Episode
How to Interact with Famous People, The In-Person Event Playbook, and More
56:47
Published: Thu Apr 21 2022
Description
Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk about their interactions with famous people and how to leave a good impression, how in-person events make money (and why they're only getting bigger), and much more. ----- Links: * https://maven.com/samparr/ideation-bootcamp?ss=true * https://www.marathonranch.com * https://blippi.com/ * https://www.vstarentertainment.com/ * https://unreasonablegroup.com/ * The Bill Simmons Podcast * 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: (04:50) - How to interact with famous people (08:50) - Blippi (12:40) - Vstar Entertainment (25:15) - Building to sell (33:40) - Business Idea: Milo Again (39:40) - Drunk Idea 2: Waiting room experience for Zoom (42:15) - Drunk Idea 3: Give me a personality (46:35) - Drunk Idea 4: Discord property managers (50:10) - Drunk Idea 5: Fit furniture (52:15) - Drunk Idea 6: Bulletin board material ----- 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 Mor
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EpisodeHow to Interact with Famous People, The In-Person Event Playbook, and More
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EpisodeHow to Interact with Famous People, The In-Person Event Playbook, and More
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EpisodeHow to Interact with Famous People, The In-Person Event Playbook, and More
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EpisodeHow to Interact with Famous People, The In-Person Event Playbook, and More
PodcastMy First Million
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EpisodeHow to Interact with Famous People, The In-Person Event Playbook, and More
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EpisodeHow to Interact with Famous People, The In-Person Event Playbook, and More
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EpisodeHow to Interact with Famous People, The In-Person Event Playbook, and More
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EpisodeHow to Interact with Famous People, The In-Person Event Playbook, and More
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EpisodeHow to Interact with Famous People, The In-Person Event Playbook, and More
PodcastMy First Million
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EpisodeHow to Interact with Famous People, The In-Person Event Playbook, and More
PodcastMy First Million
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EpisodeHow to Interact with Famous People, The In-Person Event Playbook, and More
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EpisodeHow to Interact with Famous People, The In-Person Event Playbook, and More
PodcastMy First Million
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EpisodeHow to Interact with Famous People, The In-Person Event Playbook, and More
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