#5: Newsletter millionaire Sam Parr's CEO community on track for $1B?!

Michael and Simmy interview their long-time business mentor.

Show Notes

In Ep. 5, Michael and Simmy sit down with their long-time mentor Sam Parr. Sam founded daily email newsletter company, The Hustle, and sold it to HubSpot in 2020 for tens of millions of dollars. Part of that deal meant he'd continue co-hosting his acclaimed business podcast, "My First Million", which has recently exploded in popularity and has transformed Sam into something of a B-List celebrity. Recently, Sam announced his newest company, Hampton, a private membership community for high-growth founders which is already making millions per year with hundreds of members and a waitlist in the thousands of people. This conversation spans several topics:

0:00 Intro

01:12 From hot dog stand to hanging with billionaires within months

8:20 Story of how Michael and Sam became friends

13:49 How to get Sam's attention as an outsider

20:30 Wild newsletter growth hacks: kindle scammers, romance novels, and lawsuits

26:20 VICE acquisition talks at The Hustle and Our Future

29:31 Why it's so hard to make a media company a tech company

39:26 Why Sam's personal brand mismatches his success

42:35 Sam's ethos on building his second company

50:20 Mindset on competition (Morning Brew example)

52:33 Challenging Sam on what people are joining Hampton for + deep dive on the business

1:03 How to come up with the idea for your second company