June 27, 2025

He Bought a Local Newspaper… Now He Makes $600K/YR

He Bought a Local Newspaper… Now He Makes $600K/YR

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Episode 721: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about a billionaire’s recipe for happiness, Shaan’s stock picks, plus the new mayor of NY.


Show Notes:

(0:00) Billionaire recipe for happiness

(5:12) Shaan gives a talk at Berkeley

(12:01) Steve Ballmer on Acquired

(17:02) Gary V is bullish on everything

(26:28) The new mayor of NY

(35:45) Multilingual politicians

(38:43) Vibe voting

(41:20) Idea: "The President"

(45:58) Businesses w/ 50X potential

(49:07) Shaan's first 6 stocks

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/


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