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Olivier Simonis

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
260 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

And then you and your, yeah, we, we have one kind of friend and family first, our business angel, uh, and then the, the, the investor who joined us for the series, uh, a.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

They own around 30% of the company.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

It's a rather simple category.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

So you and your co-founder still own about 55% of the company?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

You're good at math, Nathan.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

Well, that's good.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

I'm curious.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

How do you go about finding a CEO to replace yourself here?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

Well, no, that's a very good question.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

And for me, that's a great story because the CEO who is going to be the full CEO from next month has actually joined the company seven years ago.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

So he joined the company first as a sales guy in Belgium and then he became kind of the country manager there.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

a sales country manager in Belgium.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

Then he became the head of sales.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

Then he became the COO.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

And since January, we are both co-CEOs.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

So it's really someone that knows the product, knows the company, is fully involved

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

align with the values, live the values.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

I mean, and I think it's a great key to success is to have someone that is completely aligned with your objective, with your values.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

There's no bad surprise to expect.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
He's stepping down as CEO. Strange move with $6.6m in Revenue?

He's highly respected by the rest of the team.