I spent a week meeting NYC's elite. Here's 5 lessons they taught me.

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

July 7, 2026

Duration

1h 1m

Channel

My First Million

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

*Sam's guide to run your life like a $100M business:* https://clickhubspot.com/cr05 Episode 839: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about everything Shaan learned from his NYC trip. — Show Notes: (0:00) Lesson: Proximity (9:11) Lesson: What does it really mean? (23:04) Lesson: Trust (18:53) Lesson: City Brands (33:39) Lesson: Marketing — Links:

• Ben Wilson’s GoFundMe - https://t.co/kJN7pArRIO — Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm — Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.
• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Shaan Puri

  host

  Co-host of My First Million; entrepreneur and investor based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

• Sam Parr

  host

  Co-host of My First Million; founder of Hampton and entrepreneur based in New York City.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of My First Million, featuring Shaan Puri and Sam Parr, I spent a week meeting NYC's elite. Here's 5 lessons they taught me. explores Five NYC lessons on proximity, trust, branding, and marketing leverage Shaan recounts a week in New York meeting high-performing creatives and operators, distilling five recurring lessons he noticed across conversations and environments.

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