Podcast Episode

3 killer businesses hiding in plain sight

Who’s talking

3 speakers
Sam Parr29 min · 63%
Shaan Puri17 min · 36%
Speaker 319 sec · 1%

Transcript

210 turns · 47 min
SP
Sam Parr0:00

Guess how much a monkey costs.

SP
Shaan Puri0:01

I don't know, $1,000?

SP
Sam Parr0:03

Almost. 20,000. [laughs]

SP
Shaan Puri0:05

One monkey is 20 grand?

SP
Sam Parr0:06

[laughs]

Speaker 30:06

I feel like I could rule the world. I know I could be what I want to. Uh. I put my all in it like no days off. On the road less traveled, never looking back.

SP
Sam Parr0:15

Before we start, can I get a, can I get a wellness check on my hair, dude? I just feel like, I feel like I might have hit the point where I gotta, like, start taking something. You know, when I'm getting the hat on every day, I feel like that's-- I'm wa- I'm literally waving the white flag with this hat, that, like, maybe, maybe we're getting a little thin on top.

SP
Shaan Puri0:34

What's the thing that you would take? It starts with an R. Like, is it r- it's the R word. Uh, r-

SP
Sam Parr0:39

Neutrophil. I, oh yeah, well, there's, like, a generic name for them, and then there's all the branded ones, but, like, medoxafil something. Some- does that sound right? That, that sounds like something.

SP
Shaan Puri0:47

One of the downsides on one of 'em, I think, is limp, limp wiener.

SP
Sam Parr0:52

Right. Well, that might be two for one. I'm done having kids, so-

SP
Shaan Puri0:55

[laughs]

SP
Sam Parr0:55

... so, you know. I, I, the, f- I was thinking about the vasectomy. Maybe we don't need to do that.

SP
Shaan Puri0:59

[laughs]

SP
Sam Parr1:00

Y- it's so funny, dude. Ben, as you know, is-- you'll never catch Ben without a hat, you know, for, for similar reasons. And he met a guy, and he was like, "Oh, I got a-- I'm on a hair protocol from this guy." And I'm like, "What? Like, what you got, a Turkish guy? Who you got?" He's like, "No, no, no, it's my friend. He's got me on this protocol." And you know p- protocol has just become the fancy thing since Huberman-

SP
Shaan Puri1:18

Yeah, man [laughs]

SP
Sam Parr1:18

... and Bryan Johnson. It's like, what do you mean? He's gave you a pill? Is that a protocol? And he was like, "No, no, no, I got to, like, red light therapy, do this, put this serum," blah, blah, blah. Okay. So I was like, "How's it going?" And he's like, uh, he's like, "I don't know, man. You, you tell me when you see me." So I just saw him, uh, yesterday. He's got a beard now.

SP
Shaan Puri1:35

Oh, thick beard? [laughs]

SP
Sam Parr1:36

He's got, he's got a beard, but his hair looks the same. [laughs]

SP
Shaan Puri1:39

[laughs]

SP
Sam Parr1:39

So something's kinda working, [laughs] which is hilarious. Beard looks great, I gotta give him that.

SP
Shaan Puri1:43

Have you seen-- There's this app out. I've, I've been targeted at, by it like crazy. It's qoves.com. So it's Q-O-V-E-S.com. I've been getting targeted like crazy by this app, and I bought it. It's $150. Um, the ad worked.

SP
Sam Parr2:02

"Improve your looks without surgery." And then there's a woman posing. Uh, life-changing transformations. Uh, we're look ma- we're looks maxing? Is that what's going on here?

SP
Shaan Puri2:12

It's not even an app, really. Uh, b- and I don't even know if it's AI [laughs] or if it's some, like, Filipino who's gonna criticize me, because when you sign up, it takes three weeks for me to get my results.

SP
Sam Parr2:24

Oh, wow.

SP
Shaan Puri2:24

So I feel like there's gonna be, like, you know, a bunch of guys in the background, like, making fun of me, uh-

SP
Sam Parr2:29

Did you get 'em?

SP
Shaan Puri2:29

... being like-- Uh, no, I just signed up for it. I got the ad while I was in San Francisco.

SP
Sam Parr2:34

Instant conversion. Did you just stop on the middle of the street, sit down, and, and download this?

SP
Shaan Puri2:38

Well, they had an Instagram that has a million followers, and it

Episode notes

140+ real business ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/pkce

Episode 850: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about massive businesses hidden in plain sight. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The wild economics of lab testing on monkeys

(11:01) Salad oil crisis

(15:35) the art of noticing 

(24:38) enthusiasm

(27:39) know thy 8-year old self

(32:32) be shameless

(37:08) Sam goes to SF for 7 days

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Links:

• Qoves - https://www.qoves.com/ 

• Charles River - https://www.criver.com/ 

• How To Do Great Work - https://www.paulgraham.com/greatwork.html

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

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