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#197 with Dharmesh Shah - Frameworks for Becoming a Billionaire (From a Billionaire's Perspective)

2021/7/7
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My First Million

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Sam (@TheSamParr) and Shaan (@ShaanVP) are joined by HubSpot co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah (@Dharmesh). Dharmesh shares his thought process behind buying the Hustle, how he thinks about time & money, and how HubSpot came to be. They close the episode talking about ideas around a better version of LinkedIn and the future of software.



Show notes:

  • (0:57) Intro

  • (9:10) The inside scoop on why HubSpot bought The Hustle

  • (14:00) What it's like to be a billionaire

  • (18:54) A framework on the relationship between time & money

  • (24:50) Rich guy questions

  • (28:24) Dharmesh on the beginnings of HubSpot

  • (37:10) Idea: A blockchain version of LinkedIn

  • (45:35) Dharmesh on BitClout

  • (50:22) Idea: NLP, the future of software

  • (53:20) Growth Bot & website graders

  • (59:25) Dharmesh on GPT-3

  • (1:02:55) Idea: A community for remote work

  • (1:04:41) Deal trophies

  • (1:06:56) A framework to evaluate startup ideas

  • (1:13:55) Constructive podcast criticism

  • (1:18:36) Outro