The HubSpot Culture Code [slides]

Post by dshah » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 5:05 PM UTC

andygcook wrote: post #85

Disclosure: I worked at HubSpot for two years and my first startup was aqcui-hired by them in 2013. Dharmesh Shah is also an investor in my current startup. tl;dr - Like any job, HubSpot was both a good and bad experience for me. Disrupted is 25% accurate, 65% embellished garbage, and 10% Dan's ego. The Culture Code is at its core aspirational marketing collateral, but it's more true than not true. So, funnily enough…

Post by dschuler » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 5:24 PM UTC

layoutIfNeeded wrote: post #79

pseudalopex wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cultural groups are capitalized most of the time. It's like Native American or Latino. White is an exception because most white people think of themselves as Norwegian or whatever. Gay isn't capitalized most of the time because most gay people don't think of themselves as Gay.

Ah I get it now! So "Black" means "African American" basically, but "black" would be used for dark-skinned people worldwide. As a foreigner, I find it fascinating how nuanced the seemingly simple English language can be!

Post by 1-more » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 5:48 PM UTC

kodah wrote: post #55

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disrupted:_My_Misadventure_i... > FBI documents accessed by journalists via a freedom of information request revealed that HubSpot attempted "multiple failed attempts to manipulate and extort people” with the intention of stopping the book's publication. > HubSpot executives considered the book "a financial threat to HubSpot, its share price, and the company’s future potential." I'm in…

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 5:54 PM UTC

dshah wrote: post #27

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #9

That's nice. Thanks for sharing it. Expect loads of cynicism. I've found that talking about having Principles and Integrity in business and professional endeavors, usually results in being accused of "virtue signaling," which is ridiculous, as we are only talking about simple, basic, realistic human values; not some kind of Mother Theresa code. That said, it is extremely easy to let a focus on "culture" turn into a t…

Thanks for the warning. I hear you. My direct experience is that there will be some that will be cynical -- that's OK. A big lesson for me personally is that working on culture as a "product" is very useful. Collect customer feedback. Identify bugs. Categorize some things as "works as designed". Be transparent with your customers. And, of course, iterate, iterate, iterate.

Post by chachachoney » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 6:04 PM UTC

dshah wrote: post #2

The product I'm most proud of having worked on. Hundreds of hours invested for over a decade. Yes, it's a slide deck -- but think of it as a template. Shared with the community with love.