My First Million

Every Business I Tried Before Making My First Million

Want the Side Hustle Ideas Database? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/jnd [https://clickhubspot.com/jnd] Episode 765: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ [https://x.com/theSamParr] ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) talk about every business Sam tried before he made his first million. — Show Notes: (0:00) #1 - Flipping Sports Equipment (2:05) #2 - Hot Dog Stand (5:42) #3 - Online Liquor Store (8:33) #4 - Anti-MBA Book Club (10:40) #5 - Roommate Matching (12:11) What to start now (19:48) Risk vs uncertainty (24:57) #? - Itch Juice (29:04) A bunch of failures (34:17) Lessons from starting 17 businesses — 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 Alex Hormozi Gets Other People To Build His $100M+ Empire

Get Sam & Shaan's guide to build a Million Dollar Business (+team): https://clickhubspot.com/hde [https://clickhubspot.com/hde] Episode 764: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ [https://x.com/theSamParr] ) talks to Alex Hormozi ( https://x.com/AlexHormozi [https://x.com/AlexHormozi] ) about how to hire A+ talent, how to think in frameworks, and how to write for maximum persuasion.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Hiring for general intelligence (16:12) The snowball of talent (18:59) Employees v. Partners (20:35) How to be a magnet for talent (24:39) #1 mistake (26:37) Be fast to fire (30:33) macro patience, micro speed (38:03) Shower thoughts w/ Hormozi (44:58) Persuasion (1:05:12) Alex reads his own tweets — Links: • Acquisition - https://www.acquisition.com/ [https://www.acquisition.com/]  • 1929 - https://tinyurl.com/5n78rjzw [https://tinyurl.com/5n78rjzw]  — 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 Did Nothing For 2 Weeks. It Made Me Better At Everything.

Get the behind-the-scenes on Shaan’s book project - https://onehourbooks.co Get Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (+ his reading strategy): https://clickhubspot.com/rkf [https://clickhubspot.com/rkf] Episode 763: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ [https://x.com/theSamParr] ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) talk about the benefits of doing nothing, Shaan’s secret book project, and the $100M startup that’s trying to cure loneliness.  And we share the big news: Shaan’s dropping a new book - https://onehourbooks.co [https://onehourbooks.co/] — Show Notes: (0:00) Sam takes 2 weeks off (8:13) Stoicism, so hot right now (14:09) engineering breakthroughs (19:55) One Hour Books (33:21) good procrastination (35:33) Shaping a belief (43:52) Shaan's family hustle (49:00) Build What Outlives You (51:01) Little Blue Books (56:11) $100M curing loneliness — 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 Ranked the Best & WORST Businesses to Start Before 2026 | Andrew Wilkinson

Which business model should you start? Get Andrew's cheat sheet with his full ranking and real profit margins here: https://clickhubspot.com/dge [https://clickhubspot.com/dge] Episode 762: What’s the best business to start in 2026? Agencies, SaaS, Restaurants, Real Estate, Marketplaces. Angel Investing; Andrew Wilkinson has played every game. He built 38 companies, lost $10 million, and still ended up with a $300 million portfolio. This week, @shaanpuri spoke with him about: * the best and worst business models to win in 2026 * starting Tiny with just $4M (now $250M) * the truth behind the Twitter hate on Tiny’s stock * why buying companies beats building them His is not a redemption story. It is the unapologetic reality of building, failing, and getting back up. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:06) MLM (4:28) Freelancer (5:07) Agency (9:33) SaaS (14:48) Restaurant  (17:03) Marketplace (19:43) Short Term Rentals (20:52) Content Creator (23:06) Real Estate (26:16) Fund Management  (35:21) Local Services (36:36) Investing (38:12) Sweaty Startup (43:15) Tiny stock performance (52:20) The courage to be disliked (1:10:21) Inputs v outputs — Links: • Tiny - https://tiny.com/ [https://tiny.com/]  • Never Enough - https://www.neverenough.com/ [https://www.neverenough.com/]  • Serato - https://serato.com/ [https://serato.com/]  • Rekordbox - https://rekordbox.com [https://rekordbox.com/en/] • Pershing Square Holdings - https://pershingsquareholdings.com/ [https://pershingsquareholdings.com/]  • Invest Like The Best - https://www.youtube.com/@ILTB_Podcast [https://www.youtube.com/@ILTB_Podcast]  • The Courage To Be Disliked - https://tinyurl.com/5fk3sa79 [https://tinyurl.com/5fk3sa79]  — 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 //

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