My First Million
716 episodes - English - Latest episode: 27 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2.3K ratingsSam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstorm with them.
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The Hippie With A Billion Dollars
August 07, 2019 12:57 - 58 minutesMichael Birch sold his social networking site to AOL for $850M....and then bought it back for $1M years later. (buy low, sell high. boys and girls). His business portfolio is impressive. He's an early investor in companies like Calm and Pinterest, owns two giant hotels, and bought a private island off of Richard Branson. Despite all that success, he's a down to earth guy, and in this podcast he talks through his early struggles and failed ideas before he had his billion dollar breakthrough an...
#7 - The Hippie With A Billion Dollars
August 07, 2019 12:57 - 58 minutesMichael Birch sold his social networking site to AOL for $850M....and then bought it back for $1M years later. (buy low, sell high. boys and girls). His business portfolio is impressive. He's an early investor in companies like Calm and Pinterest, owns two giant hotels, and bought a private island off of Richard Branson. Despite all that success, he's a down to earth guy, and in this podcast he talks through his early struggles and failed ideas before he had his billion dollar breakthrough an...
How This Silicon Valley Outsider Hustled His Way to $750M Exit - Meet Vungle's Jack Smith
July 31, 2019 03:17 - 49 minutes - 68.1 MBJack Smith (@_jacksmith) is the most clever entrepreneur I know. He’s cofounded multiple startups: Vungle, Coin, Shyp. With Vungle recently selling for $750M. We talk about his early businesses as a kid, selling prank itching powder on the playground - all the way to his infamous “LinkedIn Hack” that got him his first $120k investment check. Got feedback or questions? Email me at [email protected] For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
#6 - How This Silicon Valley Outsider Hustled His Way to $750M Exit - Meet Vungle's Jack Smith
July 31, 2019 03:17 - 50 minutesJack Smith (@_jacksmith) is the most clever entrepreneur I know. He’s cofounded multiple startups: Vungle, Coin, Shyp. With Vungle recently selling for $750M. We talk about his early businesses as a kid, selling prank itching powder on the playground - all the way to his infamous “LinkedIn Hack” that got him his first $120k investment check. Got feedback or questions? Email me at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The First Viral Website: "Hot or Not"
July 23, 2019 20:00 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MBJames Hong (@jhong) is the creator of Hot or Not? He sits down to tell us how the silly website went from 42 friends, to 2 million page views per day within a week. I love his philosophy of running it like an "internet laundromat" - collecting nickels & quarters from the machine (up to $20,000 per night!) Great guy, great energy, checkout the episode. - shaan (@shaanvp on twitter) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
#5 - The First Viral Website: "Hot or Not"
July 23, 2019 20:00 - 51 minutesJames Hong (@jhong) is the creator of Hot or Not? He sits down to tell us how the silly website went from 42 friends, to 2 million page views per day within a week. I love his philosophy of running it like an "internet laundromat" - collecting nickels & quarters from the machine (up to $20,000 per night!) Great guy, great energy, checkout the episode. - shaan (@shaanvp on twitter) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
#4- How Product Hunt's Ryan Hoover Built A $20M Community From Scratch
July 16, 2019 20:00 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MBWho knew a product about other products could be worth tens of millions... Ryan Hoover (@rrhoover) tells us the struggle of trying to find a place in the startup world and how to tackle job rejection the right way - becoming his own boss! Truly starting from scratch, he runs us through the scrappy early days of e-mailing people one by one just to gain an extra dozen users... now that's some hustle! Tune into this episode and he'll teach you ways to push that little bit further to making your...
How Product Hunt's Ryan Hoover Built A $20M Community From Scratch
July 16, 2019 20:00 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MBWho knew a product about other products could be worth tens of millions... Ryan Hoover (@rrhoover) tells us the struggle of trying to find a place in the startup world and how to tackle job rejection the right way - becoming his own boss! Truly starting from scratch, he runs us through the scrappy early days of e-mailing people one by one just to gain an extra dozen users... now that's some hustle! Tune into this episode and he'll teach you ways to push that little bit further to making your...
#4 - How Product Hunt's Ryan Hoover Built A $20M Community From Scratch
July 16, 2019 20:00 - 50 minutesWho knew a product about other products could be worth tens of millions... Ryan Hoover (@rrhoover) tells us the struggle of trying to find a place in the startup world and how to tackle job rejection the right way - becoming his own boss! Truly starting from scratch, he runs us through the scrappy early days of e-mailing people one by one just to gain an extra dozen users... now that's some hustle! Tune into this episode and he'll teach you ways to push that little bit further to making your ...
Making Millions off an Email Newsletter?! Sam Parr from The Hustle Tells All
July 09, 2019 21:44 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBSam Parr (@theSamParr) is the founder of The Hustle - a simple email newsletter that has surpassed 1M daily subscribers and will be north of 8 figures this year. Sam walks us through how he built The Hustle from scratch as well as his adventures starting a hot dog stand (7min), selling booze on the internet (13min), meeting celebrities on the street and convincing them to hire him (11min) and how he would get rich if he was 21 again! (33min) For information regarding your data privacy, vis...
#3 - Making Millions off an Email Newsletter?! Sam Parr from The Hustle Tells All
July 09, 2019 21:44 - 51 minutesSam Parr (@theSamParr) is the founder of The Hustle - a simple email newsletter that has surpassed 1M daily subscribers and will be north of 8 figures this year. Sam walks us through how he built The Hustle from scratch as well as his adventures starting a hot dog stand (7min), selling booze on the internet (13min), meeting celebrities on the street and convincing them to hire him (11min) and how he would get rich if he was 21 again! (33min) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out info...
Blogging His Way To $9M in Cash - Ramon Van Meer
July 03, 2019 02:34 - 51 minutes - 70.2 MBRamon Van Meer (@ramonvanmeer) has never seen a soap opera. Yet somehow, he built the most popular soap opera blog on the planet - and was raking in ~$300,000+ per month! Today's conversation is about how he got the idea, and flipped a $49 wordpress theme into a $9M payday. Brought to you by Monday.com & The Hustle For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
#2 - Blogging His Way To $9M in Cash - Ramon Van Meer
July 03, 2019 02:34 - 51 minutes - 70.2 MBRamon Van Meer (@ramonvanmeer) has never seen a soap opera. Yet somehow, he built the most popular soap opera blog on the planet - and was raking in ~$300,000+ per month! Today's conversation is about how he got the idea, and flipped a $49 wordpress theme into a $9M payday. Brought to you by Monday.com & The Hustle See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
#2 with Ramon Van Meer - Blogging His Way To $9M in Cash
July 02, 2019 04:00 - 51 minutesRamon Van Meer (@ramonvanmeer) has never seen a soap opera. Yet somehow, he built the most popular soap opera blog on the planet - and was raking in millions per year! Today's conversation is about how he got the idea, and flipped a $49 WordPress theme into a multi-million dollar payday.
Suli Ali - From making $76k at Microsoft to selling TinyCo for $100M+
June 23, 2019 02:46 - 1 hour - 70 MBWe talk with tech founder & investor Suleman "Suli" Ali (@sulemanali) about his journey from making $76k a year at Microsoft to selling multiple companies for $100,000,000+. Highlights: Meeting Naval (19:00) getting grilled by Keith Rabois (22:00), & risking his life savings on TinyCo (57:00) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
#1 - From making $76k at Microsoft to selling TinyCo for $100M+
June 23, 2019 02:46 - 1 hourWe talk with tech founder & investor Suleman "Suli" Ali (@sulemanali) about his journey from making $76k a year at Microsoft to selling multiple companies for $100,000,000+. Highlights: Meeting Naval (19:00) getting grilled by Keith Rabois (22:00), & risking his life savings on TinyCo (57:00) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.