Blue Collar Side Hustles, Covid Businesses, and Going Viral On T…
About This Episode
Sam and Shaan explore the 'savaging' strategy for business growth—prioritizing high-volume execution over perfection—as seen in the rapid expansion of podcast network Parcast. They analyze COVID-era business pivots that resulted in $100M contracts and brainstorm blue-collar side hustles involving trash maintenance and mobile service branding. The duo also proposes reforming education through practical challenges where grades are earned by achieving real-world results like social media virality or product flipping.
Episode Description
Show Notes
- 00:45- Shaan's rich neighbor and Covid businesses
- 11:15- TikTok Professor and the future of education
- 15:12- The story of Sam dropping out to try to work for Airbnb
- 26:05- Did Shaan and Sam get girls when they were younger?
- 29:25- Jupe
- 38:25- Blue Collar Side Hustle: Smash My Trash
- 51:25- Parcast
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- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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- Additional episodes you might enjoy:
- #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
- #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
- #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
- * #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
- #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
- Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
- How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
Links
- * Professor Marina Cooley TikTok
- * Jupe
- * Marathon Ranch
- * Smash My Trash
- * Mobile Home Park Guy
- * Parcast
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Key Takeaways
Scale media properties by treating 'quantity as quality,' using research teams and voice actors to dominate niche search terms without the need for high-profile hosts.
Identify 'savagable' business opportunities where speed and aggressive scaling are more important than polished production or aesthetic perfection.
Pivoting existing manufacturing and supply chain relationships to address massive crisis-driven demand can lead to lucrative government contracts and exponential growth.
Business Ideas Mentioned
Result-Oriented Entrepreneurial Education Program
Creator Tools
Gamified Neighborhood Bin Cleaning Service
Boring Business
Factory-Scale Niche Scripted Audio Network
Content & Media