#161: Yamini Rangan, CEO of HubSpot — Fortune favors the focused
How Leaders Lead with David Novak
David Novak Leadership
4.8 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to How Leaders Lead, where every week you get to listen in while I interview some of the very best leaders in the world. |
| 0:10.4 | I break down the key learning so that by the end of the episode, you'll have something simple that you can apply as you develop into a better leader. |
| 0:17.8 | That's what this podcast is all about. |
| 0:20.6 | You know, as a leader, I bet you've got |
| 0:22.6 | a lot of things vying for your attention. How do you know what deserves your time and focus and |
| 0:28.9 | what doesn't? Well, today's conversation is going to help you answer that big question. |
| 0:34.9 | I'm joined by the CEO of HubSpot, Yamany Rongan. Now, if you don't know, |
| 0:40.7 | HubSpot is a $2 billion online customer relationship management platform, and it's growing by |
| 0:47.0 | leaps and bounds. And a big reason for their success is this very clear sense of focus that |
| 0:53.7 | Yomani has instilled to help everyone make |
| 0:56.2 | better decisions and prioritize the right opportunities. In fact, Yomini even has a phrase for it, |
| 1:04.3 | fortune favors the focused. The way you apply your attention and focus has a huge bearing |
| 1:10.0 | on the results you can achieve. |
| 1:11.6 | So if you're feeling spread a little thin, or you're just not sure what you need to be focused on right now to really move the needle for your organization, then you're going to love my conversation with my good friend and soon to be yours. |
| 1:26.6 | Yomani Rangan. |
| 1:33.8 | You know, I've had so much fun researching you because you are one heck of a CEO, |
| 1:40.1 | and I just love your approach to culture and people and customers, |
| 1:43.4 | so I can't really wait to get into this. |
| 1:45.6 | But if you could give us a snapshot of HubSpot and the business you're leading today, |
| 1:51.0 | I'd really appreciate it. |
| 1:52.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:52.5 | Thank you for having me again. |
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