Reluctant Podcast Success
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Sam Parr shares how he reluctantly launched the My First Million podcast during a period of burnout.
"I was kind of beginning to get a little checked out because I was so exhausted at this stage. You know, exhaustion kicks in around year four or five, and I was starting to get dead from running the company. I just did not care anymore.
Sean came to me wanting to launch MFM and I was like, 'That's stupid.' I hated everything and I was like, 'This is stupid, but if you really want to do it, we'll be the publisher so we own it, but show me an episode.' He sent me the episode and I was like, 'Fine, we'll do it,' and I published it the next week.
There was no planning, there was nothing. I really was immature for not doing planning, not having longer term thinking, and for exhausting myself out."
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.