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#218June 21, 20211:14:58

Greatest Hits #6 - Sam Tells All, Again - Selling for 10s of Mil…

About This Episode

Sam Parr provides retrospective commentary on a legacy interview with Shaan Puri, detailing his entrepreneurial journey from selling hot dogs to exiting The Hustle for tens of millions of dollars. The episode explores Sam's philosophy on business leverage, his early YouTube clickbait schemes, and the transition from seeking financial security to becoming a 'time billionaire.'

Episode Description

On this episode, Sam (@theSamParr) gives an update on an earlier episode with one of our most popular guests, himself. Sam revisits what he said almost 2 years during Episode 3, and shares 18 updates on how he currently thinks about those same topics now. Sam Parr (@theSamParr) is the founder of The Hustle - a simple email newsletter that has surpassed 1M daily subscribers and will be north of 8 figures this year. Sam walks us through how he built The Hustle from scratch as well as his adventures starting a hot dog stand, selling booze on the internet, meeting celebrities on the street and convincing them to hire him and how he would get rich if he was 21 again! --------- * Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ * Support the pod by spreading the word, become a referrer here: https://refer.fm/million * Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas. --------- Sam's commentary: * (1:02) Sam intro commentary * (7:41) Sam commentary 2 * (13:56) Sam commentary 3 * (20:07) Sam commentary 4 * (25:14) Sam commentary 5 * (39:46) Sam commentary 6 * (42:52) Sam commentary 7 * (45:16) Sam commentary 8 * (47:33) Sam commentary 9 * (49:06) Sam commentary 10 * (53:18) Sam commentary 11 * (54:43) Sam commentary 12 * (58:07) Sam commentary 13 * (1:05:42) Sam commentary 14 * (1:06:06) Sam commentary 15 * (1:07:37) Sam commentary 16 * (1:09:29) Sam commentary 17 * (1:12:32) Sam final commentary

Key Takeaways

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Master copywriting as a foundational skill to understand human psychology and persuade others effectively through the written word.

2

Focus on B2B 'boring' business opportunities rather than mainstream B2C ideas to achieve higher profit margins with less competition.

3

Build distribution first by acting as a 'curious novice' who documents a learning journey to rank for keywords and build a loyal email audience.

Business Ideas Mentioned

Local Boring Business Consolidation

Boring Business

Curious Novice Content Engine

Content & Media

Niche B2B Event Flywheel

Content & Media

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Duration1:14:58
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