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March 15, 2020
#56 - The Recession Proof Skill Sets
Sam (@thesamparr) is by himself today without Shaan (@shaanvp) to tell you about what he thinks are 4 essential skill sets that will withstand a recession. Questions about any of these? Ask the hosts directly on www.facebook…
March 6, 2020
#55 - Lead Gen Businesses, Islamic Finance & COVID-19 Virality
Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) talk ideas, news, trends and businesses. Why aren't you in our Facebook group yet? www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. For detailed show notes: https://bit.ly/3aOxEBz.
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March 5, 2020
#54 - Atrium Closing Down, B2B Gifting & Curly Girl Hair
Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) talk ideas, news, trends and businesses. We've partnered with Rippling! The startup that gives you back your time from payroll to employee compliance, making it unbelievably easy to man…
March 2, 2020
#53 - Nicotine Gum, Dating Apps For The Elderly & Tax on Vested Shares
Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) talk ideas, news, trends and businesses. Sign up for our Run The World conference: https://organizer.runtheworld.today/invitation/313. We've partnered once again with the online busines…
March 1, 2020
#52 - AI Teachers, Deskless Workforce & The Passion Economy with Zak Kukoff
Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) talk ideas, trends and businesses. We're joined by Zak Kukoff (@ZCK), a 25 year old VC of $500M Emergence Capital (emcap.com) who's home runs have been Zoom, Salesforce, Veeva, Yammer a…
Feb. 28, 2020
#51 - Coronavirus, Being on Shark Tank & At-Home Testing Kits with Julia Cheek
Sam (@thesamparr) is back from his New York trip to chat with Shaan (@shaanvp) about ideas, trends and businesses. Today, mid-way through we're joined by Julia Cheek (@JuliaTCheek) who is the CEO and Co-Founder of $50M backe…
Feb. 27, 2020
#50 - Digital Tithing, Influencer Based Cloud Kitchens & Uber Driver Revenue Streams with Stu Iverson
With Sam (@thesamparr) gone, Stu (@StuIverson) takes his place.
Remember Ramon’s soap opera blog that he sold for $9M in cash? He did that through the online business broker Quiet Light Brokerage. We’ve partnered up with t…
Feb. 22, 2020
#49 - Meeting Bitcoin's Billionaire Kingpin, Boy Scouts Files for Bankruptcy & Branded Canned Water
POR FAVOR: Sam is going on Gary V's podcast monday. It would be hilarious if hundreds of us tweeted @garyvee how lucky he is to have @thesamparr on his podcast.
Topics for today: Debate a new canned water brand (Liquid Dea…
Feb. 21, 2020
#48 - NSFW Tech, HQ Trivia & Auctions
Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) are back talking news, trends, interesting products and businesses. Topics for today: Playboy for Snapchat generation & Patreon for Porn (1:49), Seven sin investing (6:44), Fast loading…
Feb. 20, 2020
#47 - Robot Lawyers, Pay to Lose Weight & Prudent vs. Wild Card Managers
Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) are back talking news, trends, interesting products and businesses. We've partnered once again with the online business broker Quiet Light Brokerage, they want to give you guys a FREE 2…
Feb. 14, 2020
#46 - Corporate Universities, Hotel Experiences & New Credit Cards with Lance Armstrong
Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) are back talking news, trends, interesting products and businesses. Today Lance Armstrong (@lancearmstrong) happened to drop by to talk investing and celebrity life. Join our FB group: …
Feb. 13, 2020
#45 - Drones Washing Windows, Airpod Guided Tours & Mario Kart VR with Furqan Rydhan
Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) are back talking news, trends, interesting products and businesses. Today we’re joined by Furqan Rydhan (@FurqanR) who is a tech badass. He was paid $120K as a 15 year old programmer du…
Feb. 10, 2020
#44 - New e-mail clients, Sharing the craigslist office & How to keep your star players
Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) are back talking news, trends, interesting products and businesses. Dear all loyal listeners: 1) Please, please, please give us a review on Apple Podcasts!, 2) Screenshot your review an…
Feb. 7, 2020
#43 - Getting your team to take big risks, Turning office workers into remote, Quiet founders making big money
Sam and Shaan are back talking news, trends, interesting products and businesses.
The way to make a million is by surrounding yourself around other people who want it. Join our Facebook group where we share ideas and help …
Feb. 6, 2020
#42 - Wall Street Bets & Tesla Shorts, Curating Job Boards & Executive Recruitment Firms
Sam and Shaan are back talking news, trends, interesting products and businesses.
The way to make a million is by surrounding yourself around other people who want it. Join our Facebook group where we share ideas and help …
Feb. 5, 2020
#41 - Dating app that has an admissions process like Harvard
** In our Facebook group yet? We hang out there so come join and let's talk ideas: www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion ** Amanda Bradford (@amandabradford) was 28 years old, in business school and using dating apps. She …
Jan. 31, 2020
#40 - Paid Courses with Tom Wang, Barstool Acquisition & New Startup Hubs
*** JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP for share ideas and insight with each other: www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion *** Today we first chat to Tom Wang, who has sold a 7 figure Amazon FBA biz + runs a 7 figure FBA Masterclass. …
Jan. 29, 2020
#39 - Getting a Billion People Working From Home
We interviewed the founder of Rev.com (they transcribe audio into text), to hear how he built this into a $206M (to be precise) business. We used them to transcribe the My First Million podcast episodes, and realized how bad…
Jan. 26, 2020
#38 - Truth about ad agencies with Brendan Gahan + Brainstorming with Daniel Gross
The Hustle's My First Million presents: Million Dollar Brainstorm is back. Host Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and The Hustle CEO Sam Parr (@theSamParr) sit down and discuss what side hustles, trends and big business ideas that's kee…
Jan. 22, 2020
#37 - Mastering Amazon FBA
Ever think your side-hustle could become a million-dollar company? Paul Anderson (@paul_d_andersen) did. Today on My First Million, we sit down with Paul who quit his 9-to-5 to focus on his Amazon FBA and how his passio…
Jan. 17, 2020
#36 - Data Privacy Tools, Food Franchises & Silicon Valley Mistruths
The Hustle's My First Million presents: Million Dollar Brainstorm is back. Host Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and The Hustle CEO Sam Parr (@theSamParr) sit down and discuss what side hustles, trends and big business ideas that's kee…
Jan. 15, 2020
#35 - King of Kickstarter
Shaan sits down with Peter Dering (@peterdering), Founder & CEO of Peak Design, maker of beautiful, highly functional redesigns of photography equipment. He quit his construction job and traveled the world with $25K in savin…
Jan. 12, 2020
#34 - CES Highlights, Cloning US Startups & Compliance Education
The Hustle's My First Million presents: Million Dollar Brainstorm is back. Host Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and The Hustle CEO Sam Parr (@theSamParr) sit down and discuss what side hustles, trends and big business ideas that's kee…
Jan. 8, 2020
#33 - Pioneering The No-Code Movement
We're back with Season 3, brought you by Microsoft: The latest episode of My First Million, Shaan sits down with Vlad Magdalin (@callmevlad), Co-Founder & CEO of Webflow: a visual tool to build web apps. Vlad shares the seve…