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Each week I’ll be bringing you interviews with people who worked for some of the most well known startups ever, lessons learned from their time at said companies, and tips and tricks you can steal to get some of the most sought after jobs.

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

    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

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    #2 - Growing a Business from $10k a month to Over 8 Figures with Adam Ryan of The Hustle

    Adam Ryan is the President of The Hustle. He has been with the company since they were doing $10k a month in business to now doing over 8 figures a year. Adam joined the company to be the first sales person but now runs the complete day to day operations. In this episode, he talks about moving up quickly in the company, what it takes and what he recommends to anyone else who wants to move up fast at a startup. He also speak about how things are going at The Hustle during this crazy time, a few tips on how to get an interview and how to get a job at The Hustle. Show Notes: 2:50 - Spiceworks taught him how to go from 1-100M 3:30 - Why Adam left under armor to joint the hustle 5:20 - Why Adam doesn’t love big companies 6:38 - 10K a month when he joined to $1.5M in a year. 8:17 - What made them change business model 8:57 - What it felt like to go from if to when 10:30 - What Adam uses weeks and nights to keep up with the growth of The Hustle 13:30 - How to be successful at a fast growing company (Adams first question he asked when hiring) 14:40 - Advice to people joining start ups 15:20 - How they’re handling corona. Contingency plans, etc. 17:20 - Is the hustle currently thinking about Layoffs 17:50 - Tools that will not get cut? Sales force and another big name 19:30 - Startups that stand out to Adam 20:40 - Adams billion dollar idea 23:00 - 100 million dollar ideas 24:20 - What Adam looks for in separating yourself as an employee 25:00 - How to get in the door about a company 26:20 - Positions The Hustle is hiring for

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Each week I’ll be bringing you interviews with people who worked for some of the most well known startups ever, lessons learned from their time at said companies, and tips and tricks you can steal to get some of the most sought after jobs.