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HubSpot, Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustrySoftware
FoundedJune 2006; 18 years ago (2006-06)
Founders
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Key people
RevenueIncrease US$2.17 billion (2023)
Decrease US$−208 million (2023)
Decrease US$−176 million (2023)
Total assetsIncrease US$3.07 billion (2023)
Total equityIncrease US$1.32 billion (2023)
Number of employees
7,663 (2023)
Websitehubspot.com
Footnotes / references
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HubSpot, Inc. is an American developer and marketer of software products for inbound marketing, sales, and customer service. HubSpot was founded by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah in 2006.

Its products and services aim to provide tools for customer relationship management, social media marketing, content management, lead generation, web analytics, search engine optimization, live chat, SAAS, and customer support.

History

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The company grew from $255,000 in revenues in 2007 to $15.6 million in 2010.[2][3] Later that year, HubSpot acquired Oneforty, the Twitter app store founded by Laura Fitton.[4][5] The company also introduced new software for personalizing websites for each visitor.[6] According to Forbes, HubSpot started out targeting small companies but "moved steadily upmarket to serve larger businesses of up to 1000 employees."[7][8]

HubSpot filed for an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2014, requesting to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HUBS.[9] They raised more than $140 million by selling shares for $25, which then peaked at $840 in November 2021.

In July 2017, HubSpot acquired Kemvi, which applies artificial intelligence and machine learning to help sales teams.[10] The company reported revenues of $1 billion in 2021.[11]

In February 2021, Axios reported that HubSpot would be acquiring The Hustle, a content and email newsletter company focused on small business owners and entrepreneurs.[12][13]

In September 2021, HubSpot announced Yamini Rangan as their new CEO,[14] while Brian Halligan stepped out of the role and became an Executive Chairman at the company.

On January 31, 2023, HubSpot announced the first layoffs in the company's history. Affecting approximately 500 employees, this layoff eliminated 7% of its total workforce. On the same day, HubSpot also announced plans to restructure its Cambridge campus, centralizing operations within a nearby office the company had already been leasing.[15][16]

A photo of an open office floorplan. Exposed brick office. HubSpot's Cambridge HQ
Interior view of HubSpot's office space at its Cambridge HQ

Hubspot announced its acquisition of B2B intelligence firm Clearbit in November 2023.[17][18]

For 2023, the company reported total revenue of $2.17 billion (up 25% from 2022) Subscription revenue — $2.12 billion (up 26% from 2022), professional services and other revenue of $46.8 million (down 16% from 2022).[19]

In September 2023, HubSpot announced the launch of HubSpot AI, an AI-powered service for marketing, sales and service departments, and the relaunch of Sales Hub, a solution for the sales department.[20]

In April 2024, Reuters reported that Google was considering a bid to acquire HubSpot.[21] The report led to shares of the company spiking by 5%.[22] This news garnered a mixed response from industry leaders and users, 48% said they would be triggered to consider alternative software.[23] In July, it was reported that Google had given up on its effort to acquire the company.[24][25]

Software and services

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HubSpot Marketing Software provides tools for social media marketing, content management, web analytics, landing pages, customer support, and search engine optimization.[2][26][27][28][29]

HubSpot has integration features for Docusign, salesforce.com, SugarCRM, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, and others.[30] There are also third-party services such as templates, and extensions.[31] Additionally, HubSpot offers consulting services and an online resource academy for learning inbound marketing tactics.[32][33] It also hosts user group conferences and inbound marketing and certification programs.[33] HubSpot promotes their inbound marketing concepts through their own marketing,[27] and has been called "a prolific creator of content" such as blogs, social media, webinars and white papers.[7]

In 2010, an article in the Harvard Business Review said that HubSpot's most effective inbound marketing feature was its free online tools.[34] One such tool, the Marketing Grader, assessed and scored website performance.[35][36] The company introduced a Twitter tracking feature in 2011.[37][38]

In November 2016, HubSpot launched HubSpot Academy, an online training platform that provides various digital marketing training programs and free certifications upon completion.[39]

In 2018, HubSpot integrated Taboola on the dashboard, a global pay-per-click native ad network.[40]

In November 2019, HubSpot acquired PieSync, a customer data synchronization platform.[41]

In August 2021, HubSpot partnered with Envato to launch hundreds of high-quality CMS Hub templates.[42] [43]

HubSpot CRM Free

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The company launched HubSpot CRM Free in 2014.[44] The CRM product tracks and manages interactions between a company and its customers and prospects. It enables companies to forecast revenue, measure sales team productivity, and report on revenue sources.[45][46][47] The software as a service product is free and integrates with Gmail, G Suite, Microsoft Office for Windows, Office 365 and other software.[48]

Marketing Hub

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HubSpot Marketing Hub integrates customer relationship and social media management,[49] campaign automation, and email marketing.[50] Usability features were added to the marketing tool in 2020.[51] As of 2021, there are four service tiers (Free, Starter, Professional, and Enterprise). Starter offers basic analytics, and Professional enables additional marketing automation options, custom workflows, A/B testing, more inboxes, and support for more currencies. The Enterprise version allows access to more contacts, revenue reporting, custom event automation, and campaign reporting.[50]

Operations Hub

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HubSpot launched Operations Hub in 2021 as an extension of the customer relationship management tool. Available in multiple service tiers, Operations Hub helps customers use data in the CRM.[52][53]

Service Hub

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HubSpot's customer service software, Service Hub ( previously known as Customer Hub )[54] was announced in 2017, moved out of beta testing in 2018,[55][56] and received a "refresh" in 2022. The contact center platform provides self-service automation, Twilio telephony,[57] as well as "sentiment analysis and churn forecasting" and testimonial capturing, according to The Irish Times.[54] TechCrunch says Service Hub also includes a "universal inbox" for all customer communications, tools for developing a "company knowledge base" and surveys, and a dashboard for team tracking.[55]

Content Hub

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HubSpot's Content Hub is an all-in-one, AI-powered content marketing platform designed to assist marketers in creating and managing content throughout the customer journey. It offers tools for content creation, personalization, and distribution across multiple channels, including blogs, podcasts, and social media. Key features include AI-driven content generation, SEO recommendations, and analytics to optimize content performance. The platform integrates with HubSpot's CRM, enabling personalized content experiences based on customer data. Content Hub also provides capabilities for repurposing content into various formats, such as transforming blog posts into social media updates or audio content. This integration aims to streamline content operations and enhance marketing efficiency.

HubSpot Academy

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HubSpot Academy is an online training program with free courses for content, email, inbound and social media marketing, as well as graphic design, web development, and search engine optimization.[58][59] Some of the courses offer certifications.[60] In 2022, Avi Stern of The Jerusalem Post and Christian Rigg of TechRadar described the Academy as "one of the nation's leading digital marketing sources for businesses" and "an industry-leading learning center for all things CRM", respectively.[61]

Tech industry reviews

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HubSpot has been described as unique because it strives to provide its customers with an all-in-one approach.[28][62] A 2012 review in CRM Search said HubSpot was not the best business solution in each category but that taken as a whole, it was the best "marketing solution" that combined many tools into one package.[7] It identified HubSpot's "strengths" as the sophistication of its call to action (marketing) tool, its online ecosystem, and its "ease of use". Its weakness was described as having "more breadth than depth." The review said the lack of customization and design tools could be limiting and that it was missing advanced features such as business process management (BPM) tools to manage workflow.[7]

Conferences

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INBOUND conference in 2018

HubSpot hosts an annual marketing conference for HubSpot users and partners called "INBOUND". The event is typically located in Boston. In 2019, HubSpot hosted its largest conference in the event's history, with a record of over 26,000 attendees from 110 countries.[63][64] The first INBOUND conference took place in 2012. Since then, speakers such as Oprah Winfrey,[65] Michelle Obama, Barack Obama,[66] Tig Notaro, and Issa Rae have spoken at their events.[citation needed]

Controversy

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In July 2015, HubSpot's CMO, Mike Volpe, was dismissed for violating HubSpot's code of business conduct. It was found that he tried to obtain a draft copy of the book Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start Up Bubble, written by his former employee Daniel Lyons.[67][68] According to an article in The Boston Globe, records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act indicated that HubSpot executives considered the book "a financial threat to HubSpot" and Volpe used "tactics such as email hacking and extortion" in the attempt to prevent the book from being published.[69]

In April 2016, after his book was published, Lyons wrote in The New York Times that HubSpot had a "frat house" atmosphere. He also called the company a "digital sweatshop" in which workers had little job security.[70] Later that month, HubSpot's founders gave an official response to the book, in which they addressed several, but not all, of Lyons' claims.[71]

Reception

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The Boston Business Journal named HubSpot a "Best Place to Work in 2012".[72] In 2015, the company was named the best large company to work for in Massachusetts by The Boston Globe.[73][74] In 2017, HubSpot was named seventh by CNBC as one of the best places to work.[75] Glassdoor named HubSpot the best place to work in 2020 and the #2 best place to work in 2022.[76][77]

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Further reading

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  • Halligan, Brian; David Meerman Scott; Dharmesh Shah (2010). Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media and Blogs. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 978-0-470-49931-3.
  • Lyons, Daniel (2016). Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start Up Bubble. Hachette Books. ISBN 978-0316306089.
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