Get next week's episode early, watch it right now: https://clickhubspot.com/mbe Episode 630: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Anne Mahlum ( https://www.instagram.com/annemahlum/ ) about starting an $8M/yr charity from scratch and betting her entire life savings ($175K) on a pilates studio.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) Building a $8M/yr non-profit  (16:27) The economics of [solidcore] (22:07) Play a game you can win (24:16) How to be a killer negotiator (27:00) Turning down...

Episode 629: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) bring you the third installment of Sara’s List. A path to wealth that doesn’t involve insane amounts of risk, luck, or burnout. Just get a job at the right company. The criteria? Growth-stage startups that have the potential to 5-10x over the next 5 years. — Show Notes:  (0:00) Auditing Cohort 1 (9:56) OpenAI (12:07) Retool (17:04) Mercury (23:04) Cursor (27:28) Epirus (33:30) Wiz (42:52)...

Episode 628: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down the business behind the sports bar Cosm and the massive trend coming to out-of-home entertainment.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) Cosm’s playground virality (10:38) The Tesla of home appliances (18:13) $100M sleepy industries (23:11) The rise and fall (and rise?) of Weight Watchers (40:42) "What story is the data telling me?" (48:54) What certainty level is needed to make a decision (53:49)...

Episode 627: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the socially rich, “Friends Billionaire”, Nick Gray ( https://x.com/nickgraynews ) about how to be a master networker, throw the perfect cocktail party, plus 7 simple business ideas. — Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (4:12) If you had $10M, how would you live? (10:11) Find who your heroes follow (13:29) Speedrun of Nick Gray's career (22:15) Idea: White label enterprise sales (26:08) Idea:...

Episode 626: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Guy Spier ( https://x.com/GSpier ) about everything he’s learned from studying the greatest value investors of all time.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) The Posse (5:41) Farmer Mac (17:30) Lessons from going to 9 Tony Robbins seminars (28:57) Handwritten notes from Warren Buffett (42:00) Don’t study lottery winners (59:22) Berkshire vs Index (1:05:13) Finite vs infinite games (1:13:26) Be a promiscuous reader — Links: • Get our business idea...

Episode 625: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) are back with George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack) to talk about the best ideas he’s come across.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) Spotting high agency people (26:12) The Kale phone vs the Cocaine phone (31:37) The obsessiveness of Lee Kuan Yew (37:34) Life as a Midwit meme (43:22) Work like a lion, not like a cow (51:52)The Buffett Coin — Links: • Get our business idea database here...

Episode 624: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) brainstorm cash-printing business ideas with George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack).  — Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (2:49) Idea: Self Awareness Test (16:35) Idea: Designer babies (26:30) Idea: Selling eyes as art (30:40) Idea: Personal color analysis (34:45) Idea: Mold removal as a service (40:11) Idea: CMO of the UK (46:43) George's favorite ad campaigns — Links: • Get our business idea database...

Episode 623: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the underrated philanthropy style of Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Alfred Nobel. MFM Scholarship: Apply for $10K to start The Onion For College - https://www.shaanpuri.com/collegepaper — Show Notes:  (0:00) Alfred Nobel's $266M Legacy (6:06) Competitions vs. Trusts (15:28) Idea: XPRIZE but for companies (19:15) Shaan’s Prize: Win $10K to start a college paper (23:07) How Barstool Sports...

Episode 622: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jesse Pujji ( https://x.com/jspujji  ) about bootstrapping Ampush and the four levers of digital marketing.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) Unique insight + unfair advantage (3:05) How Jesse bootstrapped Ampush using GLG (14:00) Digital marketing in masterclass in 3 minutes (20:30) How to sell to the ultra rich (27:38) Red Ventures' Playbook (32:40) The Four Big Levers (41:00) Calling Zuck's...

Episode 621: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jack Smith ( https://x.com/_jacksmith ) about his under-the-radar biohacking experiments plus 2 $1M dollar business ideas. — Show Notes: (0:00) Is reverse-aging a scam (3:23) The 1% of biohacking (12:28) Business idea: Mobile Dexa Scan (25:30) Business idea: Medical tourism brokers (32:06) Anti-beast mode (39:10) Why smart people have bad ideas (45:40) Hunt for the starving crowd (49:27)...

Episode 620: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) breaks down the 9 lessons he’s learned while building an audience.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (2:17) Forget the numbers (6:11) Find your inner nerd (9:57)Build a magnet (10:40) First, Last, Best, Worst, Weirdest (12:40) The thing I wish I knew earlier (15:53) No such thing as too long (16:18) A+ content with C- delivery (17:58) Create a binge bank (18:32) People don’t want information (19:55) Be so good they can’t ignore you — Get our...

Episode 619: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) do a post-mortem on a fight they had yesterday.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) Fights don't start as fights (9:08) Gottman's Fourhorseman of the Apocalypse (11:28) The magic ratio of 5:1  (15:42) The body keeps the score (19:36) No winners in war (24:19) Mistaken attribution (26:40) Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy (29:17) The cardinal sin is measuring  (32:55) The best relationships are...

Episode 618: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Alex Hormozi ( https://x.com/AlexHormozi ) about losing everything overnight, investing in Skool, and Acquisition’s $250M/yr playbook.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) Brink of oblivion to $26M in 18 months (18:13) Crafting a killer offer (28:14) Investing in Skool (36:25) Acquisition’s $250M/yr playbook (52:46) “Here's what I would buy now” — Links: • Get our business idea database here...

Episode 617: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the most important conversations they had when they were just getting started. — Show Notes:  (0:00) Scott Belsky’s pep talk (5:43) Enrolling in Getting Rich (9:37) John Prendergrast asks a better question (13:37 Michael Birch pulls Shaan aside — Links: • Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm • Sabi - https://sabisushi.wordpress.com/ • Shaan’s online “resume” -...

Episode 616: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about what they are doing in response to the market dip, plus The Olympics biggest winners and losers of the week.  Show Notes:  (0:00) Boys React: The market dip (4:32) React or respond? (10:48) The Olympics winners and losers (19:03) Winner: Fem Kabul (21:26) Winner: Team Refugees (24:48) Loser: Simone Biles and Gymnastics in general (27:30) Loser: Pole vault guy memes (28:18) Winner: Noah...

Episode 615: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of Scott Heiferman, the reindustrialization of America, plus Elon’s Problem Solving Method.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) Millionaire working at McDonalds (11:40) Scott Heiferman’s path to $15M (17:32) Building Meetup.com to $156M exit (24:20) Rosie the Riveter 3.0 (34:32) Elon's Problem Solving Method — Links: • Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm • Meetup -...

Episode 614: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) share the stories of people who took shots on goal and were just one hit away from blowing up.   — Show Notes:  (0:00) The Jewish Ed Sheeran (10:22) The actual Ed Sheeran (15:00) Eric the Eel (20:00) How CarEdge is quietly crushing it (29:21) How a car dealership is pulling millions of views on TikTok (33:07) $100M+ Pokemon sleep tracking app (35:55) Nick Gray's new thing (39:37) “The best advice is...

Episode 613: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to about the giving up drinking 11 years ago and the lessons he learned for anyone wanting to make a major change in their life.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (1:00) Lesson 1: Figure out your why and go all in on that. (4:14) Lesson 2: Tell your friends (8:40) Lesson 3: Recreate your identity. (13:00) Lesson 4: Don’t be perfect, just mostly good. (15:50) Lesson 5: You’ll attract more people. (18:26) Lesson 6. Find inspiration. (It’s ok to...

Episode 612: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sarah Guo ( https://x.com/saranormous ) about the Ai ideas she thinks could be $1B swings. — Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (4:00) IDEA: AI companions (16:00) IDEA: AI interior design / professional headshots (22:30) IDEA: A richer version of The Sims (25:00) The speedy way to do this if you're non-technical (27:00) IDEA: Your Personal Seller (32:00) IDEA: Generative Voice API for...

Episode 611: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) catch up and share 3 business ideas they came up with over the weekend.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) Shaan's no phone weekend (5:17) Control your inputs (10:20) Life hack: Play with your kid (15:38) Business Idea: Sketchy (25:15) Business Idea: Niche Fake News You Can Trust (34:41) Business Idea: Tampons that won't kill you (40:28) An unqualified brief history of presidential...

Episode 610: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the $1b dollar app idea for millennial moms, how Solidcore founder Anne Mahlum emptied her life savings into a pilates studio that she sold for $88M + Shaan writes a movie using ChatGPT.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) APP IDEA: Reddit For Moms (3:50) Capitalizing on a reverse craving (14:30) How we use our wives to predict trends (18:54) Shaan uses ChatGPT to make a movie (22:56) How to...

Episode 609: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) break down the genius marketing tactics used by the brands you can’t get out of your brain–no matter how much you want to.  — Show Notes:  (0:00) The history of jingles (Bring them back!) (11:07) Prediction: Polymarket is going to be massive (21:25) The wisdom on the crowd phenomenon (26:36) How gaming apps hunt for whales (31:00) Corporate Slang That Doesn't Exist But Should — Links: •...

Episode 608: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) react to the $22M "fake-work" app, mouse jigglers & Ryan Serhant’s Netflix show. — Show Notes:  (0:00) Devices helping the overemployed cheat on their bosses (6:50) $22M ARR side hustle catching mouse jigglers (8:36) Career polygamy support at r/overemployed (11:18) Is this a good strategy for financial freedom? (15:58) Big Desk Energy (20:22) Life hack: Intentional internet...

Episode 607: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Dan Porter ( https://x.com/tfadp ) about selling his app for $200M after just 6 weeks plus stories about Richard Branson, Ari Emmanuel & building cult brands. — Show Notes:  (0:00) Intro (1:29) Story behind OMGPop gaming company (5:23)Creating viral mobile game Draw My Thing (now Draw Something) (12:02) 25 million users a day, 1 million drawings every 5 seconds (24:10) Zynga...

Episode 606: Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) brings you 24 minutes of raw motivation. Think of this as an angry love letter to kick off your week. — Show Notes: (0:00) Peter Thiel’s One Priority Philosophy (4:30) 3 lies you’re telling yourself (7:55) Zuck closes a $1B dollar deal in 48 hours (13:41) The Collison Installation (16:13) Lead bullets v Silver bullets (18:51) When to sprint (20:44) The 3 Big Questions — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: Need to hire? You should use the same...