Iman Gadzhi at Side Hustle Summit 2026

Who Iman Gadzhi is

Iman Gadzhi left school at sixteen and built a marketing agency, then turned what he learned doing it into GrowYourAgency, a training company for people trying to do the same. He later launched Educate, a broader education platform, and built a social audience in the millions along the way.

He is one of the most visible figures in the younger end of the online business world, and also one of the more polarising - a fact worth naming rather than dancing around. What is not in dispute is the size of the audience he reaches and the number of beginners who got their first client through his material.

What he is teaching at the Summit

Iman carries the first three sessions - September 6, 7 and 8 - and returns for the Day 5 live build with Russell on September 13. That makes him the primary voice of the week for anyone starting from zero.

• Day 1, September 6 - The Best Side Hustle to Start in 2026. The filter session. Which model, why that one, and what to ignore.
• Day 2, September 7 - How to Build Your First Side Hustle With AI. The build session. Offer, assets, copy and delivery, produced rather than learned.
• Day 3, September 8 - The Untapped Digital Goldmine. Where demand is currently outrunning supply, and how a beginner positions into it.

Why his half matters more if you are starting from nothing

The gap most beginners never cross is not scaling. It is starting. Choosing one thing, building one thing, and getting one stranger to pay for it. That is exactly the territory Iman’s three sessions sit in.

Russell’s material is more valuable per hour once you have something that works. Iman’s is more valuable before that point. If you have never sold anything online, days one through three are the ones to protect on your calendar, and the schedule page has the local times for each.

What to expect from his style

Iman teaches faster and more tactically than Russell, closer to a screen-share than a keynote. Expect specific tools, specific prompts, and less framework language. That makes his sessions easier to act on the same day and easier to fall behind in if you are only half watching.

One honest note: his content leans hard on aspiration, and the income figures used at events like this represent the top of the distribution rather than the middle. Take the tactics, hold the numbers loosely. The FAQ covers this openly.