Sam Parr's Hassan Mixup
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Sam Parr tells a story about mistakenly chasing down someone he thought was comedian Hassan Minhaj in New York City.
"I was out to eat with my friend Jason from Blockworks on Saturday night in New York City. We were sitting outside and I see Hassan walk by. I was like 'Oh Jason, there's that guy that was on our pod.' I asked if I should go say what's up to him and Jason said yeah.
He already made it down the block but I got up from dinner and chased him down. I finally grab him and say 'Hassan, what's going on man?' He turns around and I apologize for bothering him, introducing myself as Sam Parr, mentioning we chatted on Twitter and he was on the podcast.
He goes 'What?' I explain again about My First Million podcast and he says 'Dude, I've never been on a podcast before.' I'm like 'What do you mean? You're Hassan the comedian right?' He says no and I get so embarrassed. I try explaining that Hassan's tall and he's short, but realize I'm just making it worse.
As I turn to walk away, he chases me down and asks 'What podcast?' I tell him My First Million and he goes 'Are you Sam Parr?' Then he holds up his phone showing My First Million on his Spotify - he was actually a listener! His girlfriend started laughing and it went from being the most embarrassing thing I'd done all year to working out okay in the end."
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.