# My First Million

Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/shows/my-first-million/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy.

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My First Million is an investing and business show, hosted by Shaan Puri and Sam Parr, with a new episode about twice a week.

4 moments cut from 3 episodes.

Also [No. 14 of 17 business podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/business-podcasts/#my-first-million).

- [Shaan Puri](https://realalpha.app/hosts/)
- [Sam Parr](https://realalpha.app/hosts/)

**New episodes**

Twice a week

**Latest**

Oct 20, 2026

**Moments cut**

4

**Episodes cut**

3

## Best moments from My First Million

From its most-watched episodes, best first. Each plays right here.

1. My First Million · Oct 5, 2026 · 3 min
   **[Movie studios spend more on marketing than on making the film](https://realalpha.app/s/movie-studios-spend-more-on-marketing-than-on-making-the/)**
   > “for movies and video games, which are two of the kind of like biggest, you know, parts of the American economy, they spend more money on marketing than they do on actually making the product”
   My First Million [41:32](https://realalpha.app/v/4zvicsf1bJQ/?t=2492)
2. My First Million · Oct 7, 2026 · 2 min
   **[A glitch like early YouTube ads gives you a beachhead](https://realalpha.app/s/a-glitch-like-early-youtube-ads-gives-you-a-beachhead/)**
   > “the glitch allowed us to get what one entrepreneur, Paul Alstrom, who wrote the book Nail It and Scale It, he calls it your beachhead.”
   My First Million [9:36](https://realalpha.app/v/1mZ8Cu8F54Y/?t=576)
3. My First Million · Oct 12, 2026 · 4 min
   **[Narcissism means seeking validation you should fill yourself](https://realalpha.app/s/narcissism-means-seeking-validation-you-should-fill-yourself/)**
   > “what served you can also screw you. The dose makes the poison.”
   My First Million [3:19](https://realalpha.app/v/xD5-AWX6ZBo/?t=199)
4. My First Million · Oct 7, 2026 · 3 min
   **[Letting viewers skip ads earned the attention to raise $11M](https://realalpha.app/s/letting-viewers-skip-ads-earned-the-attention-to-raise-11m/)**
   > “Give me five seconds and then I get five minutes. They're okay with that. But I've earned it. Yes, because I've earned the attention.”
   My First Million [22:06](https://realalpha.app/v/1mZ8Cu8F54Y/?t=1326)

## The best My First Million episodes

Ranked as our lists rank shows: a point for each best minute we cut from it, one more when an AI builder is talking, and one more when it cleared our views bar.

1. 01 [3 businesses we think are about to blow up](https://realalpha.app/v/4zvicsf1bJQ/) Oct 5, 2026 · 1 moment
2. 02 [Every successful startup starts with this one advantage](https://realalpha.app/v/1mZ8Cu8F54Y/) Oct 7, 2026 · 2 moments
3. 03 [3 times life put me in my place](https://realalpha.app/v/xD5-AWX6ZBo/) Oct 12, 2026 · 1 moment

## The guest we’ve cut

- [Jeff Harmon](https://realalpha.app/people/jeff-harmon/) Co-founder & chief content officer, Angel Studios 2 moments

## Recent episodes

- My First Million
  **[We watched the Elizabeth Holmes doc (and honestly, WTF)](https://realalpha.app/v/VVw5m7IA0no/)**
  27.9K views · Oct 20
- My First Million
  **[How he beat the S&P 500 for 11 years doing (almost) nothing](https://realalpha.app/v/c7HzTX9CZic/)**
  46.9K views · Oct 19
- My First Million · Shaan Puri
  **[3 times life put me in my place](https://realalpha.app/v/xD5-AWX6ZBo/)**
  [0:57](https://realalpha.app/v/xD5-AWX6ZBo/?t=57) of 21:58 · Oct 12
- My First Million
  **[Every successful startup starts with this one advantage](https://realalpha.app/v/1mZ8Cu8F54Y/)**
  Jeff Harmon · Founder, Angel Studios
  [8:30](https://realalpha.app/v/1mZ8Cu8F54Y/?t=510) of 1:03:16 · Oct 7
- My First Million
  **[3 businesses we think are about to blow up](https://realalpha.app/v/4zvicsf1bJQ/)**
  [39:42](https://realalpha.app/v/4zvicsf1bJQ/?t=2382) of 47:10 · Oct 5

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