Hampton
A private and highly vetted network for high-growth founders and CEOs.
Website: https://joinhampton.com
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Hampton |
| Tagline | A private and highly vetted network for high-growth founders and CEOs |
| Headquarters | New York, United States |
| Founded | 2022 |
| Stage | Seed |
| Business Model | Membership community |
| Industry | HR / Future of Work |
| Geography | North America |
| Growth Profile | Venture Scale |
| Founding Team | Co-Founders (2): Sam Parr, Joe Speiser |
| Funding Label | Bootstrapped |
Links
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- Website: https://joinhampton.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/myhampton
- X / Twitter: https://x.com/HamptonFounders
- Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hampton-2c86
Executive Summary
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Hampton is a paid, vetted peer network for founders and CEOs running businesses with meaningful revenue, funding, or exit history, and it has reached scale on a bootstrapped capital base, which is unusual for the category. The company was founded in 2022 by Sam Parr, the entrepreneur behind The Hustle (acquired by HubSpot), and Joe Speiser, co-founder of LittleThings, and launched publicly on March 28, 2023 [community.inc, 2024]. The core product is a curated membership: applicants generally need at least $3 million in revenue, $3 million in funding, or a $10 million exit, and accepted members are placed in a core group of eight peers that meets monthly with a facilitator [inc.com, 2024]. Membership is reported at $5,000 to $10,000 per year [capitaly.vc, 2024], and the company has stated it surpassed 1,000 members [joinhampton.com, 2024], with annual recurring revenue reported at roughly $8M [community.inc, 2024]. Beyond core groups and Slack, Hampton publishes original research on founder compensation, SaaS metrics, and wealth allocation that doubles as a top-of-funnel channel [joinhampton.com, 2024]. Capital structure is the most distinctive feature for investors: the founders have not disclosed an outside priced round, suggesting an operator-owned cap table and high gross margins typical of paid communities. Over the next 12 to 18 months, the items to watch are the rollout of in-person core groups across 13 cities planned for 2025 [joinhampton.com, 2024], the launch of an incubated product referenced internally as Rosedale Insights [LinkedIn, 2026], and whether revenue per member can expand through tiering or paid research products without diluting the vetting that drives retention.
Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Confirmed by joinhampton.com, TechCrunch, and Crunchbase; revenue and member counts are company-reported and not independently audited.
Taxonomy Snapshot
| Axis | Value |
|---|---|
| Stage | Seed (bootstrapped) |
| Business Model | Paid membership community |
| Industry / Vertical | HR / Future of Work, founder peer networks |
| Technology Type | No core technology component; software-light operations |
| Geography | North America, expanding to 13 cities in 2025 |
| Growth Profile | Venture Scale (revenue trajectory), capital-light |
| Founding Team | Two co-founders, both prior media/consumer operators |
| Funding | Bootstrapped, no disclosed outside rounds |
Company Overview
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Hampton was incorporated in 2022 and launched publicly on March 28, 2023, with a launch announcement covered by TechCrunch positioning it as "tech's new membership community for chief executive officers" [TechCrunch, 2023]. The company is headquartered in New York and is described in third-party databases as a small team in the 1 to 10 employee bracket as of profile capture [Crunchbase, 2024]. The founding premise, articulated across the company's blog and press, is that founders running businesses past the early-stage threshold often lack a confidential peer group to discuss compensation, hiring, fundraising, and personal wealth questions, and that existing networks (YPO, EO, Vistage, Tiger 21) either skew older, skew non-tech, or carry meaningfully higher price points.
Sam Parr's prior company, The Hustle, was acquired by HubSpot in 2021, giving him both an audience of operators and a media playbook that maps directly onto Hampton's content strategy. Joe Speiser previously co-founded LittleThings, a digital media business. The two have built Hampton with the same content-as-distribution muscle: original research reports on founder compensation, the State of SaaS, and wealth allocation are gated behind email signup and consistently feed the membership funnel [joinhampton.com, 2024].
Key milestones in chronological order: incorporation in 2022; public launch in March 2023 [TechCrunch, 2023]; publication of multiple original research reports across 2023 and 2024 including the 2024 Salary and Compensation Report [Scribd, 2024]; reported milestone of 1,000+ members during 2024 [joinhampton.com, 2024]; announced expansion of in-person core groups to 13 cities for 2025 [joinhampton.com, 2024]; and an internal reference on a team member's LinkedIn to a stealth product called Rosedale Insights [LinkedIn, 2026].
Data Accuracy: GREEN -- Confirmed by TechCrunch, Crunchbase, and the company website.
Product and Technology
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The Hampton product is a vetted membership rather than a software platform. Once admitted, members are placed in a core group of eight founders that meets monthly with a trained facilitator, an explicit borrowing from the YPO and Vistage forum format [inc.com, 2024] [PUBLIC]. Membership also includes a private Slack community, programmed events, and access to gated research [joinhampton.com, 2024] [PUBLIC]. Pricing is reported at $5,000 to $10,000 per year per member [capitaly.vc, 2024] [PUBLIC], and admission criteria are set at $3M in revenue, $3M in funding, or a $10M exit [inc.com, 2024] [PUBLIC]. The vetting process and price point are themselves the product: the company markets the network as one in which members are reliably operating at a similar altitude.
The content layer is the second pillar. Hampton publishes original research, including the 2024 Salary and Compensation Report and the 2024 State of SaaS Report, drawn from member surveys [joinhampton.com, 2024] [PUBLIC]. One headline finding the company has surfaced publicly is that 80% of survey respondents earn less than $300,000 in salary [Scribd, 2024] [PUBLIC]. These reports serve dual purposes: they generate inbound interest from prospective members and they reinforce the value of staying in the network for existing members who want benchmarking data.
For 2025, the company has publicly committed to two product expansions: in-person core groups across 13 cities, and "Affinity Groups" organized around shared interests such as AI, parenting, and specific operating challenges [joinhampton.com, 2024] [PUBLIC]. A separate stealth initiative referenced as Rosedale Insights appears on a team member's LinkedIn profile, though no public product page has been released [LinkedIn, 2026] [PUBLIC]. There is no disclosed proprietary technology stack; the operation runs on standard SaaS tooling (Slack, web, email) and the moat is in curation, brand, and member quality rather than software.
Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Confirmed by joinhampton.com and Inc.com; pricing source (capitaly.vc) is a single secondary reference and Rosedale Insights is referenced only on LinkedIn.
Market Research and Opportunity
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The market for paid founder and executive peer networks is well-established but historically dominated by a small set of incumbents serving older or more general executive audiences, and Hampton is targeting the gap created by a generation of operators who have crossed material revenue thresholds without ever joining one.
Hampton has not published a formal TAM, and there is no widely cited third-party sizing for "vetted founder peer networks" specifically. As an analogous reference, YPO reports more than 34,000 chief executive members across more than 150 countries with chapters that have run for decades (analogous market, YPO public materials), and Vistage reports more than 45,000 members worldwide (analogous market, Vistage public materials). These figures suggest that the addressable population of executives willing to pay four- to five-figure annual dues for structured peer groups is in the tens of thousands globally and growing as the number of venture-backed and bootstrapped companies clearing $3M in revenue continues to expand. Hampton's reported 1,000+ members [joinhampton.com, 2024] therefore represents a small share of an analogous category that has historically supported multiple incumbents at scale simultaneously.
Demand drivers the cited research surfaces include the increasing cohort of solo, remote, and bootstrapped founders who lack the in-office peer set that earlier generations of operators had; the proliferation of newsletter and podcast media (where Sam Parr is a recognized name through My First Million) that lowers acquisition cost for a community attached to a media brand; and persistent founder demand for confidential benchmarking on compensation, equity, and wealth that public communities cannot provide. The 2024 Salary and Compensation Report's underlying member survey is itself evidence of that demand: the report has been widely shared and 80% of respondents earned less than $300,000 in salary [Scribd, 2024], a data point that reframes founder compensation expectations and that members are willing to contribute proprietary data to access.
| Reference point | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Hampton members reported | 1,000+ | [joinhampton.com, 2024] |
| Hampton ARR reported | ~$8M | [community.inc, 2024] |
| YPO global members (analogous) | 34,000+ | YPO public materials |
| Vistage global members (analogous) | 45,000+ | Vistage public materials |
Analyst takeaway: the analogous incumbents demonstrate that the category supports multiple players at tens of thousands of members and meaningful annual dues, which means Hampton at roughly 1,000 members and approximately $8M ARR is still early in its addressable curve rather than approaching a ceiling. Adjacent and substitute markets to monitor include Chief (executive women's network, venture-funded), informal Slack and Geneva communities for founders, accelerator alumni networks (Y Combinator, Techstars), and the rising number of paid newsletter communities. Regulatory exposure is minimal; the principal macro forces are the rate of new venture and bootstrapped company formation and the appetite for in-person convening, which influences the unit economics of the 13-city expansion.
Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Confirmed Hampton figures are company-reported; analogous market figures are drawn from incumbents' public materials, not from a single named industry report.
Competitive Landscape
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Hampton sits in a category with well-known incumbents (YPO, EO, Vistage, Tiger 21) and a newer cohort of vertically-targeted networks (Chief, FoundersCard, YEC, C12), and its positioning is to be the youngest, most tech-native, and most operator-relevant of the group.
| Company | Positioning | Stage / Funding | Notable Differentiator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton | Vetted network for high-growth founders and CEOs | Bootstrapped, ~$8M ARR reported | Tech-native operators, content-led acquisition via Sam Parr's media reach | [community.inc, 2024] [PUBLIC] |
| YPO | Global executive peer network | Established nonprofit, 34,000+ members | Largest global footprint, oldest brand, broad executive base | YPO public materials [PUBLIC] |
| EO (Entrepreneurs' Organization) | Peer network for entrepreneurs | Established nonprofit, 18,000+ members | Long-running forum format, chapter-based local presence | EO public materials [PUBLIC] |
| Vistage | CEO peer advisory groups | Private (Providence-backed), 45,000+ members | Facilitator-led groups, deep mid-market penetration | Vistage public materials [PUBLIC] |
| Chief | Private network for senior women executives | Venture-funded (Series B), reported $100M+ raised | Executive women focus, NYC and SF clubhouses | TechCrunch coverage [PUBLIC] |
| Tiger 21 | Peer network for high-net-worth investors | Established private | Wealth preservation focus, $50M+ net worth threshold | Tiger 21 public materials [PUBLIC] |
The segment-by-segment map is straightforward. Among the legacy incumbents, YPO and EO compete on global footprint and forum tradition, but their median member is older and frequently runs an offline business; Vistage competes on facilitated mid-market CEO groups but skews to non-tech operators. Tiger 21 competes on wealth preservation rather than operating peer support. Chief is the closest venture-funded analogue in posture (curated, branded, urban) but targets senior women executives across functions rather than founders specifically. FoundersCard, YEC, and C12 occupy different price and value points (perks, content, faith-based respectively).
Hampton's defensible edges today are three. First, distribution: Sam Parr's media presence through The Hustle and My First Million produces inbound applications at a customer acquisition cost that newer entrants cannot replicate. Second, vetting and cohort tightness: the $3M revenue / $3M funding / $10M exit bar and the eight-person core group format produce a member experience that members reference as a key reason for renewal [joinhampton.com, 2024]. Third, capital efficiency: a bootstrapped operation reportedly running at roughly $8M ARR [community.inc, 2024] enjoys structural margin advantages versus venture-funded competitors carrying clubhouse real estate or headcount-heavy operations. Of these, distribution is perishable (Parr's audience is finite and competitors can build their own media flywheels), while vetting and cohort tightness compound as the network grows in density.
Hampton's exposures are equally specific. YPO and Vistage have multi-decade local chapter infrastructure that Hampton's 13-city in-person expansion will need to compete with directly, and chapter-density advantages are slow to overcome. Chief has demonstrated that venture capital can build a clubhouse-anchored brand quickly, and if Chief or a comparable backer expands into the founder vertical, Hampton's bootstrapped pace becomes a relative constraint. Hampton also does not own a regulated channel (such as accreditation or continuing-education credit) that would lock in members the way professional associations can.
The most plausible 18-month scenario: the winner if the 13-city in-person rollout produces sticky local cohorts with strong renewal rates is Hampton, because it would have proven the model can scale beyond Slack and online events without requiring real-estate capex on the Chief model. The loser if a venture-funded competitor (Chief, or a new entrant) decides to target the founder segment with a $50M-plus war chest is Hampton's growth ceiling rather than the company itself, since bootstrapped pricing power and member quality should sustain a defensible core even under competitive pressure.
Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Hampton figures from company sources; competitor figures from incumbents' public materials and TechCrunch.
Opportunity
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If Hampton continues compounding members and revenue at its current trajectory while staying capital-efficient, the prize is to become the default peer network for the modern operator class, a position that incumbents took decades to build at comparable scale.
The headline opportunity. The single largest outcome Hampton could plausibly become is the YPO of the post-2010 founder generation: the network that operators in the $3M to $500M revenue band default to when they cross the threshold. The cited evidence makes that outcome reachable rather than aspirational because the company has already demonstrated three of the hardest things in community businesses: a vetting bar that members defend [joinhampton.com, 2024], a content engine that produces proprietary research worth signing up for [joinhampton.com, 2024], and a capital-efficient revenue base reported at roughly $8M ARR [community.inc, 2024]. The remaining task is duration, density per city, and product expansion, which are execution challenges rather than category-existence challenges.
Growth scenarios.
| Scenario | What happens | Catalyst | Why it's plausible |
|---|---|---|---|
| City-by-city density | Hampton's 13-city in-person rollout produces 50+ active members per metro, generating renewal rates above industry norms | Successful 2025 IRL core group launches [joinhampton.com, 2024] | Vistage and YPO have proven the chapter-density model supports decades-long retention |
| Tiered membership and research products | Premium tiers for higher-revenue operators plus paid access to research expand revenue per member 2x to 3x | Launch of stealth product Rosedale Insights [LinkedIn, 2026] | Bloomberg-style data products serving founder operators have no incumbent at this audience size |
| International expansion | Hampton replicates the model in London, Toronto, Singapore, and Sydney where founder density is high but local networks are fragmented | Partnership with a regional content brand or accelerator | YPO and EO have demonstrated international demand at much larger scale |
What compounding looks like. The flywheel is already visible. Each new member contributes survey data that improves the proprietary research. Better research drives more inbound applications [joinhampton.com, 2024]. More applications enable tighter vetting, which improves member quality, which improves renewal and word-of-mouth. The in-person core group structure adds a second compounding layer: every additional member in a metro increases the probability that a prospective member in that metro knows a current member, which lowers acquisition cost per new sign-up over time. Bootstrapped capital structure compounds the financial side: with no dilution and apparently healthy gross margins typical of paid communities, retained earnings can fund the 13-city rollout without external capital.
The size of the win. Credible comparables exist. Vistage, owned by Providence Equity Partners, has been reported in industry coverage as a business with hundreds of millions in annual revenue at 45,000+ members. Chief raised at a reported $1.1 billion valuation in 2022 at a smaller member base than its current size, demonstrating that public-market and private-market investors have valued executive network businesses at premium multiples when growth is intact. If Hampton executes the city-density and tiered-product scenarios and reaches, for example, 10,000 members at a blended $7,500 annual price, that is $75M in ARR (scenario, not a forecast), a revenue base that, at community-business multiples observed in the Chief and Vistage comparables, would translate into a valuation in the high hundreds of millions. The bootstrapped cap table makes that outcome unusually concentrated in founder and early-employee hands relative to venture-funded peers.
Data Accuracy: YELLOW -- Scenarios extrapolated from Hampton's reported figures and named comparables; explicitly labelled as scenarios, not forecasts.
Sources
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[joinhampton.com, 2024] Hampton, the private network for high-growth founders | https://joinhampton.com/
[joinhampton.com, 2024] Hampton Wall of Fame, What 1,000+ Founders Say | https://joinhampton.com/wall-of-fame
[joinhampton.com, 2024] Hampton Blog | https://joinhampton.com/blog
[joinhampton.com, 2024] Hampton is Launching IRL Core Groups in 13 Cities | https://joinhampton.com/blog/hamptons-launching-irl-core-groups-in-13-cities
[joinhampton.com, 2024] Hampton's Focus in 2025 | https://joinhampton.com/blog/hampton-2025-product-roadmap
[joinhampton.com, 2024] What You Get in Hampton, Core Groups, Events, Slack and More | https://joinhampton.com/explore-membership
[joinhampton.com, 2024] Hampton Reports | https://joinhampton.com/reports
[joinhampton.com, 2024] SaaS Report from Hampton | https://joinhampton.com/saas-report
[TechCrunch, 2023] Hampton is tech's new membership community for chief executive officers | https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/29/hampton-is-techs-new-membership-community-for-chief-executive-officers/
[Crunchbase, 2024] Hampton, Crunchbase Company Profile and Funding | https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hampton-2c86
[ZoomInfo, 2024] Hampton VC, Overview, News and Similar Companies | https://www.zoominfo.com/c/hampton-vc-llc/5000049522
[LinkedIn, 2024] Hampton on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/myhampton
[LinkedIn, 2026] Tommy Magill, Hampton on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommy-magill-96474371/
[X (Twitter), 2024] Hampton (@HamptonFounders) on X | https://x.com/HamptonFounders
[Scribd, 2024] Hampton Prospective Members, 2024 Salary and Compensation Report | https://www.scribd.com/document/942215452/Hampton-Prospective-Members-2024-Salary-Compensation-Report
[community.inc, 2024] Hampton ARR and member milestone coverage | referenced via community.inc
[capitaly.vc, 2024] Hampton membership pricing reference | referenced via capitaly.vc
[inc.com, 2024] Inc. coverage of Hampton membership criteria and core group structure | referenced via inc.com
Articles about Hampton
- Hampton Is Selling 1,000 Founders a $10,000 Seat at a Monthly Dinner Table — Sam Parr's bootstrapped peer network has reached roughly $8M ARR by treating vetting, not software, as the product.