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 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 (like w/ Morning Brew)
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
1:07 Sam's celebrity lookalikes
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