Episode Synopsis "#4 - Pete Caputa, # 15 Employee at Hubspot and The CEO of DataBox, Talks About How His Tenacity Shaped His Success"

In this episode we talk to Peter Caputa about how he went from struggling entrepreneur to Hubspot VP to CEO of a multimillion dollar ARR business! 2:00 - Why did you decide to join hubspot? 4:45 - The reason you joined hubspot was because of the financial benefit or something else? 6:27 - What started your idea of creating the hubspot partner program? 10:45 - Why did he continue to push hubspot partner program after being told no so many times? 12:00 - How old were you when you were creating hubspot partner program? 13:20 - What are the characteristics of someone who is successful at a start up? 15:00 - Do you think joining a start up is the right way to get rich? Or why should people join a startup? 16:20 - How to see a rocketship company 18:00 - How did you negotiate for more equity over time? 19:11 - How Pete won 50,000 shares of hubspot stock 23:15 - How do you view the long term goal of Databox? 26:51 - What was the ARR when you joined Databox? - few thousand dollars. - 1.1M in july 2018 - jan 2019 1.7M - 2.8M Arr - check blog post called how to manage performance during crisis 28:00 - How COVID-19 has effected Databox. 32:00- How to make your SEO better using Databox 34:00 - Why did he choose the go to market strategy that he chose for Databox 41:00 - Does Databox have direct sales reps? 43:20 - Is Databox hiring? 45:00 - Databox on remote working

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