Near Death Accidents, Hitting $1B ARR, and Selling Like the Grateful Dead with Brian Halligan, Founder & Executive Chairman of HubSpot

My First Million

Hubspot

Entrepreneurship, Business, Investing

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Brian Halligan (@BHalligan), founder & executive chairman (and former CEO) of HubSpot, joins Sam (@TheSamParr) and Shaan (@ShaanVP) to discuss what he learned from nearly dying in a snowmobile accident, how he took HubSpot from nothing to $1 billion in ARR, and what he learned about marketing from the Grateful Dead. He also discusses what he does day-to-day, why he has always preferred inbound marketing, how to manage creatives, and much more. --------- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. --------- Show Notes: * (1:37) Brian’s snowmobiling accident that nearly killed him * (7:18) How Brian’s life has changed since * (13:07) What Brian actually does day-to-day * (28:39) Why has always Brian preferred inbound marketing * (32:00) Businesses that can be built on top of HubSpot * (33:34) Org chart business opportunities * (36:14) Climate Tech Opportunities * (50:50) How to Manage Creatives * (55:35) What the Grateful Dead can teach us about marketing

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0:00.0	All right, QuickBag to tell you about another podcast that we're interested in right now.
0:04.4	Hosepot just launched a Shark Tank rewatch podcast called Another Bite.
0:08.9	Every week, the host relived the latest and greatest pitches from Shark Tank, from Squatty
0:13.1	Potty, to the Mention a Bench, to Ring Doorbell, and they break down why these pitches were
0:18.6	winners or losers, and each company's go-to-market strategy, branding, pricing, valuation, everything.
0:24.2	Basically, all the things you want to know about how to survive the tank and scale your
0:28.4	company on your own.
0:29.6	If you want to give it a listen, you can find another bite on whatever podcast I've
0:32.9	been listening to, like Apple or Spotify, or whatever you're using right now.
0:36.2	All right, back to the show.
0:38.1	This is kind of like a movie, right?
0:39.8	So, like, Guy Builds, Huge Tech Company, becomes billionaire, has life-changing accident,
0:45.6	changes everything, gives it all up, explores the world, it becomes like a monk.
1:03.7	You've never met Sean, right?
1:05.4	No.
1:06.4	If you say something you don't like, you can just fire Sam, and that pretty much takes
1:09.6	care of the whole thing.
1:10.6	I love that.
1:11.6	I love that.
1:12.6	I love that.
1:13.6	I love that.
1:16.3	Okay, so you listen to the very first episode, or just like A random episode?
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