My First Million
My First Million

5 ruthless business lessons from one week in NYC

July 7, 2026 · 1 h 3 min

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Sam's guide to run your life like a $100M business: https://clickhubspot.com/krhd

Episode 839: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about everything Shaan learned from his NYC trip.

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Show Notes:

() Lesson: Proximity

() Lesson: What does it really mean?

() Lesson: Trust

() Lesson: City Brands

() Lesson: Marketing

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Links:

• Ben Wilson’s GoFundMe - https://t.co/kJN7pArRIO

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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

• 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/

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