My First Million

I chose to be broke for a year

Want the 4 money rules that changed my life? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/fws [https://clickhubspot.com/fws] Episode 783: Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) gets interviewed by his former intern about quitting a $120K/yr job in his 20s to become strategically broke and the other counter-intuitive decisions that made him successful.  Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:56) Quitting a $120k job to be broke and live with 3 friends (Don’t linger on bad decisions) (10:26) Fear is what holds people back more so than anything else (13:17) How to get what you (actually) want. (16:37) Most people are not serious (28:21) Who is the most important voice in your life? (34:05) Why I decided to sell my company to Twitch & Amazon. (40:18) The biggest waste of time is doing something that needn’t been done at all (Elon) (41:52)  “You can’t run an A/B test on life” (Act Accordingly) (52:37) There are no bonus points for making things harder for yourself (location) (58:23) The best people are 'down' (Buffett) — Links: • The Biography Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@thebiographypod [https://www.youtube.com/@thebiographypod]  — 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 /

Two Millionaires Answer the Questions You’d Ask Off-Camera

Get the free Side Hustle Ideas Database 👉 https://clickhubspot.com/rve [https://clickhubspot.com/rve] Episode 782: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ [https://x.com/theSamParr] ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) answer listener questions.  Show Notes: (0:00) Biggest mistake in business you've never talked about (7:33) Best company to work at to become a millionaire (20:43) How much revenue did Hampton make in 2025? (21:28) 2026 misogi's (29:46) what's your f u money purchase (35:28) what are the mfm OGs up to? (43:07) how to build compounding wealth (50:09) Who would be your jail call? (1:04:41) best idea you've heard on the pod — 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 best stuff we’ve read in the last 12 months

Want Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (& his reading strategy)? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/bvp [https://clickhubspot.com/bvp] Episode 781: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ [https://x.com/theSamParr] ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) break down the best things they’ve seen over the last 12 months.  Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (11:18) die with zero (20:24) selling out (37:06) 48 Laws of Power (41:28) The Terminal List (46:17) The Navalmanak (49:13) Working smarter, not harder (51:52) The $510M boom box (54:08) Sam's richer, better looking twin — Links: • Die With Zero - https://www.diewithzerobook.com/ [https://www.diewithzerobook.com/]  • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant - https://www.navalmanack.com/ [https://www.navalmanack.com/]  • Poor Charlie’s Almanack - https://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com/ [https://www.poorcharliesalmanack.com/]  • The Will of the Many - https://www.amazon.com/Will-Many-1-Hierarchy/dp/1982141174 [https://www.amazon.com/Will-Many-1-Hierarchy/dp/1982141174]  • The Terminal List - https://www.officialjackcarr.com/books/the-terminal-list/ [https://www.officialjackcarr.com/books/the-terminal-list/]  • The 48 Laws of Power - https://powerseductionandwar.com/48-laws-of-power/ [https://powerseductionandwar.com/48-laws-of-power/]  • Selling Out - https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/memo/selling-out [https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/memo/selling-out]  — 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 //

If you want a rich life, watch this before 2026

Get Jesse's guide to plan a massive 2026 (his exact system for building billion-dollar companies): https://clickhubspot.com/akd [https://clickhubspot.com/akd] Episode 780: Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) flies to Jesse Itzler’s ( https://x.com/JesseItzler [https://x.com/JesseItzler] ) home to plan an epic 2026.  Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (6:00) Step 1: Get Light (11:30) Step 2: Close the books (24:38) Step 3: Plan your year (42:16) Step 4: 8 boxes — Links: • The Big A## Calendar - https://thebigasscalendar.com/ [https://thebigasscalendar.com/]  • Jesse’s YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHs5VVcrc-CgIpx1G3ioZ-A [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHs5VVcrc-CgIpx1G3ioZ-A]  — 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 Most Hidden Path to Financial Freedom in America

Get 200 business ideas here: https://clickhubspot.com/fda [https://clickhubspot.com/fda] Episode 779: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ [https://x.com/theSamParr] ) and Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) talk to Alex Smereczniak [alex@franzy.com]( https://x.com/AlexfromFranzy [https://x.com/AlexfromFranzy] ) about one of the most overlooked paths to wealth creation.  Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:21) Turning $2K into $400K revenue (8:48) A case for franchising (10:56) The blueprint (16:02) How one operator opened 100 franchises (23:43) Another Nine (30:19) Waterloo Turf (33:47) PopUp Bagels (36:36) Red Flags (41:10) Nothing Bundt Cakes, Crumbl Cookie, home services (46:06) Garage Kings (50:15) Senior care (51:52) Funeral homes, crime scene clean up, pet cremation (55:24) Red flags (1:02:21) The Flynn Group — Links: • Franzy - https://franzy.com/ [https://franzy.com/]  • List of Top Franchise Brands - https://go.franzy.com/download-franzys-top-ten-franchises-of-2026 [https://go.franzy.com/download-franzys-top-ten-franchises-of-2026] • WakeWash - https://wakewashwfu.com/ [https://wakewashwfu.com/]  • Dave’s Hot Chicken - https://daveshotchicken.com/ [https://daveshotchicken.com/]  • Another Nine - https://anothernine.com/ [https://anothernine.com/]  • Waterloo Turf - https://waterlooturf.com/ [https://waterlooturf.com/]  • PopUp Bagels - https://www.popupbagels.com/ [https://www.popupbagels.com/]  • Roark Capital - https://www.roarkcapital.com/ [https://www.roarkcapital.com/]  • Nothing Bundt Cakes - https://www.nothingbundtcakes.com/ [https://www.nothingbundtcakes.com/]  • Benjamin Franklin Plumbing - https://www.benjaminfranklinplumbing.com/ [https://www.benjaminfranklinplumbing.com/]  • Garage Kings - https://garagekings.com/ [https://garagekings.com/]  • Bio 1 - https://bio1sd.com/ [https://bio1sd.com/]  • Aftermath - https://aftermath.com/ [https://aftermath.com/]  • Flynn Group - https://flynn.com/ [https://flynn.com/]  — 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 //