Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) with the help of Stonks.com , listen to five entrepreneurs pitch their business in hopes of getting Shaan and Sam to invest. ----- Links: * 5x * Bacarai * Munch * Nicklpass * Lil'Duckies Pool Co. * If you would like to invest in any of these companies, go here: https://stonks.com/my-first-million/demo-day/invest * If you want to watch this show on YouTube go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu3v7lE9gYI * 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: (03:18) - Tarush Aggarwal (5X) (17:55) - Kenny Totten (Bacarai) (32:50) - Oren (Munch) (50:15) - Zaza and Allison Paz (Nicklpass) (01:11:25) - Colton Woodard (Lil'Duckies Pool Co.) (01:29:35) - Ali Moiz (Founder Stonks.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
Five startups are pitching on a podcast, hoping to secure funding from the hosts. The hosts plan to critique the pitches and create engaging content for listeners.
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