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Brian Halligan

Today my guest is Brian Hallagan, co-founder and longtime CEO of HubSpot.

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“Today my guest is Brian Hallagan, co-founder and longtime CEO of HubSpot.”

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Every company has one true center of gravity — know which, and re-engineer incentives to move it deliberately

Rank every decision by Customer, then Enterprise, then Team, then self — and detect managers who invert it

As you scale, tag every message with its intent so an offhand comment isn't executed as a mandate

Beat the 50% executive-failure rate by hiring spiky over well-rounded and running real blind references

Every important cross-functional outcome needs one Directly Responsible Individual with real power

Build your leadership bench mostly from homegrown talent, seasoned with a few marquee outside hires

Five traits that predict whether a founder can actually scale a company: Lovable, Obsessed, Chip, Knowledgeable, Student

Deliver hard news and hard change in one decisive move, then deliberately over-correct

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