/erhy] Episode 849: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr [https://x.com/theSamParr] ), Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) and their producer Arie brainstorm 9 business ideas that are genius.   — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:07) IDEA 1: Reverse vacations (6:03) IDEA 2: Rap battle + UFC fight (13:18) IDEA 3: Giant claw machine (20:39) IDEA 4: Butter dispenser (27:32) IDEA 5: beepers for kids (35:35) IDEA 6: Mexican Benihana (40:01) IDEA 7: bulk custom gifts (44:10) IDEA 8: Slop Stop (49:06) IDEA 9: Take your roommate to work day — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com [http://joinhampton.com]): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm [http://joinhampton.com/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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ [http://mercury.com/]  Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

We found the internet's best sales advice

Get our CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/sagh [https://clickhubspot.com/sagh] Episode 848: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr [https://x.com/theSamParr] ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) talk about the 7 rules of sales, Bernard Arnault’s revenge letter, plus the economics of Magic: The Gathering. — Show Notes: (0:00) highest value comment from HackerNews (2:50) always bring 2 diet cokes to a negotiation (7:36) Saving lives as a service (17:24) Bernard Arnaults revenge letter (25:29) The business of Magic: The Gathering (41:58) Bryan Johnson, The Dana White of Longevity — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com [http://joinhampton.com]): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm [http://joinhampton.com/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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ [http://mercury.com/]  Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /