For the very first episode of Personal IPO we’re joined by the one and only Sam Parr. Sam is the founder of The Hustle, a media company that was acquired by HubSpot in 2021. He is also the host of one of the biggest business podcasts in the world, My First Million. Sam’s latest project, Hampton, is a private community for entrepreneurs, founders and CEOs.
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Sam Parr
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Nathan May
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Timestamps
00:00 Introducing Sam Parr
01:18 Sam’s previous businesses
05:00 The inspiration behind Hampton
10:01 How to choose a co-founder
16:51 Building a positively confrontational environment
23:00 Success can happen to anyone
25:05 The power of a community and being a friend billionaire
32:02 It’s a simple business, but hard
37:08 Hampton’s badass events
44:34 Delegate, don’t abdicate
48:00 What does success look like?
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Personal IPO Podcast is where top creators, founders, and operators share how they build businesses that thrive on owned platforms.
Each episode, we dig into:
→ How they started and scaled their audience
→ Tactics that drive their growth and revenue
→ Stories from their biggest wins and toughest failures
→ Ideas and philosophies shaping what they built