Helwani Leaves ESPN
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A story about Ariel Helwani, a prominent MMA journalist who left ESPN to build his own media business.
"There's this guy named Ariel Helwani - he's got a million followers on Twitter. He's basically the god of MMA journalism. What's interesting is he just quit ESPN where he was probably making close to a million dollars a year as a host. He created a Substack, his own podcast, and he's building a little media empire. He's only 37 years old, which is wild."
Sam Parr
Host of MFM and fitness influencer
Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur and business media pioneer.
In 2016, he founded The Hustle, a business news media company that started in his kitchen with just $12 and grew to eight figures in revenue.
Sam led the charge in making newsletters popular when few believed in their potential.
After four successful years, he sold The Hustle to HubSpot, a publicly traded company. Now operating as HubSpot Media, The Hustle reaches 3 million readers daily, employs a team of nearly 100, and has been the launchpad for dozens of its staff to found their own media companies and newsletters.
Sam remains the host of the popular business podcast, My First Million, and continues to start and sell companies. He also co-founded Hampton, a highly vetted community for entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, and teaches people to write better through his platform, Copy That.