Think you’re persuasive enough to convince 50 of your employees to work for two years without pay? Probably not. Well that’s exactly what Tim Westergren, the founder of Pandora, managed to pull out. How? By giving one helluva pump up speech. Check out the speech from Hustle Con.

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What do beer koozies and Facebook have in common? Not a whole lot, but when you offer free koozies on Facebook, people go cray.

That's exactly what Chubbies Shorts did. Rather than dump a ton of money into Facebook advertising to hit their goal of 75k Facebook fans, Chubbies went for the organic …

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Zenefits is an all-in-one HR solution for small- and medium-sized companies. In this presentation, Zenefits' Director of Business Development Rita Garg explains how Zenefits narrowed in on its target demographic, and used that information to discover product market fit.

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Goodreads is the largest website on earth for all things books.

With over 45 million registered readers who review millions of books, Goodreads grew at an astonishing clip, thanks to its members' passion for the product and word-of-mouth marketing.

Otis Chandler, founder of Goodreads, ultimatel…

Casper is a web-first mattress company that is re-defining the way people buy mattresses. Based in NYC, with showrooms accross the country, Casper brought in over $1 million in revenue in its first 28 days. Since then, they've earned over $100 million in revenue, raised almost $70 million from inve…

Jack Smith is the founder of Vungle and Shyp, startup advisor, and serial entrepreneur. Jack has spoken at Hustle Con events in the past about how he raised $120,000 by hacking LinkedIn, and why breaking the rules is so essential to his success. In this talk, Jack gives his advice on the best pract…

Ramit Sethi is the founder, creator, and author of the finance blog, I Will Teach You To Be Rich.

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In addition to his blog, which has over 23 million lifetime readers, Ramit has also developed a line of courses to help people "live a rich life". These range in price from fre…

You may not know his name, but you know his work. Sam Yagan is the founder of SparkNotes and OKCupid, both of which he started in college.

After selling SparkNotes for $3.5m and OkCupid for $50m, Yagan became the CEO of MatchGroup, which owns OkCupid, Tinder, and Match.com.

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You know George Zimmer as the founder, CEO, and face of Men's Wearhouse, the men's suit company that was founded in the late 1970s and brought in billions of dollars in revenue.

In this presentation, George Zimmer is being interviewed by Chubbies co-founder Tom Montgomery.

Chubbies, if you have…

Soylent is a meal replacement beverage with all the nutritional requirements of a healthy, well-balanced meal for an adult. The creator, Rob Rhinehart, first developed Soylent as a way to cut down on food prep and cleanup time, and to increase productivity. The result is Soylent, which is available…

David Bladow is the co-founder and CEO of BloomThat, an on-demand flower delivery company based in San Francisco with $7.6m in funding.

With fewer than 50 full-time employees, the company has delivered millions of flower arrangements all over the country. Users can order via desktop or BloomThat'…

Danielle Morrill was still reeling from her startup's failure when a new idea fell into her lap: data-based predictions about startups to help VCs make smart investment decisions.

Within a matter of days, Morrill had a prototype ready and had already started acquiring users. Now Mattermark is see…

Le Tote is a subscription-based fashion company for women who want to beef up their wardrobe without breaking the bank. It's kind of like Netflix for fashion, back when Netflix was shipping DVDs.

Here's how it works: Users sign up, tell their assigned stylist what they like to wear, and then are …

Headspace is a meditation app that makes it easy to practice mindfulness, even if just for 5 minutes a day.

Andy Puddicombe was in college when he decided to quit school and become a monk. Almost a decade later, he started a business where he helped executives reduce stress through meditation. It…

Andy Dunn is the founder and CEO of the iconic line of men's clothing, Bonobos. Andy and former roommate Brian Spaly started Bonobos while they were earning their MBA from Stanford. They started the business by selling pants out of their cars, at friends' weddings, and in their buddies' living room…

Indiegogo is a crowdfunding site based in San Francisco with over $50 million in funding. Indiegogo has hosted over 500,000 campaigns in over 230 countries, and helped distribute more than $850 million worldwide.

Danae Ringlemann, IndieGogo's co-founder, has made it her priority to create a cultu…

The League is an exclusive dating app that was started by Amanda Bradford after her horrible experience trying to find someone on the conventional dating apps on the market.

Bradford's unique marketing tactics helped her acquire a wait-list of over 8,000 people before she even launched the app.
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