Sam Parr
Entrepreneur, founder of The Hustle and Hampton, co-host of My First Million
Sam Parr (Entrepreneur, founder of The Hustle and Hampton, co-host of My First Million) hosts My First Million. Topics they speak about most include Online marketplaces and the chicken-and-egg problem, Limiting beliefs, Assassination of John F. Kennedy.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Online marketplaces and the chicken-and-egg problem
Parr argued marketplaces are both the most durable and the hardest kind of business to start.
“I think marketplaces are probably the most durable and also the most challenging”
My First Million: Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerce (Sep 21, 2026) · Listen from 3:55
Limiting beliefs
Parr identifies his own limiting belief that success requires prolonged suffering followed by happiness at the finish line.
“you have to grind really hard and do tons of stuff that you don't like in order to get to the end result”
My First Million: Coach for SpaceX & OpenAI destroys your limiting beliefs for 88 minutes straight (Sep 18, 2026) · Listen from 4:07
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Parr says reading about presidential assassinations showed him that the Secret Service was underdeveloped until around the 1970s.
“the Secret Service really wasn't a thing until like the 70s. Like they talk about JFK's Secret Service. It was pretty rinky-dink”
My First Million: David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 42:50
Entrepreneurship
Parr observes that highly successful founders' early expectations were usually orders of magnitude smaller than their eventual results.
“almost every time, the answer has been magnitude smaller than where they ended up”
My First Million: Decoding Tony Hawk’s mindset in 72 minutes (Sep 9, 2026) · Listen from 16:16
Podcasts hosted
- My First Million · 5 episodes in TMT
Appearances
Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerceMy First Million · Sep 21, 2026 · 1 h 2 min
Whatnot co-founder Grant LaFontaine tells Shaan Puri and Sam Parr how a Funko Pop marketplace became a $20 billion live-commerce company.
- Coach for SpaceX & OpenAI destroys your limiting beliefs for 88 minutes straight
My First Million · Sep 18, 2026 · 1 h 28 min
Executive coach Joe Hudson walks Sam Parr and Shaan Puri through limiting beliefs, self-reliance patterns, conflict avoidance, negative self-talk and weekly self-awareness experiments.
- David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B
My First Million · Sep 14, 2026 · 47 min
Sam Parr interviews Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein about building a $500 billion private equity firm, missing out on Amazon, historic documents and American history.
- Decoding Tony Hawk’s mindset in 72 minutes
My First Million · Sep 9, 2026 · 1 h 13 min
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri interview skateboarder Tony Hawk about his early career, the 900, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater royalties, Birdhouse, investing and aging.
- I built a $2,000,000,000 business on vibes
My First Million · Aug 24, 2026 · 1 h 16 min
Poppi co-founder Allison Ellsworth tells Sam Parr and Shaan Puri how a farmers market vinegar drink became a $1.95 billion PepsiCo exit.
Often appears with
- Shaan Puri · 4 shared episodes
- Grant LaFontaine · 1 shared episode
- Joe Hudson · 1 shared episode
- David Rubenstein · 1 shared episode
- Tony Hawk · 1 shared episode
- Allison Ellsworth · 1 shared episode