Is The Rock Going to Make $1B+ From Tequila? + Placebo Water, ST…
About This Episode
Sam and Shaan discuss the psychology of extreme success, comparing the grounded life of Ryan Holiday to the high-intensity obsession of aspiring billionaires like Moiz Ali. They analyze the lucrative 'Ziff Davis' media model and brainstorm how to monetize niche communities and simple utility tools like Speedtest.net.
Episode Description
Show Notes
- 00:23- Previewing the Ryan Holiday episode (coming next Wednesday!)
- 1:35- Becoming a billionaire/trillionaire
- 12:37- Sam's STR Group
- 16:15- SpeedTest
- 22:35- The Rock's tequila business
- 24:35- Sam and Shaan's new employment opportunities
- 32:10- Shaan's silly ideas: Felix Felicis and Galimony
- 38:10- @ElonJet twitter account
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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
Key Takeaways
The 'Ziff Davis' model demonstrates that owning niche, high-intent enthusiast publications (like sailing or electronics) can be scaled into a multi-billion dollar media and service empire.
Simple utility websites that become the default industry recommendation for troubleshooting (like Speedtest.net) can generate tens of millions in annual revenue purely through programmatic ads.
Magnitude of success is often driven by a combination of genetic predisposition for intensity and macro luck, whereas moderate success (5-10 million) is more reliably achievable through hard work.
Business Ideas Mentioned
Short-Term Rental Media Empire
Content & Media
Felix Felicis Placebo Water
E-commerce
Galimony Web3 Relationship Contracts
SaaS