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Dharmesh Shah, Founder and CTO at HubSpot What piece of business advice do you think is bullshit? "The success of your startup is [not] measured by how much money you’ve raised, how many people you’ve hired, or how fast you’re growing … It’s measured by how much value you create for your customers." Read all of Dharmesh's answers

Noah Kagan, Chief Sumo at AppSumo, One thing every entrepreneur should start doing in 2025? “Focus on the retention or customer love for your core business, improve that. Solves everything else.” Read all of Noah's answers

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