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Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: From Day 0 to IPO. What Went to Plan. What Most Certainly Didn’t (Video, Podcast + Transcript)

SaaStr

Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. We have someone that probably 98 percent of you know virtually or socially in some sense, Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot. But of course, it wasn’t always quite that big!

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How to Close the Enterprise When You’re Just a Startup (Summit Replay)

Sales Hacker

First strategy here is to build the relationship on a human level , and I think one element of that is you’ve got to get in person. If you are trying to overcome no brand and market, you can’t ask somebody for a three year contract. Down the road, you can say, “ I demand a two year contract. I see this all the time.