Chinese Intern's COVID Warning
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Sam Parr shares a story about how his Chinese intern warned him about COVID-19 before it hit America.
"In January when COVID happened, I had this Chinese intern working for me. He had family in China and was a foreign exchange student. He was on WeChat and told me 'Sam, this COVID thing is a huge deal, it's gonna come to America.'
I told him 'This is America, we don't wear masks, we don't have these types of things that Asia has.' The next month he said 'It's coming, it's gonna be here.' Then March happens and we see in the news the first case in Seattle, then eventually Bay Area. I said 'Hung, you're right, I'm wrong, I am so sorry.'
I went immediately to the grocery store and bought as much as we could. I remember thinking 'You're right, now I understand why people are afraid of this stuff and why preppers exist.' Ever since then, my opinion has changed on a lot of this stuff. COVID definitely opened my eyes to preparing for the worst case scenario."
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.