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Best MFM Episodes

The must-listen My First Million conversations — grouped by type so you can find the right episode for what you're in the mood for.

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The latest 20 episodes with full editorial notes.

1.
From selling ACs to becoming the tourism king of Jamaica
The man who turned Jamaica's beach into a $5B luxury monopoly started by hauling air conditioners.
Feb 20, 2026
2.
Elon’s wildest interview yet — our reaction
A reaction episode that turns into an hour-long argument about what exceptional ability actually looks like — and what it costs.
Feb 18, 2026
3.
Scott Galloway: Why I'm selling my American stocks
Scott Galloway runs out of diplomatic patience and spends an hour saying the things people in his tax bracket usually hire PR firms to obscure.
Feb 16, 2026
4.
This AI agent completes your To-Do list (plus 4 AI tools that’ll blow you away)
Sam and Shaan stop explaining AI and start showing what happens when you actually build with it.
Feb 13, 2026
5.
My mother-in-law's side hustle made $1M selling pillows?!?
Sam's mother-in-law built a million-dollar home goods business in her 50s, and the most interesting part is how boring the path was.
Feb 11, 2026
6.
6 Trends You’ve Never Heard Of (That Might Explode)
Six bets on what's about to get big, ranging from the obviously inevitable to the genuinely strange.
Feb 9, 2026
7.
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.
A weekend with MrBeast, Scooter Braun, and Nick Mowbray produces three lessons that are simpler and harder than you want them to be.
Feb 5, 2026
8.
My decision-making framework for which ideas to chase
The real episode isn't about idea selection — it's about how Nike became Nike, and what that tells you about the only brand-building framework that actually works.
Feb 3, 2026
9.
How I went from $0 to $1M in 12 months
Tyler Denk built Beehiiv to $1M ARR in a year, and the actual story is less about product and more about what he calls the 'marketing kill shot.'
Jan 29, 2026
10.
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors
Tommy Mello turned America's most boring service business into a $1.7B platform by treating home services like a tech company.
Jan 27, 2026
11.
4 dumb ideas that made people rich
Foam party hats and star registries don't sound like businesses until you learn how much money they make.
Jan 23, 2026
12.
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel
Morgan Housel spends an hour making the case that most people are bad at spending money for the same reason they're bad at investing: they confuse performing wealth with having it.
Jan 21, 2026
13.
Story Of The Most Important Founder You've Never Heard Of
Demis Hassabis built DeepMind to solve intelligence, and the story of how he got there is more interesting than any of the AI hype that followed.
Jan 19, 2026
14.
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons
Nick Huber's portfolio had a big year, then Twitter changed owners, and the lessons he thought he'd learned turned out to be wrong.
Jan 15, 2026
15.
Why Balance Is the Enemy of Greatness | David Senra
David Senra has read more founder biographies than anyone alive, and his conclusion is that greatness and balance are mutually exclusive — not occasionally, but structurally.
Jan 12, 2026
16.
I chose to be broke for a year
Shaan quit a $120K job at 24 to be strategically broke, and the real story is that he made that decision less like an entrepreneur and more like someone who'd already done the math.
Jan 9, 2026
17.
Two Millionaires Answer the Questions You’d Ask Off-Camera
Sam and Shaan drop the performance and answer the questions nobody asks on a formal podcast.
Jan 8, 2026
18.
The best stuff we’ve read in the last 12 months
A year-end reading list that reveals more about what Sam and Shaan actually believe than anything they've said all year.
Jan 6, 2026
19.
If you want a rich life, watch this before 2026
Shaan flies to Jesse Itzler's house and comes back with a four-step annual planning ritual that's more about identity than strategy.
Dec 31, 2025
20.
The Most Hidden Path to Financial Freedom in America
Alex Smereczniak makes the case that franchising is the most systematically ignored path to serious wealth, and the numbers are hard to argue with.
Dec 30, 2025

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