Episode · My First Million · 2021-10-14

Books mentioned on Near Death Accidents, Hitting $1B ARR, and Selling Like the Grateful Dead with Brian Halligan, Founder & Executive Chairman of HubSpot

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Brian Halligan (@BHalligan), founder & executive chairman (and former CEO) of HubSpot, joins Sam (@TheSamParr) and Shaan (@ShaanVP) to discuss what he learned from nearly dying in a snowmobile accident, how he took HubSpot from nothing to $1 billion in ARR, and what he learned about marketing from the Grateful Dead.

Brian Halligan discussed Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza. Shaan Puri discussed Zero to One by Peter Thiel and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Becoming Supernatural

   Dr. Joe Dispenza · at 10:57

   Becoming Supernatural by Dr.

   Discussed

   “so like i'm just looking right here at the books i'm reading like one of the books is becoming supernatural um i'm not sure about it yet i'm only through chapter one but it's basically a meditation book”

   Brian Halligan Near Death Accidents, Hitting $1B ARR, and Selling Like the Grateful D… 2021-10-14 Listen at 10:57

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   Zero to One

   Peter Thiel; Blake Masters · at 1:01:23

   Why people recommend it: Peter Thiel and Blake Masters's Zero to One offers a provocative guide to startup creation, arguing that true economic progress comes from building entirely new things rather than copying existing models.

   Discussed

   “i'm not a huge beer teal fan but he said he said something interesting in his book he said in order to be successful you need to be right about something that everyone else thinks you're wrong about”

   Shaan Puri Near Death Accidents, Hitting $1B ARR, and Selling Like the Grateful D… 2021-10-14 Listen at 1:01:23

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