Brian Halligan
Co-founder and longtime CEO of HubSpot; now builds Sequoia's CEO practice
Why themKnows the move from startup founder to scale-up CEO first-hand.
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Co-founder and longtime CEO of HubSpot; now builds Sequoia's CEO practice
Why themKnows the move from startup founder to scale-up CEO first-hand.
What are the best practices for a startup founder to evolve into a scale-up CEO?Managing Director at Khosla Ventures; co-founded Opendoor
Why themBlunt on talent density, operating rigor, and moving fast on non-consensus ideas.
What makes a founder worth backing early?Partner at Sequoia Capital; former CFO of PayPal
Why themTwo decades backing founders from the earliest days and helping them build companies that last.
How do you build a company that endures a crisis?CEO of Neo; co-founded Code.org, LinkExchange, and iLike
Why themFinds exceptional computer science students early, before they have a track record.
How do you spot exceptional people before the evidence?Partner at Sequoia Capital; co-founder and former CEO of Polyvore
Why themWent from complaining Polyvore user to its CEO, and now backs early consumer companies.
What traits predict a founder's success?Co-founder of DoorDash; head of DoorDash Labs
Why themTurned a Stanford class project into DoorDash by doing things that don't scale first.
How did a class project turn into DoorDash?Founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures
Why themReads where consumers are heading before the data shows it.
How do you sense a consumer shift before the data?Co-founder and CEO of Gamma
Why themBuilt Gamma to $100M+ in revenue with a team of about 50 people.
How did Gamma grow so far with such a small team?Founder of The Network School and author of The Network State
Why themOriginal thinking on crypto, governance, and new kinds of communities.
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