Hustle Con will be back September 2019
OAKLAND CALIFORNIA



WELCOME TO HUSTLE CON

Hustle Con is a one-day startup event where the world’s most successful non-technical founders:

  • Tell their origin stories
  • Teach the practical tactics they used to start and grow their startup
  • Share behind the scenes insights on their wins and losses

How does it work?

Hustle Con works like business school: you show up and are taught strategies for starting and growing your company. Except at Hustle Con, you’re not paying $100,000 to attend.

We’ve gathered the founders of the fastest-growing companies to give 20-minute keynotes on actionable tactics for launching and growing your business. You’ll learn how they got started, how they grew, and what they learned along the way.

The conference will be at the Paramount Theatre – an art deco masterpiece of a theatre in Oakland, California (across the bridge from San Francisco). Capacity is 2,500 people and we sell out every year (here’s a pic of the crowd).

Who should come?

If you want to learn from the best founders in the world and hear their stories, then you should come.

If you want to learn non-technical tactics (growth, marketing, hiring, getting started), then you should come.

One attendee last year said, “You guys rocked my socks off… I literally had to buy new socks.” If you wanna get your socks rocked by a bunch of entrepreneurs, then you should definitely come.

 

PAST SPEAKERS

 

Casey Neistat is an American YouTube personality, filmmaker, vlogger, and co-founder of the social media company Beme. Neistat has not only changed the media landscape with his daily vlog that has over 6m subscribers and +1b video views, he also recently sold his startup to CNN for a reported $20m.
Casey Neistat

YouTube Personality, Filmmaker, & Co-Founder of Beme
Casey Neistat is an American YouTube personality, filmmaker, vlogger, and co-founder of the social media company Beme. Neistat has not only changed the media landscape with his daily vlog that has over 6m subscribers and +1b video views, he also recently sold his startup to CNN for a reported $20m.
Miguel McKelvey, a multi-disciplinary designer and entrepreneur is the Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of WeWork. Started in 2009, WeWork has since grown to become a shared workspace behemoth that does +$1b in revenue and is valued at $20b.
Miguel McKelvey

Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer of WeWork
Miguel McKelvey, a multi-disciplinary designer and entrepreneur is the Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of WeWork. Started in 2009, WeWork has since grown to become a shared workspace behemoth that does +$1b in revenue and is valued at $20b.
Max is the co-founder of Instacart — the on-demand delivery platform for groceries and everyday items that has fundamentally changed the grocery industry. Max and his co-founder launched Instacart in 2012. Today, Instacart operates in over 240 markets across North America, delivering hundreds of thousands of items, and partnering with over 200 grocery partners. The company is valued at $4.2B (up from $3.4B last year) and has raised nearly $900m in funding. They have around half a million customers, and 300 employees.
Max Mullen

Co-Founder @ Instacart
Max is the co-founder of Instacart — the on-demand delivery platform for groceries and everyday items that has fundamentally changed the grocery industry. Max and his co-founder launched Instacart in 2012. Today, Instacart operates in over 240 markets across North America, delivering hundreds of thousands of items, and partnering with over 200 grocery partners. The company is valued at $4.2B (up from $3.4B last year) and has raised nearly $900m in funding. They have around half a million customers, and 300 employees.
Payal Kadakia is the Co-Founder of ClassPass. Since its launch in 2013, ClassPass has facilitated 2 million reservations across 2,500 studios in 28 cities. ClassPass is a Google Ventures-backed gym membership startup that grew to over $100m in revenue in 2 years and has raised $84m in funding.
Payal Kadakia

Co-Founder of Classpass
Payal Kadakia is the Co-Founder of ClassPass. Since its launch in 2013, ClassPass has facilitated 2 million reservations across 2,500 studios in 28 cities. ClassPass is a Google Ventures-backed gym membership startup that grew to over $100m in revenue in 2 years and has raised $84m in funding.
Jessica is the CEO and founder of Stella & Dot Family of Brands, a global social selling platform company that spans women’s lifestyle categories and operates in 6 countries. She set out 10 years ago to modernize the industry model with a mission in mind: to provide women with a way to earn with flexibility. Today, there are over 50,000 independent business owners and the company has paid out $500 million in commissions. The brands have continued to lead with heart, donating over $3 million to charitable causes and another $3.5 million in product to national organizations that support women and children.
Jessica Herrin

Founder & CEO @ Stella & Dot
Jessica is the CEO and founder of Stella & Dot Family of Brands, a global social selling platform company that spans women’s lifestyle categories and operates in 6 countries. She set out 10 years ago to modernize the industry model with a mission in mind: to provide women with a way to earn with flexibility. Today, there are over 50,000 independent business owners and the company has paid out $500 million in commissions. The brands have continued to lead with heart, donating over $3 million to charitable causes and another $3.5 million in product to national organizations that support women and children.
At 19 years old, Brian Scudamore founded 1-800-GOT-JUNK, a junk removal company with $320m in revenue.

Brian learned his lessons the hard way, firing his 11-person team, moving to a franchise model, and facing bankruptcy. He and his team survived it all, and the company remained profitable.

Brian has since leveraged this success to launch three more franchised brands, which have made appearances on everything from Oprah to CNBC.

Brian Scudamore

Founder @ 1-800-GOT-JUNK
At 19 years old, Brian Scudamore founded 1-800-GOT-JUNK, a junk removal company with $320m in revenue.

Brian learned his lessons the hard way, firing his 11-person team, moving to a franchise model, and facing bankruptcy. He and his team survived it all, and the company remained profitable.

Brian has since leveraged this success to launch three more franchised brands, which have made appearances on everything from Oprah to CNBC.

Jen Rubio is the co-founder of Away, a direct-to-consumer luggage startup with $11m in funding and over $10m in revenue that’s making luggage easy and fun to buy. Before starting Away, Jen acted as the Head of Social Media at Warby Parker, spearheading content and partnership efforts.
Jen Rubio

Co-Founder of Away
Jen Rubio is the co-founder of Away, a direct-to-consumer luggage startup with $11m in funding and over $10m in revenue that’s making luggage easy and fun to buy. Before starting Away, Jen acted as the Head of Social Media at Warby Parker, spearheading content and partnership efforts.
Justin Kan is an internet entrepreneur and investor. He’s founded companies including: Kiko, Justin.tv, Socialcam (acquired for $60mm by Autodesk in 2012), Twitch (acquired by for $970mm by Amazon in 2014), and Exec (acquired by Handybook in 2014). Justin also served as a Partner at Y Combinator from 2011-2017. During his time there, he funded more than 130 companies. More recently he has founded Whale, a video Q&A app; and Atrium LTS, building technology to revolutionize the legal industry. He has personally angel invested in over 65 companies, including Zenefits, Cruise, and Wave.
Justin Kan

Founder @ Atrium, Whale, Twitch, Justin.tv, Exec, etc.
Justin Kan is an internet entrepreneur and investor. He’s founded companies including: Kiko, Justin.tv, Socialcam (acquired for $60mm by Autodesk in 2012), Twitch (acquired by for $970mm by Amazon in 2014), and Exec (acquired by Handybook in 2014). Justin also served as a Partner at Y Combinator from 2011-2017. During his time there, he funded more than 130 companies. More recently he has founded Whale, a video Q&A app; and Atrium LTS, building technology to revolutionize the legal industry. He has personally angel invested in over 65 companies, including Zenefits, Cruise, and Wave.
Kara Goldin is the founder and CEO of hint, which produces the leading unsweetened flavored waters with nothing artificial and always no sweeteners. Formerly the VP of partnerships and e-commerce at AOL, Kara started hint in 2005 to make it easier for consumers to lead a healthy lifestyle. Now hint is available in tens of thousands of stores nationwide, and brings in tens of millions of dollars in annual sales.
Kara Goldin

Founder & CEO of hint
Kara Goldin is the founder and CEO of hint, which produces the leading unsweetened flavored waters with nothing artificial and always no sweeteners. Formerly the VP of partnerships and e-commerce at AOL, Kara started hint in 2005 to make it easier for consumers to lead a healthy lifestyle. Now hint is available in tens of thousands of stores nationwide, and brings in tens of millions of dollars in annual sales.
Shan-Lyn Ma is the CEO and Co-Founder of Zola. Launched in October 2013, Zola is the fastest-growing online wedding registry in the country, with 10x revenue growth year-over-year, and 3x growth this year. Before starting Zola, Shan was the Chief Product Officer of Chloe + Isabel, and creator of Gilt Taste.
Shan-Lyn Ma

Co-Founder & CEO of Zola
Shan-Lyn Ma is the CEO and Co-Founder of Zola. Launched in October 2013, Zola is the fastest-growing online wedding registry in the country, with 10x revenue growth year-over-year, and 3x growth this year. Before starting Zola, Shan was the Chief Product Officer of Chloe + Isabel, and creator of Gilt Taste.
Tom Bilyeu is the co-founder of Quest Nutrition — a unicorn startup valued at over $1 billion. Quest Nutrition is the fastest growing food company…ever. Known for their low carb protein bars, Quest took only 5 years to get $400m+ in annual revenue. Now, Tom is fulfilling the second part of his mission: helping the next crop of disruptors develop the right mindset to grow their mission-based businesses through his mentorship show and community, Impact Theory.
Tom Bilyeu

Co-Founder of Quest Nutrition
Tom Bilyeu is the co-founder of Quest Nutrition — a unicorn startup valued at over $1 billion. Quest Nutrition is the fastest growing food company…ever. Known for their low carb protein bars, Quest took only 5 years to get $400m+ in annual revenue. Now, Tom is fulfilling the second part of his mission: helping the next crop of disruptors develop the right mindset to grow their mission-based businesses through his mentorship show and community, Impact Theory.
Max Lytvyn is the founder of Grammarly, a fremium grammar writing app with nearly 7 million daily users. Having profitably bootstrapped the company to hundreds of employees, Grammarly recently raised a $110m round of funding.
Max Lytvyn

Founder of Grammarly
Max Lytvyn is the founder of Grammarly, a fremium grammar writing app with nearly 7 million daily users. Having profitably bootstrapped the company to hundreds of employees, Grammarly recently raised a $110m round of funding.
Sam Yagan

Founder of OkCupid
Andy Dunn

Founder of Bonobos
Jeff Chapin

Founder of Casper
Danae Ringelmann

Founder of Indiegogo
Jack Smith

Founder of Vungle
Andy & Rich

Founders of Headspace
Tim Chen

Founder of NerdWallet
Heidi Zak

Founder of ThirdLove
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
“I loved Hustle Con 2017! I was blown away by the speakers, their great advice/insights, the venue, sponsors, freebies, drinks, attendees, staff, organization, headshots. It.Was.Fantastic.”
“I LOVE THIS.”
“Hustle Con is the one event I make time for every year because the audience is incredible.”
“Hustle Con has become a must-attend event in the Bay.”

 



Why This Is Easily The Best Investment You’ll Make In Your Business All Year…

Hey there reader,

Sam here, CEO of The Hustle.

In 2014 my co-founder John and I wanted to start a company but weren’t sure what to start.

A web app for finding the perfect fitting jeans? Software for the trucking industry? A daily deals site?

Uninspired with our ideas, we asked a few successful founders how they started.

And that, my dear friend, is how we came up with the idea for Hustle Con.

That spring we wrangled together 15 highly successful founders. Like John and I, most of them weren’t technical and didn’t know how to code. They were hustlers. They had figured out how to get prototypes out the door, find customers, hire a team, and scale their company.

At Hustle Con they explained their company’s founding story and the tactics and strategies they used to scale.

And Hustle Con was born.

Since then, we’ve grown from 400 to 2,500 attendees.

And now, in September 2019, we’re hosting the 6th annual Hustle Con in Oakland, CA…and I’d like you to come.

Here’s why attending will be the best money you’ll spend all year:

The strategies: Speakers dive deep on a specific strategy and tactic they used for starting and growing their company. You’ll get a look under the hood on how the made success happen and their behind the scene stories. Our speakers are not professional speakers. They’re full time operators who we’ve convinced to tell their stories. They’ve built massive businesses and have accomplished a lot of the things you want to do.

Your network: 2,500 people travel from around the world to attend. Attendees range from first time founders to CEOs of large corporations. We’ve set up opportunities for you to meet your fellow attendees. Attendees have met business partners, customers, friends, mentors, and everything in between.

Guaranteed consumption: With so many distractions out there it’s nearly impossible to focus. Getting out of the office, away from your normal day to day, will set you up perfectly to learn and improve yourself and your business.

We’d love to see you at Hustle Con. If you have questions, please email our team at [email protected]

See you in June,

Sam Parr
CEO of The Hustle

The Venue

The Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California
Located 6 miles outside of San Francisco, right in the heart of Oakland, The Paramount Theater is one of the most beautiful theaters in the Bay Area. While many Hustle Con attendees live in the Bay Area and drive in for the day or take the BART over from San Francisco, hundreds of people fly from all over the world and use Hustle Con as an excuse to experience the Silicon Valley energy.

 

Past Sponsors