#137 – The Aftermath of The Combine Idea, The Next Trillion Dollar Industry, Crypto Art Selling For Millions

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss: – (16:45-27:40) Shaan’s $10m/yr idea: combine for young athletes – (27:40-33:10) What small markets today will be worth trillions in the future? – (33:10-35:55) Shaan becomes a minor celebrity within the bitcoin community – (35:56-46:00) More industries that may soon boom – (46:00-47:35) Talking cool company names – (47:35-52:45) The business of talking about TV shows – (53:15-57:20) Cameo-style businesses – (57:20-1:02:05) The massive business of OnlyFans – (1:02:06-1:08:48) Why the Nelk Boys are exploding Thank you to our sponsor this episode, EPOS! EPOS are fantastic headsets that make it easy to work flexibly across situations and locations, with portable headsets including hassle-free device compatibility. If you are an IT manager running a big department or a head of a growing company looking to give your employees the best headset solution to work from home, check out eposaudio.com/millions for a free trial! Have you joined our private FB group yet? It’s a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they’re already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. 

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#136 with Jack Smith – Trading Cards and Collectables: A Deep Dive Into The Opportunities In The Space

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) are joined by Jack Smith (@_jacksmith). They discuss: – (0:59) Introduction to Jack Smith – (7:04) Jack introduces the world of collectible card investing – (14:40) What is Rally Rd – (23:29) How to make money lending against trading cards – (32:52) Collecting NBA moments? – (37:00) The opportunities in trading cards – (47:00) The massive size of eBay’s collectible business – (49:00) Shaan hears from a sketchy entrepreneur and they discuss cards as ETF Thank you to our sponsor this episode, Flatfile! Spend less time on Excel and more time building your business by easily importing data using Flatfile. Check them out at flatfile.io/hustle. Have you joined our private FB group yet? It’s a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they’re already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. 

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#135 with Rahul Vohra (Superhuman Founder) – Why He Started Superhuman and The Ideas He’d Like To See Built

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) are joined by Superhuman’s Rahul Vohra (@rahulvohra). They discuss: – Rahul’s first startup, Rapportive – Rahul explain what it’s like to work with Marc Andreesen – Will Superhuman go public? – Why doesn’t Google crush Superhuman? – Rahul describes when the idea to create Superhuman struck him – Shaan asks, what’re the best “Superhuman for X” ideas – How Rahul stays calm and manages time – What startups are Rahul investing in? – Rahul’s startup ideas Thank you to our sponsor this episode, EPOS! EPOS are fantastic headsets that make it easy to work flexibly across situations and locations, with portable headsets including hassle-free device compatibility. If you are an IT manager running a big department or a head of a growing company looking to give your employees the best headset solution to work from home, check out eposaudio.com/millions for a free trial! Have you joined our private FB group yet? It’s a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they’re already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. 

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MFM x Trends – How Johnny Boufarhat Took Hopin from 0 to $1b+ in Less Than A Year

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Sam interviews Johnny Boufarhat about scaling Hoping to rapid unicorn status.They discuss how being a fully remote team impacted their ability to move fast, how they’re hiring hundreds of people, and the future of the events industry. 

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#134 – Why the Collectables Market is Booming, Ecommerce 3.0, and “Time Billionaire” Explained

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss: – Shaan and Sam catch up and talk about the interesting and strange ways that the podcast have affected their lives (3:00) – Sam breaks down interesting writing tools and questions why they are so successful (6:30) – Shaan explains why building businesses on the internet is a “winner-takes-all” game (9:55) – Shaan tells Sam about his new One Big Thing Chrome extension (18:00) – Sam learns from the AppSumo model (23:00) – Sam and Shaan talk about how certain financial situations are hard to digest mentally (27:10) – Shaan talks about being a “time billionaire” (33:05) – Shaan has an interesting revelation on what it’s like to be an angel investor (44:40) – Why Bitcoin is different this time (52:43) Thank you to Lemon.io for sponsoring today’s episode! They are offering a 15% discount for the first 6 weeks of work for all MFM fans. Go to Lemon.io/mfm to claim the offer! Have you joined our private FB group yet? It’s a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they’re already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. 

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#133 – Sam’s Black Friday Email Results, Lean Media Businesses That Make Millions, and Celebrity Death Match for Tik-Tok

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss: – The Black Friday email Sam sent out – The controversies surrounding Drudge Report – Creating low-brow media companies like Media Takeout – The TV production business and Dave Chappelle’s request to Netflix – Bringing back Celebrity Death Match for Tik-Tok? Thank you to our sponsor this episode, EPOS! EPOS are fantastic headsets that make it easy to work flexibly across situations and locations, with portable headsets including hassle-free device compatibility. If you are an IT manager running a big department or a head of a growing company looking to give your employees the best headset solution to work from home, check out eposaudio.com/millions for a free trial! Have you joined our private FB group yet? It’s a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they’re already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. 

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#132 – A Simple Email Hack That Generated Millions, The World’s Cheapest Billionaire, and A Simple Startup Idea No One Has Done

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss: – The crazy story of J. Paul Getty (Billy of The Week) – The importance of acting the part and story telling in creating your personal brand – What do all successful people have in common? Can you not be intense and be successful? – Who will win the self-driving wars? – Elon Musk is polarizing — is he always right? The story of how he got kicked out of PayPal – An incredible Brooklinen Black Friday sales hack – Why has no one created the landing page for ecomm? – AI generated stock photos is a million dollar idea Reference links: – How to Be Rich by J. Paul Getty https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Rich-Paul-Getty/dp/0515087378 – How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis https://www.amazon.com/How-Get-Rich-Greatest-Entrepreneurs/dp/1591842719 – The PayPal Wars https://www.amazon.com/PayPal-Wars-Battles-Media-Planet/dp/1936488590 – Kyle Vogt video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sliYTyRpRB8 – 3D images marketplace https://sketchfab.com/ Have you joined our private FB group yet? It’s a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they’re already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. 

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#131 – The Companies We Would Buy and Fix and A Multi-Million Dollar Rapper Snack Business

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss: – Shaan finds Internet gold in the Twitter replies from followers of Chamath (1:45) – Sam explains why Casper mattress company should be in the midwest instead of Brooklyn (3:35) – Sam thinks one company that is ripe for innovation is Subway (5:25) – the guys talk about why Western Union should switch to Crypto and modernize (7:10) – Shaan thinks CVS is another candidate ripe for modernization (12:30) – Shaan explains why Tootsie Roll should go viral (15:45) – Sam and Shaan wonder why new candy bars don’t exist (22:15) – Shaan breaks down a blog post called “Nine Charts About Why Bitcoin is Different This Time” and on if there’s substance behind Bitcoin’s recent rise (30:25) – Shaan pitches a “collaborative search engine” idea that he’s calling Figma for Browsers (36:10) – Could “Substack for video” be a thing? (42:00) – the guys find an interesting bootstrapper online named Jakob Greenfeld (44:35) Reference links: – Chamath’s tweet https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1329578886556839936 – Shinola https://www.shinola.com/ – Gumspy https://gumspy.com/ – Rap Snacks http://www.rapsnacks.net/ – Rokfin https://rokfin.com/ – Why Bitcoin is different this time https://cointelegraph.com/news/this-time-is-different-10-bitcoin-charts-show-that-this-rally-isn-t-like-2017 Have you joined our private FB group yet? It’s a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they’re already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. 

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#130 – How Solopreneurs are Making $1m+, Why Lists Suck, and The 5 Minute City

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) host today’s podcast. They discuss: – Shaan and his fund were featured in Business Insider – The guys talk about the business of “list making” – Shaan explains his reasoning for shutting down his All Access Pass newsletter – There is a movement towards “5-minute” cities and communities. Culdasac is a startup doing this – What is “solopreneurship”? And why is Shaan so bullish on it – Tiago Forte is building tiny homes – The guys discuss startups doing handwritten notes such as Addressable Thank you to our sponsor this episode, EPOS! EPOS are fantastic headsets that make it easy to work flexibly across situations and locations, with portable headsets including hassle-free device compatibility. If you are an IT manager running a big department or a head of a growing company looking to give your employees the best headset solution to work from home, check out eposaudio.com/millions for a free trial! Companies mentioned: – Shaan featured in BI https://www.businessinsider.com/this-vc-has-over-100-lps-on-the-waitlist-for-his-hot-new-rolling-fund-2020-11 – Sam’s “city guides” https://chicago.curbed.com/2014/4/23/10110584/this-week-in-chicago-neighborhood-stereotyping – Culdasac https://culdesac.com/ – Tiago Fortes’ tiny homes https://twitter.com/fortelabs/status/1325969162083004418 and https://www.forteshelter.com/about – Addressable https://www.addressablemail.com/ Have you joined our private FB group yet? It’s a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they’re already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. 

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#129 – Why Elon Musk Is the Greatest Dropshipper and A Low Key Company Making Millions From Politics

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Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) host today’s podcast. They discuss: – The business of spy gear and home security – The importance of leverage in business, which business models are best and taking zero market fit risk – A company profiting by saving the planet – Is Elon Musk the greatest dropshipper of all time? – Parler is creating a free speech Twitter with the backing of conservative billionaires – How WinRed is raising millions for the Republican Party and profiting – Quindl, the Pinduoduo for India and who will build America’s Pinduoduo Thank you to our sponsor this episode, EPOS! EPOS are fantastic headsets that make it easy to work flexibly across situations and locations, with portable headsets including hassle-free device compatibility. If you are an IT manager running a big department or a head of a growing company looking to give your employees the best headset solution to work from home, check out eposaudio.com/millions for a free trial! Companies mentioned: – https://www.spyguy.com/ – https://www.deepsentinel.com/ – https://parler.com/auth/access – https://winred.com/ Have you joined our private FB group yet? It’s a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they’re already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. 

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