The Story of Black Market Kingpin Ross Ulbricht + Sam Does an AMA

My First Million

Hubspot

Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Sam Parr (@theSamParr) is joined by producer Ben Wilson (@BenWilsonTweets), to do an AMA of questions asked on Twitter and talk about the story of Silk Road creator and black market kingpin Ross Ulbricht. Sam also shares his personal history with Ross and what it was like to meet him. _____ * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Would you like to participate in our clips contest? Earn up to $10k by remixing My First Million episodes. To learn more, go to mfmpod.com/clips. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. _____ Show Notes: (00:20) - Start of AMA: What are you excited about in 2022? (09:05) - What are you most proud of about MFM? (09:45) - Ben's first time being recognized in public. (13:00) - Celebs or high-profile people Sam gets nervous around (15:30) - Start of Ross Ulbricht story (30:10) - How Ross got caught (36:55) - Story of Sam meeting Ross

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0:00.0	All right, QuickBag to tell you about another podcast that we're interested in right now.
0:04.4	Hover Spot just launched a Shark Tank rewatch podcast called Another Bite.
0:08.9	Every week, the host relived the latest and greatest pitches from Shark Tank, from Squatty
0:13.1	Potty to the Mench on a Bench, to Ring Doorbell, and they break down why these pitches were
0:18.6	winners and losers, and each company's go-to-market strategy, branding, pricing, valuation, everything.
0:24.2	Basically, all the things you want to know about how to survive the tank and scale your
0:28.4	company on your own.
0:29.6	If you want to give it a listen, you can find another bite on whatever podcast I've
0:32.9	been listening to, like Apple or Spotify, or whatever you're using right now.
0:36.2	All right, back to the show.
0:38.1	It created these dopamine rushes where it sucked, it sucked, it sucked, and then one of
0:42.5	our articles got a million views, and I got so pumped.
0:45.8	I feel like I could rule the world, I know I could be what I want to.
0:51.8	I put my all in it like no days, all.
0:54.8	All right, Sean's not here, it's a Ben and I are doing this, Ben, producer, Ben, what's
1:02.3	up?
1:03.3	What's up?
1:04.3	Should we run through a few questions?
1:06.4	Yeah.
1:07.4	Okay, I'll read them.
1:11.0	Okay, and as you're answering them, I'll go pick up some of the new ones in case anyone
1:16.4	has responded with more stuff on Twitter.
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