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Nikos Moraitakis

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
291 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

So I like my job.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

I like what I do.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

I guess so, yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

You would sell if you don't see yourself doing this five years from now or you don't see it being much bigger five years from now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

But if both of those are true, then it's very difficult to sell.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

That's true as well.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

That's true as well.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

You could have a case like that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

But to be honest with you, I'm a little bit more cynical about these things.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

It's probably smart, by the way.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

Usually through an acquisition, it becomes somebody else's property.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

And there is no guarantee that it will go and achieve whatever vision you have.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

No, no.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

It's the first time I'm

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

I'm building a company, so I don't have a chance.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

That's what it is.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

My favorite business book.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

I guess it's Nicholas Taleb's Fooled by Randomness.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

No.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1222 Workable CEO on Saying "No" to Acquisition Offers, $20m+ in ARR

No, I don't have someone specific.