My First Million

Buying A $50M Egg Carton Biz For $0 Down + How Much Obama And Oprah Make From A Speaking Gig

Jul 26, 2022

40:28

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Sarah Moore

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Quick takeaways

Famous speakers like Obama earn over $1M per speech, highlighting the lucrative speaking gig industry.

Sarah Moore's acquisition of EggCartons.com showcases creative deal-making and strategic business pivots.

Moore's unconventional and determined approach to buying businesses emphasizes financial acumen and resourcefulness.

Deep dives

Sarah Moore's Unconventional Business Journey

Sarah Moore, a unique entrepreneur, operating from a simple library office, embarked on a quest to acquire a profitable business with limited resources. Utilizing over 50 unpaid interns sourced from Craigslist, she diligently evaluated 400,000 private companies until she found EggCartons.com. By securing a bank loan and the seller's financing, she obtained 100% ownership, showcasing her entrepreneurial grit and creative deal-making approach.

How the Heck Did You Buy It?

01:45

Booking Agencies For Speakers

01:24

Would You Like to Have a Conversation With Elon Musk?

02:04

How to Get Paid Speaking Gigs

04:16

Introduction

2min

Issa, Menage, Menaga, Is It With an H?

3min

I've Been Calling a Guy Ross for One Hour.

3min

What's the Meaning of Life?

2min

I'm a Dogao, All Right, That's a Good Shipa

2min

Are You Going to Speak at a Conference?

2min

How to Get Paid Speaking Gigs

4min

The Jordan Harbinger Podcast

5min

Is There Going to Be a Twitter Agency for Sawhill Bloom an an Shampurry Any Time Soon?

2min

10.

The Homy Move

2min

11.

Would You Like to Have a Conversation With Elon Musk?

2min

12.

Is There a Business Like Egg Cartons Dot Com?

2min

13.

Sisss Lik on the Podcass, I've Been Experimenting With a Form That I Wish People Used More on Me

3min

14.

How Do You Negotiate the Deal?

3min

15.

Why Didn't She Talk About It More Often?

3min

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about how much money famous people make from giving speeches, an update on Sarah Moore, the owner of EggCarton.com, and more.

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Links:

* Washington Speakers Bureau

* EggCartons.com

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Show Notes:

(08:50) - Is MFM the top entrepreneurship podcast in the world?

(12:35) - Obama makes $1M+ per speech

(23:00) - Idea: Speaker management for Twitter boys and podcasters

(29:45) - Update on EggCarton.com

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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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