"I'm this close to firing you right now."\nThat'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.\n"If you want passion and purpose," she said, "you've got to look somewhere else."\nFrustrated with the internal cultures at the organizations he worked in, Hung wanted to attend a culture-building conference.\nThe only problem? That event didn't exist.\nSensing a void in the market, Hung was inspired to create Culture Summit.\nWith 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.\nHe had more than 200 attendees for that first event and was profitable from day one.\nBy year two, Hung\u2019s Culture Summit, at CultureSummit.co was a 6-figure business \u2013 all on the side from his day job.\nThis was after Hung almost gave up and his partner left the business when they didn\u2019t sell any tickets for the first three months.\nTune in to hear how Hung validated his idea for his conference, how he sold his first tickets, and how he\u2019s grown this side hustle into a full-time business with attendees from 5 continents, and where he wants to go from here.\nFull Show Notes: Event Hosting: How to Bring Your Tribe Together and Build a 6-Figure Conference on the Side