Episodes featuring My First Million
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Steph Smith: “This opportunity is totally overlooked”
Smith explores overlooked macro trends that reveal massive business opportunities by analyzing data from sources like Our World in Data and Numlock. The episode demonstr...
Ex-Tesla President: Elon Asked Me To 20X Sales. Here's What I Did
Jon McNeill, former president of Tesla, reveals how Elon Musk's "algorithm" for scaling companies—rooted in order-of-magnitude goal-setting, deep problem diagnosis, and fron...
We asked a $18.9B Investor how to survive the AI bubble
Graham Weaver, a $18.9B private equity investor and Stanford professor, reveals how to build a 5x-returning business model in ~6 years by combining talent-first leadership w...
How To Get Ahead Of 90% Of People in 2026
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri explain how to develop good taste—a critical competitive advantage in the AI era—through a systematic four-step process. As AI commoditizes the abili...
Watch This Before You Invest Another Dollar
Pabrai and Parr discuss how to build wealth through disciplined investing, arguing that consistent compounding over decades matters far more than timing or stock-picking pro...
The AI Company Everyone Slept On Just Broke Every Record
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri discuss extraordinary AI developments reshaping business and healthcare, including Anthropic's explosive $6 billion monthly revenue milestone, an ent...
$100M+ Advice That'll Piss Off Every Business Guru (ft. DHH)
DHH (David Heinemeier Hansson) of 37signals discusses contrarian business philosophy built on profitability, autonomy, and longevity rather than growth-at-all-costs. He expl...
This guy named BlackBerry, Febreze and Swiffer, here’s his exact 3-step naming formula
David Placek, a legendary brand naming strategist who created names like BlackBerry, Swiffer, Febreze, and Impossible Burger, reveals his systematic 3-step namin...
The Simplest Way To Make $1M In 2026
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri present "Sarah's List," an annual ranking of 10+ companies they'd recommend joining as an employee to achieve wealth through equity upside, using Sam's w...
Uber's Legendary Investor Explains Who Will Thrive in the AI Era (And Who Won't)
Bill Gurley, legendary venture capitalist and early Uber investor, discusses how to thrive in the AI era by finding your passion, building the right peer groups, and continuousl...
The Teen Who Built a $4.1M/Month Ai App | Zach Yadegari
This episode features Zach Yadegari, a 19-year-old entrepreneur who sold his AI-powered calorie-tracking app Cal to MyFitnessPal after generating $30 million in reve...
The Simple Way to Create More Luck, Friends, and Opportunity
Hosts Sam Parr and Shaan Puri interview venture capitalist guest on creating luck and opportunity through asymmetric risk-taking, relationship-building, and strategic execution....
Why the Self-Help Industry Is Built on Lies
Hosts Sam Parr and Shaan Puri examine the troubling pattern of fabricated backstories in the self-help industry, focusing on Napoleon Hill's "Think and Grow Rich," which sol...
Dumb iPhone Apps Are Making People Rich Again (Here’s how)
Pat from Starter Story discusses how simple iPhone apps are becoming a lucrative business opportunity in 2026, driven by AI-powered development tools and viral discovery via...
From selling ACs to becoming the tourism king of Jamaica
The episode chronicles Gordon "Butch" Stewart's rise from selling air conditioners in Jamaica to building Sandals Resorts, a multi-billion dollar luxury hospitality empi...
Elon’s wildest interview yet — our reaction
The My First Million hosts react to Elon Musk's appearance on the Cheeky Pint podcast, breaking down his philosophy on hiring, operations, and AI development. They discuss Musk'...
Scott Galloway: Why I'm selling my American stocks
Scott Galloway discusses his contrarian investment strategy of selling American stocks and diversifying into international markets, arguing that U.S. valuations are at histo...
5 AI Tools that make you feel like you’re in 2050
The My First Million hosts showcase cutting-edge AI tools that extend far beyond ChatGPT, demonstrating how AI is becoming deeply personalized and integrated into everyday tasks...
My 50-Year-Old Mother-in-Law Makes $1M/Year. The Product? You'd Never Guess
Host Sam Parr interviews his mother-in-law Smithy Sodine, a 50-year-old immigrant entrepreneur who built a seven-figure decorative pillow business starting with only $10...
If you’re in your 40s, build a business on these trends.
The hosts explore six emerging business trends for entrepreneurs in their 40s, examining shifts in consumer behavior like the decline of alcohol consumption and the rise of **no...