# The Hustle

> The Hustle is a HubSpot-owned media brand that explains business and technology through a free daily newsletter, original reporting, podcasts, videos, and founder resources. Built around a conversational editorial voice and unusual business stories, it serves entrepreneurs, aspiring founders, and curious professionals.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Cambridge, United States
- **Founders:** Sam Parr (Co-founder; former CEO), John Havel (Co-founder; historical President)
- **Products:** The Hustle Daily, The Sunday Story / Hustle Originals, Trends, My First Million, The Hustle Daily Show
- **Notable:** Reached more than 1.5 million daily newsletter readers by the 2021 acquisition announcement., Expanded from conference content into daily news, paid opportunity research, podcasts, and video., HubSpot acquired 100% of the equity on February 9, 2021.

## Products & services

- **The Hustle Daily** — Free weekday email covering business and technology through short, conversational stories. The current join page says the newsletter has no ads.
- **The Sunday Story / Hustle Originals** — Original longer reporting about unusual businesses, economic curiosities, and people.
- **Trends** — Launched in June 2019 as paid opportunity research and a founder community. Trends.co currently redirects to the Trends section of HubSpot’s blog; historical membership prices are not current offers.
- **My First Million** — Podcast co-hosted by Sam Parr and Shaan Puri exploring business ideas, companies, and market opportunities; now part of HubSpot’s media ecosystem.
- **The Hustle Daily Show** — Business and technology news podcast linked from The Hustle’s current website; a current publishing schedule is not established here.
- **The Hustle YouTube channel** — Video explainers examining companies, industries, and unusual business economics.
- **Founder resources** — Free guides, templates, idea databases, and research resources for founders and side-hustle builders.
- **Hustle Con** — Historical founder conference whose content marketing and email audience preceded the newsletter. A current event schedule is not established.

## Achievements

- Reached more than 1.5 million daily newsletter readers by the 2021 acquisition announcement.
- Expanded from conference content into daily news, paid opportunity research, podcasts, and video.
- HubSpot acquired 100% of the equity on February 9, 2021.
- HubSpot’s purchase-price allocation recorded USD 20.299 million total purchase price and USD 17.2 million cash paid net of cash acquired.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Observed current signup offering a free, ad-free weekday newsletter and Sunday original stories. This is an observation date, not a launch date.
- **2026-10** — Observed Trends.co redirecting to the public HubSpot Trends blog, and The Hustle promoting free founder guides.
- **2026-10** — The Hustle published Katherine Laidlaw’s original feature “Why barcodes are about to go extinct,” dated October 1, 2026.

## Links

- Website: https://thehustle.co/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thehustle
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/thehustle
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHustleChannel
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehustledaily/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hustlecon/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thehustle.co

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Last updated: 2026-10-24