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Mark Roberge (Ex-HubSpot CRO): "AI Startups Will See the Highest Failure Rate in History"

Mark Roberge is calling it now: we are about to witness the highest failure rate for a single cohort of startups in the history of tech.

As author of Science of Scaling, and co-founder of Stage 2 Capital, Mark joins the pod to dismantle the "growth at all costs" mindset that still plagues founders. He explains why the assembly-line sales model is dead and how AI will force a return to the full-cycle "rainmaker" rep.

**Key moments:**

The AI Bubble: Why the index fund of the last two years of AI investments is likely doomed.

Fixing Your ICP: And how optimizing for CAC or inbound volume without…

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