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Russ

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154 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

Yep.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

Chris and I worked closely together for many years at CA.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

All right, good.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

I'd be embarrassed.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

He built our security and storage business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

He took our antivirus business and made it a leader, made it a several hundred million dollar business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

So he was certainly a powerhouse at CA.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

I left CA a little over a year ago.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

That would have been 2016.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

yeah in 2016 uh chris called me i was you know had made several investments in the technology area i'm a mentor to a lot of startup companies in the new york city area

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

And Chris calls me one day and says, hey, there's a great opportunity here.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

I have an opportunity to lead a new software company, SaaS based company in the data space.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

And I need you to partner with me.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

So I looked into it, looked into the technology, looked into the product line.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

Chris brought one of his best sales guys.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

They sold me on the technology.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

I looked at it and I said, hey, you know, this is an interesting space.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

I get to build another cloud-based SaaS company, software company here in Long Island.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

And let's go for it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
934 The Acquired Company at $160k MRR, 12 Months Later at $500k+ MRR, Here's How

So, yeah, a quick answer is we use our own technology to get to enrich data so that our goal is to make the sales force more productive.