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We went from a couple hundred thousand dollars to 2.7 million.

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It was $160 million, which is the size of any IPOs.

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I'm your host, Nathan Latka, and here's today's episode.

Hello, everyone. My guest today is Christian Lang. He's the CEO and co-founder and chairman

of TradeShift. He started his first technology company at age 19 and is a recognized thought

leader and Fortune 500 advisor, as well as a member of the Global Agenda Council on the Future of IT Software

and Services at the World Economic Forum. He frequently keynotes conferences on topics such as

digital disruption and business agility along with supply chain sustainability. Christian,

are you ready to take us to the top? Absolutely. That is all a mouthful, a lot of large

things that sound like they move very slow.

I think it's pretty simple, really.

I mean, there's a bunch of really large companies that are being completely turned upside down with what's happening with technology.

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