176. Maja Lindström, CPO, Talentech - Lessons learned from 8 acquisitions - The CPO perspective!

176. Maja Lindström, CPO, Talentech - Lessons learned from 8 acquisitions - The CPO perspective!

In this episode, we speak with Maja Lindström, CPO, Talentech, a leading developer of HR providing a seamless talent journey through a centralized platform. With main hubs in Oslo, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Helsinki, and Copenhagen, Talentech's scalable solutions support every stage of the talent pipeline, offering personalization and flexibility to meet tomorrow's challenges.

We talked with Maja about their M&A journey, 8 acquisitions to date and counting, and how you make the unifying process work from a product and technical staff perspective. Some of the questions we discuss in this episode are:

  • First, what are the different underlying strategies that can fuel an M&A strategy of this nature?
  • What is the process of "onboarding" separate product teams into a new unified and larger team working on a platform strategy?
  • What are the most common pitfalls to avoid here, and why?
  • What is the process of integrating different products, at times on different tech stacks and different maturity levels?
  • To be successful with this amount of frequent and large acquisitions, it requires a lot from the organization. Which are the key players, processes and characteristics needed from an organization to be successful in a process like this?
  • How do you find a balance between product autonomy vs central platform thinking to avoid losing speed in deployment and releases?

This is for all the product leaders out there and people considering an M&A strategy. Tune in to learn mode from Maja's journey of acquiring and integrating 8 product organizations into one platform unit.

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26. Øyvind Reed CEO, Whereby - The never say die attitude that gets you to 10m ARR!

In this episode, we speak with Øyvind Reed CEO, Whereby, the Video Platform that helps connect people and is trusted by companies like Netflix, Hubspot, and IKEA among many other global brands. Øyvin...

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25. Mikko Honkanen Co-Founder, Vainu - Bootstraping at its finest!

25. Mikko Honkanen Co-Founder, Vainu - Bootstraping at its finest!

In this episode, we speak with Mikko Honkanen Co-Founder, Vainu, the Sales Intelligence Platform that helps salespeople and marketers move forward through real-time company data. Mikko walks us throu...

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24. Charlotte Ekelund CEO and Co-Founder, Teemyco - The age of Hybrid and Remote workforces

24. Charlotte Ekelund CEO and Co-Founder, Teemyco - The age of Hybrid and Remote workforces

In this episode, we speak with Charlotte Ekelund CEO and Co-Founder, Teemyco, the SaaS platform that brings your offline people into a virtual office for better collaboration. Charlotte shares her th...

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23. Tom Henriksson General Partner, OpenOcean - How do you asses the value of a SaaS company?

23. Tom Henriksson General Partner, OpenOcean - How do you asses the value of a SaaS company?

In this episode, we speak to Tom Henriksson General Partner at OpenOcean, the Finnish-based VC company with a particular love for Enterprise data-intensive software businesses across Europe.  Tom joi...

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22. Fredrik Rönnlund COO,  Leadoo Marketing Technologies - What is the the role of your professional board?

22. Fredrik Rönnlund COO, Leadoo Marketing Technologies - What is the the role of your professional board?

In this episode, we speak to Fredrik Rönnlund COO,  Leadoo Marketing Technologies, the Finnish-based Conversion Platform for Marketing and Sales powering over 800 customers worldwide. Fredrik joins u...

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21. Sigrun Dora Saevinsdottir COO,  LS Retail - Transforming legacy business to SaaS!

21. Sigrun Dora Saevinsdottir COO, LS Retail - Transforming legacy business to SaaS!

In this episode, we speak to Sigrun Dora Saevinsdottir COO,  LS Retail, the Icelandic based SaaS company powering over 80000+ storefronts in 140 countries with unified retail software. Sigrun shares ...

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20. Niilo Fredrikson CEO, Efecte - the role of Channel Sales in SaaS!

20. Niilo Fredrikson CEO, Efecte - the role of Channel Sales in SaaS!

In this episode, we speak to Niilo Fredrikson CEO, Efecte, the fast-growing service and identity management solution headquartered in Finland! Niilo shares his view on Channel Sales in SaaS. What is ...

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19. Mikael Thuneberg CEO, Supermetrics - the amazing story of bootstrapping to 36m Euro ARR!

19. Mikael Thuneberg CEO, Supermetrics - the amazing story of bootstrapping to 36m Euro ARR!

In this episode, we speak to Mikael Thuneberg CEO and Founder, Supermetrics, about how they've taken the world by storm with their platform that helps businesses manage and understand their marketing ...

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