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Help us win a Webby for BEST CREATOR and BEST VIDEO SERIES Join Shaan Puri and Nick Huber for a free CEO Bootcamp on April 16th at 2pm EST Episode 697: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with James Currier ( https://x.com/JamesCurrier ) to talk about going from $0 to $110M through network effects. — Show Notes: (0:00) $0 to $1.6B (4:23) Your life on network effects (8:00) Savage founders (13:40) Speed (15:49) The art of unlearning (21:23) Technology window curves (30:29) N...

💰 Get the Side Hustle Ideas Database [free] Episode 696: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about what they’re doing about the tariffs. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:13) Tariffs (22:00) Medieval Times (27:48) Shaan's process for finding edges — Links: • Medieval Times - https://www.medievaltimes.com/ — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants ...

💰 Steal Shaan's $20M Pitch Deck: https://clickhubspot.com/nov Join Nick Huber and Shaan Puri for a free CEO Bootcamp on April 16th at 2pm EST: https://lu.ma/5kbwnk7v Episode 695: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tells the story of finding what is truly valuable. — 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 — Check O...

💰 Get the Side Hustle Ideas Database [free] Episode 694: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Will O’Brien ( https://x.com/willobri ) about how the ocean is the new hot girl. — Show Notes: (0:00) Ocean is the new space (8:50) Ocean surveying (10:25) Sea grass restoration (16:39) Defense drones (22:34) Underwater cable networks (31:51) Technology windows (38:16) Lab-grown seafood (41:03) Pirate treasure profit sharing (44:03) Marine ge...

💰 Get the Side Hustle Ideas Database [free] Episode 693: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Alex Lieberman ( https://x.com/businessbarista ) and Austin Rief ( https://x.com/austin_rief ) about how to build a profitable newsletter. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:12) 0 to 100K subscribers (9:18) Nontraditional hires (15:26) 100K to 1M subscribers (35:00) Entrepreneurs Operating System (43:27) 8-figure Exits (55:28) How to start a newsletter in 2025 (1:02:57) Newsletter ideas ...

💰 Get the Side Hustle Ideas Database [free] Episode 692: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Justin Mares ( https://x.com/jwmares ) about what’s going to be big in the next 5 years. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:16) Longevity products for dogs (9:24) Toxin testing (19:55) Function and Superpower (26:19) Doctor for your home (37:25) Skin gut health (47:39) Natural fiber clothing (51:04) Justin's vaccine rant — Links: • Truemed - http://truemed.com/ • Justin’s Substack - ...

💰 Get the Side Hustle Ideas Database [free] Episode 691: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Immad Akhund ( https://x.com/immad ) about the businesses he would start if he wasn’t running a unicorn. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:17) IDEA: Lunar nuclear power plant (5:04) IDEA: Defense tech (10:09) The Peter Thiel test (13:52) IDEA: Selling stars (15:54) IDEA: Enterprise Agents (22:45) IDEA: Digital Twin CEO (32:39) Find accepted abuse (36:18) Silicon Valley Bank fail (44:15...

💰 Get the Side Hustle Ideas Database [free] Episode 690: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of the smartest YouTube rollup they’ve ever seen. — Show Notes: (0:00) $3B of nursery rhymes rollup (21:55) Sam goes all-in on IRL (36:03) All-in dads (38:37) Shotsy (41:49) PEDs for business — Links: • CoCoMelon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlnJ9attCOc • Blippi - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5PYHgAzJ1wLEidB58SK6Xw • Compani...

💰 Get the Side Hustle Ideas Database [free] Episode 689: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) break down the craziest stories of corporate espionage in history. — Show Notes: (0:00) Rippling vs Deel (10:21) The British East India Company (17:11) Oracle vs Microsoft (21:28) Coke vs. Pepsi (24:14) Uber vs. Waymo (26:03) U.S. Intellectual piracy (28:10) Wiz sells for $32B (39:40) A case for Glassdoor (45:54) Marc Lore's new thing (51:52) Money,...

💰 Get the Side Hustle Ideas Database [free] Episode 688: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about 6 under-the-radar trends. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:24) Short Drama Apps (13:55) Rucking (22:10) Plastic-free everything (31:58) "Nervous System Work" (41:46) Biohacking plants (46:48) AI Social Networks — Links: • ReelShort - https://www.reelshort.com/ • DramaBox - https://www.dramaboxdb.com/ • GORUCK - https://www.goruck.com/ • R...

Episode 687: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Zach Yadegari ( https://x.com/zach_yadegari/ ), the high school kid who went from $0 - $20M in 10 months. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:45) $0 - $20M in 10 months (17:12) Sold first business for $100K at 16 (20:42) Zach's Influencer marketing playbook (24:23) Being worth $30M at 18 (34:40) How to find problems to solve with AI (38:28) IDEA: AI journal (41:09) IDEA: iOS to Android project...

Episode 686: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the two trends that could make you rich in the next 12 months. — Show Notes: (0:00) Trend: Fleamarkets (20:03) Trend: True Crime (26:05) Business ideas brainstorm (43:52) Fyre Festival update (48:27) Shaan's dad's travel hacks — Links: • Brimfield Antique Flea Market - https://www.brimfieldantiquefleamarket.com/ • First Monday Trade Days - https://www.firstmondaycanton.com/ • Rosebo...

Episode 685: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the most interesting things they’ve found this week. — Show Notes: (0:00) Justin Caldbeck (8:02) Steve Houghton (20:15) James Currier (38:36) Furqan Rydhan — Links: • NFX - https://www.nfx.com/ • James Altucher - https://www.jamesaltucher.com/ • Agora - https://theagora.com/ • Sheel’s MFM episode - https://youtu.be/-HfUCbnapKo • Digital Gold - https://tinyurl.com/5n6kvm8d • Predic...

Episode 684: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Sean Frank ( https://x.com/SeanEcom ) about his $200M ecom playbook. — Show Notes: (0:00) Sean's first million (8:35) $5M - $200M in 6 years (25:57) What people get wrong in ecom (30:33) Case study: HexClad (36:52) Fast-emerging trends (40:57) How to spot trends (44:54) Services-to-product playbook (51:47) Sean calls his shot (54:01) Winning at the trends game (59:01) Being outspoken o...

Episode 683: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Craig Clemens ( https://x.com/craigclemens ) to talk about the greatest marketing lines in history. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:22) Does not contain an illegal sexual stimulant (9:09) 4-hour erection (10:56) Operators are standing by (15:17) They’re eating the cats (21:54) A diamond is forever (26:09) Buy these worms, catch more fish (30:26) Joseph Duveen (41:30) Every ‘no’ has a value (44:46) Be a consumer of ads — ...

Episode 682: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to three high school founders about their biggest business problems. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (5:02) Sunshine Exteriors (29:16) Teens2Table (45:53) Totally Mums — Links: • Formidable Fellows - http://formidablefellowship.org/ • Sunshine Exteriors - https://www.hhpressurecleanings.com/ • Teens2Table - https://www.teens2table.com/ • Totally Mums - https://www.instagram.com/abigayle_lett ...

Episode 681: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Brent Beshore ( https://x.com/BrentBeshore ) about buying profitable businesses. — Show Notes: (0:00) $50K/yr to 9 figures (6:04) Accidentally buying a $1M business for $0 (11:06) Just In Time learning (14:11) Buying cash flow businesses (20:30) Private equity or index? (24:26) Buffett's near-death experience (32:54) How to buy your first small business (36:02) Brent's one-liner speed ru...

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. — 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 ...

Episode 679: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Robert Oliver ( https://x.com/thegeniusceo ) to break down his $100M TikTok strategy. — 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 — Links: • Rob The Bank on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@robthebankmotion • Rob The Bank on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thegenius...

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. — 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 — Links: • Limitless - https://www.limitless.ai/ • Rewind - https://www.rewind.ai/ • Runway - https://runway.com/ • Hoffman Institute - https://www.ho...

Episode 677: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) go inside what’s happening with DOGE. — 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 — Links: • “The Many Lives of Iron Mountain” - https://tinyurl.com/t4drtpdb • “How...

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. — 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 ...

Episode 675: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the three stories of founders with insanely high agency. — Show Notes: (0:00) Boom Supersonic (30:50) Nick Mowbray, #1 most impressive founder (43:43) The Moped King — Links: • Boom Supersonic - https://boomsupersonic.com/ • ZURU - http://zurutoys.com/ • Fly E-Bike - https://www.flyebike.com/ — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire deve...

Get our Business Monetization Playbook: https://clickhubspot.com/monetization Episode 674: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to the most successful sports better of all time, Haralabos Voulgaris ( https://x.com/haralabob ). — Show Notes: (0:00) Stumbling into gambling (6:19) Finding your edge (19:23) Alpha (27:28) Casinos are for losers (30:02) Betting 160% on Bitcoin (35:36) Getting paid (37:31) Buying a soccer team (46:11) Investing ...