Moneywise
Moneywise

Moneywise

Hampton

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This is Moneywise, a podcast where hosts Sam Parr and Harry Morton are joined by high-net-worth guests to explore exclusive insights into personal finance and lifestyle tailored for other high-net-worth people, or those on their way. They'll get radically transparent about the numbers, revealing things like their burn rates, portfolios, and spending habits. This podcast was made for the Hampton community, a private, highly-vetted, peer membership community for founders and CEOs of fast-growing, tech-enabled startups. Check it out at https://joinhampton.com/.

Recent Episodes

5 Luxury Purchases That Are Actually Worth It
DEC 9, 2025
5 Luxury Purchases That Are Actually Worth It

Stop making million-dollar decisions alone. Hampton gives you a personal board of eight vetted founders in your city who meet monthly to tackle your hardest problems. Find your group: https://joinhampton.com/


Everyone thinks the “rich person” life is about fast cars, fancy watches, and designer flexes. But when we talked to over 150 high-performing founders, the things they actually spend on – and swear by – were surprisingly practical. Some luxuries just look good on Instagram. Others change the way you live, work, and feel every day.

Here’s what we talk about:

  • The #1 luxury nearly every founder says they’ll never go without again
  • Why hiring a housekeeper or private chef might save your business (and marriage)
  • The health investments founders make – and which ones are worth skipping
  • Why some founders spend $100K/year on concierge medicine for their families
  • Renting at $17K/month: outrageous flex or return-on-happiness?
  • The emotional ROI of experiences (and the trip one founder spent $500K on)
  • Business class vs. private jets: which travel upgrade is actually worth it?
  • How these purchases impact kids – and the fine line between “comfortable” and “entitled”


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Chapters:

  • (1:18) Stuff You Buy vs. Stuff That Matters
  • (1:58) Buy Back Your Time (Not Just Watches)
  • (3:04) The Housekeeper Dilemma: Freedom or Softness?
  • (4:23) Health Hacks: Trainers, Gyms & Biohacking
  • (6:11) Therapy, Insurance, and the $100K Checkup
  • (7:22) Dream Homes: ROI on Happiness
  • (10:53) Experiences > Things: The Data Says So
  • (12:00) Cancer, Family, and $500K on Memories
  • (15:13) Connection, Curiosity, and Intentional Spending
  • (15:33) The Business Class Trap
  • (16:44) The Real List: What’s Actually Worth It


This podcast is a ridiculous concept: high-net-worth people reveal their personal finances. Inspired by real conversations happening in the Hampton community.


Your Host: Jackie Lamport

  • Not really the host, but the producer.
  • Wrote this sentence.
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21 MIN
Why Some Founders Don’t Pay Themselves
DEC 2, 2025
Why Some Founders Don’t Pay Themselves

Stop making million-dollar decisions alone. Hampton gives you a personal board of eight vetted founders in your city who meet monthly to tackle your hardest problems. Find your group: joinhampton.com


Everyone wants to know what founders really earn, but most of the numbers out there are either outdated or just plain wrong. We gathered fresh data from 150+ high-performing founders, and the results reveal just how differently they think about paying themselves. Some take home millions, others nothing at all, and the logic behind those decisions says more than the numbers themselves.

Here’s what we talk about:

  • 8% of founders take no salary at all — why? (and whether they’d do it again)
  • The sweet spot for founder take-home pay: how much is too much?
  • C-Suite compensation breakdown: who's earning what, and where bonuses explode
  • Lifestyle vs. legacy: how founders think about cash flow vs. long-term exits
  • Industry winners: finance, pets, and healthcare dominate earnings
  • The one funding stage where founders earn the least
  • Non-salary perks: credit card hacks, expense runs, 401(k) tricks, and company-backed loans
  • A rare peek into the creative (and sometimes questionable) ways founders make it worth their while


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Chapters:

  • (1:37) Base Salaries
  • (3:14) Founders Who Pay Themselves Nothing
  • (3:56) Salary Distribution and High Earners
  • (4:34) Additional Payouts and Bonuses
  • (5:11) Two Types of Founders: Reinvesting or Cashflow
  • (6:14) Take Home Pay by Net Worth
  • (7:18) C-Suite Salaries and Bonuses
  • (8:43) Industry Salary Breakdown
  • (9:24) Highest and Lowest Paying Industries
  • (10:03) Compensation by Funding Stage
  • (10:52)  Creative Compensation Strategies


This podcast is a ridiculous concept: high-net-worth people reveal their personal finances. Inspired by real conversations happening in the Hampton community.


Your Host: Jackie Lamport

  • Not really the host, but the producer.
  • Wrote this sentence.
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14 MIN
You’re Not a Successful Founder Until You Do This
NOV 25, 2025
You’re Not a Successful Founder Until You Do This

Stop making million-dollar decisions alone. Hampton gives you a personal board of eight vetted founders in your city who meet monthly to tackle your hardest problems. Find your group: joinhampton.com


Everyone’s chasing success — but what does that actually mean? Founders hit milestones, sell companies, and still feel unsatisfied. After 150+ interviews, the most consistent lesson is that most people are aiming at the wrong definition.



Here’s what we talk about:

  • Why the traditional founder definition of success doesn’t hold up
  • The dangerous feedback loop of external validation
  • How imposter syndrome thrives — even after a $50M exit
  • Why goal-setting alone can leave you feeling hollow
  • The “post-success” slump that no one prepares for
  • Why founders keep building (and chasing) after they’ve “won”
  • A better way to define success that doesn’t move the goalposts

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Chapters:

  • (1:00) Founders Who “Make It” Still Feel Unsatisfied
  • (2:57) Defining Success: Objective vs. Subjective
  • (4:27) The Founder’s Scoreboard and Moving Goalposts
  • (5:11) The Emptiness After Achieving Big Goals
  • (6:36) Internal Fulfillment vs. External Markers
  • (8:23) Connecting Goals to Personal Fulfillment
  • (8:44) The Search for Purpose After Success
  • (9:25) Rethinking Purpose: Determination Over Destiny
  • (10:30) Lifelong Fulfillment vs. Chasing Milestones
  • (10:48) The Trap of Confusing External and Internal Success
  • (12:01) Why Internal Success Makes External Success Easier


This podcast is a ridiculous concept: high-net-worth people reveal their personal finances. Inspired by real conversations happening in the Hampton community.


Your Host: Jackie Lamport

  • Not really the host, but the producer.
  • Wrote this sentence.
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18 MIN
I Built a $9M Company And Got Nothing
NOV 18, 2025
I Built a $9M Company And Got Nothing

Stop making million-dollar decisions alone. Hampton gives you a personal board of eight vetted founders in your city who meet monthly to tackle your hardest problems. Find your group: joinhampton.com


Kevin Bartchlett built a $9M compost toilet company from the ground up – and walked away with nothing. No contract, no payout, just a handshake. That blind faith turned into a hard lesson in trust that cost him everything – and now, the reason he’s rebuilding on his own terms.

Here’s what we talk about:

  • Building a $9M business from scratch – with zero equity in writing
  • The moment he realized his million-dollar payday was gone
  • How a $9M sale turned into $0 overnight
  • What “sweat equity” really means when it’s only a handshake
  • How trusting the wrong partner cost him ownership and peace of mind
  • Why he still refuses to be angry about it
  • What he’s building next (yep, it involves flying cars)
  • The lesson behind it all: if you’re going to bet on yourself, go all in

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Chapters:

  • (1:58) Building a Compostable Toilet Empire – The Dream of a Big Exit
  • (3:22) When Expectations & Reality Collide
  • (4:24) Picking Up the Pieces: What Happens After the Deal
  • (6:01) The True Cost of Not Getting It in Writing
  • (9:41) Why Compostable Toilets?
  • (11:21) Meeting His Future Partner & Early Roles
  • (14:56) Overinvested, Under-Rewarded: The Ownership Dilemma
  • (20:28) Chasing Success, Counting the Cost
  • (22:28) The Road to Resignation
  • (24:49) Finding Empathy for His Partner
  • (27:02) New Ventures: Flying Cars
  • (29:12) Reflections – Betting on Yourself


This podcast is a ridiculous concept: high-net-worth people reveal their personal finances. Inspired by real conversations happening in the Hampton community.

Your Host: Harry Morton

  • Founder of Lower Street, a podcast production company helping brands launch and grow top-tier podcasts.
  • Co-parents a cow named Eliza.
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33 MIN
He Built a $20M Brand Without a Media Background
NOV 11, 2025
He Built a $20M Brand Without a Media Background

Stop making million-dollar decisions alone. Hampton gives you a personal board of eight vetted founders in your city who meet monthly to tackle your hardest problems. Find your group: joinhampton.com


Adam White didn’t set out to build a media company – he just wanted a job in sports. So at 19, he started posting informational interviews on a Wix site. Today, he runs a $20M brand with NFL partnerships and no background in media. Because in the end, it wasn’t about who he knew – it was about who knew him, and how he got in the right rooms by outplaying legacy media at their own game.



Here’s what we talk about:

  • Building Front Office Sports out of his dorm room
  • Why brand aura matters more than ever and how to create it from scratch
  • The tweet that led to a $750K investment
  • Why he gave up 51% of the business early – and doesn't regret it
  • The role of soft touchpoints in landing major deals
  • Growing to 800K newsletter subs without chasing SEO
  • How an official NFL content partnership changed everything
  • Diversifying revenue from newsletters, social, events, and brand partnerships
  • The personal side: paying off student debt, buying his mom a car, and defining success as freedom

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Chapters:

  • (0:42) Building Front Office Sports: Growth & Early Days
  • (1:40) Revenue Milestones
  • (3:40) Building Brand Aura & Early Partnerships
  • (10:34) Attracting Investors & Business Model Shift
  • (13:24) Audience Growth During COVID
  • (16:04) Monetization & Revenue Diversification
  • (17:44) Philosophy on Investors
  • (19:08) New Investors, Professionalization, & Validation
  • (22:07) NFL Partnership 
  • (25:44) Networking Secrets
  • (28:31) Personal Growth as a CEO
  • (30:45) Personal Financial Journey & Mindset
  • (33:40) Motivation, Competition, & Enjoying the Journey

This podcast is a ridiculous concept: high-net-worth people reveal their personal finances. Inspired by real conversations happening in the Hampton community.

Your Host: Harry Morton

  • Founder of Lower Street, a podcast production company helping brands launch and grow top-tier podcasts.
  • Co-parents a cow named Eliza.
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39 MIN