My First Million
My First Million

3 killer businesses hiding in plain sight

August 12, 2026 · 47 min

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140+ real business ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/pkce

Episode 850: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about massive businesses hidden in plain sight.

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Show Notes:

() The wild economics of lab testing on monkeys

() Salad oil crisis

() the art of noticing

() enthusiasm

() know thy 8-year old self

() be shameless

() Sam goes to SF for 7 days

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Links:

• Qoves - https://www.qoves.com/

• Charles River - https://www.criver.com/

• How To Do Great Work - https://www.paulgraham.com/greatwork.html

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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

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com

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