This Opportunity Is Hidden In Plain Sight

This Opportunity Is Hidden In Plain Sight

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April 29, 2026 · 1h 15m

About this episode

Sam Parr and Shaan Puri discuss current business opportunities for young entrepreneurs.

Get our Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/etsl Episode 819: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) answer the question, “If you’re smart and in your 20s, where’s the opportunity?” — Show Notes: (0:00) Where is the opportunity right now? (08:01) the buff billionaire (19:43) We break down the TBPN acquisition by OpenAI (31:59) 2 stories of John Coogan being locked in (41:56) William Randolph Hearst (54:48) Collecting 100x talent — Links: • GTA VI - https://www.rockstargames.com/VI • John Coogan on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@JohnCooganPlus/videos • Hearst Castle - https://hearstcastle.org/ — 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 — 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 - Need a bank for your company? Go check…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam Parr, Shaan Puri

Topics covered

  • business opportunities
  • entrepreneurship
  • acquisitions
  • talent acquisition
  • financial technology

Keywords

  • business ideas
  • opportunity
  • acquisition
  • talent
  • entrepreneurship

Sponsors

Hampton, Mercury

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI

Products: GTA VI

Places: Hearst Castle

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