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Nov. 8, 2024
6 College Students Pitch Us Their Startups | MFM Shark Tank
Episode 647: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) invite 6 college students to pitch their startup ideas. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:58) Meet Your Class (16:32) Metafrazo (30:21) M...
Nov. 6, 2024
22 failed ideas - before finding one huge hit ($2.5B) | Christina Cacioppo from Vanta
Episode 646: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Vanta founder Christina Cacioppo ( https://x.com/christinacaci ) about quitting her job and betting on herself. — Show Notes: (0:00) Stumblehustling into USV (4:36) B...
Nov. 4, 2024
3 Killer Businesses Hidden in Plain Sight
Episode 645: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about cash-printing businesses that are around us every day and how to spot them. — Show Notes: (0:00) $1M dollar product: Water...
Nov. 2, 2024
Election Expert: “We’re in the age of ‘meme warfare…”
Episode 644: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to author and political campaign expert Sasha Issenberg ( https://x.com/sissenberg ) about the marketing machine behind presidential elections. — Show Notes: (0:00) The ...
Oct. 30, 2024
Q&A: Gut punches, favorite guests, plus advice for life
Episode 643: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) answer juicy questions from the audience. — Show Notes: (0:00) Where should I put my money? (9:35) Best thing you've read lately? (15...
Oct. 28, 2024
Garry Tan on Spotting Extreme Winners, Advice for Founders in AI + Lessons from Paul Graham
Episode 642: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Garry Tan ( https://x.com/garrytan ), CEO of Y Combinator, about how the sauce that makes YC outperform the rest of Silicon V...
Oct. 25, 2024
How Mike Posner built a music empire from his dorm room
Episode 640: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP )sits down with Mike Posner ( https://x.com/MikePosner ) about his insane hustle, fame, loss and reinvention. — Show Notes: (0:00) iTunesU Story (14:41) Going back to school, fa...
Oct. 23, 2024
You Have 70 Days to Win the Year
Episode 640: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about setting one priority–one sprint–to turn your entire year into a win. It’s time for life or death mode. — Show Notes: (0:00...
Oct. 18, 2024
The $600M Protein Bar Founder is Back Again | Peter Rahal Interview
Episode 639: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Peter Rahal ( https://x.com/peterrahal ) about starting RXBAR with $10K and selling it for $600M, business ideas he would cha...
Oct. 16, 2024
Meet the 14yo entrepreneur who's already launched 2 businesses
Episode 638: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to 14-year-old founder Isaac Katayev ( https://x.com/isaackatayev ) about the startup he launched out of his 7th grade computer ...
Oct. 14, 2024
Did the creator of Bitcoin just get unmasked?
Episode 637: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the conspiracy theory behind Bitcoin’s biggest mystery. — Show Notes: (0:00) The making of Satoshi (14:02) Is Peter Todd t...
Oct. 10, 2024
The Wild Story of Mike Lynch’s Rise From Janitor to Tech Billionaire
Episode 636: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the rise and fall of Mike Lynch aka The British Bill Gates and his mysterious death onboard his $30M dollar yacht. — Show ...
Oct. 8, 2024
How Silicon Valley’s Most Prolific Investor Picks Unicorns | Elad Gil Interview
Episode 635: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Elad Gil ( https://x.com/eladgil ) about the three things he looks for when betting on startups, how he became an early inves...
Oct. 4, 2024
5 Random But Useful Things I Learned At A Private Equity Conference
Episode 635: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the things Shaan learned while at Re-convene in Los Angeles. — Show Notes: (0:00) the low-status-technique for becoming hi...
Oct. 2, 2024
The guy who gets paid $80K/yr to do nothing
Episode 634: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about Shoji Morimoto, the Japanese guy who’s making $80k/yr renting himself out to friendless people, Autopilot’s viral marketi...
Sept. 30, 2024
Steph Smith: “This opportunity is totally overlooked”
Episode 633: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Steph Smith ( https://x.com/stephsmithio ) about the mega trend called the Silver Tsunami. — Show Notes: (0:00) Silver tsunami (7:10) Perimenopause = 6k new customer...
Sept. 27, 2024
From Navy SEAL To Viral Content Creator - MrBallen’s Insane Story
Episode 632: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to John Allen ( https://x.com/MrBallen ) and Nick Witters ( https://x.com/themrwitters ), the minds behind MrBallen and Ballen S...
Sept. 20, 2024
How I Went From Broke to $7 Million With An Airbnb Business
Get our episode with MrBallen before anyone else: https://clickhubspot.com/mbe Episode 631: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Isaac French ( https://x.com/isaacfrench_ ) ab...
Sept. 18, 2024
From Nonprofit Founder To Building A $300M Pilates Business
Get our episode with MrBallen before anyone else: 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...
Sept. 13, 2024
10 Startups w/ Stock Grants That’ll Make You A Millionaire | Sara’s List 2024
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 ...
Sept. 11, 2024
The $70M/yr Sports Bar + Sleepy Industries Worth $100M
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) Co...
Sept. 6, 2024
Life Hacks From The King of Introverts + 7 Business Ideas | ft. Nick Gray
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 ...
Sept. 4, 2024
The Guy Who Studied Buffett for 25 Years
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 ...
Aug. 31, 2024
The Top 0.1% Of Ideas I've Stumbled Upon On The Internet
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...