Episode 570: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) go through Sam’s journey of launching his company Hampton. It’s a step by step walkthrough of what went right and what went wrong. 

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Show Notes:

(00:00) Intro - A radically transparent look inside Hampton launch.

(2:22) The beginning of the idea just after Sam sells The Hustle, starts tinkering with buying AirBnBs.

(3:00) Fail #1: Short-term rental crew. Fail #2: Community of truckers.

(4:30) The Hampton idea and what the business is. 

(5:45) Fail #3: V1, V2, V3 of Hampton - no one wanted it

(8:00) Accepted where the demand was and found the hook for Hampton. Research begins.

(10:08) Where the name came from.

(12:05) Hired a branding agency (This was a hack that helped build the brand)

(14:12) Things Sam said no to 

(17:00) Leverage the founder story

(20:18) Shaan's branding agency experience

(21:40) Shaan’s $25K Mistake: Hiring a naming agency

(26:00) Takeaways

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Links:

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

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