{"podcast":{"title":"My First Million","slug":"my-first-million-438184","podcast_index_feed_id":438184,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/HS2300184645","website_url":"https://www.mfmpod.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/39846662-79ea-11eb-9b06-a75ddc4bddcc/image/39f8195a6d8978d0a7bd9c7d7b3fba2d.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Hubspot","episode_count":904,"summary":"Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstorm with them.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T16:19:50.838344+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-first-million-438184"},"episode":{"title":"David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B","slug":"david-rubenstein-we-took-5m-and-turned-it-into-500b","published_at":"2026-09-14T10:53:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-first-million-438184/david-rubenstein-we-took-5m-and-turned-it-into-500b","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-first-million-438184","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/HS1582032765.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/HS1582032765.mp3","summary":"Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/pnlv Episode 861: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with David Rubenstein ( https://x.com/DM_Rubenstein ) to talk about turning Carlyle into $500B, his $14B miss, and the greatest business lessons in history.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Turning $5M into $500B (5:13) Scrappy private equity (11:58) Don’t fool yourself (14:14) Turning down 20% of Amazon (16:23) Recruiting big shots (20:40) Finding the right partner (22:02) Trade-offs (27:39) Witnessing ascents to power (31:40) The Greatest Sentence Ever Written (33:37) History that repeats itself (35:49) Recommended Reading — Links: • Carlyl - https://www.carlyle.com/  • David’s books - https://www.davidrubenstein.com/books/  — 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…","meta_description":"Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/pnlv Episode 861: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down wi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2813,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/my-first-million-438184/episodes/david-rubenstein-we-took-5m-and-turned-it-into-500b/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-first-million-438184/david-rubenstein-we-took-5m-and-turned-it-into-500b.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}