Hi! I originally put this together to create a bit of an entrepreneurs cheat-sheet for myself. It’s a collection of my favorite nuggets from the My First Million podcast organized into a more navigable format.
I haven’t made my first million so my advice is to take Sam Parr and Shaan Puri’s advice. In fact, you’ve probably had a taste of it and loved it. That’s why you’re here.
You want the thousands of hours of wisdom they’ve shared on the pod distilled into one handy-dandy website/course. So here it is.
The MFM MBA
“The concept is genius. He took somebody else’s genius that was fragmented and packaged it up into a really easy-to-use book.
The best thing you could do is let other people reshare your ideas. They’re stealing your ideas but they’re also propagating your ideas. It’s one of the highest compliments, one of the best strategies you can have to get more distribution.”
— Shaan talking about something else
What is the MFM MBA?
The MFM MBA is a masterclass on entrepreneurship. It’s thousands of hours of wisdom Sam Parr and Shaan Puri have shared on the My First Million podcast, organized and distilled into an easy-to-follow course.
Who is this course for?
Whether you’re starting from scratch or fine-tuning an idea, the MFM MBA is an online course that will help turn you into a Manifest Cowboy, Cowgirl, or Cow-person, and bring you one step closer to making your first million.
Did Sam and Shaan make this?
Nope, Sam and Shaan have no idea this is happening. So feel free to tell them! This is just the work of a fan practicing what they’ve shared (and hoping they’ll appreciate the hustle more than the reappropriaton of their genius).
What will I learn in the MFM MBA?
The MFM MBA will teach you everything I learnt from listening and studying thousands of hours of MFM podcasts.
It contains, what I consider, all the best frameworks and techniques Sam and Shaan have shared and more.
There are 11 chapters filled with 80+ lessons, each one linked to the podcast episode and timecode it was mentioned. Here’s a quick look at what’s inside:
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Welcome
Course work
Certificate
What do Sam and Shaan think about this?
How to prepare for the course
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Introduction
Play your own game
Hidden risks
Hard work vs Smart work
Money vs Mission
Make loss aversion work for you
Moonshot vs Lifestyle business
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Introduction
The 4 different levels of luck
Reset your normal
Find your Ben/Joe
Update your information diet
The loser’s edge
Don’t overthink it
The 3 points of despair
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Introduction
Floor goals and ceiling goals
Baby goals and giggle steps
Figure out your anti-goals
Put your goal by your face
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Introduction
The rule of 3s
Reverse engineering
Information wants to be free
The reframe
Lean in to curiosity
Look for inflections
Bundle or Unbundle
Simplify comlicated
Building vs Buying
Democratize rich people things
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Introduction
Newsletters
Courses
Communities
Ecommerce
Lead generation
Barnacles on whales
Local operator
Arbitrages
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Introduction
Cracking some eggs
Work backwards
Start with bad
Figure out these 2 questions
Bullets before canonballs
Tell people what you’re doing
Do things that don’t scale
Identify weaknesses
Why the fuck are/aren’t you game
What feedback to listen to
What’s often forgotten about failing
How to finance a business
Overcoming plateaus
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Introduction
What? Why? So what?
The problem you’re solving
Transformation not information
Increasing growth > Decreasing cost
Frameworks for selling
The 8 Mile Strategy
How to get clients without money
How to work with any leader
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Introduction
Your personal monopoly
Do Copywork
Build a swipe file
In with the old
Prioritize the story
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Introduction
Known well > Well-known
Create serendipity
Be a generous expert or a curious beginner
How to write a viral tweet/post
Content is about emotion not information
Timeliness can be the difference between good and great
Going from 0 to 100
Company brand building vs Personal brand building
Feeling self-conscious about posting?
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Outroduction
Smart people also say dumb things
What served you before might not serve you now
Be that one person for one person
Start making your first million
MFM MBA Sneak Peek
Free
The MFM MBA helps you spend more time working on your idea than looking for that genius thing Sam and Shaan said. Get a taste of how this course organises and presents all the material here.
MFM MBA
€97
Make yourself Sam and Shaan’s next MFM case study by learning from the best MFM case studies. I’ve organised 11 chapters with 80+ learnings so you can spend more time getting down to business.
MFM MBA Certificate
€2000
Like similarly prestigious MBA programs, you can also get a gratuitously expensive piece of paper upon completion. What’s €2000 anyway? That’s only like 0.2% of a million.
Why am I doing this?
Sam and Shaan have shown me a whole new way to look at the world and I want others to experience it too. Kind of like how Shaan feels in this video. So whenever there was a chance to share an insightful framework or technique with a friend, I’d search through the MFM catalogue to find the right bit to send. Obviously, this took a lot of time, so I started building this to make it easier to reference. Then I thought everyone else would like it too. So hopefully you do!
“I’m not an entrepreneur who’s made his first million, or even made any magical internet money, but I am someone who’s listened to a ridiculous amount of My First Million podcasts. And everything you see here is everything I’ve learnt from listening and studying Sam Parr and Shaan Puri (which I’ve put in this course). So please forward any complaints you might have to them. Thanks!”
— Me, creator of the MFM MBA
Testimonials
“I’m gonna make you famous baby.
You’re going to be a superstar.
I’m going to make the Shaan-manac.”
— Sam coming up with the same idea