My First Million
He Turned $300/mo Into $3,750,000/mo From GARDENING
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 591: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to Kevin Espiritu ( https://x.com/KevinEspiritu ), AKA The Plant Daddy, about how he turned a side hustle into a $45M business in his backyard.
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Show Notes:
() Intro
() $250k playing online poker
() The influence of Pat Flynn
() Cocoa butter cream review site
() Printing on-demand shirts
() From Scribe to $300/mo gardening blog
() Inflection point: The metal raised bed
() Billion-dollar blogs
() Life-changing money
() 5 Languages of the love of money
() Lessons from Ramit Sethi
() Path to $100M through acquisitions
() Buying a seed tray business for less than $500K
() Buying a competing gardening blog
() Acquiring Botanical Interests
() Red and green flags in acquisitions
() The danger of being a celebrity on the internet
() Idea: Branded hybrid plant species
() Floyd Zaiger, the godfather of licenced plants
() The lie behind Blue Zones
() The Tesla of chicken coops
() Beekeeping
() Choosing your hobbies wisely
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Links:
• Kevin on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@kevinmespiritu
• Epic Gardening on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@epicgardening
• The Chernin Group - https://tcg.co/
• The Billion Dollar Creator - https://nathanbarry.com/billion/
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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
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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
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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