Framework · 2 notes · discussed by Dharmesh Shah, Tom Conrad

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Lenny’s Podcast139 min

Zigging vs. zagging: How HubSpot built a $30B company

Dharmesh Shah · Apr 4, 2024
Key learnings
  • Treat public speaking and other hard skills as decomposable into sub-skills, then practice and measure each incrementally, such…
  • Structure humor by ending a bit on the punchline, then pausing so the audience can react, and reuse a story's setup to land…
  • Decline roles you are not good at and do not enjoy; Shah avoided direct reports because he would rather spend his energy on…
Lenny’s Podcast115 min

Billion dollar failures, and billion dollar success

Tom Conrad · Nov 26, 2023
Key learnings
  • Choose where to work by the people you'd collaborate with, not just the product; your satisfaction tracks team relationships more…
  • Trust your gut about a team's values and working style early; Conrad says he has consistently sensed mismatches before joining…
  • Build a model of the whole business equation (investment in, returns out, over a time horizon) so you can see which levers have…