My First Million

My First Million

#147 – How Sam Hacked Amazon’s Book Rankings, A $600m Exit, And Crypto with Brother Aaaron

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@theSamParr) discuss: – Sam explains the origins of the QAnon movement – Could buying collectibles from infamous people work? – Romance stories are big business: Sam almost launched a company in the space (https://www.shortbutromantic.com/daily-story) – Wattpad which started as a romance novel community was sold for $600m recently – … Read more

#146 with Suleman “Suli” Ali – Voluntarily Selling Our Data, Creating The New Religion and A Fund Making Millions Shorting Pharma Companies

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Suleman “Suli” Ali (@sulemanali) discuss: – Creating a reputation database for people – Voluntarily selling your data to companies – Dealing with scammers – Creating a publically available org chart – A new religion that celebrates life instead of death and the new in-vogue churches – Sharing assets among friends. Example: … Read more

#144 – Shaan’s Giving Away A Company, A Mysterious, Anonymous New App and The Most Gimmicky Marketing Thing The Guys Have Done

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MFM Apex: https://joinapex.com/i/pwr8nk Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss: – DTC smelling salts? – A mysterious, anonymous new app – Should you hide your real opinions? – The amazing story of Katalin Kariko – Should you focus on legacy or fun? – MFM embraces the banter – Shaan’s giving away a company – … Read more

#143 with Jeremy Cai of Italic – Influencer Coffee Making Millions, What Cold Chain Is and Why It’s Booming, And Tons of Ideas

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss: – Is Sam Parr Time Person of the Year? – Jeremy introduces himself – Idea: subscription box for bread (and the millions in subscription boxes) – The big business of selling to middle America (aspirational branding) – Boring DTC products that crush it – Ideas for niche … Read more

#142 – Digital Meet and Greets, A Little Known $30m Empire, And Shaan’s Twitter Controversy

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss: – 02:52: A home security idea – 06:02: Wynter.io and other powerful simple plugins – 15:24: Kevin Systrom’s and Mark Zuckerburg’s transcripts from the Instagram acquisition – 22:01: Shaan discusses his controversial Tweet – 40:21: A digital meet and greet idea – 47:15: Syed Balkhi – The … Read more

#140 – How Much Do VCs Make?, A Booming Startup Replacing Fridges, and A Board Game Making $5m A Month

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss: – 06:05 A booming grocery delivery startup, Fridge No More – 12:00 The “Ukranian Tik-Tok”, Coub – 13:01 The $4b startup you haven’t heard of: GoPuff – 21:09 A board game doing $5m a month: Hunt A Killer – 23:20 The booming audience for “true crime” content … Read more

#139 – The Rise of “Clout” Kitchens, Why Martin Shkreli is a Rockstar, and a $100m Acquisition

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss: – 00:30 Is it better to rent and invest your money elsewhere? – 05:32 Penny Hoarder acquired for over $100m – 09:20 MrBeast Burger and clout kitchens – 17:01 Guthy-Renker and the lucrative world of direct-mail – 20:57 Will mom and pop restaurants become cloud kitchens? – … Read more

#138 – How A Big Bitcoin Bet Paid Off, How To Best Learn From Billionaires, And Should Engineers Have Managers?

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss: 5:53 Dan Gilbert owns the Cavs…and a lot more 11:48 How Dan Snyder made his billions 13:40 How to pounce on new opportunities 20:20 MicroStartegy’s big bet into bitcoin 29:00 The right way to learn from billionaires 34:24 The big business of lawn care and pest control … Read more