Season 7

May 17, 2021

Greatest Hits #3 - Selling a Blog For $9m with Ramon van Meer

Shaan (@ShaanVP) interviews Ramon Van Meer (@ramonvanmeer) on his journey to selling his blog. Ramon has never seen a soap opera. Yet somehow, he built the most popular soap opera blog on the planet - and was raking in millio...

May 14, 2021

#182 - How an Astrology App Makes $10m+, Why a Boxing Announcer is Worth $400m & Creating a Personal Monopoly

Shaan (@ShaanVP) and Sam (@TheSamParr) talk about an astrology app that has been creating controversy throughout Silicon Valley -- Sanctuary. VCs have come out against the app as pseudoscience, but the guys question their log...

May 13, 2021

#181 - How Virtual Horses are Making Millions, A Potential 9-Figure Company & How to Bet on Anything

Virtual horse racing? That's right Shaan (@ShaanVP) and Sam (@TheSamParr) break down a virtual horse racing company doing millions. The company is so hot right now, Sam even tried investing but wasn't able to. They also talk ...

May 12, 2021

#180 with Furqan Rydhan - What it's Like Co-founding a $20B Company, Hardware for Mind Control & Vertical Farming

Shaan (@ShaanVP) and Sam (@TheSamParr) are joined by Furqan Rydhan (@FurqanR). Furqan was Shaan's CTO at Bebo and previously co-founded AppLovin -- a $20B+ company that recently went public. Shaan and Furqan host a weekly "Co...

May 10, 2021

Greatest Hits #2 - How to Build a $100 Million Deodorant Business Starting With Only $1,000

Shaan (@ShaanVP) talks to entreprenuer Moiz Ali (@moizali) on today's episode. Have you ever looked at the back of your deodorant stick and read the ingredients? Aluminum zirconium trichlorohydrex? PPG-14 Butyl Ether? Well, M...

May 07, 2021

#179 - How the UFC Became a Mult-Billion Dollar Brand, No-loss Lotteries Explained & How to Save on Your Taxes

May 05, 2021

#178 with Balaji - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

Shaan (@ShaanVP) and Sam (@TheSamParr) host Balaji (@balajis) this episode. This is an amazing dive into Balaji's mind. He talks about the current issues with the media and how he's hoping to fix it with crypto and the blockc...

Greatest Hits

May 03, 2021

Rewind #1: How to Sell a Failing Company for $100 million

Suli Ali is one of the most interesting founders we’ve had on the pod. Suli and his brother Moiz have started and sold $300m worth of companies. They’ve also invested in hundreds of big-name startups, thousands of real estate...

April 30, 2021

#178 - How a City Tour is Making Millions, Selling Manhood & the Barstool for Tech

Shaan (@ShaanVP) and Sam (@TheSamParr) might have set a record with this episode in terms of ideas! We start with Shaan laying out his case for why a "Barstool for tech and business" would work and how it should be done. Sam ...

April 26, 2021

#175 - Brainstorming Million Dollar Ideas with Elaine Zelby

Shaan (@ShaanVP) and Sam (@TheSamParr) are joined by Elaine Zelby (@ezelby) for this brainstorm. Elaine brings the heat with ideas for starting a Saas bundle company (Sam says this is easily a $10m business), creating the "ad...

April 21, 2021

#173 - How Beachbody Makes Money, 75 Hard Explained, & Brainstorming "HackerNews for X"

Shaan (@ShaanVP) and Sam (@TheSamParr) dive deep into 75 Hard: what it is, who's behind it, and why it's so successful. From there they talk about a similar business: Beachbody. Beachbody does over $1B in sales, but the way t...

April 19, 2021

#172 - Indie Businesses Making Millions, Advice to Young Entreprenuers & How to Grow a Podcast

We start this one off with a little "Inside MFM" from Shaan (@ShaanVP) and Sam (@TheSamParr) as they discuss growing the pod and how they are going to do it. Then they break down the big news of the week: the Coinbase IPO. Th...

April 14, 2021

#170 with Jake Paul: Why Jake Paul Thinks He's Worth Billions

April 09, 2021

#169 - How One Billionaire Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett

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April 07, 2021

#168 - How to Copy Businesses Successfully, The Indonesian King of Coal & the Story of Adidas

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April 05, 2021

#167: What We're Investing In

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April 02, 2021

#166 - Why a Sudoku Company Sold for $640m, "Opendoor for X" & Franchising Tech Companies

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March 31, 2021

#165 with Jack Butcher - Why Jack is Selling his Art for $76m, How to Research Wealthy People & How BitClout Went Viral

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March 24, 2021

#163 - Plugins, Gumroad's Crazy Valuation and a Viral APp

Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ --------- --------- Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) discuss: (3:38) Shaan talks about...

March 19, 2021

#162 - Why Clubhouse Will Fail

Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ --------- --------- Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) discuss: 0:45 Shaan breaks down w...

March 17, 2021

#161 with Michael Saylor - Why Michael Saylor Believes Bitcoin is Hope

Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ --------- --------- Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) discuss: How Michael sells domain...

March 12, 2021

#160 - Paid Communities Making $20m+ (and How to Build One), Fighting Inertia & An Interview With Dave Selinger of Deep Sentinel

Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ --------- --------- Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP): - 1:51 The guys break down Tiger 21 and similar grou...

March 10, 2021

#159 - Update on Michael Jordan's House, a Nine Figure Sex Toy Company & the Man with a Million Acres

Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP): 3:57 Investing in old Apple computers 7:04 Update on buying MJ's house 17:46 Opportunities in male sex toys 32:08 Brad Kelley, the Billy of the Week 43:40 The end of Indie VC MFM #159 MJ hous...