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.
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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