Brown Shoes Rebellion
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Sam Parr shares a story about his aversion to the stereotypical tech sales look and how it influenced his business approach.
"I think a big thing to learn for people starting now is my strategy was partially right, partially wrong. I hated advertising. I remember, do you guys remember how the sales guys always wear jeans and a plaid shirt and these bright brown shoes? I remember I bought a pair of those brown shoes and I wore them to one meeting in New York, and I took them off at the end of the meeting and I threw them away and went home in my socks. I was like, 'I'm never wearing these fucking brown shoes that tech salespeople wear ever again.' I will never wear these brown shoes. I just distinctly remember that because I hated it, and so I was like, 'I want to create products to sell to my audience.'"
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.