Sam Parr

Founder of The Hustle and co-founder of Hampton^{Source [2]}^{Source [3]}^{Source [9]}

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About

Sam Parr is an American entrepreneur and podcast host. He co-founded Hustle Con Media, the company behind the Hustle Con conference and The Hustle daily business newsletter, and sold it to HubSpot in 2021.^{Source [2]}^{Source [3]}^{Source [4]}

He started businesses while studying at Belmont University in Nashville, including a hot dog stand business called Southern Sam's and an online store. In July 2012 he co-founded the roommate-matching site Bunk, which Apartment List acquired in 2013; he worked at Apartment List until May 2014.^{Source [2]}^{Source [5]}^{Source [6]}

He formed Hustle Con Media in November 2014 and ran Hustle Con as an annual founders conference before building The Hustle into a daily newsletter. The company raised money through SAFEs and a 2017 crowdfunding round, reported $2.21 million of revenue in 2017, and by its 2021 sale to HubSpot had 1.5 million newsletter subscribers, the Trends research product and the My First Million podcast.^{Source [2]}^{Source [3]}

Since 2019 he has co-hosted My First Million with Shaan Puri, a weekly podcast about business ideas that HubSpot acquired with The Hustle. In 2022 he co-founded Hampton, a paid peer network for founders and CEOs, with Joe Speiser; it launched publicly in March 2023 and describes itself as having more than 1,000 members.^{Source [7]}^{Source [8]}^{Source [3]}^{Source [9]}^{Source [10]}

He also hosts Moneywise, a podcast about how founders make, spend and invest money, and runs CopyThat, a copywriting course.^{Source [11]}^{Source [12]}^{Source [6]}

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Career

Bunk

2012 to 2013

The Hustle

2014 to 2021

Hampton

2022 to now

1 company has no public dates yet, so it is listed below but not charted.

Company	Years	Role	Status
Hampton Co-founded Hampton, a vetted peer network for founders and CEOs of high-growth companies, with Joe Speiser in 2022 and launched it publicly in March 2023.^{Source [9]}^{Source [13]}^{Source [14]} Started the company with Joe Speiser in the summer of 2022; it ran for about 10 months before its public launch on March 28, 2023.^{Source [13]}^{Source [9]}^{Source [14]} Self-funded the company with Speiser; the launch release said it had no outside investors.^{Source [9]} Built it around monthly core groups of about eight founders led by a trained moderator, plus in-person chapter events.^{Source [10]}^{Source [9]} Community Inc. reported more than 1,000 members and about $8 million in annual recurring revenue in 2024; Hampton's own pages now cite 1,000+ members.^{Source [14]}^{Source [10]}^{Source [11]} Suggest a correction to Hampton	2022 to now	Co-founder^{Source [9]}^{Source [13]}^{Source [14]}Founder and President^{Source [1]}	Active
The Hustle Started Hustle Con Media in 2014 around the Hustle Con founders conference, grew its daily business newsletter The Hustle, and sold the company to HubSpot in February 2021.^{Source [2]}^{Source [6]}^{Source [4]} Launched Hustle Con, a conference for startup founders, in 2014; tickets sold for $300 and it drew about 2,000 attendees from 36 countries by 2018.^{Source [6]}^{Source [2]} Co-founded the company with John Havel; in 2018 Parr held 52% of the common stock and was CEO, Secretary and a director.^{Source [2]} Raised about $1.16 million in SAFEs from 2015 to 2017 plus $152,200 through a Regulation Crowdfunding offering in February 2017; 2017 net revenue was $2.21 million.^{Source [2]} Sold the company to HubSpot on February 9, 2021 for a total purchase price of $20.3 million ($17.2 million in cash net of cash acquired), per HubSpot's 10-K; Axios had reported about $27 million.^{Source [4]}^{Source [3]} At the sale the newsletter had 1.5 million subscribers, alongside the paid research product Trends and the My First Million podcast.^{Source [3]} Suggest a correction to The Hustle	2014 to 2021	Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer^{Source [2]}^{Source [3]}	Acquired
Bunk Co-founded the roommate-matching website Bunk with John Havel in July 2012; Apartment List acquired it in 2013 and Parr worked there until May 2014.^{Source [2]}^{Source [5]} Co-founded Bunk in July 2012; it later became Roommates, a roommate-matching iPhone app.^{Source [2]} Worked at the acquirer, Apartment List, from January 2013 through May 2014.^{Source [2]}^{Source [5]} Suggest a correction to Bunk	2012 to 2013	Co-founder^{Source [2]}^{Source [5]}	Acquired
Southern Sam's Started Southern Sam's, a hot dog stand business in Nashville, while a student at Belmont University.^{Source [2]}^{Source [6]}^{Source [5]} Suggest a correction to Southern Sam's	Undated	Founder^{Source [2]}^{Source [6]}^{Source [5]}	Status unknown

Milestones

2024-07Hampton passed 1,000 members, according to Community Inc.^{Source [14]}
2023-03Publicly launched Hampton with Joe Speiser after a 10-month soft launch.^{Source [9]}^{Source [13]}
2022Began building Hampton with Joe Speiser in the summer.^{Source [13]}^{Source [14]}
2021-02HubSpot acquired Hustle Con Media, parent of The Hustle, closing February 9, 2021.^{Source [4]}^{Source [3]}
2019-06Released the first episode of the My First Million podcast.^{Source [8]}
2017-02The Hustle raised $152,200 in a Regulation Crowdfunding offering.^{Source [2]}
2017The Hustle reported net revenue of $2.21 million, up from $397,836 in 2016.^{Source [2]}
2015-06Converted Hustle Con Media to a Delaware corporation and was appointed CEO and director.^{Source [2]}
2014-11Formed Hustle Con Media LLC to run the Hustle Con founders conference.^{Source [2]}^{Source [6]}
2013Bunk was acquired by Apartment List, where he worked until May 2014.^{Source [2]}
2012-07Co-founded the roommate-matching site Bunk with John Havel.^{Source [2]}

Boards, investments and other roles

Organization	Role	Years
My First Million (podcast)Media	Co-host^{Source [7]}^{Source [8]}^{Source [1]}	2019 to now
Moneywise (podcast)Media	Host^{Source [11]}
CopyThatOther	Creator^{Source [12]}^{Source [6]}
The Anti-MBA (blog)Media	Author^{Source [5]}^{Source [6]}	2012
Apartment ListOther	Employee (after acquisition of Bunk)^{Source [2]}	2013 to 2014

Education

Belmont University^{Source [2]}^{Source [6]}

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Sam Parr (@theSamParr) X profile, X (via FxTwitter API). Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
Hustle Con Media, Inc. Annual Report (Form C-AR) for fiscal year 2017, SEC EDGAR, 2018-05-11. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
HubSpot acquires media startup The Hustle, TechCrunch, 2021-02-04. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
HubSpot, Inc. Annual Report (Form 10-K) for fiscal year 2021, SEC EDGAR, 2022-02-14. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
About Sam Parr and The Anti-MBA, The Anti-MBA. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
Sam Parr (personal site, Welcome page), samparr.com, 2019-02-05. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
About My First Million, My First Million. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
My First Million podcast RSS feed (episode #1 dated 2019-06-23), HubSpot Media / Megaphone. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
Entrepreneurs Sam Parr and Joe Speiser Launch Hampton, a Private Community for High-Growth Startup Founders and CEOs, GlobeNewswire, 2023-03-28. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions, Hampton. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
thesamparr, Linktree. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
CopyThat, CopyThat. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
I'm Back: I've Started a New Company, Hampton. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.
How Sam Parr Built an $8M Network of High-growth Founders, Community Inc.. Accessed Oct 2, 2026.

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