View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. NVV: Lots of marketers are under pressure to come in and generate demand right away, whether because sales is asking for leads or founders are demanding PR or user growth. We got 300.

Marketing 120

Marketing Sales Cycle Startup CTO Hire 120

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

Whether or not it’s trying to do productivity software with Office, or trying to do e-commerce with Amazon, et cetera. Therefore, the relationships around it and the natural products that come out of these things are essentially like sales products or other kinds of things. It’s the company that they happen to be working at.”

Cofounder 69

Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

Whether or not it’s trying to do productivity software with Office, or trying to do e-commerce with Amazon, et cetera. Therefore, the relationships around it and the natural products that come out of these things are essentially like sales products or other kinds of things. It’s the company that they happen to be working at.”

Cofounder 69

Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69