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Corthout: HubSpot's free CRM lacks deep mailbox integration and automation
“They don't scrape email signatures. The connection with the mailbox is, is, is much, much less there. We have some more automation.”
Jeroen Corthout May 28, 2017 ▶ 10:04 673: Getting Your First 100 Customers with Salesflare CEO Jeroen Corthout
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Chevalier: Surfe partners with HubSpot alongside ZoomInfo and Apollo
“We are now one of the partners of HubSpot's prospecting agent next to ZoomInfo and Apollo, which are massive brands.”
David Chevalier Jul 23, 2026 ▶ 9:42 How David Chevalier Hit $15M ARR With a Chrome Extension and No Sales Team - Surfe
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Poyar: Top PLG SaaS companies grow twice as fast as traditional SaaS
“What my team did is we studied the world's top PLG companies, companies like Datadog, Snowflake, Twilio, and HubSpot, to find out what makes them different. Now, these were companies that are growing very quickly in its scale, so twice as fast as traditional S…”
Kyle Poyar Oct 18, 2023 ▶ 2:54 How to Grow Faster with $0 CAC
Assertion Contradicted
Klein: Average CRM customer lifetime across the industry is roughly 28 months
“The average customer lifetime in the CRM business is about 28 months, believe it or not.”
Craig Klein Jun 18, 2019 ▶ 8:33 1424 He Launched CRM in 2003, Bootstrapped, now $3.5m in ARR
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Smajić: HubSpot is growing new sales faster in Europe than the US
“So I just talked to HubSpot like two weeks ago, they're actually growing their business more in Europe right now, new sales than in the U S”
Samir Smajić Dec 29, 2018 ▶ 12:42 1253 GetAccept Breaks 4000 Customers, Grew ARR 3x to $1.7m in ARR Last 12 Months
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Halligan: 40% of HubSpot's revenue comes through agency partners
“Roughly 60% of our revenue comes from people buying directly from us and we train them and they go off and they use HubSpot for marketing and selling. Roughly 40% buy HubSpot through an agency partner, marketing agency, sales coach, or whatever.”
Brian Halligan Mar 13, 2018 ▶ 4:47 962 Why Hubspot Spent 1000's+ Hours On Pricing
Assertion Supported
Chevalier: Surfe became #1 app on HubSpot and Pipedrive marketplaces
“HubSpot marketplace, Pipedrive marketplaces we are the number one apps here, and this in combination, so the product, the growth story, and climbing up in the marketplace listing, plus then the more strategic approach to a partnership, these two combined were …”
David Chevalier Jul 23, 2026 ▶ 7:09 How David Chevalier Hit $15M ARR With a Chrome Extension and No Sales Team - Surfe
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Denk: beehiiv Counts Netflix, HubSpot, and monday.com as Advertisers
“We have advertisers like Netflix, HubSpot, monday.com, Betterment, that are looking to reach these niche audiences of newsletters, and we help connect them so you can send a newsletter with the premium sponsor without having a sales team.”
Tyler Denk Aug 20, 2024 ▶ 3:11 The next Mailchimp? Email SaaS Hit $15m Revenue Last Month
Assertion Partly supported
Omnisend earned free backlinks from Google and PayPal via statistics reports
“What really worked the best for us, and those what I mentioned, Google, HubSpot, PayPal, not talking about major media outlets, mentioned Omnis and Dame, just completely for free.”
Rytis Lauris Jun 13, 2024 ▶ 12:26 $50m Bootstrapped CEO Shares His First SEO Hire, Growth Tactics and Playbook
Assertion Supported
Callens: 79% of HubSpot users prefer custom reports over dashboard templates
“Did you know that in HubSpot, 79% of users prefer their own reports compared to the dashboard templates?”
Karel Callens Jun 28, 2023 ▶ 15:20 The 5 levels of great customer analytics experience
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Siu: HubSpot hires dedicated staff specifically to refresh existing content
“HubSpot, because we just talked about them, they spend a lot of money hiring people that are just specifically refreshing their content.”
Eric Siu May 12, 2023 ▶ 3:42 SaaS SEO Shortcuts That Drive $10M+ ARR, Building A Media Moat, & More!
Assertion Contradicted
High-Intent Enterprise Software Search Keywords Cost $120 to $150 Per Click
“I think if you look at the cost for these sorts of ads, you're talking at least a 120, a 150 dollars for some of these ads on those keywords.”
Sam Senior Nov 10, 2021 ▶ 8:10 Testbox Lets You Try Software Without Sales Calls, Landed 1st Customer, $2.7m Raised at $12m Post Money Cap
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Harris: HubSpot Lacks Built-In Loyalty Programs and SMS Marketing Segmentation
“What we created is a unique SaaS platform that helps our retail clients and cannabis manage their loyalty program, which is something HubSpot doesn't offer. And then through that loyalty program, we create a lot of different segmentation for them that they can…”
Jeffrey Harris Feb 21, 2021 ▶ 2:05 SpringBig Raised $11.5m on $100m Valuation at $20m Revenue in Niche CRM Space
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Caputa built the HubSpot agency partner and channel programs
“I built the channel program, the agency partner program at HubSpot”
Peter Caputa Aug 30, 2019 ▶ 3:31 1497 He Grew Hubspot Partner Program, Now $91k in MRR at DataBox
Assertion Partly supported
Skok: HubSpot originally launched with flat $500/month pricing and no expansion axis
“So in, in HubSpot's case, we started with us with an idea that simplicity was going to be great. And so we had one price point, which was 500 bucks a month, 6000 dollars a year for every single customer, regardless of what was going on. And there was no expans…”
David Skok Sep 4, 2018 ▶ 9:12 1137 David Skok Matrix Partners on Hubspot Pricing Axis, Category Leaders, $100b Softbank Fund
Assertion Partly supported
Halligan: HubSpot charged a flat $250 monthly for five years
“When we first started HubSpot, it was like the model T. I don't care what color you want it as long as it's black. We had a product called HubSpot, not basic pro enterprise. It was 250 dollars a month. And that was it for the first five years of HubSpot.”
Brian Halligan Mar 13, 2018 ▶ 17:11 962 Why Hubspot Spent 1000's+ Hours On Pricing
Assertion Contradicted
HubSpot achieved 0% net revenue churn around 2015
“I know that HubSpot recently, I think in the past year hit zero percent revenue churn.”
Don Breckenridge, Jr. Oct 16, 2016 ▶ 11:55 EP 449: SMB SaaS <3% Churn, $5M Raised, $200k MRR Helping SMB's Manage Relationships with Hatchbuck CEO Don Breckenridge
Assertion Supported
Fuller: Peter Caputa built an $80M agency reseller channel at HubSpot
“Basically he created eighty million in revenue from nothing as a an AE at HubSpot. He's now oversees eighty million dollars in revenue from turning marketing agencies into resellers of HubSpot.”
Jared Fuller Mar 7, 2016 ▶ 17:29 How To Grow a $10 Million Annual Recurring Revenue SaaS Business Jared Fuller Episode 193
Assertion Supported
Fuller: PandaDoc closed partnerships with HubSpot, Oracle, and Salesforce
“We've built and close partnerships with companies as large as HubSpot Oracle Salesforce where basically our product is in front of their customers and they're kind of, Power resellers, so to speak.”
Jared Fuller Mar 7, 2016 ▶ 15:02 How To Grow a $10 Million Annual Recurring Revenue SaaS Business Jared Fuller Episode 193
Assertion Supported
Lorang: HubSpot had around $100M ARR at IPO
“Yeah, they were, no, they were, I think they were about a hundred million ARR.”
Bart Lorang Dec 20, 2016 ▶ 12:32 EP 513: $50M Raised, Helping 50k Customers Get Accurate Contact Data with FullContact CEO Bart Lorang
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