Morning Brew founder Austin Rief joins Shaan Puri and Sam Parr on this episode. They brainstorm weird business ideas like Gen Z Bingo, Binge-Eating Bars, and Meat Influencers. They also discuss successful creator brands, the limited knowledge of experts in other areas, and the appeal of luxury travel experiences.

Tony Robbins, the #1 life and performance coach, shares insights on championship mindset, 90 seconds of suffering, and the power of giving. He also discusses asymmetric investing and the value of mentorship. The podcast explores Tony's journey, experiences with top athletes, and building an interactive seminar.

Ankur Nagpal, founder of Teachable and resident tax genius, joins the hosts to reveal 10 tax loopholes for founders. Topics include the biggest secret to paying less in taxes, QSBS benefits, why not to move to Puerto Rico, Sam's credit card tax hack, owning real estate to lower tax bill, and misconceptions about Indian food.

Shaan Puri and Sam Parr discuss 8 crazy business ideas, including Habit Island, fake AI influencers, buying from anonymous Twitter handles, frivolous lawsuits, the success story of Stanley mugs, Liquid Death sparkling water, and more.

Recap of spending the weekend with MrBeast, Andrew Wilkinson and Joe Gebbia. Topics include an evil genius affiliate play, MrBeast's glow up, being uncommon among uncommon people, billion-dollar energy drinks, and big takeaways from Tiny Talks.

Sahil Bloom, an expert in fitness and training techniques, joins Nick Bare in a nerdy discussion about fitness. They address training techniques, blood doping, and the downsides of fitness influencers. They also talk about common health and fitness mistakes, designing workout programs, and running sub-3 hour marathons. The conversation delves into the media machine behind Bare Performance Nutrition and the business of supplements. They also touch on outsourcing CEOs and the challenges of being a CEO.

SaaS CEO quits job to start +$1M trash collecting business, alternative New Year’s resolutions, frustrations and commitment to listeners, reflection and journaling at the end of the year, benefits of blogging and writing on a sketch pad, choosing a theme for the month and National Quitters Day, trash collection business from frustration to opportunity, beautifully done air quality monitor, rebooting and transitioning trends, creating an exciting event

Guest Sam Rattner, who sold his first company for $40M in 18 months, talks about blue collar side hustles including door-to-door snow plowing, riverboat casinos, and the vending machine business. They also discuss a better Google Shopping and the value of niche products like duck calls.

Episode 535: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) look back at 2023 and the nine new philosophies they’ve picked up after 133 episodes of MFM. No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd—Show Notes:(0:00) Intro(5:00) Shill without shame(9:30) Base hits over home runs(14:00) Question of the year: Like what?(18:30) Get uncomfortable negotiating(22:00) Real estate for tax savings(26:30) Loose cannon, loose results(31:00) Curate up market deal flow(40:00) Choose the game; play the sh*t out of it(46:00) You will always want more—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/wealthCheck Out Shaan's Stuff:• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/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.—Other episodes you might enjoy:• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits • #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future • #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto • #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett • ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates • Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

In this episode, Shaan Puri and Sam Parr discuss various strategies for getting the first 100 customers, including hosting events, using viral content, sharing personal stories, and more. They also talk about their experiences with virtual assistants, launching a paid research newsletter, and promoting an app at a craft beer tasting festival. The podcast also includes a funny story about a strip club adventure in Las Vegas.