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Magnus Åström

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156 total appearances

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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

So I've been around so long, so I know what's important.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

So the valuation as such is not the most important.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

It's the preference structure.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

I mean...

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

If you have to sell at the lower level, what happens then?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

It's about the lock-in.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

How hard are you locked in as an entrepreneur?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

You mean investing schedule specifically or what?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

Yeah, exactly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

And it's not about leaving the company.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

It's about having that as something to negotiate with.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

So that's basically it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

And also the type of investor you want to have.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

Is it, you know, 100 times money investor and they fail 99 out of 100 times?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

Or is it someone who really doesn't want to lose their money?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

Because I have three, four chances in my life.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

The investors, they invest in, you know, hundreds of companies that they don't really care if a few of them fails.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

But I would care if none of them fails.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

So I have to have the right investor.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 591: Now Interact Closes $5M Round On $18M Pre Money Helping Enterprises With OmniChannel Data with CEO Magnus Astrom

I know what it's like to have the wrong investors on board.