My First Million
My First Million
Hubspot Media
I dropped out of college and built a $3.6B company from scratch
58 minutes Posted Jul 2, 2026 at 10:01 am.
) Story of Box
) Enterprise Over Consumer
) Turning Down Huge Acquisition Offers
) Angel Investing, Missed Bets, and Investing in Your P&L
) Aaron’s Contrarian AI Takes: More Jobs, More Work
) Founder Anxiety, Therapy, and Surviving the CEO Grind
) The Business Strategy Books Aaron Swears By
) AI Tools, Software Stocks, and Why SaaS Isn’t Dead
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Get Sam and Shaan's hard-won CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/ktng
Episode 838: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Aaron Levie ( https://x.com/levie ) talk about building Box, getting rich slowly, why AI might make us work harder.
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• Box - https://www.box.com/ 
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My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /