Jack Butcher's NFT Success
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A story about Jack Butcher's rapid transformation from living in a small Brooklyn apartment to becoming successful in the NFT space.
Jack lived in a 450-square-foot studio apartment in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, running an agency that wasn't doing particularly well. Then over the last 18-24 months, things dramatically changed. He started creating NFTs, including one listed for $77 million (priced just above Beeple's record sale of $69.3M).
His success in the NFT space came from creating commentary pieces about NFTs themselves. His first piece explored "What's the difference between a JPEG and an NFT?" After posting it on Twitter and getting a strong response, he turned it into an NFT. His work gained massive traction - one piece got 4 million impressions on Twitter.
The transformation was significant enough that he now has relationships with all his collectors, many of whom are wealthy Ethereum holders who see value in both the art and its ability to spread awareness about blockchain technology.
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.