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9 drunk ideas that sound stupid (but are secretly genius)

6 Aug 2026 · 58 min

Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/erhy

Episode 849: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ), Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and their producer Arie brainstorm 9 business ideas that are genius.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:07) IDEA 1: Reverse vacations

(6:03) IDEA 2: Rap battle + UFC fight

(13:18) IDEA 3: Giant claw machine

(20:39) IDEA 4: Butter dispenser

(27:32) IDEA 5: beepers for kids

(35:35) IDEA 6: Mexican Benihana

(40:01) IDEA 7: bulk custom gifts

(44:10) IDEA 8: Slop Stop

(49:06) IDEA 9: Take your roommate to work day

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• 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.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/

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My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

Links in the notes 5

• https://clickhubspot.com/erhy
• https://x.com/theSamParr
• https://x.com/ShaanVP
• https://www.shaanpuri.com
• https://www.somewhere.com/mfm