#4 - Pete Caputa, # 15 Employee at Hubspot and The CEO of DataBox, Talks About How His Tenacity Shaped His Success Riding a Rocket

In this episode we talk to Peter Caputa about how he went from struggling entrepreneur to Hubspot VP to CEO of a multimillion dollar ARR business!

2:00 - Why did you decide to join hubspot?
4:45 - The reason you joined hubspot was because of the financial benefit or something else?
6:27 - What started your idea of creating the hubspot partner program?
10:45 - Why did he continue to push hubspot partner program after being told no so many times?
12:00 - How old were you when you were creating hubspot partner program?
13:20 - What are the characteristics of someone who is successful at a start up?
15:00 - Do you think joining a start up is the right way to get rich? Or why should people join a startup?
16:20 - How to see a rocketship company
18:00 - How did you negotiate for more equity over time?
19:11 - How Pete won 50,000 shares of hubspot stock
23:15 - How do you view the long term goal of Databox?
26:51 - What was the ARR when you joined Databox?
- few thousand dollars.
- 1.1M in july 2018
- jan 2019 1.7M
- 2.8M Arr
- check blog post called how to manage performance during crisis
28:00 - How COVID-19 has effected Databox.
32:00- How to make your SEO better using Databox
34:00 - Why did he choose the go to market strategy that he chose for Databox
41:00 - Does Databox have direct sales reps?
43:20 - Is Databox hiring?
45:00 - Databox on remote working