Relationships Enable Exit
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A story about how maintaining good relationships after a business rejection ultimately led to a successful sale of Milk Road.
"When we sold the Milk Road, we rejected the people who we eventually sold to first at the last minute. But they didn't get pissed. Instead, they just followed up like 45 days later and were like 'Hey, what's up? I didn't hear any news, did you guys not end up selling? We're still open if you would like to.'
We went back and ended up doing a deal. I've learned over time that the real ballers don't react, they respond. Don't let the in-the-moment reaction take away your future opportunities."
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.