7 Brutal Questions for a $20B Founder

Get Sam's AI Executive Coach Playbook - his exact system for everything from revenue optimization to life decisions: https://clickhubspot.com/dhn Episode 778: Sam Parr ( ⁠https://x.com/theSamParr⁠ ) talks to Brian Halligan ( https://x.com/bhalligan ) about the highs and lows of building HubSpot.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Are you happy? (2:57) Does it ever stop sucking? (5:18) Do you have imposter syndrome? (6:55) Were the trade offs worth it? (11:53) Is AI a bubble? (14:47) Do you have to be liked? (17:02) What would you do if you had to start over? (29:36) What did you get wrong? — Links: • Marketing Lessons From The Grateful Dead - https://tinyurl.com/ydmyh6f9  — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //