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Sam Parr

πŸ‘€ Speaker
8903 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

There was a stripper living in our Dallas warehouse with my manager.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

I mean, I just didn't have the systems in place to scale as quick as I thought we could.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

And what I tell people now, they're like, what had to change?

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

I said, the hustler had to die for the leader to be born.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

And I truly mean that.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

Now I'm a systems guy.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

Now I sit down and I work on systems and processes.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

And if the system's broken, either there's no system, it's the wrong system or the system's not being followed.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

And that's like, I mean, I'm a student for life.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

I'm the most curious guy.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

I walk in, I take notes.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

I try to stay super humble and I'm always learning.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

I've always got three to five coaches at one time.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

I need help all the time and I extract and then I implement.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

I don't necessarily know if I learned that.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

My dad, when I'm five years old, I remember this day vividly.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

I was in Royal Oak, Michigan, and this is the longest driveway I've ever seen in my life.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

And there was a yard sale or a garage sale.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

My dad always stopped at those.

My First Million
How I Built a $1.7B Business Repairing Garage Doors

And I found this CB radio, and I'm picking it up, and I'm playing with the antenna, and I got the little, I'm like, 5050, and I'm like just talking into it.