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Episode 591: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) talks to Kevin Espiritu ( https://x.com/KevinEspiritu ), AKA The Plant Daddy, about how he turned a side hustle into a $45M business in his backyard.—Show Notes:(0:00) Intro(3:41) $250k playing online poker(6:04) The influence of Pat Flynn(7:43) Cocoa butter cream review site(8:30) Printing on-demand shirts(12:26) From Scribe to $300/mo gardening blog(15:06) Inflection point: The metal raised bed(17:42) Billion-dollar blogs(19:20) Life-changing money(23:56) 5 Languages of the love of money(26:47) Lessons from Ramit Sethi(28:25) Path to $100M through acquisitions(29:19) Buying a seed tray business for less than $500K(33:22) Buying a competing gardening blog(37:00) Acquiring Botanical Interests(42:16) Red and green flags in acquisitions(46:12) The danger of being a celebrity on the internet(48:45) Idea: Branded hybrid plant species(52:38) Floyd Zaiger, the godfather of licenced plants(57:26) The lie behind Blue Zones(1:00:12) The Tesla of chicken coops(1:00:53) Beekeeping(1:04:46) Choosing your hobbies wisely—Links:• Kevin on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@kevinmespiritu• Epic Gardening on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@epicgardening• The Chernin Group - https://tcg.co/• The Billion Dollar Creator - https://nathanbarry.com/billion/• Get HubSpot's Free AI-Powered Sales Hub: enhance support, retention, and revenue all in one place https://clickhubspot.com/sym—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—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/SupportShepherdMy First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano