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Mar 2022
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3 Profitable Business Ideas You Should S...

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Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) are joined by Steph Smith (@StephSmithIO) to discuss why you shouldn't think beyond step 1 when starting a business, how to identify 10X productivity employees, and how to automatically generate side-hustle ideas.

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Links:

* Steph's website - http://stephsmith.io/

* Steph's podcast - http://listenandlearn.co/

* Spring loading community - https://discord.gg/xhhFEwgWTf

* NYT First Said - https://twitter.com/NYT_first_said

* Nuuly - https://www.nuuly.com/

* MSCHF - https://mschf.xyz/

* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.

* Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter.

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Show Notes:

(01:30) - Chewie.com Billionaire

(6:30) - Are you buying the dip

(16:15) - New York Times first said

(22:00) - MSCHF

(27:00) - Is 10X talent real?

(32:30) - Why Steph still works for an employer

(40:00) - Nuuly

(49:00) - The side hustle generator

(01:15:00) - Why Steph still calls her fiancee her "partner"

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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.

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