# Steph Smith

> Steph Smith is a Canadian writer, podcaster, and growth operator who went from chemical engineering to becoming one of tech's most respected content voices. She grew The Hustle's Trends newsletter to 15,000+ paying subscribers (contributing to an 8-figure acquisition), hosted the flagship a16z Podcast at Andreessen Horowitz, sold $250K+ worth of her book 'Doing Content Right', and launched Internet Pipes - a community of 2,700+ people learning to extract business insights from internet data. She's currently at NVIDIA after transitioning from Groq following Nvidia's $20B deal.

- **Role:** Growth at NVIDIA
- **Organizations:** NVIDIA, Groq, Andreessen Horowitz, HubSpot, The Hustle / Trends.co, Toptal, Integral Labs
- **From:** Canada
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Queen's University
- **Known for:** Grew The Hustle's Trends newsletter from 0 to 15,000+ paying subscribers contributing to 8-figure HubSpot acquisition, Book 'Doing Content Right' generated $250,000+ in sales with 150+ unsolicited testimonials, Hosted flagship a16z Podcast at Andreessen Horowitz

## Career timeline

- **2015-2016** — Engineering labs and consulting (forensic science, LCD, battery materials); dissatisfied with corporate bureaucracy
- **2016** — Joined Toptal as remote growth team member; began traveling and working remotely
- **2016-2019** — Rose to lead Toptal's Publications team of 20 people
- **2018** — Taught herself to code; launched multiple Product Hunt projects
- **2019** — Blog went viral on Hacker News (30,000+ readers per article); founded Integral Labs consulting
- **2019-2021** — Joined The Hustle / Trends.co; grew paid newsletter from 0 to 15,000+ subscribers and millions in ARR
- **2020** — Published 'Doing Content Right' - generated $250,000+ in sales
- **2021** — The Hustle acquired by HubSpot in 8-figure deal; joined HubSpot as Director of Marketing
- **2022** — Joined Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) as host of flagship a16z Podcast
- **2023** — Spoke at Aspen Ideas Festival 2023 ('Classroom 2050' session)
- **2024** — Launched Internet Pipes - 1,400+ sales in first month; left a16z
- **2025-05** — Joined Groq as Senior Director of Growth
- **2025-12** — NVIDIA announced $20B deal with Groq; Steph transitioned to NVIDIA

## Achievements

- Grew The Hustle's Trends newsletter from 0 to 15,000+ paying subscribers contributing to 8-figure HubSpot acquisition
- Book 'Doing Content Right' generated $250,000+ in sales with 150+ unsolicited testimonials
- Hosted flagship a16z Podcast at Andreessen Horowitz
- Blog reached 400,000+ pageviews; multiple articles hit 30,000+ Hacker News readers
- Launched Internet Pipes to 1,400+ sales in first month with <1% refund rate; 2,700+ community members
- 161,900+ followers on Twitter/X
- Speaker at Aspen Ideas Festival 2023
- Worked remotely while visiting 50+ countries since 2016
- Self-taught coder who launched multiple top Product Hunt products
- Organized 50+ in-person Internet Pipes events across USA, Canada, Australia, France, UK, Switzerland

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Currently at NVIDIA following the company's $20B Groq acquisition deal
- **2025-12** — Appeared at Milly Awards LIVE with Sam Parr and Shaan Puri; NVIDIA-Groq deal announced
- **2025-05** — Joined Groq as Senior Director of Growth
- **2024-09** — Appeared on My First Million podcast (Episode 633) discussing Silver Tsunami mega-trend
- **2024-01** — Launched Internet Pipes to 1,400+ sales in first month

## Links

- Website: https://stephsmith.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniesmith93/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/stephsmithio
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StephSmithio

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Last updated: 2026-04-26