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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

Okay.

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

Uh, it'll be about 10 million of growth this last year.

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

So we've, we've inflected a, uh, it was growing at about 8% for the last 10 years before we bought it.

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

And we've,

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

retooled the company.

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

And this last year will be 34% growth.

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

Got it.

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

60 to 70.

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

Everyone died.

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

It was really sad.

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

It was tragic.

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

So we pitched them first in 2009.

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

Um,

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

When we sold Leadco, actually, we fell in love with the tool.

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

We approached the family.

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

We came out and pitched the board.

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

Family-run business.

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

The wife of the founder was alive.

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

The only remaining daughter of the founder was alive.

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

And they thought about it long and hard, but they just couldn't pull the trigger.