Hustle Commons

📣 A quick announcement

Hey friends! Brian here.

Today's article is going to be a little different.

Elizabeth Yin from Hustle Fund is sharing some exciting news.

I'll be back next week with our regular programming, but for today, I'm handing the mic over to Elizabeth.

And now… Take it away Elizabeth!

📰 Today's topic: Launching Hustle Fund's media hub

Today I'm excited to announce the launch of Hustle Commons!

8 years ago, when we first started this business, the only thing we knew was that we wanted to build a company we wished we had had by our sides as founders. 

Since then, we’ve been building this company like crazy - we’ve backed 600+ companies across multiple funds. We started and have grown our Angel Squad to 2500+ incredible angel investors globally. We run 50 founder and investor events per year. And write content across our 3 newsletters and our social media channels. 

And we are just getting started. 

But it’s clear to me that our Hustle Fund startup ecosystem is a crazy beast and is quite confusing. What are we? A VC firm? A media company? An angel group? It’s weird - I know - we’re weird. 

So, today, we’re spinning out all of our media activities into Hustle Commons. Hustle Commons is a central hub where early stage founders can come and find the resources they need for their startup. It’ll include articles, books, and videos to provide tactical knowledge on entrepreneurial topics. It’ll feature events for founders, investors, and employees of startups. And eventually, it may feature products and services useful for venture businesses.

Why are we doing this? 

Our mission at Hustle Fund is to democratize wealth through startups. And a big part of that to date has been in sharing the knowledge that we’ve learned in our own founder journeys over the years. 

But, that only goes so far. 

We want to bring in other voices from other investors. We want to bring in founders - both in and out of the portfolio - to share their learnings and experiences. Sometimes the advice other people will give may directly conflict with advice I’d give. Sometimes we want to just talk smack about Eric and his minivan (oh wait we already do…). 

But that’s all ok. 

We think it’s important for the startup ecosystem at large to hear a variety of perspectives on how to start and grow a business from those who have done it before. And the appropriate avenue to feature all of this is Hustle Commons. 

There's a lot of work to do here, and we're excited to build this. And more importantly, we’re excited to build this with you. Stay tuned for ways you can get involved and be featured on Hustle Commons. Let’s cook!

– Elizabeth from Hustle Fund

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Rodrigo Martinez | Monterrey, Mexico

Harvard Law + Columbia MPA + Cornell MBA

Lawyer admitted in both Mexico and New York with LL.M. from Harvard Law, MPA from Columbia SIPA, and MBA from Cornell Johnson. Holistic approach to legal matters related to business.

Why this matters: Rodrigo's triple threat education (law + policy + business) across two legal jurisdictions makes him perfect for evaluating startups with international ambitions. Most lawyers focus on compliance – he understands business strategy and policy implications. Critical for Latin American market expansion.

Rodrigo is in our angel investing community, Angel Squad. Small Bets subscribers can grab a 30 day guest pass to join them.

Overheard in SF…probably

“We failed fast, failed often, and failed completely. But that just means we're iterating toward success at 10x speed. Failure is our MVP.”