My First Million
My First Million
Hubspot Media
We asked a $18.9B Investor how to survive the AI bubble
1 hour 5 minutes Posted Apr 7, 2026 at 12:45 pm.
) Intro
) The buy and build strategy
) Mowing lawns
) What’s the overhype with AI
) Where’s the opportunity
) Ruthless PE
) Hero deal: $8M to $500M
) White hot will to win
) The blank page
) Graham’s first million
) the biggest wealth mistake
) second-hand therapy from graham
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Episode 812: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Graham Weaver ( https://x.com/GrahamCWeaver ) about how which moats will win in  AI and how he runs a ruthless PE strategy. 
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