About this episode

Mark Roberge discusses essential strategies for founders to build and scale their companies effectively.

"There's 20 fires going on at every moment in the office and you have enough water to put out four." Mark Roberge shares what it takes to build and scale a company, from finding product-market fit to knowing when it's time to grow. He also shares the framework behind his new book, The Science of Selling, and why founders should scale based on their own data, not another company's success. Guest: Mark Roberge, Founding CRO of HubSpot, HBS Professor, and Co-Founder at Stage 2 Capital Connect with Mark: X LinkedIn Connect with Joubin: X LinkedIn Email: grit@kleinerperkins.com Follow Grit on: LinkedIn X ​Learn more about Kleiner Perkins

People in this episode

Guest: Mark Roberge

Topics covered

• sales framework
• founder advice
• scaling companies
• product-market fit
• data-driven growth

Keywords

• sales
• founders
• growth
• data
• product-market fit
• business strategy

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Organizations: HubSpot, Stage 2 Capital

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