Episodes

  • Robert Greene almost died. Here’s what it taught him about living

    Robert Greene almost died. Here’s what it taught him about living
    Nov 11 2026
    Get Sam's top 9 books for entrepreneurs (+ his reading strategy): https://clickhubspot.com/rhagt Episode 881: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to Robert Greene about living a more meaningful life. — Show Notes: (0:00) People Are Suffering (2:00) Everything Is Amazing and No One Is Happy (10:45) Go Outside (14:20) Feeling Flat (18:00) The Immense and the Impossible (29:35) Say Less Than Necessary (30:05) Disappear (35:30) Robert's AI Prediction (40:55) Handwriting a 400-Page Book (41:25) Surviving Near-Death Experiences (49:20) Mythical Leaders (59:10) Brimming With Confidence — Links: • The Law of the Sublime — Robert Greene (new book)https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634294/the-law-of-the-sublime-by-robert-greene/ • The 48 Laws of Power — Robert Greenehttps://powerseductionandwar.com/books/ • Mastery — Robert Greenehttps://powerseductionandwar.com/books/ • The Art of Seduction — Robert Greenehttps://powerseductionandwar.com/books/ • The Laws of Human Nature — Robert Greenehttps://powerseductionandwar.com/books/ • The 33 Strategies of War — Robert Greenehttps://powerseductionandwar.com/books/ • The 50th Law — 50 Cent & Robert Greenehttps://powerseductionandwar.com/books/ • The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World — Jonathan Freedlandhttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-escape-artist-jonathan-freedland/1140945882 • Man's Search for Meaning — Viktor E. Franklhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/206272/mans-search-for-meaning-by-viktor-e-frankl/ • Dying to Live: Near-Death Experiences — Susan Blackmorehttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Dying-to-Live/Susan-J-Blackmore/9780879758707/ • Everything Is Amazing and Nobody Is Happy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbIGbZ6gq_Y • Robert Greene's Official Website - https://powerseductionandwar.com/ • Robert Greene's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/robertgreeneofficial/ — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm — 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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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 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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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • What I’d build if I wanted to get rich with AI

    What I’d build if I wanted to get rich with AI
    Nov 9 2026
    $1M Problems Worth-Solving (90+ Business Ideas): https://clickhubspot.com/tbod Episode 880: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) break down the moats in AI. — Show Notes: (0:00) Drugs and Miracles (7:05) Food Is Technology (8:45) Warfare (12:40) Building Homes With Robots (18:05) New Materials (18:20) Full Self-Driving Everything (19:10) Weather and Oceans (19:25) Human Body Hardware (25:30) Common Sense Politics (33:05) Think About Your Career Like an Investor — Links: • Nitroduck: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nitroduck • Isomorphic Labs: https://www.isomorphiclabs.com/ • Ohalo: https://www.ohalo.com/ • Anduril: https://www.anduril.com/ • ZURU Tech: https://zurutech.com • Neuralink: https://neuralink.com/ • Mark Pincus on My First Million: https://www.mfmpod.com/brainstorming-business-ideas-with-a-billion-dollar-founder/ — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm — 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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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 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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    41 mins
  • The 2 businesses AI can never make obsolete

    The 2 businesses AI can never make obsolete
    Nov 4 2026
    Unsexy business ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/fpko Episode 879: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk about businesses that non-technical people can still win at in the age of AI. — Show Notes: (0:00) NADA (3:59) White Coat Investor (5:03) BNI (8:35) MODA (11:12) Finding/Nurturing Whales (15:50) Triumph (21:43) Private Photo Vault — Links: • NADA - https://www.nada.org • White Coat Investor - https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/ • BNI - https://www.bni.com/ • MODA - https://www.modacommunities.com/ • Triumph Labs - https://www.triumphlabs.com/rips • Collector Crypt - https://collectorcrypt.com/ • Private Photo Vault - https://privatephotovault.com/ — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm — 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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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 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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    32 mins
  • $100M hedge fund manager: Do not make the mistake of dying rich

    $100M hedge fund manager: Do not make the mistake of dying rich
    Nov 2 2026
    Free guide: how to build wealth (and use it well): https://clickhubspot.com/fjvx Episode 878: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to Bill Perkins ( https://x.com/bp22 ) about how to die with zero and never have a regret about it. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (0:55) How Bill made his money (1:55) Price go up or price go down? (3:45) Maximize risk when young (5:15) The 3 edges of the greatest investors (9:15) The name of the game is to stay in the game (10:25) A decade of intensity (12:20) No parties at 85 (13:00) Define your net worth peak (18:15) Shaan reads an email to Bill (19:25) The fear of a wasted life (20:00) Crush your ego (25:45) Set your cookie cutter life on fire (26:10) Reprogramming your brain (30:00) Rewrite for maximum accountability (32:55) Seasons of balance (34:25) Time buckets vs. bucket list (37:15) Plan your year (38:30) What Bill regrets right now (41:05) Don't fuck your future self (42:15) Die With Zero (52:35) Playing the money game for fun (54:05) What Bill spends his money on (1:00:35) Spending $15M on a painting (1:09:05) The art of Sylvester Stallone (1:17:05) Bill's follow-up book — Links: • Die With Zero - https://diewithzerobook.com/ — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm — 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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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 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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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • Ex-Amazon VP tells us what it’s really like working with Jeff Bezos

    Ex-Amazon VP tells us what it’s really like working with Jeff Bezos
    Oct 28 2026
    Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/tewg Episode 877: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to Ethan Evans about what it’s really like to work with Jeff Bezos. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:15) Criticism without praise (5:15) The every-great-man flaw (7:05) Attack mode (11:45) “Sometimes all you need is a B” (19:35) Question mark emails (22:25) Strategically patient, but tactically impatient (24:10) Work hard, long, and smart (25:15) Where high-performers go to feel bad about themselves (28:05) Ethan evaluates Shaan (35:55) Project selection (39:50) Waiting for fat pitches (42:30) Jeff’s security detail (45:50) The story of Amazon Prime (47:55) Amazon's idea tool (50:55) Good design vs. bad design (54:15) The morality of Amazon (56:15) Who Jeff studied (31:35) Post-Amazon (1:04:10) Streaming career advice on Twitch — Links: • https://www.ethanevans.com/about — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm — 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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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 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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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • How to find your arbitrage (from the guy who’s done it 3x) ft. Nick Kokonas

    How to find your arbitrage (from the guy who’s done it 3x) ft. Nick Kokonas
    Oct 26 2026
    Database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/tyvc Episode 876: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Nick Kokonas ( https://x.com/nickkokonas ) to talk about finding arbitrages and how to win an many different games. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (9:45) How I Became a Trader With $60K (18:15) Surviving Day 1 of Anything (20:35) The Comfort Trap (23:50) Finding Your Arb (32:00) No Boats. No Women. No Drugs. (34:55) Showing Up (43:15) Everything Is an Arbitrage (47:55) Greatness (55:55) Working Backwards (1:03:40) The Magic of Alinea (1:10:35) Controlling Attention (1:19:10) Remixing Old Mechanics — Links: • Alinea – https://www.alinearestaurant.com/ • Tock – https://www.exploretock.com/ — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm — 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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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 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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    2 hrs and 7 mins
  • We spent 8 hours finding the best stuff on X. Here it is.

    We spent 8 hours finding the best stuff on X. Here it is.
    Oct 23 2026
    Database of 300+ business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/wtfv Episode 875: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) are joined by Ben Levy ( https://x.com/benmlevy ) to react to the best stuff on X this week. — Show Notes: (0:00) Idea: Wedding Crashers (3:10) Idea: Clavicular's Billion-Dollar Business Opportunity (7:55) Elon's Flying Tesla Roadster (12:25) Elon Wants to Give Every Kid a Share of SpaceX (16:50) Inside Andrew Huberman's Fridge (20:10) Peter Levels on Moats (26:40) Bryan Johnson's Quest to Dunk at 49 (35:15) The Craziest Rich-Guy Purchase (41:30) Jensen Huang's Algorithm — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm — 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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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 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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    51 mins
  • This 3-hour Elizabeth Holmes doc broke our brains

    This 3-hour Elizabeth Holmes doc broke our brains
    Oct 20 2026
    Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/ekvd Episode 874: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) are breaking down the best documentary of the year. — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm — 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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., 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 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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    56 mins