YouTube video (narrative) in which Mailchimp's CEO recounts stepping away from prior acquisition talks, vowing to stop taking offers, then receiving a persuasive call from Catalyst and Alex Chris that renewed his openness to selling. The clip focuses on the pivotal, personal chemistry with Alex Chris and the decision to take another meeting.
We had been through sort of a little bit of an informal round with another couple of potential buyers, and, you know, it didn't end with a good deal, so we walked away from it. And 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. So I took a call with Alex Chris, my new boss. I mean, we hit it off immediately.
