My First Million — transcripts.

1I'm 80 and I wasted 25 years of my life. Don't make my mistake. - Howard MarksIf you wait until you have nothing to be afraid about, probably the opportunity has passed. Howard, it's good to see you again. We had a lot of fun last time and we were like… 2What Palmer Luckey does when he's not building billion-dollar companiesI got something. Sean, do you want to hear a story? >> Does it have to do with those glasses? >> No, but I have a cool guy, so that's why I decided to wear him. >> All right. I… 3The Simplest Way To Make $1,000,000 Isn't Starting A Business (it's working in one of these 10)We have this podcast called My First Million where we're coming with all these complicated schemes of how somebody can make their first million. Meanwhile, in the relationship… 4If you have career regrets in 2026, watch this.If you're crafting your own personal career and your high agency, AI is like a jpack. We've taught children, young adults, how to grind. We've taught them to persevere for the… 5From selling ACs to becoming the tourism king of JamaicaIf you're like me, you're going to get inspired by this story. A white dude from Jamaica who built an incredible, you know, multi-billion dollar business and lived life on his own… 6I made $250M in one year. Here's what it actually cost meWe went from 2.5 to $250 million in 1 year. Did you say 2.5 to what? >> To 250 in 1 year. Did you get audited? The first time you came on this podcast, Replit's revenue was like… 7#1 Habit Expert: Why Your To Do List Is Making You Less ProductiveAll right, Charles, I want to show you something. So, in 2014, I wrote about how I lost weight. But previously, I used your book a year before because I had a little bit of a… 8Scott Galloway: Why I'm selling my American stocksOld people have basically raping our economy for the last 30 or 40 years. It needs to stop. >> Scott Galloway. >> Scott Galloway. >> Scott Galloway is a professor at NYU's Stern… 93 mindset shifts from billionaires (you won't find in books/videos)All right. You just got done hanging out with some big ballers. It wore off on you to where you think you have the audacity to wear a varsity jacket. >> I have a… 104 dumb ideas that made people richSam, I have a list of what I'm calling dumb ideas that made a million dollars. These are obscure lists that really only people like you and me would ever even keep. But I have a… 11GTA 6 Goldrush, TBPN's $100M OpenAI Deal, The OG Clickbait King Who Burned $4B/YearVery important question is where is their opportunity? >> Well, yeah. I want to do an O's Pearlman style. I'm going to write something down and we'll see if I'm right. Go ahead.… 12Zach is 18 & made $50m from an app. Here's the brutal breakdown of how he did it (and you can too)Zach, we got to set the table. Zack, how old are you? >> I'm 19. >> You just sold your company. You just sold your company for how much money, Zach? >> All right. What's up, Zach?… 13Dumb iPhone Apps Are Making People Rich Again (Here’s how)When I talk to 12 founders a week, I'm seeing six of them are crushing it with iOS apps. There's a guys that we interviewed on the channel that uh have an app that forces you to… 1425% Of My Portfolio Is Tesla Stock, Here's WhyThere's something insane going on in the world right now. This is Black Mirror, right? This is like Amazon Prime's original new series about how tech like, you know, takes over… 15The one calculation Elon runs everything on (it made him trillions)The headline here is the $300 million butcher. >> I'm in. >> It's just a reminder that if you're the best at anything, money will never be a problem for you. All right. Um Pat… 16What I Learned Building a $300M/Year Blue-Collar BusinessWe're going to spend $4.3 million this month in marketing. And here's what I've learned. >> Tommy Melo. >> Tommy Melo. >> TOMMY MELO. >> The founder of A1 Garage Door. >> You're… 175 Philosophies For Building Projects People Can't ForgetToday's episode is about one word, excellence. Whenever I hear these stories about people who are excellent or what it took to become excellent or what it took to make… 18How To Make $1M So Fast, Your Accountant Gets Nervous.How long did it take for you to get to 1 million in revenue? >> Took about us about a year to get our first million. >> If I copied step by step what… 19Naming billion dollar companies isn’t just vibes, here’s the science behind it.So listen, David, here's the deal. I don't believe that naming your company is that important. And over the next hour, I want you to convince me why I'm incredibly wrong, why… 20The $460M business empire Gary Vee built while you were watching his contentBro, this is going to be one of the highlights that I know from this meeting, this podcast. I love that I said meeting. This feels more like a business meeting than this is why… 21The Underrated Money Making Skill In 2026All right, guys. Here's the deal. With the rise of AI, taste is going to be one of the biggest moes that you could possibly have. Previously, it was about who can build stuff, who… 22I Bought A Drink Nobody Wanted (And Sold It For $2 Billion)Every deal on Shark Tag, that's a beverage. I know they're looking at me. >> Nobody wins the lottery seven times. You got Sharks spitting out the product. You've got a terrible… 239 Killer Business Ideas The Internet Hasn't Caught Up To in 2026All right, Steph Smith's here. >> Steph is back and your whole thing is finding up and cominging trends. >> I call them gold mines. Some people just come back and show you a… 24How to find your thingDude, when you use the word stack, I get all fired up. >> Dude, why don't we just describe our podcast that way? Us founders acquired. It's the most potent stack of stock boosting… 25Why the Self-Help Industry Is Built on LiesThink and Grow Rich. Amazing book. One of the bestselling books of all time, but the whole backstory completely fake. And he's a total con man. >> What? What do you mean none of… 26World's #1 Mentalist: How To Win Any Negotiation and Close Any DealHow to convince people and how to win them over is the most important thing in life. >> How did you do that? >> There's skills that have nothing to do with my tricks that allow me… 27My 50-Year-Old Mother-in-Law Makes $1M/Year. The Product? You'd Never GuessSo, how do you create a multi-million dollar business starting with only $10,000 without having much of a plan, without doing a lot of research, without even knowing how to use… 285 Simple business Ideas Even Your Mother Can Start (and make $120/hr)All right, I'm going to say one sentence and then you could decide if this episode is for you. If you're the type of person who's got the entrepreneurial itch, you want to do… 29$8B manager exposes the fake financial "Gurus" destroying your net worthIf you could tell me something in the next 15 minutes that would make me a better investor, what's the first point you would just hammer into my head? >> Oh my god. Put the phone… 30How to completely reinvent yourself in 2026When I was at the Tony Robbins event, he was like, "You think I just woke up like this? I created this Tony Robbins motherucker. I decided that that's who I needed to be." And… 313 strangers showed us how they make $10M, $20M, and $30M/yearAll right. I own 40 $10 million in revenue. >> We acquire and this year we'll generate around $20 million of revenue. >> We manage um and that makes $30 million per year of… 323 places Ex-Goldman CEO is putting his money right nowThe difference between somebody who's really really good and somebody who can't make it is not that great. >> Goldman Sachs senior chairman and former CEO Lloyd Blankfine. >> Your… 33Elon’s wildest interview yet — our reactionHe goes, "If you get things done, I love you. And if you don't, I hate you." I thought that was so great. What a weirdo. When I heard it, I was like, "That's how Sam is." >> Can I… 34How the SpaceX IPO is creating 4000+ workers into millionairesAll right, we are talking SpaceX IPO. The biggest IPO of all time and there's a lot of smart analysis out there. This ain't that. Sam, what did you call it? The the two guys in a… 35We asked a $18.9B Investor how to survive the AI bubble15 years ago, we set an objective to become the number one performing private equity. Since we set that goal, the four funds we invested after that have all done 5x or better. >>… 36This guy sold his company to Unilever for $1.2B after just 3 yearsZero to over a billion dollars in 32 months maniacal. We're quite literally just getting started. Where do you think is that gap to really jump from average or good to great? If… 375 AI Tools that make you feel like you’re in 2050All right, forget chat GPT. That's old news. You talk about chat GPT. My mom knows chat GPT. Today we're playing a little game called Blow My Mind with AI. And me and Sam, we set… 38Don't Invest Another Dollar Before Watching This In 2026How would I take 10k and turn it into a million? >> Circa 2025. We cannot go into the S&P. The S&P is overheated. So what I would do is I would treat Berkshire Hathaway as the… 39The 50 richest families in America are betting on this trendI'm going to read you the most alpha sentence possible here. Kindergarteners must climb a 40ft rock wall and pass a receive critical feedback without crying test. >> Right. This… 40Ex-Tesla President reveals EVERYTHING Elon does to winPart of the secret to Elon's secret sauce is he sets these order of magnitude improvement goals. So 10x 100x. He came to me and said, "Hey, look, we got to figure out how to sell… 4112 Brutal Truths about Investing - Mohnish PabraiWhat percentage of Americans who invest in stocks do you believe are good investors? >> Well under 1%. The game we are playing is transfer wealth from the active to the inactive.… 42The AI Company Everyone Slept On Just Broke Every RecordAll right, there's a lot of stuff going on, specifically AI stuff. It feels like every day there's a new crazy story about AI. So, I wanted to do a little bit with you, Sam. Crazy… 43A look inside how we actually run My First MillionOkay, so this was supposed to be private, but we decided to do it in public. As any good influencer would do, we said, "Hey, why do this if we're not going to have the camera on?"… 44$100M+ Advice That'll Piss Off Every Business Guru (ft. DHH)Are you able to give any ballpark for previous numbers? >> Let's just say ridiculous. I think that's a that's a good ballpark, right? >> When you are introducing yourselves, what… 45I spent a week meeting NYC's elite. Here's 5 lessons they taught me.Okay, I just got back from New York. I was there for a week. It was probably the most fun business trip of my life. And I wrote down five bullet points I have here that I think we… 46A $3.6B founder's honest take on the software market right nowDo you know what you're getting into here? >> Nope. >> All right, let me let me give you the simplest explanation. You know how on Twitter you're funnier than the smart guys and… 47This guy owned MTV & Comedy Central (but fumbled Facebook)My MTV hit was >> MTV. >> MTV. >> MCTV. >> MCTV. >> MTV. >> You grew the company from zero to billions in revenue. >> Yeah. We were a high margin money machine. It was sort of the… 48The Simple Way to Create More Luck, Friends, and OpportunityAnd I could only lose three million bucks. I could gain 300 million bucks. >> All right, Chil, what's up, dude? >> Not much, man. Doing well, >> dude. Always good having you on.… 49This guy made billions from just 3 stocks (Here's how)Sam, we've been doing it all wrong. This whole business thing, >> this building thing, we've been doing it all wrong. See, we thought you have to build a product. That product has… 507 killer startups that the internet has not caught up to yetAll right, Sam, I got a question for you. Have you ever dated anyone who's a little little crazy? It could be exciting crazy, could be bad crazy. There is a difference between… 51I put 80% of my money in the S&P after a billionaire investor told me not toAll right, Sean. I have a study that's going to show why the amount of money that you make is almost entirely out of your control unless you do what I tell you to do. >> How's… 52If you’re in your 40s, build a business on these trends.All right, Sam. Today I got six trends that I'm watching that I want to tell you about. My Spidey sense is tingling on these trends, and I just need somebody to talk to, and…