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HubSpot
Learn how the leading CRM platform is helping millions of organizations around the world Grow Better.
Meghan Keaney Anderson
Head of marketing for Jasper AI. Formerly @HubSpot | @TheGrowthShow . Interested in tech, social impact and just about any action movie from the 90s.
Leslie Ye
Comms @HubSpot, words @commonsoundhq. I write about tech, music, and social issues. She/her
Writers
Orlando Scampington
Author, Thought Leader, Dreamer, Visionary, Believer In Unlimited Human Potential.
Megan Conley
Content Marketing Strategist @Hubspot. Learning life is lived better outside your comfort zone
Lindsay Kolowich
Senior Manager, Content Strategy for HubSpot Academy. Formerly Lead Writer of Hubspot’s Marketing Blog. Lover of huskies, the ocean & Boston sports. Hoya Saxa!
Jessica Meher
VP, Marketing @Notarize. Formerly @InVisionApp @HubSpot. Angel investor and @Techstars mentor. Geeky over design, tech, and growing teams and companies.
HubSpot Research
Account run by the HubSpot Research team. For the latest research subscribe to our content at https://research.hubspot.com/subscribe
Meghan Keaney Anderson
Head of marketing for Jasper AI. Formerly @HubSpot | @TheGrowthShow . Interested in tech, social impact and just about any action movie from the 90s.
Dan Fennessy
Father & Family 1st. Founder & CEO of PartyWith (Techstars ’17) — Bringing People Together
Pete Sena
I help founder-led businesses design demand 📈 ⚡️3X Founder / Operator / Investor | Ready to design demand for your brand? 👇 linktr.ee/Petesena
Anum Hussain
Co-Founder, Acciyo. MIT Sloan graduate. Formerly Snapchat, HubSpot. 2015's 25 Under 25 Boston. Co-author, Twitter for Dummies.
Tiffany Sauder
Christian. Wife. Girl Mom. President of @ElementThree. Love fashion, food, working out, & all things marketing.
Kyle Westaway
Startup Attorney @westawayco / Author @prof_purpose / Contributor @forbes / Newsletters @weekendbriefing @founderfridays @web3_impact
Dan Wolchonok
Head of Product and Analytics at @reforge. Previously Director of Product Analytics at @HubSpot. Founder of @PrepWorkCo (acq'd by @HubSpot).
Lindsay Boyajian
Tech Enthusiast. World Traveler. CMO @Augment. Author of Content Engine: http://amzn.to/2dicW44. #AugmentedReality #WomenInTech #Marketing
Alex Crumb
Senior Inbound Professor @HubSpotAcademy. Podcast host, Agency Broadcast & Partner Growthcast. I run http://www.ghostlittle.com, independent ebook publishing.
jennifer gefsky
co-founder of Après (apresgroup.com) Believer in gender equality, girl power and women returning to the workforce. Twitter @JenniferGefsky
Leslie Ye
Comms @HubSpot, words @commonsoundhq. I write about tech, music, and social issues. She/her
Chris Savage
Co-founder and CEO of @wistia. Things I love: creative brands, work/life balance, not being able to control the volume of my voice, disaster movies.
Mike Troiano
Storyteller. Consiglieri. Lyrical gangsta. Partner, G20 Ventures, thoughts here are my own. https://nf.td/miketrap
K. Scott Davis
”Marketing Genius”: Humbly trying to live up to it. VP of Marketing at https://www.clockworkrecruiting.com. https://linkedin.com/in/ksd415
Exotel — Leading Connected Conversation Platform
Exotel is a customer conversation platform that believes in the power of exceptional customer experience.
BEAM, inc
BEAM, inc. is a San Francisco based international consulting and design firm dedicated to creating value and enriching life. http://www.beaminc.com/
Brass
Brass is an online women’s clothing brand. We’re here to learn & pass along what we learn! All posts written by the founders. // brassclothing.com
Dr. Nicole Lipkin
Bringing human nature back into business. Organizational Psychologist | Speaker | Coach | Author | www.equilibrialeadership.com
Jeff Swystun
Business, Brand & Writing Strategies. Former CMO at Interbrand, Chief Communications Officer at DDB Worldwide, Principal Consultant at Price Waterhouse.
Emma Brudner
Blog team @HubSpot. Former HR tech journalist and current enthusiast. Runner, dancer, reader, writer, cook, cat lady, podcast addict, the list goes on...
Justin Lee
Marketing x Product. Heading growth for GrowthBot @HubSpot. Obsessed with economics, evolution, technology & rewiring the human brain.
Shobhit Chugh
Founder at Intentional Product Manager (http://www.intentionalproductmanager.com). Product @Google, @Tamr, @Lattice_Engines, @Adaptly. Worked at @McKinsey
Caroline Cotto
Intrepid storyteller | Culture @HubSpot | Cape Cod native, @Georgetown grad, @Fulbright Taiwan fellow. Constantly risking curiosity.
Elizabeth Yin
General Partner at Hustle Fund. Prev: Partner at 500 Startups, CEO/co-founder at LaunchBit (acq ‘14), Xoogler. SF Bay Area native.
Terry Lee
Co-Founder + CEO of Panacea | The story we tell ourselves is the same story we tell the world.
gailmoody
Social media and community addict & expert. Advocate for personal development for all. Accept your genius and say what you think.-Emerson
Micah Baldwin
Executive Coach. Angel Investor. Founded or early at 6 startups (4 exits). @amazon @madronaventures alum. Loves dogs, cats & donuts.
Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya
Multidisciplinary artist, CONNECTIVE TISSUE, The Leading Strand, Beyond Curie, bridging the worlds of Science and Design
Mike Johnston
Advertising Creative | Production Executive | Story Monkey at Family, a Seattle Advertising Agency
Dorie Clark
Contributor to @harvardbiz; marketing strategist & speaker; WSJ bestselling author of The Long Game
Sydney Finkelstein
@TuckSchool @Dartmouth Professor & Director Leadership Center. Author: #SUPERBOSSES (Feb 9), Why Smart Executives Fail. 3 words: Inspire, Ideas, Impact.
Sean Iddings
Unraveling patterns of success in life and leadership. MicroCap Investor | Author | www.microcapclub.com www.intelligentfanatics.com
Stella Garber
Head of Marketing, Trello. Entrepreneur, Investor, Chicagoan, Mama. Writer of Remotely Managing, a remote work blog.
Riddhi Shah
Content marketing and creative strategy. Ex-Medium, ex-HuffPost. Finder of joy in writing, food and deep breaths
Cameron Herold
Founder of COO Alliance | Author of 5 Books | Second in Command Podcast Host | Check out my Invest In Your Leaders Course → https://bit.ly/InvestInYourLeaders
Erin Meyer
Author of The Culture Map. INSEAD professor. Mom. Maman. Tweets about cross-cultural management.
Robina Maharjan
VP of Delivery @ CloudFactory. Curious soul. Runner. Lover of technology, words and books.
Sam Brinson
An emergent property of billions of chaotically firing neurons. Currently thinking about thinking. http://sambrinson.com/
Annie Misarski
writer, mother, wife, cancer survivor, spiritual seeker. blogger at www.contractandexpand.com
Marcus Andrews
Director of Product Marketing @Pendoio | Narrative Designer | Producer of The Product Marketing Experts Podcast | Formerly @HubSpot , @Google , & @wildfireapp
Sara Mauskopf
CEO of Winnie (https://winnie.com), helping parents navigate the world with their children. Follow me on Twitter: @sm and @winnie
Mimi An
Director of Global Content Strategy at Flock. Stories matter. Traveler, eater, clotheshound, data nerd. Alum HubSpot, Intel, McAfee, Forrester
Vivien Jallade
Founder and CEO @Orchid_Creation. Obsessed with the idea of changing the rules.Rwanda native, current New Yorker, Parisian accent.
Nir Eyal
Posts may contain affiliate links to my two books, “Hooked” and “Indistractable.” Get my free 80-page guide to being Indistractable at: NirAndFar.com
Hunter Walk
You’ll find me @homebrew , Seed Stage Venture Fund w @satyap . Previously made products at YouTube, Google & SecondLife. Married to @cbarlerin .
Peter Caputa
CEO @DataboxHQ. Formerly VP Sales @HubSpot. Started and scaled agency partner program to $100M ARR. I help agencies and martech companies work better together.
David Skok
Serial entrepreneur turned VC @MatrixPartners - Author of http://forEntrepreneurs.com - Interested in investing in SaaS, Cloud, Infrastructure Software
Chris Sowers
Oxford comma = hill I’m willing to die on. Coaching writers at Chris@writing-coaching.com and https://www.coach.me/chris11873?ref=QOvEv
Margo Aaron
Author of no New York Times Bestselling books. Writer of words at www.thatseemsimportant.com. Co-Host, “Hillary and Margo Yell at Websites.”
Eric Taussig
CEO of Prialto, a virtual assistant service for busy professionals and enterprise teams Focused on positively amplifying people amid our tech-enabled world.
Declan Fitzgerald
I am a highly energetic recruitment, HR and technology leader lovin’ working for HubSpot and making the world more Inbound.
Andrew Yang
Entrepreneur, Dad, Champion of a Human-Centered Economy, and moving the country Forward. My new book ‘Forward’ at www.andrewyang.com
Sean Everett
Three decades operating and advising high-growth businesses, from startups to the Fortune 500. https://everettadvisors.com
Keri Gohman
President, Xero Americas. Passionate about helping small business owners and entrepreneurs succeed.
Maria Centeio
senior inbound consultant @hubspot. harvard grad. diversity & inclusion advocate. personal finance geek. citizen of the universe
Amrita Gurney
Head of Marketing at Float. I am a lifelong startup marketer and love building great teams and brands. I mostly write about marketing, art and design.
Andrew Rodwin
A veteran of several decades in the tech industry, Andrew is presently a cryptoassets trainer and consultant.
Rashida Maples-Watkis
Rashida Maples, Esq. is Founder and Managing Partner of J. Maples & Associates(www.jmaplesandassociates.com) @jmaplespllc — Twitter
Mia Saini
Co-Founder/CEO of Oars + Alps via Bloomberg TV Reporter, MIT Engineer, Harvard MBA, Goldman Sachs. Sucker for mangos, outdoors, cycling and chai.
Amy VanHaren
Founder of pumpspotting, mother, Mainer. Life-long optimist elevating experiences for feeding parents. www.amyvanharen.com
Kieran Flanagan
VP Marketing @hubspot. Lover of inbound marketing. Highly motivated marketing geek high on data crack.
Will DeKrey
Dancing at the intersection of tech + business + social impact. Toolbelt: marketing, #socent, #datasci, #bmgen, smiles. @MITSloan @HubSpot @WeDreamForward
Sarah E. Brown
Marketing leader. Author of Lead Upwards & Power to the Startup People. Co-organizer @sfvtech. Mentor @Techstars. Founder @FlatironsTech.
Amanda Zantal-Wiener
I cover tech & business news by day. I have a former life as a music and food writer. I’m 75% whiskey and popcorn, and love my dog.
Sofia Quintero
Founder @AppCollie Previously @EnjoyHQ (acq’d by @userzoom) #neuroscience #futureofwork #skateboarding #SaaS #UX
Wil Reynolds
Serial Underdog @seerinteractive doing SEO, Marketing, & Stuff, I am whatever you say I am.
Scott Berkun
Bestselling Author of The Myths of Innovation, Making things Happen, Confessions of a Public Speaker and other fine books
Paul O'Brien
CEO of MediaTech Ventures, CMO to #VC, #Startup Advisor. I get you funded. Father, marketer, author, #Austin. @seobrien & @AccelerateTexas. https://seobrien.com
Andrew Montalenti
Founding CTO of Parse.ly, acquired by Automattic.com, creators of WordPress.com. Interested in: F/OSS, Python programming, SaaS, startups.
Werk
Werk is the first and only people analytics platform that helps companies build flexible cultures through data. Learn more at werk.co.
Laurie (Aquilante) Faiola
Director of Customer & Partner Marketing at HubSpot, proud mom to a little boy with autism, and passionate about building and growing diverse teams.
John Kinzer
Former SaaS CFO and the world's first (only?) fan of the Hokies, Capitals, Bengals, and Fantasy Football.
Stowe Boyd
Insatiably curious. Economics, sociology, ecology, tools for thought. See also workfutures.io.
David Meerman Scott
Marketing & Sales Strategist, keynote speaker, and bestselling author of 10 books including The New Rules of Marketing & PR and Newsjacking.
Katerina Trajchevska
Software engineer and web enthusiast. Co-founder of https://adevait.com, global community of remote developers.
Daniel Tay
Content marketer and strategist for hire, with a focus on technology startups and companies. Formerly @TechinAsia, @Piktochart. More about me at danieltay.me
Owen Williams
Fascinated by how code and design is shaping the world. I write about the why behind tech news. Design Manager in Tech. https://twitter.com/ow
David Ly Khim
Growth @ Fishtown Analytics. Co-Founder @BeOmniscientcom. Previously growth @HubSpot. Alum @UCIrvine. Long Beach, CA native.
Andy Ayim
@Andy_Ayim | 🚀 Phil 4:13 | 🌍 Democratising access | Trusted Advisor | Angel Investing School
Mike Schneider
People Geek | HR Innovator | Employee Advocate @Welltower. Columnist @Inc. #Husband #Dad value #hardwork & #humility Posts are my own
Andrew Quinn
Vice President — Executive Coach in Residence at HubSpot; I tell the people in charge the things they need to hear that others are reluctant to tell them.
Sophia Eng
VP Marketing @TradeTheFifth. Founder, Women in Growth. Formerly @InVisionApp @Workday @Autodesk. Startup Mentor Optimizing for Happiness, Designing for Growth.
Bogdan Florin Ceobanu
Policy maker and entrepreneur creating value by approaching problems from an interdisciplinary perspective using new technologies.
Holly Theisen-Jones
Literal and figurative evergreen humor writer. Author of The Green Dumb Guide to Houseplants (May '23).
Caelin Aerin
non-binary • they/them pronouns. Copy coach for paradigm-breaking entrepreneurs. www.touchstonecopy.com
Mariya Yao
Chief Technology & Product Officer at Metamaven. Editor-In-Chief at TOPBOTS. Read more about me here: mariyayao.com
Scott Brinker
VP platform ecosystem at HubSpot, editor of chiefmartec.com, chair of #MarTech Conference, author of Hacking Marketing, and former CTO of ion interactive.
Aaron Ross | Predictable Revenue
Author of the bestselling book, Predictable Revenue, and has been teaching companies how to be successful with Outbound Sales since 2005.
Emily Rose Schmidt
Digital Marketer & Digital Nomad. Traveling around the world exploring everything it has to offer.
Jared M. Spool
Maker of Awesomeness at Center Centre - UIE. Helping designers everywhere help their organizations deliver well-designed products and services.
Maitrik Kataria
CEO @Newtonmailapp . Partner @Simform . A product designer by heart. Write on UX and Growth.
Andrea F Hill
Sr Digital Analyst with the BC Public Service Digital Investment Office, former web dev & product person. 🔎 Lifelong learner. Unapologetic introvert. Cat mom.
Sara DeBrule
I’m wild about fostering growth for plants, people, and companies. I love adventuring. I thrive in chaos. Connecting the dots @HubSpot.
Sarah Williams
Marketing Operations at HubSpot | Sailor, Traveler, Dartmouth Alum. Interested in marketing & entrepreneurship.
April Dunford
Positioning for technology companies. Author, Obviously Awesome. http://aprildunford.com
Jon Dick
VP of Marketing @HubSpot. Former Head of Marketing @Klout and @TrunkClub. Boston native, @HarvardHBS MBA. Go Sox!
Todd Hockenberry
Todd Hockenberry founded and runs Top Line Results, a management and growth consulting firm. Co-author of Inbound Organization.
Dylan Sellberg
Product @HubSpot | Writing to keep my thoughts in order about product, saas, messaging, and the misc.
Alex Osterwalder
Co-founder of @Strategyzer. Best Selling Author: Business Model Generation & Value Proposition Design.
Marcel Muenster, MD MPH
Johns Hopkins-trained medical doctor | Former healthcare management consultant | Entrepreneur | Mentor@A-Level Capital, General Catalyst, and Techstars
Carolyn Jenkins
Carolyn Jenkins is CEO of Khorus Software, whose mission is to make its customers the best-run organizations on earth.
Sarah Goff-Dupont
Principal Writer at Atlassian by day. Snowboarder, seamstress, reader, CrossFit-er, and wine-lover by night.
Gokul Rajaram
curious optimist. quizbowl coach. dad and husband. caviar lead @ doordash. previously square, facebook and google.
victorpan
Outdated search marketer who's no longer quoted on Reuters, Mashable, and ITWorld. Outlier TCK, ABC and Millennial. Father. My marriage went like a chick flick.
