Four very different starting points, four very different paths to the same stage. Photo via Pexels.
Russell Brunson and Iman Gadzhi are the names carrying the Side Hustle Summit ads, but the lineup announced for the event runs deeper — and the guest speakers joining them have stories worth knowing before September 6. Here's who's actually confirmed, and what's verifiable about each of them.
Myron Golden
Myron Golden's story starts in a place most business speakers don't mention: working as a garbage collector, a job he's talked about openly for years, including in his bestselling book From the Trash Man to the Cash Man. From there, he built Titan Marketing Group, a consulting company he later sold — a deal widely reported at around $40 million. He now runs Skillionaire Enterprises, a business growth and sales coaching company that's appeared on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies.
Golden is known specifically for applying structured, direct-response sales frameworks to online offers — the kind of concrete, repeatable systems rather than vague motivational advice. If the Summit's AI-powered offer-building content needs a sales structure behind it, this is the speaker whose background lines up with that piece.
Eric Thomas
Known worldwide as "ET the Hip Hop Preacher," Eric Thomas built his reputation on one of the most-watched motivational speeches on the internet, When You Want to Succeed as Bad as You Want to Breathe. His story is well documented, including on Wikipedia: he spent two years homeless as a teenager in Detroit before turning his life around, eventually earning a PhD in Education Administration from Michigan State University.
Thomas has since worked with organizations including Nike, Google, and General Electric, and is a New York Times bestselling author for You Owe You. At an event built around starting something from very little, his presence brings the mindset and persistence angle — the part of the pitch that isn't about tools at all.
Eileen Wilder
Eileen Wilder spent roughly two decades as a pastor before a ministry transition in 2017 left her family needing to rebuild their income quickly — a period she's described as living in a small apartment while her husband drove for Uber. She says she turned her comfort with public speaking into a business built around "selling from stage" at virtual events, and now runs several brands including Confident Closer and Virtual Event Secrets.
She's shared stages with Brunson, Tony Robbins, and T.D. Jakes, and is referred to in the industry as "The Queen of Stages." Her specific dollar claims — like generating a million dollars in a single day — are her own reported figures rather than independently audited numbers, the same treatment we give every big claim on this site. Her actual expertise, high-ticket sales and live event conversion, is well documented across multiple independent sources.
Four speakers, four different specialties: sales structure, mindset, high-ticket conversion, and the two hosts covering funnels and digital products. That range is worth knowing before deciding what the event can actually teach you.
Why the Speaker Lineup Matters More Than It Seems
A single presenter can only cover so much ground in a live event. A lineup that spans sales systems, mindset, and stage-based conversion suggests the Summit is structured around covering multiple skill gaps rather than one speaker's single area of expertise repeated five different ways. Whether that translates into value for you personally still depends on which gap you actually need filled — but it's a more complete picture than the ad creative alone gives you.
A note on verification: Career backgrounds and public achievements described above (book titles, business sales, academic degrees, media appearances) are documented across multiple independent sources, including Wikipedia for Eric Thomas. Specific income figures each speaker cites about their own results are self-reported and treated the same way as every other unaudited number covered on this site.
Frequently Asked Questions
Alongside hosts Russell Brunson and Iman Gadzhi, the announced guest speakers include Myron Golden (sales and business growth), Eric Thomas (mindset and resilience), and Eileen Wilder (high-ticket sales and virtual events).
Yes, this background is documented across multiple sources and forms the basis of his bestselling book. His later business sale and current companies are also independently verifiable.
Yes. His background, including two years of homelessness as a teenager and his later PhD from Michigan State University, is documented on Wikipedia and multiple independent biography sources.
Her career pivot from pastor to high-ticket sales expert is well documented. Specific income figures she cites, such as making a million dollars in a day, are her own self-reported claims, not independently audited.
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