Lenny Rachitsky: Do you feel like too many people start companies just like... When someone comes to you like, hey Brian, should I start a company? I have this idea. Do you often just like, no. You have no idea what you're getting into, this is going to be much more painful? Brian Halligan: Yes. Yes. I heard Jensen Huang say that. "I wouldn't have start started Nvidia if I had it to do over." If someone asked me that question, I would start HubSpot over. It was very hard, there were a lot of sacrifices, it wasn't glamorous at all. But in the end of the day, I'm incredibly proud of it. And on my deathbed, I can look back and really enjoy it. And the Dalai Lama's got a good expression like, "Live a good life so you can live it again on your deathbed." And I'm really glad I did it. But I do talk a lot of founders out of it. The obsession is real, you have to be deeply obsessed. And all these founders and CEOs I talk to, people talk about 9-9-6, it's way more than that. The founders are seven days a week, they're always on, I [inaudible 00:48:40] on Sunday nights, it's full contact.
"I wouldn't have start started Nvidia if I had it to do over." If someone asked me that question, I would start HubSpot over.