How To Come Up With Billion Dollar Business Ideas | Hubspot Co-Founder Dharmesh Shah

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

July 12, 2022

Duration

1h 28m

Channel

My First Million

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd - Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk to Co-Founder & CTO of HubSpot, Dharmesh Shah (@dharmesh), about why a bad economy is a good time to start a business, creating an alternative to Wordle, and the trillion dollar Venn diagram of success. Also, want $5,000? Check out the My First Million Clips contest (https://www.mfmpod.com/p/clips/). — Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
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• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

💰 Pitch your startup for a shot at a $1M investment with Sam Parr as the MC https://clickhubspot.com/pitch ----- Links:

• HubSpot - https://www.hubspot.com

• Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy article - http://www.paulgraham.com/badeconomy.html

• WordPlay - https://wordplay.com

• Shaan's Maven writing course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing

• Shaan tweet about starting the next Pixar - https://twitter.com/ShaanVP/status/1541517141672833026?s=20&t=3cn4kPT4NVCfmlrCx_j9xA 📧: Sign up for The Hustle Daily Newsletter: https://mfmpod.link/ru5 🎙️: Download Our Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/RQX2bowQ A podcast where we brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities we see in the market. Sometimes we have famous guests, and they do it with us. ----- Show Notes: (00:00) - Intro (01:08) - Why renting is better than owning (23:20) - Framework for three types of employees (33:25) - Why Dharmesh built WordPlay (01:06:10) - Driving value through an intersection of skills (Trillion dollar Venn diagram) (01:10:25) - Why Shaan is starting the next Pixar ------- For more quality videos subscribe here ➡https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyaN6mg5u8Cjy2ZI4ikWaug?sub_confirmation=1 🔔 Turn on notifications to stay updated with new uploads #shorts #youtubeshorts Like || Share || Subscribe

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Dharmesh Shah

  guest

  Co-founder and CTO of HubSpot, known for product leadership and angel investing.

• Sam Parr

  host

  Co-host of My First Million and founder of The Hustle (acquired by HubSpot).

• Shaan Puri

  host

  Co-host of My First Million and entrepreneur/investor (including creator of The Milk Road).

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of My First Million, featuring Dharmesh Shah and Sam Parr, How To Come Up With Billion Dollar Business Ideas | Hubspot Co-Founder Dharmesh Shah explores dharmesh Shah on Rare Skill Combos, Iteration, and Courage Dharmesh Shah argues that downturns can be a good time to start a company because talent and marketing channels become cheaper, and startups must win hires through arbitrage rather than salary.

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