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Dave DuPont

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
266 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

I have no desire to sell out quickly to anybody.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

I recognize that there is a strong likelihood that somebody will make us an offer that we cannot refuse at some point.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

But I'd rather just aim at getting as big as we can get, adding as much value as we can add, shooting for an IPO, recognizing that we may never get there, but we're going to create a fantastic product over the long haul.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

That's a very different strategy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

We have competitors in our space that are- Name one or two.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

Pardon me?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

Name one or two.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

I'll name the larger competitors.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

Comcast has a subsidiary.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

Really?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

Yep.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

Sports Engine.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

Um, there is a time Inc has a subsidiary called SI play sports illustrated play.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

Um, Dick's sporting goods actually is a competitor in the marketplace with, um, with a solution called, um, blue sombrero and infinity and another one called affinity sports.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

And the last is a private equity funded, uh, company called blue star sports.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

We're pursuing a strategy which is long-term.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

We're building a great, usable, integrated product, integrated across the different kinds of organizations and teams I was referring to, and really focused on customer experience.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

Some of our competitors are just...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

uh, purchasing small players and, um, aggregate payments, you know, so a short-term, uh, private equity play versus, uh, long-term 15 years, six, 20 years, uh, enduring company kind of.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
866 SaaS: Sports Teams Use This $40m+ Company To Manage Communication

It's a good question.