The Unexpected Call That Rekindled My Business Dreams with Mailchimp's CEO

Name: The Unexpected Call That Rekindled My Business Dreams with Mailchimp's CEO
Uploaded: 2023-11-19T15:15:02+00:00
Duration: 33 s
Channel: Jason M. Lemkin
Description: After rejecting acquisition offers and vowing to run their company forever, the speaker got a call from Catalyst pushing them to take one more meeting…

19 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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After rejecting acquisition offers and vowing to run their company forever, the speaker got a call from Catalyst pushing them to take one more meeting. They talked to Alex Chris and immediately clicked, reigniting their passion for the business and changing everything.

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We had been through sort of a little bit of an informal round with another couple of potential buyers. Yeah. And, you know, it didn't end with a good deal, so we walked away from it. And I was, I had sworn I would never listen to another offer again. I was done with it. I was going to move on and just run my company for the rest of my life. And then, you know, maybe within a couple of days, I got a call from Catalyst, actually. I'd been working with them for many years. And they said, just take one more call. You're going to like this one. Oh, interesting. So I took a call with Alex Chris, my new boss. And, uh, I mean, we hit it off immediately.