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Todd Olson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
613 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

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

So we flew the entire Israeli office here as a way to help build the culture.

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

And it was a great success from the feedback that I've seen.

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

So culture is a big aspect.

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

Products.

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

I mean, the products are coming together.

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

I think we're starting to unify the architectures and starting to think about the world, not in terms of mobile or web, what's a combined solution look like?

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

And I think that's really, really powerful.

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

So

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

So yeah, I think it's been very successful.

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

And I've been fortunate in my career to be part of many acquisitions.

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

And this is probably one of the most successful I've seen personally in my career.

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

So yeah, when I look at the market, you know, we...

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

We will absolutely grow more through acquisition.

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

And we look at, you know, I wouldn't say quite every week I look at a different company, but as things come inbound to me, we are very aggressive.

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

We'll get on the phone with pretty much anyone that's interested because I think it's good discipline.

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

I think it's good discipline for myself and my business development team to be looking at deals regularly to see what's out there and understand what our opportunities are.

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

But we also do some proactive if there's companies I like.

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

We are very proactive.

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

You know, I'll call the founder.

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

I'll sit down with them.