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A story about a successful but under-the-radar entrepreneur named Dennis Grosz who built multiple successful companies.
"There's this guy named Dennis Grosz who started WiseGeek, which was like a Web 1.0 thing that made a lot of money. Then he started loads of other things, including investing in startups like Thumbtack. He then started BestReviews.com which sold for $160 million to Tribune about 3-4 years ago.
Dennis is very wealthy and stays way below the radar. He created this thing called Mekanism, which is like an idea lab, except he's an SEO guru and lead gen guru. He's launched all these companies, and the cofounder of Mekanism is Brendan, who's the founder of Toptal.
I'm friends with both those guys, and I saw what they were getting into. Dennis pitched me and sold me on using Bold.org, which turned out to be pretty good."
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.