Dana White's Mob Escape
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A story about how Dana White fled Boston to Las Vegas after being threatened by Whitey Bulger's mob over a $25,100 debt.
"These guys show up and they're like 'hey you owe us $25,100.' In the movies it's cool when you see mobsters and mafia. If it's real life and they want you, shit's super scary. That is not cool.
I had no way of paying this, so I go home that night, I just go to Delta.com and I bought a one-way ticket to Vegas. I left all my shit there - my TV, my dresser, I just left it there. I couldn't do anything, I just ran away basically from these guys once I realized that they're pretty serious.
When they first came in they were like 'hey you owe us $200' and I was like 'I don't owe you that, for what? I don't have it, what do you want me to do?' Couple weeks go by and then they call me and they're like 'you owe this money by tomorrow 1 PM or else.' I was like 'oh shit, okay I gotta get out of here.' So I left basically that night."
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.