3 Underdog Stories That’ll Get You Inspired This Week

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

July 31, 2024

Duration

56m

Channel

My First Million

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Craft your own business ideas with our free trend-spotting guide 👉 https://clickhubspot.com/osl Episode 614: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) share the stories of people who took shots on goal and were just one hit away from blowing up. — Show Notes: (0:00) The Jewish Ed Sheeran (10:22) The actual Ed Sheeran (15:00) Eric the Eel (20:00) How CarEdge is quietly crushing it (29:21) How a car dealership is pulling millions of views on TikTok (33:07) $100M+ Pokemon sleep tracking app (35:55) Nick Gray's new thing (39:37) “The best advice is free by definition” (43:29) Take a 360 review of your life (50:16) Shaan bombs a talk at a conference (lessons learned) — Links:

• CarEdge - https://caredge.com/
• Mohawk Chevrolet - https://www.tiktok.com/@mohawkchevrolet
• Jack Skeen - https://jackskeen.com/

— Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire global talent (like Shaan does) and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than their US equivalents.

— 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

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Shaan Puri

  host

  Co-host of My First Million; entrepreneur and investor focused on internet businesses and growth.

• Sam Parr

  host

  Co-host of My First Million; founder of The Hustle and media entrepreneur.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of My First Million, featuring Shaan Puri and Sam Parr, 3 Underdog Stories That’ll Get You Inspired This Week explores Underdog breakouts: viral content hits, unlikely winners, and clever businesses Sam Parr shares an underdog music story about Noah Kahan’s TikTok verse turning into a breakout hit that quickly changed his career trajectory.

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