In this podcast episode, Dharmesh Shah, the CTO of HubSpot, shares his journey of building several successful companies. He highlights the significance of using your time wisely and prioritizing value creation over mundane tasks. Through personal stories from his early career, he illustrates the power of negotiation, the importance of lifelong learning, and the need to seek out opportunities that match your skills and instincts. Additionally, he introduces the idea of "agents" in AI, predicting they will shape the next wave of applications, and discusses his recent sale of the domain chat.com to OpenAI.