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We're Back.
It’s that time again! Showcase your startup's unicorn potential at our annual pitch competition, “Million Dollar Pitch.” This year's contest is in collaboration with AWS.
Apply for the chance to be one of six incredible startup leaders flown to HubSpot’s INBOUND conference in Boston, MA to pitch their businesses to a panel of top-tier judges.
Not only will Startups receive invaluable feedback, but they will also be considered for an investment of up to one million dollars from HubSpot Ventures.
Applications for 2024 are now closed.
See our official competition rules for more information.
MC | Sam Parr, Founder @ The Hustle
Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur and business media pioneer. In 2016, he founded The Hustle, a business news media company that started in his kitchen with just $12 and grew to eight figures in revenue. Sam led the charge in making newsletters popular when few believed in their potential. After four successful years, he sold The Hustle to HubSpot. Sam remains the host of the popular business podcast, My First Million, and continues to start and sell companies. He also co-founded Hampton, a highly vetted community for entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, and teaches people to write better through his platform, Copy That.
Jillian Williams, Partner @ Cowboy Ventures
Jillian Williams is a partner at Cowboy Ventures focused on investing in Seed stage founders with a specialized focus on fintech and vertical SaaS. Prior to joining Cowboy, Jillian was an investor at Anthemis, an early-stage fintech focused venture firm, focused across North America and Europe. She also serves as the head of BLCK VC NYC, the NY arm of BLCK VC. She received her BA from Yale and started her career at Barclays in the Financial Institutions Group.
Kathryn Van Nuys, Head of Startup Business Development for North America @ AWS
Kathryn is the Head of Startup Business Development for North America at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Her team works with leading investors and founders to help the world’s most innovative companies build, scale, and disrupt. Kathryn spent the earlier part of her career in financial services starting in debt capital markets then sales and trading at Citigroup and Lehman Brothers. She later moved into early-stage startups where she built and led capital markets and partnership teams. Kathryn holds a B.A. in Economics from Columbia University and is a proud mother to two daughters.
Kieran Flanagan, SVP Marketing @ HubSpot
Kieran is a CMO and SVP of marketing for brands like Zapier and HubSpot. He's also an active angel investor, Sequoia scout, and advisor to some of the fastest-growing tech companies in the industry. He is a co-host for the number one marketing podcast, 'Marketing Against the Grain,' and he writes a popular newsletter teaching businesses how to accelerate their go-to-market with AI.
Claire Hughes Johnson, Corporate Officer & Advisor @ Stripe
Claire Hughes Johnson currently serves as a corporate officer and advisor for Stripe, a global technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet. Claire previously served as Stripe’s Chief Operating Officer from 2014 to 2021, where she helped the company grow from less than 200 employees to more than 6,000. At various times, she led business operations, sales, marketing, customer support, risk, real estate and all of the people functions, including recruiting and HR. She is the author of The Wall Street Journal best-seller Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building, published in March 2023. Claire currently serves on the boards of Hubspot, The Atlantic, Aurora Innovation, and Ameresco.
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