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Sam Parr

Sam Parr

Entrepreneur — founder of The Hustle; co‑founder of Hampton; podcaster

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New York, New York
Austin, Texas
Joined November 2025
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Summary

Serial media entrepreneur who built a newsletter‑first business into a multi‑product media company and led a successful exit. samparr+2
Community and operator‑focused founder: after The Hustle's exit he turned to building high‑trust founder communities (Hampton) and running peer networks for high‑growth executives. joinhampton+1
Content creator and podcaster: co‑hosts My First Million, a top business podcast that combines idea generation, interviews and business breakdowns for entrepreneurs. mfmpod+1
Early, scrappy operator: Sam's background includes many hands‑on experiments (hot dog stands, e‑commerce, roommate‑matching startup Bunk) that show a pattern of iterating quickly on businesses and monetizable experiments. samparr+1
Publicly visible personal brand and creator: maintains a personal site, blog and active social presence (X/Instagram), writes longform essays and builds paid products/courses aimed at founders and writers. samparr+2

Work

Education

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Writing

6 Things I Learned From Not Drinking For 1 Year

January 1, 2014

Personal essay published on Medium reflecting on sobriety and life lessons.

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The Anti‑MBA (personal blog)

Longform writing on books, business, and personal finance; includes essays that helped build credibility and an audience that later supported The Hustle.

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Hobbies

Motorcycle collecting, long road trips and moto travel. samparr

Fitness challenges (quarterly strength/endurance goals — e.g., Ironman training, heavy lifts, vertical jump goals). samparr

Notes

LHlandon Hamiltonsaid
SPSam Parr
played a critical role in building and scaling a startup that went through a successful acquisition in the past five years.

Jan 6, 2026

NMNate McGuiresaid
SPSam Parr
's founder journey to unicorn status is one they genuinely admire.

Dec 17, 2025

APAlexej Pikovskysaid
SPSam Parr
has built a company they consider a real success story in the startup scene.

Nov 1, 2025

BLBen Levysaid they consider
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to be one of the most successful software founders they know, both in terms of their exit and their continued influence.

Oct 23, 2025

TTTosho Trajanovsaid they've seen
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play a key role in building or leading an early-stage startup.

Sep 23, 2025

NBNathan Barrysaid
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is one of the most impressive founders they know in terms of both innovation and company growth.

Aug 2, 2025