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Mike Zani

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
216 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

And it can be sad sometimes because there's a lot of legacy there.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

But the ones who make it are just thrilled that someone finally took the shackles off.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

We did.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

We tell our friends and family that we sort of buy used companies.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

Well, we were a client for 10 years.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

In our first company, Ledco, that you mentioned, it was a small manufacturer in Detroit.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

We had 45 people, and only four of those people made it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

And we actually used the Predictive Index as a client to help us reshape our human capital strategy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

And we leaned into it really hard.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

What did you pay Predictive Index?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

What was their model?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

Oh, back then, it was the same model as today, except the software was pretty simple.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

And most of the users were on pencil and paper surveys.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

Um, and this was 2004.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

You really shouldn't be on pencil and paper.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

It was, it was a unlimited use subscription.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

Um, it would be hard to say it was SAS.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

Um, it was unlimited use of this subscription technology.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

Um, it was, all it was, was an online, uh, scoring tool, um, of a service like strengths finder.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

Um,