If you aren't selling these 4 things, you Will Fail

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

August 4, 2026

Duration

48m

Channel

My First Million

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

*Get our CEO lessons in one guide:* https://clickhubspot.com/mfc2 Episode 848: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the 7 rules of sales, Bernard Arnault’s revenge letter, plus the economics of Magic: The Gathering. — Show Notes: (0:00) highest value comment from HackerNews (2:50) always bring 2 diet cokes to a negotiation (7:36) Saving lives as a service (17:24) Bernard Arnaults revenge letter (25:29) The business of Magic: The Gathering (41:58) Bryan Johnson, The Dana White of Longevity Links:

• Hacker News comment - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23285438 — 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 the business/entrepreneurship podcast My First Million.

• Sam Parr

  host

  Co-host of the business/entrepreneurship podcast My First Million.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of My First Million, featuring Shaan Puri and Sam Parr, If you aren't selling these 4 things, you Will Fail explores Sales, reciprocity, PR, and collectible obsession as compounding engines Shaan Puri shares a celebrated Hacker News comment that reframes sales as simple, people-centered problem-solving and claims buyers only ever purchase time, money, sex, or approval/peace of mind.

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