Building a Founder's Community

For the very first episode of Personal IPO we’re joined by the one and only Sam Parr. Sam is the founder of The Hustle, a media company that was acquired by HubSpot in 2021. He is also the host of one of the biggest business podcasts in the world, My First Million. Sam’s latest project, Hampton, is a private community for entrepreneurs, founders and CEOs.

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Sam Parr

• Twitter/X
• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• My Frist Million Podcast
• Hampton

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Nathan May

• LinkedIn
• Twitter/X

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Timestamps

00:00 Introducing Sam Parr

01:18 Sam’s previous businesses

05:00 The inspiration behind Hampton

10:01 How to choose a co-founder

16:51 Building a positively confrontational environment

23:00 Success can happen to anyone

25:05 The power of a community and being a friend billionaire

32:02 It’s a simple business, but hard

37:08 Hampton’s badass events

44:34 Delegate, don’t abdicate

48:00 What does success look like?

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Personal IPO Podcast is where top creators, founders, and operators share how they build businesses that thrive on owned platforms.

Each episode, we dig into:

→ How they started and scaled their audience

→ Tactics that drive their growth and revenue

→ Stories from their biggest wins and toughest failures

→ Ideas and philosophies shaping what they built