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Questions answered on My First Million

43 questions from 6 episodes of My First Million, each answered in our own words from our transcript of the episode.

▸The 2 businesses AI can never make obsolete

2026-11-04 · 5 questions

Q1What are NADA 20 Groups, as Sam Parr describes them on My First Million?Q2How does Moda Communities make money from Facebook groups, according to Sam Parr?Q3Why do Sam Parr and Shaan Puri think communities are AI-proof businesses?Q4How do Pokemon card ripping apps use buybacks, according to Shaan Puri?Q5What did Shaan Puri say about gacha mystery boxes on My First Million?

▸$100M hedge fund manager: Do not make the mistake of dying rich

2026-11-02 · 7 questions

Q1What does Bill Perkins mean by Die With Zero on My First Million?Q2How does Bill Perkins explain time buckets versus a bucket list?Q3How did Bill Perkins make his money trading natural gas?Q4What does Bill Perkins say about giving an inheritance early?Q5Why did Bill Perkins pay $15 million for Ernie Barnes's Sugar Shack?Q6Why does Bill Perkins say ego stops people from taking risks?Q7What did Bill Perkins say about his health and VO2 max on My First Million?

▸Ex-Amazon VP tells us what it’s really like working with Jeff Bezos

2026-10-28 · 8 questions

Q1What did ex-Amazon VP Ethan Evans say were Jeff Bezos's biggest weaknesses?Q2What is a Jeff Bezos question mark email at Amazon?Q3How did Amazon Prime start, according to former Amazon VP Ethan Evans?Q4How much money did Twitch lose under Amazon, according to Ethan Evans?Q5Is Ethan Evans happier as an executive coach than as an Amazon VP?Q6Why did Jeff Bezos refuse to take Amazon into banking and travel?Q7What does Ethan Evans say about Amazon's work-life harmony culture?Q8How does Ethan Evans give hard feedback without making people feel bad?

▸How to find your arbitrage (from the guy who’s done it 3x) ft. Nick Kokonas

2026-10-26 · 8 questions

Q1How did Nick Kokonas get his first job on the Chicago trading floor?Q2How did Nick Kokonas's ETF arbitrage between New York and Chicago work?Q3What does Nick Kokonas mean when he says every arbitrage is about timescale?Q4Why does Nick Kokonas think dynamic pricing for restaurants is a huge opportunity?Q5How did Nick Kokonas use the eGullet forum to launch Alinea?Q6How profitable was Alinea, according to Nick Kokonas?Q7How did Nick Kokonas handle due diligence when selling Tock?Q8What is Strange House, the magic venue Nick Kokonas is building with Nate Staniforth?

▸We spent 8 hours finding the best stuff on X. Here it is.

2026-10-23 · 8 questions

Q1What did Shaan Puri say about Elon Musk giving a SpaceX share to every kid in America?Q2What did Shaan Puri and Sam Parr think of Elon Musk's flying Roadster demo?Q3Can influencer Clavicular build a men's skincare and makeup brand, according to Sam Parr and Shaan Puri?Q4Which business moats do Sam Parr and Shaan Puri trust after Pieter Levels gave up on SaaS?Q5What is James Currier's speed talk for founders, as described by Shaan Puri?Q6Will Brian Johnson be able to dunk at 49, according to Sam Parr and Shaan Puri?Q7What pest control business did Ben Levy's brother start after listening to My First Million?Q8What did Sam Parr say about the website that sells tickets to strangers' weddings?

▸This 3-hour Elizabeth Holmes doc broke our brains

2026-10-20 · 7 questions

Q1What did Shaan Puri think of Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes documentary?Q2Does Elizabeth Holmes admit to lying in the Nathan Fielder documentary?Q3Who is Billy in the Elizabeth Holmes documentary, according to My First Million?Q4What evidence that Elizabeth Holmes committed fraud did Shaan Puri cite on My First Million?Q5Do the My First Million hosts think Elizabeth Holmes knowingly committed fraud?Q6What are Roy Cohn's rules of power that Sam Parr connected to Elizabeth Holmes?Q7How did Nathan Fielder use reenactments and Amanda Seyfried in the Holmes documentary?

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