Trends

7 statements across 6 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 12, 2021 by Sam Parr · said 72 times in 48 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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brought up most by Sam Parr (45), Shaan Puri (20), Ben Wilson (2), Andrew Wilkinson (2), Alex Lieberman (2), Steph Smith (1)

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2024 23 mentions in 23 episodes 1 per episode
2023 2 mentions in 1 episode
2022 8 mentions in 3 episodes 3 per episode
2021 27 mentions in 17 episodes 2 per episode
2020 4 mentions in 1 episode

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Mar 12, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Parr: Roughly 80% of Trends' first cohort renewed in year two
“80% of people were opted in to renew in year one or in renew in year two in our first cohort. Ballpark, ballpark, about 80%”
Sam Parr Mar 12, 2021 ▶ 10:35 MFM #160: How to Build a Paid Community Making $20M a Year
Sep 3, 2021 neutral
What-if
Parr: The Hustle could have charged $30,000 annually for Trends
“Had we made relatively minor changes, like not that different, like it wouldn't have cost us more money. We maybe would have had a few more people. And we are right now we charge 300 dollars a year. There's a world where it wouldn't have had to been that much …”
Sam Parr Sep 3, 2021 ▶ 53:32 Why Today Is the Day to Ask For a Raise | My First Million #216
Sep 29, 2021 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sam Parr predicts Trends will reach $10 million ARR in 2021.
“At the end of this year, Trends will potentially be a ten million plus a year recurring revenue business.”
Sam Parr Sep 29, 2021 ▶ 25:27 How to Get a Slice of Harvard's Billion Dollar Case Study Industry | My First Million #222
Oct 29, 2021
Assertion Supported
Parr: The Hustle reached 2M daily readers and Trends made millions
“This podcast was owned by my company called the hustle. We just sold it for a lot of money to this company called hubspot. And before we sold it, thank you. And before we sold it, we had a daily email that reached around two million people a day. And then we o…”
Sam Parr Oct 29, 2021 ▶ 38:48 Ariel Helwani Is Building His Own ESPN. He Already Has 1m+ Followers. He Tells Us How.
Sep 15, 2022 positive
Disclosure
Trends generates millions in subscription revenue with a five-person team
“Trends right now is making many, many millions of dollars in subscription revenue. And it's pretty simple. And there's like, I think there's only five people who work on it. So it's like a pretty profitable thing.”
Sam Parr Sep 15, 2022 ▶ 11:43 How Successful Startups Got Their First 1000 Customers (Uber, Product Hunt & More) (#362)
Sep 15, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Parr orchestrated fake engagement for HubSpot's CEO during acquisition talks
“One time when HubSpot was looking to buy us, I saw that Brian Halligan, the then he's the founder and then CEO of the company he joined and I messaged like 80 people and I said, Hey reply to Brian, here's the message to say to him. And so many people commented…”
Sam Parr Sep 15, 2022 ▶ 13:07 How Successful Startups Got Their First 1000 Customers (Uber, Product Hunt & More) (#362)
Jul 27, 2023
Disclosure
Sam Parr seeded the Trends community by giving influencers free early access.
“A lot of times, particularly in trends, my one of the first communities that I built, I would seed it by having 10, 20, 30 people who I knew were impressive. And I just said, you don't have to pay anything, but you're joining this community. Also on this date,…”
Sam Parr Jul 27, 2023 ▶ 36:04 My 6-Step Process To Find +$1,000,000 Business Ideas (#479)
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