Posts by Dharmesh Shah

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5 Tips For Choosing The Best Domain Name For Your Startup

guestpost April 5, 2021

The following is a guest post by Joe Uddeme the founder of Name Experts. Joe started the company 12 years ago and specializes in complex domain, purchases and sales. I’m a client of…

What's BitClout? Late Night Conversations With Myself

Disclaimer: I am not an investment advisor or a lawyer. Don’t invest money (fiat or crypto) based on anything you read here.This blog post is for entertainment purposes only.…

A Weird and Wacky Approach To Angel Investing

An Odd Start To My Angel Investing I started my first company at around the age of 24. It was called Pyramid Digital Solutions and it was a CRM (Customer Relationship Management)…

Does Hiring An MBA Reduce Your Startup's Chances Of Success?

video March 18, 2021

MBAs have had a bad rep in the startup world for a while now. This short, fun video I did captures the sentiment -- and also answers the question: Does hiring an MBA into your startup…

Why I Bought Roblox Shares, Despite Disliking Their Games

investment March 15, 2021

I've spent some time on Roblox. My reason is simple. I have a 10 year old son, and he likes loves it (second only to Minecraft). I'll be honest. I do not like the games on Roblox. I…

The Secret To Making Customer Relationships A Superpower

Every company wants great relationships with its customers. The question what does it take to truly turn your connection with customers into a superpower? Let's start very simply. The…

FlashTags: A Simple Hack For Conveying Context Without Confusion

#mostpopular March 18, 2019

The following was originally written as a post on the internal HubSpot wiki a couple of years ago. At the request of several fellow entrepreneurs (hi, Wade from Zapier!) I've…

Startups Are Winning the Remote Work Game. Here’s the Data That Proves It.

culture October 4, 2017

Today the State of Remote Work 2017 report revealed that 63% of people in product and engineering roles work remotely at least once per week, which is 21% more than the average. Along…

Secret To SaaS Success: Recognize That You're Not Selling Software

saas March 7, 2017

I've been working in the software industry for over 25 years. Pretty much my entire professional career (if you don't count that stint as a night clerk at Red Roof Inn). Back in the…

Why This New Chatbot Is More Likely To Get You Promoted Than Fired

Confession: For the past several months I've been furiously coding away on a new project as part of HubSpot Labs. It's called GrowthBot. It's a chatbot for marketing and sales people…

Insightful Study of 386 SaaS Startup Pricing Pages

saas March 21, 2016

Late last year, I combed through the Montclare SaaS 250 — a directory of the biggest SaaS companies in the world — to find common trends in what I thought would be a significant…