The Demand Efficiency Podcast

Podcast

Audio

Demand Generation

Growth

After years in the making, former HubSpot CRO, Mark Roberge unveils his new paradigm for product-market fit and the ebook to get you there

In this episode, Elias Rubel is joined by Mark Roberge of Hubspot who shares his experience at HubSpot, steps he used to achieve product-market fit, lead indicators of retention, and lessons from managing and onboarding people.

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[02:39] Mark’s experience in the HubSpot team

[07:16] Steps he used to achieve product-market fit

[11:13] Lead indicator of retention

[12:04] Steps in identifying leader and getting the economics right

[14:34] The process of getting prospects through the funnel

[16:35] Lessons from managing and onboarding people

[19:22] The importance of getting data through customer cohorts

Mark’s Inspirations:

John McMahon

David Skok

Brian Halligan


Connect with Mark

LinkedIn

Twitter

The Demand Efficiency Podcast

Podcast

Audio

Growth

Episode Outline

[04:39] Danielle’s background

[07:16] How the whole petition process of a charter school is funded with public money. So you have to petition the state to let you do what you want to do in the district.  

[10:13] Why starting a charter school in some ways is very much like starting a startup

[11:18] Understand that we're firefighters and we're all here to do whatever needs to get done because our building is constantly on fire especially in the first year of operations

[12:04] The most success metrics in venture are different than when you're trying to champion alternative education and giving

[14:34] Standard return metrics in venture and whether or not you're able to build something viable. The importance in keeping balance of those things

[16:35] Knowing that there's something really fascinating and kind of a Zen mindset about decision-making theory. You have to separate the outcome of your decision from the decision you make at the time

[19:22] Uncover why they're just not using the product that much, and what really want to see is that those pilot customers are insatiable

[20:19] What to do if something goes awry or they get fickle, when you're not sure who else to service in the market, it's hard to get that company to grow

[24:30] Getting the feedback loop between the founder, the engineering team, especially if they're using sort of like a dev group and the customers it's too disconnected


Danielle's Inspirations:

Shea Tate-Di Donna

Alex Iskold

Charles Hudson

Sydney Thomas


Connect with Danielle

LinkedIn

Twitter

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