First Refugee Olympic Medal
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Sam Parr shares a story about a historic moment for the Olympic refugee program.
"Starting in 2016 in Rio, the Olympics did something cool - they created a team for refugee athletes. These are people like wrestlers who fled Iran because of protests, Syrian athletes, and others who can't compete for their home countries. They come into the stadium under the Olympic flag.
They have this one boxer from Cameroon who had to flee the country. She's now guaranteed to get at least a bronze medal, maybe silver. This is the first time any refugee athlete has ever medaled in the Olympics.
A lot of these athletes fled terrible situations - some were escaping being recruited as child soldiers, others had to walk across entire countries. Now they're in the Olympics. When they enter the stadium, they wear blue Olympic jerseys. It's really cool to see this group of people from all over the world, with similar troubled backgrounds, united under one jersey."
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.