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My First Million

Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstorm with them.

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Aug 2026 · 1 book
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini
i am reading influence again by robert childini ▶ tap to play from here
The surprising product that built Italy's richest family
Jul 2026 · 3 books
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Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
the book outliers by malcolm gladwell talked a little bit about this ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Open
Open
Andre Agassi
a friend gifted me the andre agassiz book that i i haven't started it yet but i was asking him what ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
dale carnegie how to win friends and influence people he says the root of everything that you read for me is basically people want to feel important ▶ tap to play from here
This guy made $80M in profit. Here's his next 3 stock picks
Jul 2026 · 1 book
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Cover of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
i don't know if you guys ever read nassim taleb's book black swan ▶ tap to play from here
Killer marketing secrets that always work (ft. Ogilvy Adman, Rory Sutherland)
Jul 2026 · 12 books
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Cover of Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life
Rory Sutherland
small things alchemy i call my book because you can turn lead into gold ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Unreasonable Hospitality
Unreasonable Hospitality
Will Guidara
now i first came across this in will gadara's fantastic book unreasonable hospitality ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Daniel K ... And he in his book Thinking Fast and Slow, I don't know if you've read that Sean ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Richard H. Thaler
richard thaler the nobel prize winning economist and behavioral economist the author of nudge ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Neil Strauss
i don't know if you've read the rules by um i th th i think it's called the game by neil strauss actually about the pickup artist community ▶ tap to play from here
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Mathematica
David Bessis
there's a great book by a m french mathematician called david bessie called mathematica ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Obvious Adams: The Story of a Successful Business Man
Obvious Adams: The Story of a Successful Business Man
Robert R. Updegraff
obvious adams robert updograf published in nineteen sixteen ▶ tap to play from here
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The Specialist
Charles Sale
there's another great one called the specialist but i think charles sale ▶ tap to play from here
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Scientific Advertising
Claude Hopkins
scientific advertising by claude hopkins ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of How to Become an Advertising Man
How to Become an Advertising Man
James Webb Young
there's a book called how to become an advertising man by james webb young ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The Choice Factory
The Choice Factory
Richard Shotton
richard shotten has written some superb books called for example the choice factory ▶ tap to play from here
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The Illusion of Choice
Richard Shotton
the choice factory or the illusion of choice ▶ tap to play from here
The $150B dollar business hiding in plain sight
Jul 2026 · 1 book
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The Medici Effect
Frans Johansson
and so he's been reading this book called the medici effect ▶ tap to play from here
I spent 24hrs with a blue collar millionaire
Jul 2026
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Ray Dalio: The principles that made me a billionaire
Jul 2026 · 2 books
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Cover of Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
Ray Dalio
so the book that i ended up writing you know which is the changing world order ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Principles: Life and Work
Principles: Life and Work
Ray Dalio
i put online the principles just so we we have a book of how we're gonna be with each other the principles and then that got around three million copies ▶ tap to play from here
Howard Marks: 80 years of investing wisdom in 46 minutes
Jul 2026 · 5 books
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Moody's Manual of Industrial and Miscellaneous Securities
John Moody
you know you read stories about warren buffett reading the moody's manual page by page eight hundred companies and trying to digest that information ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor
The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor
Howard Marks
well in in my first book the most important thing columbia which published the book i we were talking about the book they said well write us a sample chapter ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Outliers: The Story of Success
Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell
if you read matthew and gladwell and outliers it was just luck ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of A Short History of Financial Euphoria
A Short History of Financial Euphoria
John Kenneth Galbraith
so one is uh a short history of financial euphoria by john kenneth galbraith ▶ tap to play from here
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Fooled by Randomness
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
and then the other book would be fooled by randomness uh by nassau nicolas taleb ▶ tap to play from here
Brainstorming business ideas with a billion-dollar founder
Jul 2026 · 3 books
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Cover of The Creative Act: A Way of Being
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin
i'm not like i love what's the name of the guy um the music guy who wrote the creation the create creativity book from hollywood rick rubin ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The Courage to Be Disliked
The Courage to Be Disliked
Ichirō Kishimi
and he referenced the courage to be disliked and he said said it was a huge turning point for him when he stopped trying to be liked ▶ tap to play from here
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Life at the Speed of Play
Mark Pincus
okay i ha i do have one copy uh life at the speed of life at the speed of play ▶ tap to play from here
5 ruthless business lessons from one week in NYC
Jul 2026 · 5 books
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Potty
Leslie Patricelli
we got we bought a book for them on potty training and like they tell a story about a kid going poop and like he's like oh i ate these pancakes my stomach is growling and then they show 'em on the ▶ tap to play from here
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Zero to One
Peter A. Thiel
i read peter thiel's book um what's it called um zero to one zero to one and he talks about secrets ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
Al Ries and Jack Trout
and the first book that he said was a book called positioning by this guy named al trout i think his name is um i think he also wrote the twenty two immutable laws of marketing of which tim fares that's like ▶ tap to play from here
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The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
Al Ries and Jack Trout
i think he also wrote the twenty two immutable laws of marketing of which tim fares that's like one of the only three books that he always says like just read this one ▶ tap to play from here
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Made to Stick
Chip Heath and Dan Heath
my favorite book on this topic is made to stick by chip heath it's two brothers from stanford ▶ tap to play from here
I dropped out of college and built a $3.6B company from scratch
Jul 2026 · 8 books
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Cover of How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
Arnold Bennett
it's called how to live on twenty four hours a day and it's a book written in nineteen oh eight ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Seven Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy
Seven Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy
Hamilton Helmer
if founders only read seven powers ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
Al Ries and Jack Trout
but if you add to it you read positioning mm have you know this one is that by love positioning nobody reads positioning and then they up their whole market ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The Innovator's Dilemma
The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton Christensen
but if you don't deeply understand innovators dilemma and this other book innovator solution it's like this great tandem ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The Innovator's Solution
The Innovator's Solution
Clayton Christensen
and this other book innovator solution it's like this great tandem ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Blue Ocean Strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy
W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
and then you know maybe like crossing the chasm or inside the tornado so if you if you had the time and you could be like locked in a a a a room and read like six books if you if you read that you will be able to predict a hundred percent of things that happen in technology ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Crossing the Chasm
Crossing the Chasm
Geoffrey A. Moore
and then you know maybe like crossing the chasm or inside the tornado ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Inside the Tornado
Inside the Tornado
Geoffrey A. Moore
and then you know maybe like crossing the chasm or inside the tornado ▶ tap to play from here
3 weird businesses doing $10M, $20M, $30M
Jun 2026 · 1 book
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Cover of Unreasonable Hospitality
Unreasonable Hospitality
Will Guidara
obviously you've read will gadera's unreasonable hospitality we uh we had him on the podcast ▶ tap to play from here
We found an app that lets you buy anything for $0
Jun 2026 · 4 books
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Cover of How to Lead
How to Lead
David Rubenstein
he's got a book called like the american stories about like where he just interviews math ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The American Experiment
The American Experiment
David Rubenstein
he's got a book called like the american stories about like where he just interviews math ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of How to Invest
How to Invest
David Rubenstein
he's got a book called like the american stories about like where he just interviews math ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency
The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency
David Rubenstein
historians he's got a book called how to lead the american experiment how to invest the highest calling ▶ tap to play from here
We decoded the business behind this influencer’s perfect life
Jun 2026 · 1 book
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The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene
wrote 48 laws of power law number 25 recreate yourself ▶ tap to play from here
How the Ex-Goldman CEO actually invests his own money
Jun 2026 · 9 books
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Cover of Die with Zero
Die with Zero
Bill Perkins
there's this book called diewood zero have you ever seen that book ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Streetwise: Getting to and through Goldman Sachs
Streetwise: Getting to and through Goldman Sachs
Lloyd Blankfein
i wrote a book call streetwise getting to and through goldman sachs ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Ron Chernow
for me it was titan and i know you did a thing with ron chernobyl actually i read titan ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The Guns of August
The Guns of August
Barbara Tuchman
she wrote guns of august about the the origins of world one a great book ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
Barbara Tuchman
it's called a distant mirror and it's a history of a life that was led in the fourteenth century ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Robert Caro
i also liked totally different i liked reading the power broker about robert moses by uh carrow ▶ tap to play from here
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1776
David McCullough
i just read a book on the constitution that was even debated ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The British Are Coming
The British Are Coming
Rick Atkinson
the first one is called the british are coming and he has the second volume is out ▶ tap to play from here
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Undaunted Courage
Stephen Ambrose
undaunted courage stephen ambrose the best ▶ tap to play from here
The most simplified breakdown of the SpaceX IPO on the internet
Jun 2026 · 1 book
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Cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
i've never read hitchhiker's guide to galaxy ▶ tap to play from here
Brutally honest guide to not losing money in the market
Jun 2026 · 4 books
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Cover of The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians
The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians
David Rubenstein
he has these amazing books i'm reading one of his books on washington and lincoln and the rest of the presidents ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff
in two thousand and six reinhart and rogoth did a white paper uh that eventually became the book this time is different eight hundred years of financial folly folly ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Alice Schroeder
do you guys remember the book snowball about warren buffett sure absolutely ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of How I Trade and Invest in Stocks and Bonds
How I Trade and Invest in Stocks and Bonds
Richard Wyckoff
there's a famous technical trader from you know the nineteen twenties and and nineteen teens called uh richard wyckoff and he wrote a book how i trade and invest in stocks and bonds ▶ tap to play from here
The "Idiot Index": the simple math that made Elon Musk billions
Jun 2026
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We found 7 business ideas that will blow up in 2026
Jun 2026
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The insane true story behind MTV
May 2026 · 2 books
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Cover of What Color Is Your Parachute?
What Color Is Your Parachute?
Richard Nelson Bolles
it's called and it was the first edition what color is your parachute ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Cable Cowboys: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business
Cable Cowboys: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business
Mark Robichaux
i read about cable cowboys and liberty media media and like i i study it like crazy ▶ tap to play from here
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