My First Million

Hubspot Media

Sam 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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Aug 7, 2019 · 58 min
#7 - The Hippie With A Billion Dollars
Michael 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 P...
Jul 31, 2019 · 50 min
#6 - How This Silicon Valley Outsider Hustled His Way to $750M Exit - Meet Vungle's Jack Smith
Jack 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 -...
Jul 23, 2019 · 51 min
#5 - The First Viral Website: "Hot or Not"
James 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" - collectin...
Jul 16, 2019 · 50 min
#4 - How Product Hunt's Ryan Hoover Built A $20M Community From Scratch
Who 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 startin...
Jul 9, 2019 · 51 min
#3 - Making Millions off an Email Newsletter?! Sam Parr from The Hustle Tells All
Sam 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 starti...
Jul 2, 2019 · 51 min
#2 with Ramon Van Meer - Blogging His Way To $9M in Cash
Ramon 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.
Jun 23, 2019 · 1 hr 16 min
#1 - From making $76k at Microsoft to selling TinyCo for $100M+
We 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 Raboi...

My First Million

#7 - The Hippie With A Billion Dollars

#6 - How This Silicon Valley Outsider Hustled His Way to $750M Exit - Meet Vungle's Jack Smith

#5 - The First Viral Website: "Hot or Not"

#4 - How Product Hunt's Ryan Hoover Built A $20M Community From Scratch

#3 - Making Millions off an Email Newsletter?! Sam Parr from The Hustle Tells All

#2 with Ramon Van Meer - Blogging His Way To $9M in Cash

#1 - From making $76k at Microsoft to selling TinyCo for $100M+