The built hapily Podcast

In this episode of built hapily, we sit down with Justin Shardlow, founder of Pacific Marketing and Pacific Marketing Labs, to explore his journey as a HubSpot Solutions Partner and App Partner. Justin shares how his team balances app development with running a successful solutions agency. If you’re interested in creating apps for HubSpot or understanding the opportunities within the ecosystem, this episode is packed with valuable takeaways!

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
  • How Justin transitioned from a Martech agency to a dual solutions-and-app business
  • The role of HubSpot’s App Accelerator program in launching Justin's apps
  • Key technical and business challenges of app development, like API limits and scaling
  • The value of lightweight, workflow-integrated apps for solving specific customer pain points
  • Why collaboration within the HubSpot app community is the key to growing the ecosystem

What is The built hapily Podcast?

The built hapily podcast is about building apps, companies, and relationships in the HubSpot ecosystem. As HubSpot grows, so does the opportunity - and this podcast puts you in the room with the people making it all happen.

Hosted by Dax and Max, built hapily goes behind the scenes with HubSpot developers, solutions partners, startup founders and community leaders. Each episode delivers tactical insights into launching and scaling businesses around the HubSpot platform.

However, this podcast is about more than just building software. It's about building authentic connections, fulfilling careers, and lives you can be proud of. Guests share their personal journeys, hard-won lessons and philosophies for not just achieving success, but finding purpose and happiness along the way.

After all, this is about more than making apps. It's about building hapily - and you're invited along for the ride. Join Dax, Max and their guests to construct the life you've been dreaming of, one conversation at a time.