Ozempic Treats Addiction
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A story about Sam Parr being an early discoverer of Ozempic's potential benefits beyond weight loss.
"I think I told you about Ozempic in summer of '21 or maybe '22. When I put this stuff in my body, I told you it feels like people who have alcohol and addiction issues - I think that's gonna go away.
Then actually last week my friend Jason went to a conference and the CEO of Eli Lilly, the maker of one of the semaglutide or Ozempic competitors, announced that it has been officially approved for alcoholics.
I do put weird stuff in my body just to see what's up. I remember texting you 8 months ago about some new one that started with a T, saying 'this is gonna be the one.'"
[Context: Shaan notes that he regrets not buying Eli Lilly stock based on Sam's early insight, as the company is up almost 8x over a 5-year span]
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.