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Todd Olson

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613 total appearances

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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

No, July in 2017.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

We made our first acquisition last August for mobile, and that was very strategic for numerous reasons.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

One, we wanted mobile, and many, many companies obviously have both mobile and web-based products.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

We wanted to make sure that we could provide a complete solution across both.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

Um, but we also wanted to flex that muscle and build skills around it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

So part of doing an acquisition isn't just the acquisition itself, but, um, understanding how as a business we can do that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

So, um, it's gone very well from an integration perspective.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

We're pleased with the results.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

I mean, you look at it from a number of different factors.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

One, are customers adopting a joint solution?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

The answer is yes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

So we actually have seen good customer uptake of our solution post-acquisition.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

We're looking at the culture in the office.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

The cultures align.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

And the answer is yes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

We actually just flew the entire Israel team to Raleigh last week for our annual kickoff event.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

Are you in Raleigh?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

I'm in Raleigh.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

Its headquarters is in Raleigh.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1115 How Pendo CEO Uses War Chest to Acquire Companies, Integrate

The team is in Israel.