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Todd Olson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
613 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

What did you see that I don't see?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

Was there something in the background?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

What did I miss?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

And it gets them thinking.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

Well, first of all, they know they're going to get that question, so they're prepared for it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

And it creates a lot more rigor in our process when I'm involved in the process.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

The reality is I still catch things.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

I catch things.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

Job hoppers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

This person's worked eight jobs in the last two years.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

Did you at least ask why they moved around so much?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

Well, they had a good reason.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

Really?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

These are good companies.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

What were the good reasons?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

So I ask the uncomfortable questions.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

It's like, hey, you lasted three months at this company.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

Did you leave on your own or did they ask you to leave?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

I mean, and you'll see how people kind of squirm a little bit in their seat and thought, well, it was a mutual.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
The $100m Pendo Story: The Crazy Not-Scaleable Stuff We Did At Every Stage

Yeah.