Hustl

A warm welcome to Paul Bennett and Ben Shipway, Co-founders of our newest company Hustl - a SaaS platform operating at the heart of two significant macro trends (the growth?of ecommerce and the rise in entrepreneurship/side businesses).? ? Hustl provides an app that dramatically changes the way ecommerce entrepreneurs run their small businesses.? ? Small ecommerce businesses are often single person enterprises and often operated as a side hustle.?So, whilst there is the passion and dream of building the world’s next big thing, managing everything day to day can be tough. There’s admin to sort out. Sales platforms to monitor. Orders to prioritise. Urgent tasks to deal with. The packing, weighing, finding the best shipping deal. These are hassles that nobody enjoys.? ? Using Hustl means working smarter not harder by bringing processes, sales channels, orders and shipping together to easily stay on top of things — wherever, whenever. Everything is optimised for founders to be more productive. And all the info they need is right at their fingertips, so they’ve got the freedom to focus on growing. Or the freedom to focus on more of what they love doing.? ? Hustl was founded in 2023 and following research and development, the Hustl App was launched in July 2024.???? Find out more ?? https://hustl.app/ #Startups #Founders #Incubator #Accelerator #Ecommerce

The founder journey is hard. I mean really hard, particularly if you're very particular, like me. Lots of hard work and lots of pressure of course mean many hours of work, and so it's incredibly important to take some down time and focus on family and relaxation. Am I still working? Of course I am (a bit). Do I mind? Not at all. Doing something you love doesn't feel like work, especially when you're by the pool, in 35 degrees with a cocktail in hand!

How we're solving a real problem for eCommerce small businesses... So, here it is! We are very proud that Hustl is now officially launched. It’s in the App Stores now and ready to dramatically change the way eCommerce entrepreneurs run their small businesses. Small eCommerce businesses are often single person enterprises and often operated as a side hustle. So, whilst there is the passion and dream of building the world’s next big thing, managing everything day to day can be tough. There’s admin to sort out. Sales platforms to monitor. Orders to prioritise. Urgent tasks to deal with. The packing, weighing, finding the best shipping deal. These are hassles that nobody enjoys. Enter Hustl! We are giving people their most precious commodity back - time! Using Hustl means working smarter not harder by bringing their processes, sales channels, orders and shipping together. They can easily stay on top of things — wherever, whenever. Everything is optimised so they’re more productive. And all the info they need is right at their fingertips. So they’ve got the freedom to focus on growing. Or the freedom to focus on more of what they love doing - family time, gym, binging a series…… Our aim now is to build Hustl to become THE App for small eCommerce operators to start, run and grow their eCommerce side hustle. Less hassle. More Hustl. Check out our new Explainer Film to find out more. https://lnkd.in/dXtJqKj4 Massive thanks to my brilliant Co-Founder Ben Shipway who has worked super smart and also very hard) to get us here. It's been an amazing journey together so far and I am so appreciative of his companionship, skills and work ethic. And big thanks to our families for all their support and patience over these last months. Massive kudos to Anna-Louise Mead Gideon? Barker Steven Anderson Ben Mott Alice Bridges Benjamin Hostler Richard Windsor Karen Pennington Lorenzo Campbell Tom Price Kate Sikora Pete Nicholson Louise Griffin Michael King Paul Chapman and many more who have been so instrumental on the journey so far. Huge thanks also to all our investors for their support and trust. There is still a window of opportunity to join them and invest in Hustl at this stage- so please do message me if you are interested in knowing more.

The last six months have been an immersion into the world of pitching to investors. Here are my top 3 learnings: ? 1. Keep it short. Often pitches are seen in the same session as others, so going on too much won’t help your cause. You need to be credible but this is definitley possible in 10 well thought through slides or fewer. We've even done 5 minute pitch presentations and it definitely helps you decide what is really important. ?? 2. Storytelling. Focus on the story. The problem - how you found it and how you will solve it. Bring to life the people who will benefit from your solution and why. How will it change their day to day work or lives. Send round a fuller, figure laden presentation afterwards if need be, once investors are captured by your story. ?? 3. It is as much about the team as the idea. People need to trust you, your experience and your ability to execute - so focus on this as much as the idea. Relevance in the industry and proven delivery experience can only help. As a extra point, what has surprised me most is that even though sometimes you get a yes ? and sometimes you get no ? , the reasons for either are not always logical. You just have roll with the highs and lows, keep believing in yourself and your idea and push on regardless…. Those are my thoughts but would love to hear yours too...