My First Million
My First Million
Hubspot Media
The $150B dollar business hiding in plain sight
53 minutes Posted Jul 23, 2026 at 8:00 am.
) The Cargill family
) projects vs empires
) family meetings create family dynasties
) Jevon's paradox
) the story of Luddites
) Where's the opportunity
) the phrases we tell ourselves
) The ice king
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Episode 844: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how one of the richest families in America makes its money. 
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Links:
• The Medici effect - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591391865 
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 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., Members FDIC
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My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /