If you’re a founder… Stop making $50M decisions alone.

Your personal board of eight vetted founders, meeting monthly in your city. Show up with your hardest challenge at noon, leave by dinner with a clear plan.

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Member Results

NYC member

$12M SaaS

Hired VP of Engineering in 14 days from a Hampton intro.

SF member

$8M Marketplace

Cut deal stress in half. Hampton intros led to exit advisors and $100M+ acquisition.

LA member

$25M Ecom

+5 point margin in 90 days after pricing rebuild.

Testimonials

Brett Adcock
Brett Adcock

Founder of Figure

Founded an air mobility company. $1.7B IPO in 2021. Founded Vettery, a talent marketplace that was acquired for $110M. Now has an AI robotics company, Figure, valued at $39 billion (13th largest startup in the world).

Austin Rief
Austin Rief

CEO of Morning Brew

A daily business newsletter that’s read by 4M people and over $70M in annual revenue. Sold majority stake to Business Insider for $75M in 2020.

Tanis Jorge
Tanis Jorge

Co-founder of Trulioo

Cofounded Truiloo, a “Unicorn” in the identity space. Author of The Cofounder’s Handbook, a crucial guide for cofounders on building and sustaining successful, rewarding partnerships.

Jesse Pujji
Jesse Pujji

Founded Ampush

An ad tech company. Scaled to $500M in ad spend and 200 people within 5 years. Sold minority interest in 2015. Founder of GatewayX - a venture studio.

Adriane Schwager
Adriane Schwager

Founder of GrowthAssistant

A virtual assistant company with $6M in recurring revenue. Bootstrapped with zero spent on marketing.

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Sieva Kozinsky

Founder of Enduring Ventures

A long-term holding company focused on owning and operating a portfolio of cash-flow positive companies. Over $80M in annual revenue.

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Ania Wysocka

Founder of Rootd

Bootstrapped her app for panic attacks to 7-figures in revenue and 2 million users and is still the only full time employee.

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Aleksandr Volodarsky

Founder of lemon.io

A marketplace for software developers. Bootstrapped to $18M in GMV and $5M in revenue. Most customers come from Twitter and podcast advertising.

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Joel Ohman

CEO of Quote.com

Insurance quote platform and publisher of finance and insurance content. Also owns Exercise.com, a platform for workouts and tracking progress. Over $100M total revenue.

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Sara Koonar

Founder of Platform Media & Management Inc.

A boutique influencer talent agency representing 65 top creators across Canada. Serial entrepreneur who’s bootstrapped multiple successful businesses in media and retail.

The fastest way to learn is from the wins and mistakes of other founders who’ve been there, done that.

What You Actually Get in Hampton

Monthly Personal Board of Advisors

Your Core group. Your trusted group of confidants. Meet in-person 10x/year to work through business and life challenges. Led by a trained Hampton moderator. Your Core group is the cornerstone of membership and will transform your life.

Dinners, adventures, and “only in Hampton” events

Billionaire CEO talks, famous author events, pro-surfer led retreats, and meetups with founders in your city. 100+ events per year.

Get questions answered in an hour

Get answers fast via access to 1,000+ founders. Private sub-communities for different industries and interests. The convos in Hampton… you can’t get this stuff on Google. From “here’s how I manage my $100M portfolio” to “how do I compassionately make layoffs?”

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Hey there,

My co-founder and I have started and sold startups worth over $500M. So, we know that by the time your company hits ~$5M, something happens: you’ve outrun your old circle.

Now you’re making $50M-level decisions alone. No peers who truly get it. No one to challenge you. No one to show you the blind spots. The real risk isn’t blowing up. It’s drifting into “good enough” - and waking up ten years later realizing you didn’t live up to what you could have. That’s why we built Hampton.

We hand-pick eight founders at your stage, in your city, and put you in a Core group that meets face to face every month. It’s your personal board of directors for business and life.

In Hampton, nothing’s off the table: hiring execs, M&A, family balance, managing $100M portfolios, even the ugly stuff like layoffs.

You’ll get the push, the perspective, and the accountability you can’t get anywhere else. Every member is vetted. Only ~8% are accepted. Each group is carefully curated. That’s why Hampton works - and why members stay.

Apply now. Groups fill in cycles, and once a seat closes in your city, it’s gone until the next.

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Sam Parr

Co-founder of Hampton

Host of My First Million Podcast

Here’s how it works:

1

Apply

All members must be the founder or CEO of a digital or tech-enabled startup doing at least $3M in revenue or $3M in funding or have had above a $10M exit. And, of course, live in a city where we have a Chapter.

2

Interview

If you look like a fit “on paper,” we set up a vetting call. This isn’t a sales pitch - it’s a conversation to hear how you think, what you’re building, and your energy.

3

Community Veto

Current Hampton members can veto applications. This keeps the community high-trust and filters out bad actors or unethical founders.

4

Review

Hampton founders Sam and Joe review every single application and interview and approve/deny each member.

5

Invite

If approved, you’ll get the invite! Once you’ve paid your dues, you’ll get immediate access to the digital community. Invites usually come a few days after your interview.

6

Core Group Placement

Core group placement happens within 90 days of joining (it’s carefully curated and can’t be rushed).

Hampton has chapters in 13 cities

(and we’re launching more soon)

Dallas
Miami
New York
Boston
Toronto
Vancouver
Atlanta
San Francisco
Austin
Chicago
Los Angeles
Denver
London

Why Hampton Works

Core groups are in-person only and made up of Hampton members in your city. Because after a breakthrough meeting it’s hard to get drinks and dinner with your Core group over Zoom.

Each city has a Hampton City Lead. They’re your concierge for intros in (or outside) of your city.

And of course, Hampton’s famous events, where you might find bestselling authors or the founders of $100B companies. Our events team curates unforgettable gatherings tailored to each local city chapter.

For many events we encourage you to bring your family as building a successful company (and life) impacts them too.

Seat limits per city. We only allow eight members in each Core group. New Core groups are placed in cycles. So, if interested, please apply now otherwise you’ll miss this cycle’s window.

Chapter waitlists are open outside of our 13 cities.

Interested?

Candidate requirements

  • Founder or CEO of a fast growing digital or tech-enabled startup
  • Meeting one of these three financial metrics:
     
    • $3M+ annual revenue
    • $3M+ in funding raised
    • Previously sold a startup for $10M+
  • Located in one of our 13 chapters: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, and Vancouver (and more Chapters coming soon!).

FAQ

Hampton is an exclusive community for founders and CEOs.

Our main feature is your monthly Core group, which is a monthly meeting with 8 other founders led by a Hampton paid and trained moderator.

We also have plenty of IRL events in your city, on a chapter level, and a wider network of thousands of other members that you can tap into via our digital community (aka get an answer to any question you have within 30 minutes...the stuff you can't post online or ask others).

Hampton is for founders, CEOs, or owners of business.

Your business must be generating >$3M in revenue, OR you must have raised >$3M in venture capital, OR you must have had a previously successful exit (>$10M).

And finally, you must live within one of our Chapter Cities.

Those are our bare minimum requirements.

We then interview potential members. Our founders watch each interview and make the final call whether to extend an invite or not. 

Anyone can feel free to apply through this application

After that, here's what happens:

Step 1: First screen.
Our membership team reviews your application, LinkedIn, company site, Crunchbase - anything they can find. They’re checking:

  • Is your company doing at least $3M in revenue?

  • Is it in tech, internet, or a related space?

  • Are you in a city where we’re accepting new members?

Step 2: The interview.
If you look good on paper, we then move to the interview. This is a vetting interview to understand how you think, what you’re building, and your energy.

Step 3: Community veto.
After the interview, current Hampton members can veto applications. Why? Because Hampton is self-policing - if someone’s had unethical dealings with you, they can block you from joining. That keeps the community high-trust.

Step 4: The invite.
If there are no objections, our Core team reviews your file. Then our founders give the final greenlight. If approved, you’ll get an invite email. You’ll have 7 days to accept and pay dues.

Step 5: You’re in.
You’ll get immediate access to Hampton’s digital community and local chapter events. Core group placement takes ~90 days - it’s a meticulous process and can’t be rushed.

Yes, it’s a lot. But Hampton only works because we’re obsessive about curation. It keeps churn low and trust high.

Hampton charges an initiation fee of $2,500. The annual dues are $9,500. 

We priced Hampton to make it a no brainer because we know one connection or one breakthrough conversation will give members 10x value of the membership dues. 

Some events, retreats, and adventures, like surfing with a professional surfer in Costa Rica or rally car racing, cost extra. We don't make a profit on events.

Your Hampton membership covers everything that makes the community valuable:

  • Core Group – A small, curated group of peers who meet 10 times per year, professionally facilitated, to act like your personal board of directors.

  • Local Chapter – Access to chapter dinners, events, and a dedicated city lead who acts as your concierge for intros in (and out of) your city.

  • Slack + Digital Community - A private, always-on network with 1,000+ members across the country. Think curated channels, quick intros, and daily advice from people who get it.

  • Retreats + Events – From intimate dinners to big gatherings with authors, investors, and founders of $100B+ companies, plus member-and-family-friendly events. Some events, like retreats and overnight adventures, we require additional payment (we don't profit from events - just break even).

In short: Core, Chapter, Network. Everything else ladders up to those three pillars.

Once you've secured an invitation and your membership starts, our membership and curation team will begin the process of forming your core group.

All Core members:

  • Run companies doing $3M+ in revenue

  • Are founders in tech, internet, or digital-first industries

  • Meet in person in your city (Core is never virtual)

From there, we curate groups using the Mirror, Mentor, Mentee model:

  • Mirror – Founders at a similar stage who hold you accountable. They’re in the same trenches and will call you out if you’re slipping.

  • Mentor – Someone ahead of you in certain areas - maybe they’ve exited, scaled faster, or solved problems you’re still wrestling with.

  • Mentee – Someone behind you in other areas. Teaching and supporting them sharpens your own thinking.

It’s not a rigid ladder. Someone might be richer than you but never sold a company. Another might have smaller revenue but be ahead in balancing family or managing stress. Everyone is a mirror in some ways, a mentor in others, and a mentee in others. That mix makes the group dynamic powerful.

Each Core has ~8 founders and a professional facilitator. The goal: every meeting you’ll get perspective, give perspective, and stay accountable - not just as a founder, but as a person.

We can't tell you all the members for privacy reasons (but we do have a member directory that you can see after joining), but here’s a snapshot of Hampton:

  • Stage – All are founders of high-growth companies. Some are bootstrapped, some have raised capital through Series C, D, or E, and others have gone all the way through IPO.

  • Scale – On average, Hampton member companies generate $23M in revenue.

  • Industries

    • 25% SaaS

    • 13% Agency

    • 12% DTC

    • 9% Marketplace

    • 7% Services

    • 5% Media

    • 5% Fintech

    • 23% Other

Members are all tech-first or tech-enabled founders. If you make it to the interview round, we’ll happily answer more questions about the types of founders in your city and Core. 

We have over 1,000 members.

A member who was part of YPO and EO said it best: "I loved those communities, but it was a lot of real estate folks. I wanna be around more people who have internet startups...not someone who owns 15 apartment buildings in south Florida."

YPO, EO, and Vistage - they're great! 

But our members are a bit different. They're younger and their businesses are all tech, digital, or internet related.

If you use Twitter, love deconstruction how different companies work, wanna talk with others about digital marketing, hiring talent, and, well, are still getting after it...AND you have a digital/tech business...Hampton's your place.

Core groups meet 10 times per year - about 3 hours per month. Everything else (chapter events, retreats, Slack) is optional. Most members spend a few hours a month in Hampton, but the ROI tends to compound far beyond the time investment.

Hampton only places members into in-person Core groups. If we’re not in your city yet, you’ll need to wait until we launch there. 

Apply above so we have your information and we'll let you know when we open new chapters!

Membership is billed annually, but Hampton isn’t meant to be a one-year experiment. The value comes from staying with the same people for years - often a decade or more. These are relationships that compound over time.

If you move cities, we’ll help place you into a new Core so you don’t lose that continuity. The expectation is long-term membership and long-term accountability.

Think you’re a fit?

Let's find out.