Proactiv Owner's Book Rights
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A story about how the owner of the company behind Proactiv got his start by buying the rights to a famous book.
"The guy who owns the company that owns Proactiv - it's a direct marketing company - got his start because he bought the rights to Think and Grow Rich. He helped make it popular again through infomercials. That's what I would do - I would want to buy the rights to all the books.
There's another company called Mentorbox that does this, and Tai Lopez is one of the owners. It's incredibly scammy - you sign up for like $20 and then it rolls into like a $400 a month thing."
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.