Author: My First Million

  • This Year’s Best Twitter Accounts to Follow

    Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) share their favorite Twitter accounts to follow and what they have learned from them.

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    Show Notes:

    (00:30) – Sam’s body fat %

    (05:50) – @Post_Market

    (09:00) – @Ramit

    (15:40) – @GoodMarketingHQ and @George_Mack

    (17:55) – TheKanyeStory.com

    (20:25) – @PessimistsArc

    (33:25) – @ryanholiday and @dailystoic

    (38:50) – @AviralBhat

    (40:40) – Sinocism by Bill Bishop

    (47:50) – @Woonomic

    (53:15) – @fjamie013

    (55:08) – @nikitabier

    (55:50) – @haralabob

  • SPECIAL: Steve Jobs (Part 2)

    This is a special release of the 2-part Steve Jobs series from the How to Take Over the World podcast with Ben Wilson.

    Description – Today we’re talking about Steve Jobs, the innovator, businessman, and technologist who has arguably shaped our world in the 21st century more than any other person. This episode explores his life, strategies, tactics, work habits, leadership style, and more.

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  • SPECIAL: Steve Jobs (Part 1)

    This is a special release of the 2-part Steve Jobs series from the How to Take Over the World podcast with Ben Wilson.

    Description – Today we’re talking about Steve Jobs, the innovator, businessman, and technologist who has arguably shaped our world in the 21st century more than any other person. This episode explores his life, strategies, tactics, work habits, leadership style, and more.

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  • Half-Baked TV Show Ideas, Miss Excel Making Millions, The Adventure Challenge, and More

    Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@theSamParr) discuss half-baked TV show ideas that they think could be popular, how Miss Excel is making millions, the unexpected rise of The Adventure Challenge, and much more.

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    Show Notes:

    (03:22) – Miss Excel

    (20:15) – Monthly.com & Descript

    (27:20) – Genetic testing and GEDMatch.com

    (34:00) – The Adventure Challenge & The Adventure Book

    (44:05) – Half-baked TV show ideas

  • The Company You Would Build If You Had the Time, the $5M Question, VR Therapy, and More

    Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) discuss the business model of touring and creating live shows, how Andrew Lloyd Webber became a billionaire, what they would do if they knew they would make $5M no matter what, EMF protected pants, and more.

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    Show Notes:

    (00:20) – Sam threw up at a waterpark

    (02:55) – YouTube creators for kids

    (9:50) – The business model of touring

    (18:20) – Creating a Y Combinator of content

    (22:12) – The company you would build if you had the energy and the time

    (25:30) – Starting a company based on who you want to employ

    (31:15) – VR therapy

    (36:30) – What would you do with $5M per year?

    (41:30) – Sending gifts internationally to business partners

    (55:20) – The man pretending to be Satoshi

  • Hasan Minhaj – Comedy, Netflix, Haters, & Money

    Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) sits down with award-winning comedian Hasan Minhaj to discuss how he prepares for his shows, how he stays in the moment, his struggles dealing with anonymous Twitter trolls, what he has planned for the future, and more.

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    Show Notes:

    (00:45) – Shaan and Hasan’s daily routines

    (13:30) – Is entrepreneurship inborn or learned? Is comedy?

    (18:30) – Hasan’s process for preparing for a show

    (21:00) – Why comedians need to work out

    (31:00) – How to deal with feedback/haters

    (55:00) – Creating instead of consuming

    (1:21:00) – How creators can get leverage back from corporate interests

  • EMERGENCY POD: Shaan Reacts to Better.com CEO Firing 900 Employees

    Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) reacts to the Better.com CEO firing 900 employees on Zoom and explains what went wrong and how the CEO could have done better.

    To see Shaan’s reaction vid on YouTube, click here: https://youtu.be/9NRMaZ_nGw0

  • Fitness Hotels, Steel-Manning, and Why the Creator Economy is Overhyped

    Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) discuss new business ideas including building a fitness hotel, the mental model of building a steel man argument, and why the creator economy might be overhyped.

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    Show Notes:

    (00:54) – Announcing review contest winners and. introducing the clips contest

    (04:50) – Recapping the Noah Kagan episode

    (12:30) – Steel-manning

    (16:05) – Why speech and debate nerds end up successful

    (27:39) – RockAuto.com

    (33:00) – Why Sam is going to start a fitness hotel

    (38:00) – ManualsLib.com

    (43:57) – Why dentists are some of the top creators on YouTube

    (46:00) – Why the creator economy is overhyped

    (01:13:35) – Dane Cook’s amazing growth hack

  • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, QVC for Mobile, and More

    Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@theSamParr) break down Mr. Beast’s Squid Games recreation and talk about how he was able to get 100M views in less than four days. They also discuss a number of business ideas including chrome extensions, building QVC for mobile, and more.

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    Show Notes & Links:

    (00:26) – Recapping Sam’s conversation with Noah Kagan.

    (05:38) – Recapping and breaking down the Mr. Beast Squid Games

    (22:45) – Sam’s real estate YouTube project

    (30:55) – Ad Block and chrome extensions

    (36:20) – Rolling up gaming platforms

    (44:05) – QVC for mobile

    (47:48) – How to get numbers out of someone who’s reluctant to share

    (52:25) – Levels.io and remote work

  • Noah Kagan: Notes From Meeting Peter Thiel and Books that Helped Him Make Millions

    Sam Parr (@theSamParr) is joined by Noah Kagan (@noahkagan) to discuss how AppSumo started, what he’s working on now, what he learned from his recent meeting from Peter Thiel, the books that have had. the biggest impact on him, and what he’s reading now.

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    Show Notes & Links:

    (0:30) – Noah’s schedule and what he’s working on now

    (11:30) – Why Noah doesn’t think 10 years ahead

    (22:15) – Does being rich really make you happier? (Yes)

    (35:05) – Noah’s thoughts from meeting Peter Thiel and startup cities

    (47:10) – How would you live differently if you were a billionaire?

    (58:15) – What Noah and Sam are reading