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Feb 2025
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Episode 681: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Brent Beshore ( https://x.com/BrentBeshore ) about buying profitable businesses. 

Show Notes: 

(0:00) $50K/yr to 9 figures

(6:04) Accidentally buying a $1M business for $0

(11:06) Just In Time learning

(14:11) Buying cash flow businesses

(20:30) Private equity or index?

(24:26) Buffett's near-death experience

(32:54) How to buy your first small business

(36:02) Brent's one-liner speed run

(47:33) Shaan asks Brent how to hire a CEO


Links:

• Permanent Equity - https://www.permanentequity.com/ 

• Enneagram Test - https://enneagramtest.com/ 


Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd


Check Out Sam's Stuff:

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

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

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/


My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

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