NY Times Cooking Revolt
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Sam Parr shares a story about how passionate communities can revolt when changes are made to their platform, using NY Times Cooking as an example.
"New York Times Cooking had this a few years ago. They had a revolt because in their Facebook group, an admin made a change and they revolted. About 2-3 years ago, they had 60,000 people in the New York Times Cooking group. They changed something where you had to get your post approved as opposed to posting on your own - a change like that. People revolted.
These communities, you're basically a steward of the people. You're not a dictator. Your fans are temperamental, and so there's pros and cons of these types of companies. But I think they're very valuable because of how hard they can be to ruin."
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.