My First Million has reported:

My First Million hosts Shaan Puri and Sam Parr discuss different kinds of founders in Episode 872, with the show describing six founder types. The episode includes a founder personality quiz at https://clickhubspot.com/xvm9.

The discussion opens with natural money-makers and their attributes, then looks at the stories of Nick Kokonas and Jay Gould. The hosts consider whether the traits of natural money-makers can be learned before turning to the story of Syed Balkhi.

Later topics include “Only Spend the Second Derivative” and “Trading Valuable Hours for Useless Dollars.” The episode also covers other play styles that can win. Its show notes place these segments at 0:00, 1:52, 3:10, 8:12, 10:00, 13:04, 17:58, 22:27 and 26:50, respectively. A separate link in the notes points to a Syed Balkhi episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzHdrQ5pDFo.

The listing promotes Hampton, Sam Parr’s community for founders, and says its average member does $25 million a year. It also promotes Shaan Puri’s weekly email and Somewhere, where listeners can hire worldwide talent and receive $500 off. The listing says developers, assistants, marketing professionals and sales teams are available for 80 per cent less than U.S. equivalents.

Other promotions include Mercury, which Puri says he uses across his companies, and a Beehiiv newsletter contest offering $10,000 to a favourite newsletter. The listing identifies My First Million as a HubSpot Original Podcast brought to listeners by HubSpot Media. Arie Desormeaux handled production, and Ezra Bakker Trupiano handled editing.