Parr turned down Andrew Yang and Vivek Ramaswamy before they blew up
Sam Parr · Buffett’s Money Wisdom, Galloway’s $100M Advice & Why Newsletters Suck (#493) · Sep 7, 2023 · at 53:06
Sam Parr discusses having poor early judgment on political candidates who reached out to speak at his conferences or appear on his media platforms before becoming nationally known.
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“So I've turned down two presidential candidates to either come on this pod or speak at my events. The first one was Andrew what's his name? Yang, the guy, the math guy. So he emailed me, I think in 2015 being like, Hey, I want to come speak at your event. And I don't know if the podcast existed then, but he's like, or if you guys want to write about me in the newsletter, I'd love to do an interview. You know, I run this study test prep company. It did okay. And now I'm running for president. And I was like, Oh, you're insane. You're like, you're gonna make me look like a fool. Just this nobody guy who run a mediocre business running for president. I can't interview you. Like, that, that hurt my credibility. Well, turns out he was a serious candidate. At least he made it in the top 10 or whatever. The second time this happened was Vivek.”
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