Brian Halligan

Co-founder @ HubSpot

Brian Halligan is the co-founder of HubSpot and served as the company's CEO until 2021. Brian coined the term "inbound marketing" and built a movement around the concept, which included organizing INBOUND and co-authoring the book Inbound Marketing with co-founder Dharmesh Shah. Prior to HubSpot, Brian earned an MBA from MIT. He later developed MIT’s popular Scaling Entrepreneurial Ventures class, which he has taught for over a decade. As the founder of Propeller Ventures, Brian currently directs a $100 million climate tech fund specializing in ocean innovation.