297: Event Hosting: How to Bring Your Tribe Together and Build a 6-Figure Conference on the Side

<p>"I'm this close to firing you right now."</p> <p>That's what Hung Pham's boss told him when he reached out about ways to get his team more engaged with the company's overall mission.</p> <p>"If you want passion and purpose," she said, "you've got to look somewhere else."</p> <p>Frustrated with the internal cultures at the organizations he worked in, Hung wanted to attend a culture-building conference.</p> <p>The only problem? That event didn't exist.</p> <p>Sensing a void in the market, Hung was inspired to create <a href="https://www.culturesummit.co/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Culture Summit</a>.</p> <p>With nothing more than a website, a few contacts booked as speakers, and a whole load of enthusiasm, Hung started emailing prospective attendees and getting the word out within the right circles.</p> <p>He had <strong>more than 200 attendees for that first event</strong> and was profitable from day one.</p> <p>By year two, Hung’s Culture Summit, at <a href= "https://www.culturesummit.co/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">CultureSummit.co</a> was a 6-figure business – all on the side from his day job.</p> <p>This was after Hung almost gave up and his partner left the business when they didn’t sell any tickets for the first three months.</p> <p>Tune in to hear how Hung validated his idea for his conference, how he sold his first tickets, and how he’s grown this side hustle into a full-time business with attendees from 5 continents, and where he wants to go from here.</p>