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My First Million

Hosted by Sam Parr & Shaan Puri

My First Million is a business podcast where Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas and discuss trends, strategies, and stories from successful entrepreneurs.

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Latest SummaryMar 31, 2026

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Mar 31, 202652m10 insights5 min read

World's #1 Mentalist: How To Win Any Negotiation and Close Any Deal

  • The skill that makes 90% of people fail: How to walk into any room and be instantly memorable
  • He could steal your financial information and drain your bank account—here's exactly how
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Mar 26, 202633m10 insights5 min read

Watch This Before You Invest Another Dollar

  • Why the S&P 500 is a trap right now: PE ratio 23 = only 2% to -2% returns over the next 10 years
  • The god of investing has a 4% hit rate—Buffett's made 400+ decisions but only 12 actually mattered
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Mar 20, 202652m10 insights5 min read

The AI Company Everyone Slept On Just Broke Every Record

  • A boss created 4-5 AI agents as 'employees' and made real workers interact with them like people
  • Anthropic just hit $6 billion in revenue in a single month—more than Snowflake's entire annual revenue
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Mar 18, 20261h 16m10 insights5 min read

BaseCamp Co-Founder Makes ‘Ridiculous’ Money But Hates Hustle Culture, Here’s Why.

  • How he makes 'ridiculous' margins while competitors obsess over growth—and why he refuses to disclose exact numbers
  • The brutally honest reason why he ignored data for over a decade: 'We never did what the numbers told us to do'
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Mar 14, 202657m10 insights5 min read

How To Name A Billion Dollar Startup (by the man who named Febreze, BlackBerry and Swiffer)

  • Why Swiffer crushed Ready Mop: $5 billion vs. $200 million—and he says the name accounted for 90-120% of the difference in the first 12 months
  • The brutal truth about how most founders pick names: "Our attorney called and said we need a name. We spent a few hours on it." That's why they all...
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