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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Sam Parr Reveals How Hampton Emerged From Failed Ideas
- Sam Parr explains that before Hampton he dropped a short-term rental crew and a trucker audience idea because he did not enjoy the work or the fit.
- Hampton's target market took repeated rejections to find: marketing executives, doctors, Fortune 500 CEOs and minority-focused groups all failed before he accepted his partner's suggestion to serve founders and CEOs.
- Sam names Hampton after a street near where he grew up, as he does with his LLCs, and he hired a branding agency for $15,000 after writing a brief built around '70s ads and British Racing Green.
- Sam and his partner personally watch every applicant interview and refuse to delegate or expand the audience, even though it means turning down revenue.
- Shaan criticizes the decision to downplay the founder story and recounts his own $25,000 naming agency mistake.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasIdeas that sound good on paper often fail on contact with customers.
Sam spoke to 50 to 70 marketing executives and found none wanted the product at the roughly $10K a year he needed to charge. They would only pay about $500.
Founder fit made the winning idea far easier.
Shaan notes that serving founders and CEOs matched Sam's reputation, audience and understanding of their pain points, and Sam agreed it was a no-brainer and much easier.
A good branding brief drives a good result.
Sam gave the agency a one-line direction, 'Elite, but cheeky,' along with 1970s Rolex, Porsche and GQ ads, British Racing Green and sample website sentences. Shaan likened it to garbage in, garbage out.
Sam deliberately keeps Hampton exclusive.
He and his partner watch 100% of interviews and approve or deny every applicant, even though he notes Chief let in everyone and reached $100 million in revenue. He is committed to only serving CEOs of a particular type of business.
Shaan argues Hampton should publicize its selectivity.
He suggests showing how many people and how much revenue Hampton rejects, such as a counter on the website, to signal that curation comes first. Sam replied that this covers the elite part and the brand still has to be cheeky.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
4 quotesIt's like getting a neck tattoo. It's like the idea of it's kind of neat, but I don't know if I actually want it.
— Sam Parr
Ideas that sound good on paper, but as soon as they came into contact with reality, they got punched in the face, and they ran home with a nosebleed.
— Shaan Puri
If you Google the word white bread, you're gonna see a picture of Sam Parr.
— Sam Parr
Garbage in, garbage out. If you give the bad instructions or bad prompt, you're gonna get a bad result on the brand.
— Shaan Puri
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Sam Parr
hostEntrepreneur and co-host of My First Million; founded The Hustle and later launched the Hampton community.
Shaan Puri
hostEntrepreneur and co-host of My First Million; associated with The Milk Road and frequently interviews/recaps tactics with Sam.
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