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My First Million
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*140+ Business Ideas (Database):* https://clickhubspot.com/n3f7 Episode 840: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Mark Pincus ( https://x.com/markpinc ) about figuring out what projects to spend your life on. — Show Notes: (0:00) $0- $38M in 7 months (3:00) if you pick the right body of water, you don't have to have the right boat (16:51) pattern matching (23:17) there's always a new freak (25:00) picking macros (27:48) a case for gold (39:50) How to know what to chase (49:12) create a book of life (59:59) Frameworks vs instincts (1:09:00) being hated and misunderstood (1:11:13) the story of farmville (1:15:00) avoiding the fur coat moment (1:19:49) the nickelback problem (1:22:02) introspection vs rumination — Links: • Life At The Speed of Play - https://www.amazon.com/Life-Speed-Play-Launch-Products/dp/0063352575 — 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 - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ Mercury is a fintech 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)

@arkiki2717 2026-07-10

The moment he jumped on the whiteboard at 39:50 is one of the most awesome and wholesome moment I ever saw in a business podcast. You can sense the passion of the guy flow through the camera!

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@WealthWithoutIllusions 2026-07-10

The line about picking the right body of water might be the whole game. A great operator in the wrong market can struggle forever, while a decent product in a massive rising market can look like genius. AI gives founders more leverage now, but it does not remove the hard question: are you building where demand is already pulling, or are you trying to force people to care?

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@iamrumann 2026-07-10

Thanks for having Mark on! ❤

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@asken5139 2026-07-11

He is stumbled when called a sillicon valley cliche, but he could literally be a character in the show.

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@NeedDatTention 2026-07-15

When he says consumer is uninvestable what is he talking about? What is consumer and why does it have issues with distribution?

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@Nik-wh3ex 2026-07-11

haha noticed the editing around 1:23:12 and the moments after lol… someone forgot to plug their book and had to find a way kto edit-in the ad 😂😂 you can see at 1:23:20 one of the obvious cuts (went back to the talking clip where book was on the table) if editor reads this- u actually did a pretty slick job bro most ppl wouldn’t have noticed

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@MyFirstMillionPod 2026-07-10

*140+ Business Ideas (Database):* https://clickhubspot.com/8lp8

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@gopalevolvin 2026-07-11

awesome possum! this was a slice of life kinda episode along w investing/usual mfm. loved it.

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@Dancing_Alone_wRentals 2026-07-15

Once again,....great listening and learning. tHanks for the video ( Now how do I fix my SSD ? Hmmm ...the mind boggles )

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@jeffhammerforteimpact 2026-07-10

This perspective is a great reminder that the most effective strategies are often the most disciplined ones.

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