COVID

7 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Mar 10, 2021 by Sam Parr · across every show →

Everything said about COVID, oldest first

Mar 10, 2021 neutral
Assertion Supported
Parr: 31% of Men Aged 18 to 24 Were Sexually Inactive Pre-COVID
“And apparently, 31% of men, 18 and 24, were sexually inactive before COVID.”
Sam Parr Mar 10, 2021 ▶ 17:10 MFM #159: A 9-Figure Sex Toy Company & The Man With A Million Acres
Jul 23, 2021 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Landry's generated $5B in revenue and up to $2B EBITDA pre-COVID
“Right around the beginning of COVID, they were doing something like five billion in revenue and like 1.5 to two billion in EBITDA.”
Sam Parr Jul 23, 2021 ▶ 5:38 Why Dunder Mifflin Should Be a Real Company & A Look Inside MicroAcquire | My First Million #203
Nov 1, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Puri: Acquired TinyCo legacy games generated over $3M in post-sale profit
“The business has generated more than three million in profits since he bought it. The purchase price assumed that revenue would go down over time, but it remained steady and actually grew during COVID.”
Shaan Puri Nov 1, 2022 ▶ 57:30 8 Profitable Side Hustles For The Halloween & Christmas Season (#381)
Sep 28, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Yanowitz: Blockworks lost 80% of revenue overnight when COVID hit
“Then COVID hit, and 80% of our revenue got wiped out overnight because we were, 80% of revenue came from events”
Jason Yanowitz Sep 28, 2023 ▶ 8:13 How Jason Yanowitz Bootstrapped Blockworks To A +$20M/yr Company
Nov 2, 2023 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Moore: eggcartons.com revenue grew 5x to 6x during COVID
“COVID was like cheating because we five, six X'd during COVID to answer your question on the numbers.”
Sarah Moore Nov 2, 2023 ▶ 41:22 How I Bought A Multi-Million Dollar Egg Carton Business For $0 | Sarah Moore Interview
Sep 18, 2024 negative
Opinion
Mahlum: Bad operational and financial decisions killed gyms during COVID, not just pandemic
“People talk about how COVID killed so many gyms, and a lot of that was not just because of COVID, it was because of these operational and financial decisions that weren't, like, made as smartly as maybe some other companies could have made, and not understandi…”
Anne Mahlum Sep 18, 2024 ▶ 38:24 From Nonprofit Founder To Building A $300M Pilates Business
Oct 17, 2025 negative
Disclosure
Sam Parr lost a fortune selling all his stocks at COVID's bottom
“So my dumb story is at the bottom of the market during COVID, I sold all of my positions because I thought the market was done and then it ripped right back up and I have lost a fortune because of that mistake.”
Sam Parr Oct 17, 2025 ▶ 18:12 How To Get Ahead of 99% of People (Starting Today)
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