My First Million

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Episode 805: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the branding genius behind BlackBerry, Sonos, Vercel and Swiffer about how to create a billion-dollar brand name. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Nothing will be used more than your name

(2:01) Windsurf

(3:50) Swiffer

(10:06) Naming game: Fiber startup

(17:14) quantity leads to quality

(29:46) Problem solving propositions

(32:40) Power letters

(35:04) How Sam names a company

(40:48) Rate this brand (1-10) 

(47:50) Blackberry

(48:24) When to change a name

(50:47) Presidential slogans

(51:43) Recommended reading

(53:39) How David thinks about AI

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Episode 804: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) team up with the TBPN boys John Coogan ( https://x.com/johncoogan ) and Jordi Hays ( https://x.com/jordihays ) to break down the companies that could make you a millionaire as an employee. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) How to make $1,000,000

(5:05) Zuru 

(12:47) Varda Space Industries

(19:33) Suno

(28:19) TrueMed

(37:32) HubSpot

(45:13) SemiAnalysis

(52:32) Harvey

(1:00:01) SendCutSent

(1:04:55) Column

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Links:

• ZURU - https://zurutoys.com/ 

• Varda -  ​​https://www.varda.com/ 

• Suno - https://suno.com/ 

• TrueMed - https://www.truemed.com/ 

• HubSpot - https://www.hubspot.com/ 

• SemiAnalysis - https://semianalysis.com/ 

• Harvey - https://www.harvey.ai/ 

• SendCutSend - https://sendcutsend.com/ 

• Column - https://column.com/ 

• TBPN - https://www.youtube.com/@TBPNLive 

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

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• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Episode 803: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with legendary investor Bill Gurley ( https://x.com/bgurley ) about how to avoid the biggest mistake you can make in life. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) 6 out of 10 people hate their job

(11:24) Insane determinism

(14:15) Finding your fascination

(21:19) Underrated advice: Peer Groups

(26:55) Dancing to work

(28:44) Learning leadership

(33:19) Risk vs uncertainty 

(42:19) Be fearful when others are greedy

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Links:

• Runnin’ Down a Dream- https://www.amazon.com/Runnin-Down-Dream-Thrive-Actually/dp/0593799666 

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

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Episode 802: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to 19-year-old Zach Yadegari ( https://x.com/zach_yadegari ) about selling his $50M/yr app to MyFitnessPal. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) How much?

(1:57) getting rejected from Stanford

(5:45) 60-second origin story

(7:27) "your biggest skill is your audacity"

(12:50) the truth about selling a company

(23:24) dos and don'ts

(27:04) Zach's douchebag arc

(29:44) first dumb purchase

(33:08) decisions that made the app worth $100M

(43:51) Idea 1: Semantic search on IG

(45:10) Idea: apps 

(48:00) filter for good ideas

(54:27) Dinner w/ Steve Cohen

(1:03:39) Where Zach is putting his money

(1:05:58) What Zach sucks at

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Links:

• Cal AI - https://www.calai.app/ 

• MyFitnessPal - https://www.myfitnesspal.com/ 

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Get Shaan's money rules guide: https://clickhubspot.com/sbk

Episode 801: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Sheel Mohnot ( https://x.com/pitdesi ) about the biggest life lessons from investing, who wins in the AI race, plus AI-proof business ideas. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Life lessons from investing

(3:04) Create Your Own Yacht

(11:27) The AI race

(19:51) the last mile problem 

(28:45) The worst mistakes in business history

(33:00) Masa Son's Vision Fund

(37:42) Bryan Johnson, social media genius?

(43:25) IDEA: Buying the Breaking Bad house

(50:29) IDEA: Workout classes for seniors

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /