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Inside Story: Behind HubSpot’s $32 Million Investment From Salesforce, Google and Sequoia

Hubspot

Here is an insider’s take on the round of financing we just closed with Salesforce.com, Google, and Sequoia. A few examples include Amazon, VMWare, Zappos, Salesforce.com, Google, and even Groupon. We will also open the entire product up into a platform by providing a clean, simple API. Why Raise More Money?

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Q&A with Will McInnes, CMO at Brandwatch

ClickZ

Brandwatch is an industry leading digital consumer intelligence company that helps marketers understand what millions of people are saying about products and brands, enabling organizations to be as “consumer fit” as possible. stars on Amazon and was a TEDx speaker in 2011. This role gave me a taste for entrepreneurialism and growth.

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5 Reasons Not to Give Inbound Leads to an Outbound Sales Team

Hubspot

a former sales director at Salesforce.com, and author of the Amazon best-seller, Predictable Revenue. ” One of the biggest productivity killers in sales is giving a sales rep more than one core sales responsibility -- such as inbound lead qualification, outbound prospecting, closing, or account management.

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Summary of Sold-out "Science of Inbound Marketing" Session at Dreamforce 2011

Hubspot

Way back in September (seems so long ago), I had the opportunity to speak at Salesforce.com's Dreamforce conference (which is now the largest software conference in the world, with over 45,000 registrants). People hate outbound marketing (cold calls, spam, junk mail, etc.) Amazon, which is still a commercial company, or Netflix.