You can’t help but print money if you have these 6 traits

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

October 16, 2026

Duration

37m

Channel

My First Million

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

*Take our founder personality quiz:* https://clickhubspot.com/xvm9 Episode 872: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk about the different types of founders. — Show Notes: (0:00) Natural Money-Makers (1:52) Attributes of Natural Money-Makers (3:10) The Story of Nick Kokonas (8:12) The Story of Jay Gould (10:00) Can It Be Learned? (13:04) The Story of Syed Balkhi (17:58) Only Spend the Second Derivative (22:27) Trading Valuable Hours for Useless Dollars (26:50) Other Play Styles That Win — Links:

• Syed Balkhi episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzHdrQ5pDFo — 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

• Sam Parr

  host

  Co-host of My First Million and entrepreneur known for founding The Hustle (acquired by HubSpot).

• Shaan Puri

  host

  Co-host of My First Million and entrepreneur/investor known for founding a startup acquired by Twitch (Amazon).

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of My First Million, featuring Sam Parr and Shaan Puri, You can’t help but print money if you have these 6 traits explores how “natural money-makers” spot deals, simplify complexity, and keep winning Sam Parr defines “natural money-makers” as people who repeatedly generate wealth through deals, brokering, and rational decision-making across multiple industries rather than just building one visible company.

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