My First Million
My First Million

The Simplest Way To Make $1M In 2026

March 11, 2026

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

  • The Format: This is a casual, high-energy roundtable discussion between two podcast hosts and two guests. It feels like a group of friends brainstorming investment ideas over beers, complete with tangents, jokes, and friendly ribbing.
  • The Key Players:
    • The Hosts (Sam & Sean): The duo behind My First Million. Sam is the hype-man, full of big ideas and contagious enthusiasm. Sean is the more analytical, skeptical foil who grounds the conversation.
    • The Guests (John & Jordy): The duo behind TBPN (The Business Podcast Network). They are described as "super smart" and deeply connected, interviewing CEOs daily. They bring a more institutional, media-savvy perspective.
  • The Vibe: Fun, Educational, and Highly Entertaining. The energy is infectious, with constant laughter, playful jabs, and genuine excitement about the companies being discussed.

🗝️ Key Themes & Topics

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: John & Jordy from TBPN**
  • 2 (04:00) **Pitch & Branding Banter**
  • 3 (07:28) **Pick #1: Zuru Tech (Sean)**
  • 4 (14:20) **Pick #2: Varda Space Industries (Jordy)**
  • 5 (22:20) **Pick #3: Suno (Sam)**
  • 6 (31:11) **Pick #4: TrueMed (John)**
  • 7 (34:45) **Brand Building & TBPN Origin Story**

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Show Notes

Get Shaan's 4 money rules that took him from broke to $25M by 30: https://clickhubspot.com/sfmc


Episode 804: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) team up with the TBPN boys John Coogan ( https://x.com/johncoogan ) and Jordi Hays ( https://x.com/jordihays ) to break down the companies that could make you a millionaire as an employee. 

Show Notes: 

(0:00) How to make $1,000,000

(5:05) Zuru 

(12:47) Varda Space Industries

(19:33) Suno

(28:19) TrueMed

(37:32) HubSpot

(45:13) SemiAnalysis

(52:32) Harvey

(1:00:01) SendCutSent

(1:04:55) Column



Links:

• ZURU - https://zurutoys.com/ 

• Varda -  ​​https://www.varda.com/ 

• Suno - https://suno.com/ 

• TrueMed - https://www.truemed.com/ 

• HubSpot - https://www.hubspot.com/ 

• SemiAnalysis - https://semianalysis.com/ 

• Harvey - https://www.harvey.ai/ 

• SendCutSend - https://sendcutsend.com/ 

• Column - https://column.com/ 

• TBPN - https://www.youtube.com/@TBPNLive 

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

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

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