My First Million
How to find your arbitrage (from the guy who’s done it 3x) ft. Nick Kokonas
26 okt 2026 · 02:07:28
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Episode 876: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Nick Kokonas ( https://x.com/nickkokonas ) to talk about finding arbitrages and how to win an many different games.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(9:45) How I Became a Trader With $60K
(18:15) Surviving Day 1 of Anything
(20:35) The Comfort Trap
(23:50) Finding Your Arb
(32:00) No Boats. No Women. No Drugs.
(34:55) Showing Up
(43:15) Everything Is an Arbitrage
(47:55) Greatness
(55:55) Working Backwards
(1:03:40) The Magic of Alinea
(1:10:35) Controlling Attention
(1:19:10) Remixing Old Mechanics
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Links:
• Alinea – https://www.alinearestaurant.com/
• Tock – https://www.exploretock.com/
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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
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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/
Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC
• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:
beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /
Episode 876: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Nick Kokonas ( https://x.com/nickkokonas ) to talk about finding arbitrages and how to win an many different games.
—
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(9:45) How I Became a Trader With $60K
(18:15) Surviving Day 1 of Anything
(20:35) The Comfort Trap
(23:50) Finding Your Arb
(32:00) No Boats. No Women. No Drugs.
(34:55) Showing Up
(43:15) Everything Is an Arbitrage
(47:55) Greatness
(55:55) Working Backwards
(1:03:40) The Magic of Alinea
(1:10:35) Controlling Attention
(1:19:10) Remixing Old Mechanics
—
Links:
• Alinea – https://www.alinearestaurant.com/
• Tock – https://www.exploretock.com/
—
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 - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/
Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC
• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:
beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /