BUILD with Blake Bartlett

On the season 9 premiere of BUILD Blake Bartlett unpacks what product led growth is and asks what growing product-led businesses looks like in the end user era. Follow along as Blake interviews industry leaders at companies like Hubspot, Lucidchart and Atlassian to discover the new customer journey and what that means for SaaS.

Co-Founders Robert Wahbe and Oliver Sharp from Highspot share their insights on how to build during a downturn on the final episode of Building to Last.

Jai Shekhawat former CEO and Founder of Fieldglass shares his insights on how to build during a downturn in our new short podcast series, Building to Last.

Graham Smith former CFO at Salesforce shares his insights on how to build during a downturn in our brand new podcast series, Building to Last.

Seasoned operator Bill Conroy (Fmr CEO, Initiate Systems) shares his insights on how to build during a downturn in our brand new podcast series, Building to Last.

We wanted to round out another great season of BUILD with a recap of key learnings from all of our guests. We had an incredible roundup of executives from thought-leading companies join us to share their candid points of view on everything from GTM and product strategy, organizational design to optimizing productivity and more.

After Nir Eyal wrote the B2B product bible, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products in 2013, he turned his attention toward how to break habits—bad ones.

Listen in to hear Nir explain why our distraction isnt just a tech problem, the myth of ego depletion, and whole lot more.

Chris O’Donnell, HubSpots SVP of Product, has been with the company for years and was at the forefront of their shift away from marketing and sales-led growth towards product led growth. Chris explains how they were able to do this effectively with a customer base that spans across multiple industries. He also discusses how PLG can be adopted in old-school industries and the key changes an organization needs to make in order to do so effectively.

Brian Balfour has seen, been responsible for, and taught exponential user growth since the early 2000s. Learn why he thinks growth shouldn’t be a function at a company, why product growth is like the game Battleship, and a whole lot more.

Thinking about your valuation? You should talk to Sean Fanning—our very own Director of Corporate Development. Learn why Sean believes everything is valued on cash flow (eventually), 6 metrics every company should key in on and more.