Episode 381: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) have the inside story about the two fake Twitter employees who trolled the media, where billions are spent for Halloween, and eight side hustles for the holidays. ----- Links: * Spirit Halloween * Rubies * Zombie Pumpkins * Pumpkinsteins * Hu.ma.ne * Suleman Ali * 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: (01:30) - Troll of the year: Rahul Ligma & Daniel Johnson (08:25) - Elon Taking Over Twitter and Elon's War Room (19:00) - Halloween Research - How much people spend (29:25) - Zombie Pumpkins (30:15) - Halloween Ideas (37:35) - VR Haunted House (43:30) - Pet costumes (44:20) - Hu.ma.ne (54:15) - Suleman Ali's Twitter thread ----- 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
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A discussion about Elon Musk's use of Twitter, including the people he follows and interacts with and his complaints about the platform's problems, which are mainly issues that would annoy power users.
Examining the origins of Halloween, once a festival where people spent $10 billion a year, spending on the holiday has grown through time, from adult decorations to a family-friendly, commercialized holiday.
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The speaker discusses how sudden bursts of energy and urgency can spark around preparing the home for certain events, like having a child or the change of the seasons.
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After receiving a lowball offer to sell his undervalued online business, the owner experienced a stroke of luck as Epic and Apple entered into a legal battle. He decided to simply maintain the site and as a result, reaped millions in profits.
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