Doomer Optimism, The Economics of Book Publishing, and More

Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) discuss doomer optimism, why Sam is prepping for the apocalypse, the economics of book publishing, why most authors don’t make any money, and much more.

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Show Notes:

(01:03) – How Sam got knocked out last weekend

(08:50) – Doomer optimism and prepping for the end of the world

(18:43) – Lessons learned from Lex Fridman interviewing Elon Musk

(33:50) – The economics of book publishing

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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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MFM Goes Viral on TikTok, Solana Billionaires, Right to Be Forgotten, and More

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@theSamParr) discuss how they were able to get more than 10M views on TikTok, why Solana billionaires are giving them FOMO, the right to be forgotten and companies that are helping people achieve it, and much more.

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Show Notes:

(00:30) – How MFM went viral on TikTok

(07:55) – Right to be forgotten and Reputation.com

(21:20) – Making billions from Solana

(39:50) – Moving to Silicon Valley with nothing

(45:50) – Reflections on eComm

(01:00:00) – SOS and OpenSea

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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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• #224 Rob Dyrdek – How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits

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• #178 Balaji Srinivasan – Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

#169 – How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert’s Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett

• ​​​​#218 – Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates

• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, “How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?”, and More

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The 2021 Milly Awards

Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) are joined by Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) to go through their 2021 Milly Awards. They hand out awards like “billionaire of the year,” “best investment of the year,” “best podcast guest,” and more.

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Show Notes:

(03:00) – Billionaire of the year

(15:00) – Company of the year

(23:00) – Unsexy simple business of the year

(29:40) – Best investment

(41:30) – Worst investment

(51:15) – Favorite digital tool, favorite physical tool, under $100 and over $1,000

(1:02:25) – Best thing you learned about yourself and best relationship hack

(1:17:00) – Book of the year and best new follow or subscription

(1:21:00) – Shaan’s story of meeting Rupert Murdoch

(1:28:00) – Best podcast guest and best hang

(1:39:15) – Favorite company, industry, and predictions

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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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• #224 Rob Dyrdek – How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits

• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk – Why NFTS Are the Future

• #178 Balaji Srinivasan – Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

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• ​​​​#218 – Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates

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The Story of Black Market Kingpin Ross Ulbricht + Sam Does an AMA

Sam Parr (@theSamParr) is joined by producer Ben Wilson (@BenWilsonTweets), to do an AMA of questions asked on Twitter and talk about the story of Silk Road creator and black market kingpin Ross Ulbricht. Sam also shares his personal history with Ross and what it was like to meet him.

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Show Notes:

(00:20) – Start of AMA: What are you excited about in 2022?

(09:05) – What are you most proud of about MFM?

(09:45) – Ben’s first time being recognized in public.

(13:00) – Celebs or high-profile people Sam gets nervous around

(15:30) – Start of Ross Ulbricht story

(30:10) – How Ross got caught

(36:55) – Story of Sam meeting Ross

Billy of the Week: Tyler Perry

Sam Parr (@theSamParr) sits down with Steph Smith (@StephSmithio), indie creator and host of the “Sh*t You Didn’t Learn in School” podcast, to talk about Tyler Perry and how he was able to become a billionaire in the entertainment industry.

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Companies of One that Make Millions with Steph Smith

Sam Parr (@theSamParr) sits down with Steph Smith (@StephSmithio), indie creator and host of the “Sh*t You Didn’t Learn in School” podcast, to talk about companies with only one employee that are making millions and what we can learn from them.

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Show Notes:

(00:50) – How Steph plans to become a billionaire

(04:30) – BuiltWith.com, Levels.io, and Ugmonk.

(08:00) – Carrd. About.me. Unfold. Media kits.

(11:30) – NextEpisode.net

(18:30) – The MotoMeter

(22:15) – HeadLime

(26:00) – Sites that have a surprising amount of traffic – GlitchnDealz.com, FoodTimeline.org

(40:30) – “Your listicle is my opportunity”

(45:15) – Magnus Carlsen and chess

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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* Click here to find out if you won $1,000 from the review giveaway: https://youtu.be/xsaO0H-0wg0

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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