Aug. 13, 2025

From $4/Hour to $4 Billion Net Worth

From $4/Hour to $4 Billion Net Worth

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Episode 734: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with billionaire Hayes Barnard for a rare interview.

TeamWater is now live!

$1 = 1 year of clean water for someone in need. During August,  countless founders (including Hayes) are attempting to raise $40,000,000 to give 2,000,000 people clean drinking water for decades each!Anything you can give helps: teamwater.org


Show Notes:

(0:00) Failing 1st grade to $10B Founder

(4:21) The making of outperformers

(9:28) Lessons from Larry Ellison

(32:05) Surviving Crisis

(41:30) The difference between rejection and results

(46:40) Meeting Elon

(56:07) What to chase

(1:07:35) The Dad Story

(1:18:30) Laying in the dirt

(1:26:45) Give Power


Links:

• TEAMWATER - https://teamwater.org/

• GoodLeap - https://www.goodleap.com/

• GivePower - https://givepower.org/


Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC


Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/


My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano