My First Million

When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

Get our Resource Vault - a curated collection of pro-level business resources: https://clickhubspot.com/ebh [https://clickhubspot.com/ebh] Episode 785:  Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ [https://x.com/ShaanVP] ) talks to Nick Huber ( https://x.com/sweatystartup [https://x.com/sweatystartup] ) about the biggest bet he ever made and the mistakes he learned the hard way. Email Nick@SweatyStartup.com to get hooked up with a pre-vetted salesperson, finance person or executive assistant.  Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:24) Breaking down Nick's portfolio (8:49) The deal structure and terms (11:20) Fail: Buying a domain for $400K, killing out traffic (12:24) Fail Elon bought twitter + I invited competition (16:49) new owner syndrome (18:43) How to hire overseas talent (10-min masterclass) (27:18) Pieter Thiel's Stanford class (30:17) Suli's brutal advice (34:23) Holdcos is overrated (36:04) The tortoise always wins (38:52) one big thing (47:25) Roofing (51:07) Self-storage — Links: • Somewhere - https://somewhere.com/ [https://somewhere.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 /

Why Balance Is the Enemy of Greatness | David Senra

Get Sam's top 7 books for entrepreneurs (+ his reading strategy): https://clickhubspot.com/gds [https://clickhubspot.com/gds] Episode 784:  Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ [https://x.com/theSamParr] ) sits down with David Senra ( https://x.com/FoundersPodcast [https://x.com/FoundersPodcast] ) to talk about greatness, balance and what destroys successful people.  Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:22) Balance is the enemy of greatness (9:13) How to remember what you learn (17:10) Revenge for Being Born & Reframing the Inner Critic (26:40) Success, Relationships, and What Destroys Great People (30:55) Advice for 19-Year-Olds (34:42) David’s ideal board of advisors (39:20) Don’t Do Anything Someone Else Can Do (44:05) what successful people really think about at the end (48:30) Compounding wisdom — Links: • Founders Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@founderspodcast1 [https://www.youtube.com/@founderspodcast1]  — 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 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 //