Ben Wilson is a podcaster and entrepreneur. He is the host of the incredible How To Take Over The World podcast, which covers great conquerors, explorers, inventors, and people who have taken over the world. He is also the producer of My First Million. (0:00) Intro (1:30) Affirmations (4:44) Becoming Friends With MrBeast (8:01) Producing My First Million (8:29) Sam Parr’s Historical Comparison (10:18) Shaan Puri’s Historical Comparison (11:50) Learning From Sam and Shaan (15:01) How To Take Over The World Research (21:20) Hitler, Napoleon, Stalin (23:55) Common Traits of World Conquerers (29:33) What Has HTTOTW Taught Ben? (32:30) Camp MFM Basketball Story (35:11) Who Does Ben See Himself? (36:23) PodRamp (42:01) Managing 5 Projects (43:40) Network States (Brigham Young) (47:01) Sperm Is Down 50% (52:31) Sauna (54:33) Read Biographies & Move (56:39) Parenting Advice (59:40) Losing Context (1:04:20) Challenge - Resources Mentioned Joe Rogan Experience #1638 with Dr. Shanna Swan – https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pLW2tMx4Kw5qaeAcxj0Lj?si=1be76ba37a5a43bd Thomas Edison (How To Take Over The World) – https://open.spotify.com/episode/2GPkApesrhUpPJwsgvbOwM?si=35b483f5ef854300 Napoleon (How To Take Over The World) – https://open.spotify.com/episode/0tCx0BdtmnJMDpRpLKf8Yt?si=3194f6c9a5174204 - Ben's Links Podcast: https://twitter.com/BenWilsonTweets Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenWilsonTweets Website: https://www.podramp.io - SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out: https://link.chtbl.com/MFM?sid=Danny-Miranda - My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Dakota Robertson is a writer and entrepreneur. He’s built a 100,000+ person audience on both Twitter and Instagram in less than two years. But what’s even crazier is how his upbringing has shaped him to create this reality. In this conversation, we spoke about how growing up without a father has shaped him, how to be a better writer, and what he’d recommend to other entrepreneurs just getting started online. He even called this the greatest podcast he’s ever done. Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (2:31) Writing Instead of Fitness Business (8:01) What Makes For A Great Writer (10:00) Genesis (13:19) Therapy (17:32) Caring For Parents (24:12) Dakota’s Biggest Regret (28:22) Healing After Losing Someone You Love (34:02) Making Money (41:10) Growing Fast On Social (46:01) Sponsored Threads (47:50) Elon Buying Twitter (50:40) Deciding Where To Publish (53:49) Context Switching (57:01) I Write Tweets For A Living (59:30) Wildest Moments From Gaining Attention (1:02:45) Advice (1:03:57) Long Term Games (1:05:01) Going Abroad (1:12:30) Dropping Out Of College (1:14:29) Challenge - Dakota’s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/WrongsToWrite Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dkotarobertson/ - Resources Mentioned Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark – https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Tools-Essential-Strategies-Writer/dp/0316014990 Ca$hvertising by Drew Whitman – https://www.amazon.com/CA-HVERTISING-Ad-Agency-Psychology-Anything/dp/1601630328 Awareness by Anthony de Mello – https://www.amazon.com/Awareness-Opportunities-Reality-Anthony-Mello/dp/0385249373 Meditations by Marcus Aurelius – https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-New-Translation-Marcus-Aurelius/dp/0812968255 - SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out: https://link.chtbl.com/MFM?sid=Danny-Miranda - My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

AnnemarieChase is a YouTuber with over 280,000+ subscribers. In this conversation, we spoke about her joy for writing, becoming a better listener, and if YouTube has increased her ego. (0:00) Intro (1:14) More Ideas, Less Things (3:45) Why People (6:12) Thoughts on Sneako (9:00) Anxiety (11:50) Perception Trumps Reality (13:26) Ur Mom’s House (17:21) Old Soul (21:10) Alaska vs. NYC (27:13) Writing (31:11) Bubbles (34:02) Becoming Better Listener (35:33) YouTube = Ego? (39:30) We Put Timeframes (41:01) The Content We Put Out (45:11) Should More People Create (47:31) Three C’s of Content Creation (53:15) Explore, Exploit (55:35) Annemarie’s New Podcast (59:24) Challenge - Annemarie's Links YouTube:  @annemariechase  Unemployed Millenial: https://sptfy.com/Mwwg - SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out! – My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Michael Mignano is the creator of Anchor. He previously served as the Head of Talk for Spotify. Now, he serves as a partner at Lightspeed. In this podcast, he talked about stories from his early days at Anchor, when you should sell, misconceptions about Spotify, and how he found Product Market Fit. (0:00) Intro (1:40) Getting Jumped (3:45) Music & Technology (7:31) Early Days of Internet (15:38) Living Through The Audio/Video Revolution (19:33) Starting Anchor (23:21) When Anchor Wasn’t Working… (31:29) Growth/Finding Product Market Fit (40:08) Why Is Anchor Most Used? (45:20) When To Sell? (49:10) Misconceptions About Spotify (51:44) Becoming A Venture Capitalist (55:53) What Makes For A Good Investment? (57:45) Quitting Job To Start Company (1:05:33) Challenge - Michael’s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/mignano - SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out: https://link.chtbl.com/MFM?sid=Danny-Miranda - My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Thomas Frank is a YouTuber. His main channel has 2.75 million subscribers. His second channel (about Notion) recently crossed 100,000 subscribers. And in today’s episode, we dove deep into YouTube, how to have a better title and thumbnail, why he started a new channel, burnout, what most people get wrong about learning, and much more… (0:00) Intro (1:27) 2.75 Million Subscribers (3:33) Design (7:28) Title/Thumbnail Best Practices (13:15) Early Days of Creating Online (22:23) Why Videos Instead Of Writing? (23:48) Working For His Favorite Creators (26:42) Why Do Schools Block YouTube? (27:33) Obsession (32:00) New Channel / Burnout (37:39) Changing Locations (47:43) Tracking Exponential Numbers (51:25) Issues With Getting Big On YouTube? (55:50) Thomas’ Impossible List & Generalization (1:00:20) Challenge (1 Percent Rule) - Resources Mentioned: Crash Course Study Skills – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7CwqNHn_Ns&list=PLx65qkgCWNJKHcoJzgJ8xd97JbS64e4xE This Is Why You Aren’t Inspired – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAWe4Qq-Rp0 Survivorship bias – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias Thomas Frank’s Impossible List – https://collegeinfogeek.com/about/meet-the-author/my-impossible-list/ - Thomas’ Links  YouTube (Main Channel):  @Thomasfrank    YouTube (Second Channel):  @ThomasFrankExplains    Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomFrankly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomfrankly/ Website: https://thomasjfrank.com/ - SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out! - My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Jack Settleman and Nick Ercolano are two creators. They separately have built two successful sports media companies (SnapBack Sports and BDGE). Now they've partnered up to start a new podcast called Big Content – to discuss the worlds of media, business, and marketing.  In this conversation, we spoke about… Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (2:50) Origin of Big Content (7:33) Going Viral With Eich’s Lunch (10:43) 100,000,000 Views (13:02) Creator Advice (15:43) Changing As A Person (17:32) Burning Out (21:57) Twitter (26:43) Favorite Creators (29:01) Success (31:31) Social Media = Cigarettes? (37:40) Getting Cancelled (44:41) Audience Growth (47:13) Legacy (53:19) Challenge – Resources Mentioned How To Be A Personal Trainer Podcast My First Million Christian Guzman Pat McAfee Gary Vaynerchuk All-In Podcast - Jack’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jacksettleman/  Jack's YouTube:  @SnapBackSports   Nick’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickercolano/  Nick's YouTube:  @BDGEMedia   Big Content:  @bigcontent  - SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out! – My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Ben Bergeron is a CrossFit coach and gym owner. In this episode, we spoke about mindset, the one difference between his coaching and Navy SEALs, how 9/11 impacted him, and why everything you experience is there for the evolution of your consciousness. (0:00) Intro (1:38) How 9/11 Impacted Ben (13:16) Living A Well-Lived Life (22:30) Defining Success (29:59) Evolution of Consciousness (41:55) Levels of Mindset (51:47) Taking Ownership (55:41) Coaching Practices (1:02:13) Mental Chatter (1:09:58) Lesson From Navy SEALs (1:15:53) Challenge Ben’s Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benbergeron/ CompTrain: https://comptrain.com/ Resources Mentioned: Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron – https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Excellence-Building-Fittest-Athletes/dp/B077PDG3HX/ Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Galloway – https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Game-Tennis-Classic-Performance/dp/0679778314 Mindset by Carol Dweck – https://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Carol-S-Dweck-audiobook/dp/B07N48NM33/ 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey – https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful/dp/1982137134 Obstacle Is The Way by Ryan Holiday – https://www.amazon.com/Obstacle-Way-Timeless-Turning-Triumph/dp/1591846358 – SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out! – My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Bill Ottman is the creator of Minds, a social media platform with more than 6 million users. Bill has appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience. In this conversation, we spoke about the importance of free speech, Elon buying Twitter his thoughts on Lex Fridman and Kanye West, Elon buying Twitter, the importance of challenges/accountability, his time on JRE, and much more. (0:00) Intro (1:40) Lex/Kanye (4:50) Daryl Davis (7:01) Free Speech (12:33) Minds (Social Network) (16:40) The Biggest Problem With Social (22:15) The Power Is Shifting (25:29) TikTok (29:40) Why Can’t We Speak Our Mind? (39:12) Mental Health (46:25) Accountability (51:58) Changing Minds (53:29) Being On Joe Rogan (57:08) Challenge - Bill's Links Minds: https://www.minds.com/ Bill on Minds: https://www.minds.com/ottman/ - Resources Mentioned • Lex Fridman / Kanye West – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AWLcxTGZPA • The 4 Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz – https://www.amazon.com/Four-Agreements-Practical-Personal-Freedom/dp/1878424319/ • Breath by James Nestor – https://www.amazon.com/Breath-New-Science-Lost-Art/dp/B082FPZC4H • Bill on JRE #1248 – https://open.spotify.com/episode/06T2h6DzvdEKPubSvlDvaB?si=INtEbGN0TrGys4aGoXESTw • Bill & Daryl Davis on JRE #1792 – https://open.spotify.com/episode/2hM2E1WkW2QBJQV7T5ikwb?si=n-tH8ELKSkSfFYRL8PxiXQ - SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out! – My Links 🧠 Minds: https://minds.com/dannymiranda ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Mike Salguero is the creator of ButcherBox, a company that is aiming to transform the meat industry. It started out as a lifestyle company. It has since become a life mission. Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (1:13) The Importance of Sales (4:11) Entrepreneurship (5:30) Growing Up Without A Dad (15:45) Journey To Consciousness (23:30) $300k to $600,000,000 In Revenue (25:45) Changing Meat Industry (29:31) Lifestyle Design (34:48) Fridays Off (37:19) Hiring Practices (42:31) Values For ButcherBox (44:10) Moving Into Retail (48:20) Relentless Improvement (49:55) Parenting (53:59) Personal Brand (59:57) 7 Day Water Fast (1:07:21) Challenge Mike’s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikesalguero ButcherBox: https://www.butcherbox.com/ - SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out! – My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Dylan Jardon and Henry Belcaster are two of the smartest young entrepreneurs in the world. Over the past two years, they’ve worked with people like Naval Ravikant, Will Smith, Dharmesh Shah, David Sacks, and Hasan Minhaj. Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (1:28) Naval Ravikant (6:51) 0 To 300k In 2 Months (13:17) Viral Formula (15:54) Will Smith (Why Hollywood Sucks) (19:58) Dharmesh Shah (22:31) Getting First Client (26:45) Partying With Billionaires (39:25) Chasing Girls (42:11) Content vs. Real Life (45:48) Podcast Tips (49:29) Next MrBeasts? (53:03) Advice (54:49) Challenge Henry’s YouTube: @HenryBelcaster Dylan’s YouTube: @DylanJardon First episode with Dylan & Henry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGIE-g_WMak – SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by My First Million. This is the podcast that I listen to and recommend whenever I want to learn more about business, technology, or the future. Sam Parr and Shaan Puri are hilarious, informative, and interesting. Check it out! – My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda –  TAGS: Dylan Jardon, Henry Belcaster, Dylan & Henry, Danny Miranda, Danny Miranda Podcast, Danny Miranda 279, episode 279, Naval Ravikant, HubSpot, My First Million, Shaan Puri, Sam Parr, podcast tips, how to go viral, PayPal Mafia, Will Smith, agency work, MrBeast