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Shah: HubSpot launched its CRM for free to maximize initial adoption
“When we launched RCR, we're like, okay, well, if we're going to solve the market problem, the customer problem, we want to make it easier, as easy as we possibly know how, so the fear of implementation is not high. Oh, and by the way, we'll make it free, right…”
Shah: Pitching a multi-product platform sacrifices some near-term deal closures
“There are trade-offs. There are sacrifices that will be made In terms of near term sales, maybe a few deals won't close as a result of us being perceived as a as a CRM platform”
Shah: 80% to 85% of new HubSpot products reuse core platform code
“When we launch new products, I'll say 80, 85%, if we do it correctly, is based on that core code base and getting reused out of things we already have around reporting, around security, around just”
Shah: HubSpot founders debated exit and burnout scenarios before launching
“The week before we actually officially found the company, we went through this kind of series of really hard questions that we kind of asked each other.
It's like, okay,
so what do we want out of this?
What if next year someone comes offering fifty million, a …”