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HubSpot CEO on the Future of SaaS, AI, & Leading Through Change

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From a 350-square-foot home in South India to leading HubSpot, a $30B CRM powerhouse, Yamini Rangan’s journey is nothing short of remarkable.

In this episode, Yamini shares how she’s guiding HubSpot through a post-pandemic shift toward product-led growth, the hard-won lessons behind building go-to-market alignment, and why human-centric leadership is her edge in an AI-first world. Plus, her take on why data is the new battleground in tech.

Chapters:
00:00 Trailer
00:52 Introduction
02:22 Fire in my belly
10:06 Constraints
12:19 Peak performance
16:38 Helping while in sheer panic
21:43 The general ethos
30:14 Customer value
36:08 Excited and scared
47:25 Becoming CEO
54:19 Feeling behind
1:01:51 Very lonely
1:05:34 Losing credibility
1:08:42 Slowing down, sitting still
1:12:31 No patience to finish a book
1:15:39 Who HubSpot is hiring
1:15:54 What “grit” means to Yamini
1:16:45 Outro

Mentioned in this episode: Sequoia Capital, Carl Pieri, Brian Halligan, Zoom Workplace, Meta Platforms, Google, Anthropic, Microsoft, Salesforce, Blockbuster Video, BlackBerry Limited, Axon Enterprise, Netflix, Snapchat, Harvey, Dharmesh Shah, Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Links:

Connect with Yamini

Connect with Joubin

Learn more about Kleiner Perkins

  continue reading

242 episodes

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Manage episode 480694010 series 2662695
Content provided by Kleiner Perkins. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Kleiner Perkins or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

From a 350-square-foot home in South India to leading HubSpot, a $30B CRM powerhouse, Yamini Rangan’s journey is nothing short of remarkable.

In this episode, Yamini shares how she’s guiding HubSpot through a post-pandemic shift toward product-led growth, the hard-won lessons behind building go-to-market alignment, and why human-centric leadership is her edge in an AI-first world. Plus, her take on why data is the new battleground in tech.

Chapters:
00:00 Trailer
00:52 Introduction
02:22 Fire in my belly
10:06 Constraints
12:19 Peak performance
16:38 Helping while in sheer panic
21:43 The general ethos
30:14 Customer value
36:08 Excited and scared
47:25 Becoming CEO
54:19 Feeling behind
1:01:51 Very lonely
1:05:34 Losing credibility
1:08:42 Slowing down, sitting still
1:12:31 No patience to finish a book
1:15:39 Who HubSpot is hiring
1:15:54 What “grit” means to Yamini
1:16:45 Outro

Mentioned in this episode: Sequoia Capital, Carl Pieri, Brian Halligan, Zoom Workplace, Meta Platforms, Google, Anthropic, Microsoft, Salesforce, Blockbuster Video, BlackBerry Limited, Axon Enterprise, Netflix, Snapchat, Harvey, Dharmesh Shah, Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Links:

Connect with Yamini

Connect with Joubin

Learn more about Kleiner Perkins

  continue reading

242 episodes

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