Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstor...
We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets
Episode 680: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Nick Bilton ( https://x.com/nickbilton ), investigative journalist and author of American Kingpin and Hatching Twitter.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(7:03) Inside a criminal mind
(12:57) Getting people to open up
(20:49) The real story behind Twitter
(29:40) The auras of Trump, Bezos, Musk
(33:13) Becoming a journalist
(37:24) Steve Jobs' reality distortion field
(43:16) Who has it all in Silicon Valley?
(49:43) Being a professional asshole
(57:56) Nick's next story
(1:03:38) Storytelling
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Links:
• American Kingpin - https://tinyurl.com/yckc6smh
• Hatching Twitter - https://tinyurl.com/3ah2j9ym
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Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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• 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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
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1:19:58
The TikTok strategy that’s printing MILLIONS right now… (ft. Rob The Bank)
Episode 679: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Robert Oliver ( https://x.com/thegeniusceo ) to break down his $100M TikTok strategy.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) TikTok Gold Rush
(13:00) The Playbook
(23:00) Brands crushing it
(36:00) Trends: Lookmaxing, pet luxuries, niche communities
(51:30) Mistakes to avoid
(1:03:00) Character design
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Links:
• Rob The Bank on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@robthebankmotion
• Rob The Bank on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thegeniusceo
• KaloData - https://www.kalodata.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
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1:25:55
Silicon Valley OG shares crazy stories from Zynga early days + 3 business ideas
Episode 678: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Siqi Chen ( https://x.com/blader ), the founder of Runway.com.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Early days at Zynga
(14:34) Business ideas
(52:18) Touchy-feely class
(1:07:24) Siqi’s favorite interview question
(1:12:48) Insane growth of ElevenLabs
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Links:
• Limitless - https://www.limitless.ai/
• Rewind - https://www.rewind.ai/
• Runway - https://runway.com/
• Hoffman Institute - https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/
• Pump - https://pump.fun/board
• ElevenLabs - https://elevenlabs.io/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
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1:20:32
What’s truly going on inside DOGE?
Episode 677: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) go inside what’s happening with DOGE.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) The wild story of Iron Mountain
(17:39) Our take on DOGE
(28:20) Government contract side quest
(33:14) Elon vs Sam Altman PPV
(39:16) How does Elon never get tired tho?
(48:23) Life in situ
(58:09) Casting call: $100K to the new MFM field correspondent
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Links:
• “The Many Lives of Iron Mountain” - https://tinyurl.com/t4drtpdb
• “How the Economic Machine Works” - https://tinyurl.com/ydp966p9
• “Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order” - https://tinyurl.com/2evfs6bd
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
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1:05:21
MrBeast Shares His Best Business Advice
Access Shaan's interview prep and research notes: https://clickhubspot.com/mrbeastfiles
Episode 676: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with MrBeast ( https://x.com/MrBeast ) to talk about the mindset that made him the youngest billionaire and biggest entertainer on earth.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Origin story
(5:11) Burn the boats
(11:15) The Rule of 100
(16:49) You can make anything go viral
(23:27) Cloning
(28:39) Impossible is possible
(36:53) Consultants are a cheat code
(41:25) Block out the noise
(43:00) Reinvest everything
(47:30) Feastables
(53:02) Getting jacked
(54:56) Buying TikTok
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Links:
• MrBeast on YouTube - https://tinyurl.com/2wfkm4by
• Beast Games - https://tinyurl.com/fh3atsxp
• Feastables - https://feastables.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstorm with them.