Episode

Buying A $50M Egg Carton Biz For $0 Down + How Much Obama And Oprah Make From A Speaking Gig
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39:41
Published: Tue Jul 26 2022
Description

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk about how much money famous people make from giving speeches, an update on Sarah Moore, the owner of EggCarton.com, and more. ----- Links: * Washington Speakers Bureau * EggCartons.com * 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. ----- Show Notes: (08:50) - Is MFM the top entrepreneurship podcast in the world? (12:35) - Obama makes $1M+ per speech (23:00) - Idea: Speaker management for Twitter boys and podcasters (29:45) - Update on EggCarton.com ----- 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. ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: • #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits • #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future • #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto * #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett • ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates • Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Chapters
Two individuals discuss a rumored price range, with one expressing hesitation and the other pushing for more information.
00:00 - 01:44 (01:44)
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Rumors
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Two individuals discuss a rumored price range, with one expressing hesitation and the other pushing for more information.

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Buying A $50M Egg Carton Biz For $0 Down + How Much Obama And Oprah Make From A Speaking Gig
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The speaker recounts an awkward interaction with a person she was trying to butter up, who turned out to be someone she had previously made a cringe face at.
01:44 - 05:14 (03:29)
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Social Interactions
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The speaker recounts an awkward interaction with a person she was trying to butter up, who turned out to be someone she had previously made a cringe face at.

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Buying A $50M Egg Carton Biz For $0 Down + How Much Obama And Oprah Make From A Speaking Gig
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The speaker remembers a distinct moment at the age of 12 or 14 when he crossed the threshold of puberty and no longer wanted to touch a girl or woman's stomach, indicating a shift in sexual development.
05:14 - 07:52 (02:38)
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Puberty
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The speaker remembers a distinct moment at the age of 12 or 14 when he crossed the threshold of puberty and no longer wanted to touch a girl or woman's stomach, indicating a shift in sexual development.

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The podcast's growth has allowed it to surpass even legitimately famous podcasts in velocity, although not to claim more fame.
07:52 - 10:21 (02:28)
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Podcasting
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The podcast's growth has allowed it to surpass even legitimately famous podcasts in velocity, although not to claim more fame. The hosts discuss the evolution of their podcast and joke about their new catchphrase, "big money stuff."

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Buying A $50M Egg Carton Biz For $0 Down + How Much Obama And Oprah Make From A Speaking Gig
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The speaker discusses the absurdity of being paid such large amounts of money for talking, especially when it's something that used to be done for free, and reflects on the surreal experience of getting paid thousands of dollars for a single speech.
10:21 - 12:23 (02:01)
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Professional Speaking
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The speaker discusses the absurdity of being paid such large amounts of money for talking, especially when it's something that used to be done for free, and reflects on the surreal experience of getting paid thousands of dollars for a single speech.

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Buying A $50M Egg Carton Biz For $0 Down + How Much Obama And Oprah Make From A Speaking Gig
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The podcast discusses people who have a topic they are curious about and want to get paid to be professionally curious about that thing.
12:23 - 16:46 (04:23)
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Career
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The podcast discusses people who have a topic they are curious about and want to get paid to be professionally curious about that thing. There is a sense of skepticism that some of these people may be scammy guru types who want to make a quick buck.

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Buying A $50M Egg Carton Biz For $0 Down + How Much Obama And Oprah Make From A Speaking Gig
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The speaker business that books out podcasters, YouTubers, Twitter boys, tiktok stars to go and talk at corporate events and marketing, stuff like that could be a niche business for middleman agencies.
16:46 - 22:36 (05:49)
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business
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The speaker business that books out podcasters, YouTubers, Twitter boys, tiktok stars to go and talk at corporate events and marketing, stuff like that could be a niche business for middleman agencies. The demand for this kind of service has been shown in places like cameo where people are willing to pay $100 a pop for a 15-30 second video.

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Buying A $50M Egg Carton Biz For $0 Down + How Much Obama And Oprah Make From A Speaking Gig
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The archetype of an idea machine should have a reputation, name, and accomplished past, be able to come and brainstorm, and tell stories.
22:36 - 27:45 (05:09)
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Idea generation
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The archetype of an idea machine should have a reputation, name, and accomplished past, be able to come and brainstorm, and tell stories. Presumably, they may be accomplished figures like Elon Musk, Barack Obama, or Donald Trump.

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Buying A $50M Egg Carton Biz For $0 Down + How Much Obama And Oprah Make From A Speaking Gig
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Sarah Moore, an unlikely CEO for Lululemon, handles packaging for a variety of egg sizes and types, as well as other packaging materials reminiscent of a business similar to egg cart dot com.
27:45 - 30:01 (02:15)
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Business
Summary

Sarah Moore, an unlikely CEO for Lululemon, handles packaging for a variety of egg sizes and types, as well as other packaging materials reminiscent of a business similar to egg cart dot com.

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Buying A $50M Egg Carton Biz For $0 Down + How Much Obama And Oprah Make From A Speaking Gig
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A woman shares her experience in buying a profitable domain name business with a high barrier to entry and multiple similar domain names.
30:01 - 35:36 (05:34)
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Business
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A woman shares her experience in buying a profitable domain name business with a high barrier to entry and multiple similar domain names. She hired an accountant to audit the business before buying it, as she had no prior experience in the industry.

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Buying A $50M Egg Carton Biz For $0 Down + How Much Obama And Oprah Make From A Speaking Gig
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Some individuals do not recognize the value in their own story, and prefer to keep their privacy intact.
35:36 - 37:28 (01:52)
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Guests
Summary

Some individuals do not recognize the value in their own story, and prefer to keep their privacy intact.

Episode
Buying A $50M Egg Carton Biz For $0 Down + How Much Obama And Oprah Make From A Speaking Gig
Podcast
My First Million