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14 Black Inventors You Probably Didn’t Know About
14 Black Inventors You Probably Didn’t Know About
Many people have read the story of how George Washington Carver invented over 300 products made from peanuts: flour, paste, insulation…
Pamela Rosario Pérez
Feb 26, 2017
The iPhone X is the Beginning of the End for Phones
The iPhone X is the Beginning of the End for Phones
Another year, another phone announcement. On September 12 Apple unveiled its tenth-anniversary iPhone fittingly named the ‘iPhone X’ and…
Owen Williams
Sep 19, 2017
Why Good People Leave Large Tech Companies
Why Good People Leave Large Tech Companies
I was visiting with an ex-student who’s now the CFO of a large public tech company. The company is still one of the hottest places to work…
Steve Blank
Jul 18, 2017
The 41 Best Places to Learn Something New Every Day
The 41 Best Places to Learn Something New Every Day
Learn something new and get smarter with these awesome sites and courses.
Larry Kim
Aug 2, 2016
Why Successful Startups Stumble at 40+ Employees
Why Successful Startups Stumble at 40+ Employees
Last week I got a call from Patrick an ex-student I hadn’t heard from for 8 years. He was now the CEO of a company and wanted to talk about…
Steve Blank
Aug 23, 2017
12 Uncomfortable Things That Will Make You More Successful
12 Uncomfortable Things That Will Make You More Successful
by Meghan Keaney Anderson, VP of Marketing at HubSpot
HubSpot
Apr 13, 2016
Scale-up Leadership Lessons I’ve Learned Over 9 Years as HubSpot’s CEO
Scale-up Leadership Lessons I’ve Learned Over 9 Years as HubSpot’s CEO
HubSpot is 9 years old. I consider that we spent our first 6–7 years in “startup” mode, where we got through product/market fit and got our…
Brian Halligan
Jan 10, 2016
The Startup Founder’s Guide to Analytics
The Startup Founder’s Guide to Analytics
You need analytics.
Tristan Handy
Mar 31, 2017
Strategy Is Not A To Do List
Strategy Is Not A To Do List
I had breakfast with two of my ex-students from Singapore who were building a really interesting startup. They were deep into Customer…
Steve Blank
Oct 9, 2017
What Elon Musk Taught Me About Growing A Business
What Elon Musk Taught Me About Growing A Business
This article is based on a presentation I gave at HubSpot’s annual INBOUND event (this year, the event has grown to 21,000+ people).
Dharmesh Shah
Oct 16, 2017
7 Lessons From 100+ Failed Startups
7 Lessons From 100+ Failed Startups
There’s a joke about startups. “For every 10 startups you see in the market, 11 of them will fail.” I didn’t want to think that my startup…
Anastasia Mudrova
May 25, 2017
11 Fascinating Books on Harvard Business School’s Required Reading List
11 Fascinating Books on Harvard Business School’s Required Reading List
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on HubSpot’s Marketing Blog.
Lauren Hintz
Aug 8, 2016
Why Some Startups Win
Why Some Startups Win
I was having a second coffee with an ex student, now the head of a marketing inside a rapidly growing startup. His company had marched…
Steve Blank
Apr 5, 2017
HubSpot’s Playbook for Going From Startup to Scale-up
HubSpot’s Playbook for Going From Startup to Scale-up
I consider companies as going through four stages of an S-Curve:
Brian Halligan
Feb 25, 2016
Why Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join Them
Why Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join Them
If you asked me why I gravitated to startups rather than work in a large company I would have answered at various times:
Steve Blank
May 7, 2018
The Difference Between Innovators and Entrepreneurs
The Difference Between Innovators and Entrepreneurs
I just received a thank-you note from a student who attended a fireside chat I held at the ranch. Something I said seemed to inspire her:
Steve Blank
Apr 30, 2018
15 Uncomfortable Things That Will Make You More Successful
15 Uncomfortable Things That Will Make You More Successful
Nearly 2,000 Medium readers have recommended the first version of this article. So I’m bringing it back, this time with a few new…
Meghan Keaney Anderson
Jun 22, 2017
“I was sued for sounding like myself”
“I was sued for sounding like myself”
A Glimpse Inside the Wild World of Music Publishing
Erik Devaney
Dec 1, 2015
These 5 Brilliant TED Talks Will Teach You How to Be a Great Leader
These 5 Brilliant TED Talks Will Teach You How to Be a Great Leader
Companies spend a crazy amount of money each year training their employees — on average, $1,208 per employee, as of 2013. A lot of time and…
Larry Kim
Nov 20, 2016
Stores Are Using Music to Make You Spend More
Stores Are Using Music to Make You Spend More
Here’s How
Erik Devaney
Jan 7, 2016
Deep, Dark Thoughts On Being Different
Deep, Dark Thoughts On Being Different
It took me years to even start writing this post and at least the last 2 years to actually publish it. And even then, I only posted it to…
Dharmesh Shah
Oct 29, 2018
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