PV Cannon
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We are optimizing for a 12 month payback.
I mean, right now we're at that and, you know, we hired a new chief revenue officer last year.
So his first thing is, let me go get the, you know, things stabilized.
We'll relook these metrics as, you know, we want to pump up the growth level, then we need to get more aggressive, right?
That's a good question.
I think, you know, it's about what the aspirations of the founders and the management team is.
I think, you know, an IPO is more kind of like what the team wants to do and what I would like to do.
And, you know, we've built the company for the long run.
So it's not about, you know, get into some stage and get out.
I mean, you know, as a profitable company, you know, when I meet any private equity investor, they're very interested, like you said, right?
Because it's kind of a sweet spot, size, scale, profitability.
So, you know, a lot of the problem solving has already been done, right?
The question is, how much value can you extract all on your own versus teaming up with private equity, right?
So we believe, you know,
we can extract a lot of value and then continue to serve our customers better by just being standalone.
You know, we'll do it if there is a good reason, right?
A good reason could be, you know, let's say we want to acquire someone in the space.
That's interesting.
And it's going to cost a lot of money, you know,
let's say it's going to cost 300, 400 million, right?