Lead the Hardest Conversations Founders Will Ever Have.

Every month, Hampton moderators guide eight founders through the conversations that actually matter. The ones most people avoid. That's the job.

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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.

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Testimonials

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Diego Sampaio

Co-Founder of Globalfy

"Hampton gave me exactly what I needed as an entrepreneur: the right people to talk to when I need to zoom out from the day-to-day grind."

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Rob Hoffman

Co-Founder of Mentions

"I’ve joined a lot of founder communities over the years, and Hampton is by far the most elite. The quality of people and information is unmatched."

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Agustin Linenberg

Co-Founder & CEO of Aerolab

"Hampton gives me a space to be completely open about business and personal challenges with people who truly get it."

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What is Hampton?

Hampton is an exclusive community for high-growth founders and CEOs.

The main thing we do is monthly Core Groups—eight founders meeting in person for 3 hours, led by a trained Hampton moderator.

We also host in-person events in each city and run a private online community where members can get answers to questions they can't ask anywhere else.

But Core is the heart of Hampton. And as a moderator, you make Core work.

Hampton works because we have
a strict vetting process.

We manually vet, research, and interview everyone who joins Hampton. Otherwise we’ll just turn into another garbage community with non-serious operators.

Here’s how we vet our members:

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).

The Role

As a Hampton Moderator, you'll facilitate monthly in-person Core Group sessions with 8 high-growth founders and CEOs. Members show up ready to tackle their biggest challenges. You help guide the conversation towards breakthrough moments and clear next steps.

Sometimes it's business: "Should I fire my co-founder?" "How do I hire my first VP?" "I'm about to blow this fundraise."

Sometimes it's personal: "I haven't slept in months." "My marriage is falling apart." "I don't know if I even want this anymore."

All of it matters. All of it gets handled in Core.

Your role is to guide the conversation, hold people accountable, and make sure everyone shows up fully—not just the version of themselves they want people to see.

What You'll Do:

  • Moderate monthly 3-hour Core Group sessions in your city
  • Guide conversations that matter. There is no small talk inside a Hampton core group.
  • Read the room: know when to push, when to pause, and when to call someone out
  • Hold members accountable to Hampton’s 3 Cs: Commitment, Candor, Confidentiality
  • Create a 360° mirror where founders get the truth they need, not the comfort they want
  • Handle 1-2 hours of administrative communication per month (varies by group stage)

Hampton has chapters in 13 cities.

We're hiring moderators in five of them right now.

Atlanta
Toronto
Boston
Dallas
Vancouver

Hampton members run the fastest growing startups in the world.

Members in Hampton are doing $3M to $50M in revenue across SaaS, marketplaces, media, agencies, and other tech/internet industries. Both bootstrapped and venture‑backed. Core groups created based on life traction.

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 Trulioo, 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.

John Doe
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.

John Doe
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.

John Doe
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.

John Doe
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.

sara-koonar
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.

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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

3 hours per month for the Core session + 1-2 hours of administrative communications (depending on time of year and group stage). You plan your life around Core—not the other way around.

You know how to hold space for hard truths. You're not afraid of silence or tension. You can call someone out with love. You understand that breakthroughs happen when people feel safe enough to be unsafe. And you genuinely believe that founders deserve a room where they can stop performing and start being real.

No. But you need to understand what they're going through. Great moderators come from coaching, therapy, consulting, leadership—anywhere you've learned to navigate group dynamics and help people level up.

Competitive compensation based on experience and number of groups you moderate.

We're currently building in-person Core groups in:

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

 

Anyone can apply for membership via this application. 

After that, here's what happens:

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

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

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

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

Step 2: The interview.
If they look good on paper, we then move to the interview. This is a vetting interview to understand how they think, what they're building, and their 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 a prospective member, they can block them from joining. That keeps the community high-trust.

Step 4: The invite.
If there are no objections, our Core team reviews the applicant's file. Then our founders give the final green light. If approved, they’ll get an invite email and have 7 days to accept and pay dues.

Step 5: They're in.
They';l 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.

Think you’re a fit to be a Hampton moderator?

Let's find out.