Brian Halligan
Co-founder and CEO of HubSpot from its founding in 2006 until stepping down in 2021 (following a serious snowmobile accident). Grew HubSpot from zero to an ~8,000-person public company. Now Sequoia Capital’s in-house CEO coach — runs the “kids table” (under 100 employees) and “adults table” (over 100 employees) peer groups for portfolio CEOs, and coaches some of the world’s fastest-growing company CEOs one-on-one. Teaches Scaling Entrepreneurial Ventures at MIT. Hosts the Long Strange Trip podcast (CEO interviews). Part-owner of the Boston Red Sox. Devoted Deadhead; co-authored Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead and owns Jerry Garcia’s guitar. Age 58 at time of recording.