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The one calculation Elon runs everything on (it made him billions)

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*Get our Unsexy Business Idea Database:* https://clickhubspot.com/oang Episode 831: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) tell the story of a $270M/yr meat purveyor plus Nick Sleep’s letter and the framework that will make Elon a trillionaire. — Show Notes: (0:00) The $300M butcher (18:28) Nick Sleep letters (23:20) the idiot index (35:44) breaking your own frame (39:04) how to become a king maker (51:49) Idea: Teen nerd awards (57:23) Sam's List — Links: • https://www.lafrieda.com/ • https://www.omahasteaks.com/ • https://drinklmnt.com/ — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Top Comments (10)

@sarowarrahmanrahat8653 2026-06-05

I read Power Behind Locked Door by Jacob Rockefeller cover to cover on a long flight. I couldn’t sleep after. The book doesn’t scream, it whispers things no one says out loud how the tax code is a map, how debt is a tool, how income is a trap. I landed thinking about foundations, shells, and leverage in a whole new way. I wasn’t taught wrong, I was just taught to stay inside the system

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@technochief2000 2026-06-04

I think Shaan’s offhand comment that “if you’re the best in the world, you’ll never have to worry about money” is the single best takeaway from this podcast episode, and maybe from the entire MFM podcast.

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@MyFirstMillionPod 2026-06-04

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@Ama99717 2026-06-04

Why is Shaan wearing his hat like Timmy Turner???

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@t48e 2026-06-04

Tesla started TV advertising btw, and they've been doing digital campaigns now for a while

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@ARYUSops 2026-06-04

Sam, we love that you love talking about this stuff. Coz guess what, we love hearing the two of you talk about this stuff too.

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@B2BVaults 2026-06-10

For everyone who came for the title: the idiot index starts at 23:20. Full map of the episode: 1:26 - The $300M butcher (commodity to brand masterclass) 5:39 - Custom meat blends under NDA for 50 restaurants - the original lock-in 7:46 - The $28 burger that outsold the cheaper one 2x 18:31 - Nick Sleep: won with 4 stocks, then just closed the fund 20:39 - Bezos on why advertising is the price of an unremarkable product 44:31 - The kingmaker move: whoever makes the list controls the network 49:34 - How JD Power turned an award into a billion-dollar business The butcher and the idiot index are the same lesson from opposite ends: LaFrieda escaped commodity pricing by building a brand. Elon just exploits everyone who didn't.

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@arlinaai 2026-06-04

I get so happy when I see a new episode! Love you guys ❤

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@ryanesaki 2026-06-04

The last part reminded me of my high school experience where I ran a website about Texas instrument calculator games in the late 1990s and showed people how I built a transfer cable from the computer to the calculator with parts from radio shack. I remember looking up some of the people who were submitting games to my website later and it turned out they were all kids my age or younger who were programming games for graphing calculators in basic or assembly for fun. They had all gone on to do interesting things and have interesting careers.

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@sarinkuruvilla 2026-06-04

Sometimes Shaan’s story telling just hits! This smacks!

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