Evidence receipt / observation
Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: observation
2 Dec 2020 Acquired Special: Slack + Salesforce Emergency Pod with Packy McCormick of Not Boring
“For the founders listening to this who have never sold a company before, that is the typical thing that forms a relationship between companies that then leads to acquisition. That's the way to do a dance where you do a partnership, not a bundle distribution go-to market partnership.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- observation
- Recorded
- 2 Dec 2020
- Publisher
- Acquired
Transcript context
…All that work down the drain. That's the acquisition that should've been. For the founders listening to this who have never sold a company before, that is the typical thing that forms a relationship between companies that then leads to acquisition. That's the way to do a dance where you do a partnership, not a bundle distribution go-to market partnership. What's an interesting product thing that we could do that would provide value for both of our users? Companies get to know each other, they get to understand each other’s user base, and then that's the thing that tends to lead to a deal. Packy, now that you bring it up, it is surprising to me that we aren't seeing Google's name here. Yeah, boring we’re not for that deal.…
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