My First Million Episode 386: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk to Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) – entrepreneur and co-founder of Tiny – about learning to be a successful entrepreneur in less than a decade. His hardest and easiest businesses to start. Plus, one business idea he hasn’t acted on, yet. —– Links: * Tiny * Pixel … Read more
Episode 385: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) react to the failure of the cryptocurrency trading firm FTX and the taking down of its CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried. —– Links: * @AutismCapital * @TechEmails * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan’s smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want … Read more
Episode 384: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk with entrepreneur, creator, and investor Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom) about three business ideas that will make money now, and why he left private equity to make millions as a content creator. Bonus: Shaan offers $2,000 to anyone who helps him develop his “uniform” for the pod. … Read more
Episode 383: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) speak with Kaitlyn Michelle Siragusa, aka Amouranth (@Amouranth), about how she built her million dollar social media business empire and why she bought a Chinese ball pit manufacturer. —– Links: * Amouranth – Twitch * OnlyFans * Avatar AI * Downbad * Do you love MFM … Read more
Episode 383: The three funniest moments from MFM in October. —— Show Notes: (00:45) – Sara’s List Negotiation (05:05) – Work in tech-adjacent businesses & new-shiny syndrome (07:45) – Grit and delayed gratification —– Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance … Read more
Episode 382: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk to Kevin Rose (@kevinrose), entrepreneur, founder, VC and CEO of many projects, about creating an online magazine that garners $100M/year focusing on watches, what projects he’s interested in, why he loves crypto, and where he invests his money. —– Links: * Kevin Rose * DIGG … Read more
Episode 381: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) have the inside story about the two fake Twitter employees who trolled the media, where billions are spent for Halloween, and eight side hustles for the holidays. —– Links: * Spirit Halloween * Rubies * Zombie Pumpkins * Pumpkinsteins * Hu.ma.ne * Suleman Ali * Do … Read more
Episode #380: Shaan Puri (@shaanvp) talks about the different kinds of luck, how to put yourself in a position to be lucky, and how to mitigate different kinds of risk. To submit your question and hear yourself on My First Million, go to MFMPod.com and click on the circle with the microphone in the lower … Read more
Episode 379: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about a hostile takeover of Sara’s List and brainstorm how they’re going to deal with it, the backstory of the #1 app – GAS, and much more. —– Links: * Sara’s List * Kristin Kent’s Twitter (@kstankent) * The Muse * Packy McCormick * Gas … Read more
Episode 378: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk with billionaire Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey), founder of Oculus and Anduril, about what he’s done with his money since selling Oculus to Facebook, his ideas for a new prison system and sewer food, as well as his take on national security and why he flies coach. … Read more