Mike VolpeMike Volpe, is the Chief Marketing Officer of HubSpot, a leading marketing technololgy company. He joined the company as its fifth employee in 2006 and helped grow it in 8 years to over 10,000 customers. He and his team produce over 50,000 leads per month. A shorter version of this interview appears on the IDG Connect Marketer blog. Continue reading

Question mark with illustrated personWhen talking to prospects for revenue + associates I’ve been asking, “Are you happy with your rate of revenue growth, or would you like to grow faster?”

While 3 out of 4 small business owners report they don’t want to grow at all, that they’re comfortable at their current size, I’m talking to mid-market companies and they do want to grow. Some executives laugh when I ask this question, as if the question is obvious: everyone wants to grow faster.

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