Hampton Street Origin
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Sam Parr explains how he chose the name "Hampton" for his company, which many people mistakenly associate with The Hamptons.
"All of my LLCs are named after streets in my neighborhood of St. Louis. Until I was 27, I didn't even know what The Hamptons were - I thought I'd read about it in The Great Gatsby. I didn't know what it was until I married a woman from that area.
We settled on Hampton because I grew up near Hampton Avenue. Everyone thinks it means The Hamptons, but it doesn't - it means Hampton. Sometimes people will say 'Oh I love The Hamptons' referring to my company, and I'm like 'No, it's Hampton.'
Some other names I considered were Maclin - I love that name. The second one was Sablette. The third was Simpson, that was a street I grew up near. And the last one was Kings Highway - I love Kings Highway. But eventually we settled on Hampton because it had a good sound to it."
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.