There are 176 different industries in the US that require businesses to have some kind of license...

Hampton member Sarah Lukemire is the founder of Brindle Digital, a seven-figure agency + SaaS that...

There's a legendary copy writer named Howard Gossage who was fond of saying, "We don't know who...

Not only did Hampton member Patrick Dichter acquire a business he had no formal training in...

It’s fall in New England, which typically means one thing – Pumpkin Spice Lattes. I just found out...

Hampton member Anthony Zhang is the founder of Vinovest, an alternative investing platform that...

There's a little-known joke in the world of writing that goes something like this: "If their face...

I’ve had bad partner relationships before. Girlfriends, friendships, business relationships....

This week, Sam Parr asked an interesting question over in Hampton community Slack: "Have any of you...

Here’s something that we’ve seen a few times so far inside Hampton: A person with no...

I’ve been writing about founders for years, and I can tell you from experience that it’s unusual to...

If your knees don’t go weak when I say the words “futaba servo,” “scorpion motors,” or “castle...

A lot of people will tell you that to be a founder, you need to embrace what you’re naturally good...

Everybody reading this has at some point wished they had the ability to be in two places at once....

Hampton member Seth Odell is the founder of Kanahoma, a premium agency that helps colleges and...

Hampton member Melanie Balke has a story some of you may recognize and relate to: Top-notch...

What’s it like going from $19,000 in your bank account to $100m in a few days?

A couple of years ago, Sam asked billionaire and former Walmart CEO Marc Lore an interesting...

Back when I was writing for Trends, my prediction for 2021 was that virtual events would be "the...

Everybody always says you shouldn't do business with friends. But this is just one of many "rules"...

If you read our piece about Ania Wysocka, and how she bootstrapped her app to 2.5m users with zero...

We have a saying in Hampton: "Speed to vulnerability." It means we focus on real-talk; Celebrating...

I'm writing this 15 minutes after we finished a conversation led by Andy Dunn and a few dozen...

If you're reading this, chances are you've filed your fair share of LLCs in your day. You know what...

One of the cool things about Hampton is the number of husband/wife co-founders we have in the...

There are more than 150,000 public and private water utilities in the US. Thousands of them run on...

I once heard someone say that, "Everyone has a potential 6-figure product sitting in their Google...

Inside the Hampton group, Jay Sapovits is seen as something of a wise advisor. For one thing, he...

Here at Hampton, we love it when we find founders who are thriving in unexpected industries....

When covid hit, and universities closed, revenue for Hampton member Steven Farag's small college...

My favorite fact about Hampton member Jasmine Star is that on the day that she dropped out of law...

We have a rule on the Hampton team which is that you're not allowed to hire anyone unless they are...

Hampton member Taylor Hersom didn't mean to start a business. Not originally, at least. He got his...

Of all the articles we've written on this blog so far, this was the easiest (and most fun) to track...

There's a thing that people in the startup world all know but rarely talk about, and it's kind of...

Hampton member Ryan Filsinger spent the last ~15 years building high-end mobile games you've...

On the surface, Hampton member Shawn Rubel may not sound like your typical tech founder. He's a...

Hampton member Ania Wysocka may have one of the only businesses I know of that can scale to $10m in...

There’s something special I need to tell you. I haven’t told anyone yet…

If you think every successful founder or CEO is born knowing that they want to lead a company,...

Apple is famous for having one of the most financially productive workforces of any major tech...

The world wants us to be vanilla. To put us into a box. And that's why when I come across original...