My First Million
Building A 100+ Year Legacy + Peter Thiel’s Fellowship + Bomb Hiring Questions
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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Episode 623: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the underrated philanthropy style of Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Alfred Nobel.
MFM Scholarship: Apply for $10K to start The Onion For College - https://www.shaanpuri.com/collegepaper
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Show Notes:
() Alfred Nobel's $266M Legacy
() Competitions vs. Trusts
() Idea: XPRIZE but for companies
() Shaan’s Prize: Win $10K to start a college paper
() How Barstool Sports started
() Peter Thiel’s contrarian philanthropy
() Elon Musks sexy indifference
() Interview questions designed to repel and attract
() Be a harsh grader of people
() Great people are great in the first 2 weeks
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Links:
• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm
• Nobel Peace Prize - https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/
• XPRIZE - https://www.xprize.org/
• Darpa - https://www.darpa.mil/
• Vesuvius Challenge - https://scrollprize.org/
• Kaggle - https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/
• Thiel Foundation - https://www.thielfoundation.org/
• Musk Foundation - https://www.muskfoundation.org/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd
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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 The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
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