Dharmesh Shah

Co-founder and CTO of HubSpot (founded 2006, Cambridge MA; $30B market cap). Has had zero direct reports for 18 years across 7,000+ employees — a founding-day decision to refuse to spend years becoming “passively okay” at management. Author of the public HubSpot Culture Code deck (~128 slides). Creator of flash tags (fyi/suggestion/recommendation/plea). Founder of two prior companies; born in a village in Gujarat, India; MIT grad school where he met co-founder Brian Halligan. Billionaire. Bought chat.com for $15M+ and sold it two months later for a profit. Builder of SoloWare including a custom LPM analyser for his own keynotes. Active on LinkedIn at @dharmesh.

Episodes

• Dharmesh Shah on HubSpot, Culture as Product, and the Science of Zigging — Lenny’s Podcast