958 When Founders Died, He Acquired $50m+ SaaS Company That Helps You Hire Smarter

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

Nathan Latka

Ceo, Entrepreneurs, Founders, Software, Business, Entrepreneurship, Saas, Startups

4.6 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Mike Zani is the CEO of The Predictive Index. He also runs a search fund called Phoenix Strategy Investments.

Mike was previously the CEO of LEDCO and ShapeUp.

Prior to running companies, Mike was the 1996 Olympic Sailing Team coach, and he was named Coach of the Year for the sport of sailing.

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0:00.0	This is the top entrepreneurs podcast where founders share how they started their companies and got
0:06.9	filthy rich or crash and burn. Each episode features revenue numbers, customer counts, and other
0:16.1	insider information that creates business news headlines. We went from a couple hundred thousand dollars to two point seven million.
0:23.6	I had no money when I started the company.
0:25.6	It was a hundred and sixty million dollars which is the size of any IPOs.
0:29.6	We're a bit strapped.
0:30.6	We have like 22,000 customers.
0:33.6	With over five million downloads in a very short amount of time, major outlets like Inc are calling us the fastest growing business show on iTunes.
0:43.6	I'm your host, Nathan Latka, and here's today's episode.
0:48.6	Hello, everyone.
0:49.5	My guest today is Mike Zani.
0:51.7	He's the CEO of the Predictive Index.
0:55.9	He also runs a search fund called Phoenix Strategy Investments. He was previously the CEO of Ledco and Shape Up. Prior to running
1:02.4	companies, he was the 1996 Olympic Sailing Team Coach, and he was named Coach of the Year in
1:07.9	that sport. Mike, are you ready to take us to the top? Yeah, I love to. Gosh, Olympic sailing coach sounds way more cool than a founder or CEO. Why did you switch?
1:16.6	It was a fantastically romantic life, but if you wanted to have kids or a family, it was not the cup of tea.
1:24.6	What'd your day look like? It was 330 days a year on the road.
1:30.3	A lot of time spent in a rigid hull inflatable boat flying around chasing sailboats.
1:35.9	What is a lesson you took from sailing that you've now applied to your new company?
1:39.9	And what is the company?
1:40.9	What do you do?
1:42.5	You actually learned a tremendous amount from coaching, sailing, and high-performance sailing
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