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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186. Jennifer Peters, Head of Customer Success, Vesper - Building a Customer Journey That Drives Retention

186. Jennifer Peters, Head of Customer Success, Vesper - Building a Customer Journey That Drives Retention

In this episode, we’re joined by Jennifer Peters, Head of Customer Success at Vesper, the commodity data platform working to bring transparency to the global commodity marketplace. Vesper provides mar...

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185. Emelie Linheden, VP Marketing, Younium - The Event Budget Playbook: What Actually Drives ROI

185. Emelie Linheden, VP Marketing, Younium - The Event Budget Playbook: What Actually Drives ROI

In this episode, we’re joined by Emelie Linheden, VP of Marketing at Younium, a Subscription Management tool that helps B2B SaaS companies in Europe and North America streamline subscription managemen...

18 Juni 202545min

184. Karolina Wrońska-Boukhalfa, Director of Customer Success, Dixa - How should companies segment customers to drive better outcomes?

184. Karolina Wrońska-Boukhalfa, Director of Customer Success, Dixa - How should companies segment customers to drive better outcomes?

In this episode, we’re joined by Karolina Wrońska-Boukhalfa, Director of Customer Success, Dixa, the Value Experience Customer Service Platform empowering companies to deliver effortless, personalized...

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183. Søren Schønnemann, CEO, Factbird - The Hidden Growth Lever: How Strategic Hiring Fueled €10M ARR

183. Søren Schønnemann, CEO, Factbird - The Hidden Growth Lever: How Strategic Hiring Fueled €10M ARR

In this episode, we’re joined by Søren Schønnemann, CEO, Factbird, the SaaS provider that helps manufacturers maximize their performance through manufacturing intelligence from Operator to Process Eng...

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182. Karel Callens, CEO & Founder, Luzmo - Stacking S-Curves: How Luzmo Future-Proofs SaaS Growth Through parallel thinking!

182. Karel Callens, CEO & Founder, Luzmo - Stacking S-Curves: How Luzmo Future-Proofs SaaS Growth Through parallel thinking!

In this episode, we’re joined by Karel Callens, CEO & Founder, Luzmo, an embedded analytics platform, purpose-built for SaaS companies. They bring complex data to life with beautiful, easy-to-use dash...

25 Apr 20251h 1min

181. Massimo Arrigoni, CEO, Beefree - What SaaS Founders Can Learn from Beefree’s Embedded Growth Strategy

181. Massimo Arrigoni, CEO, Beefree - What SaaS Founders Can Learn from Beefree’s Embedded Growth Strategy

In this episode, we’re joined by Massimo Arrigoni, CEO, Beefree, a powerful design suite that lets you create no-code beautiful, high-performing emails that work with any marketing platform. Today the...

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180. Anna Jäger, VP Marketing, Sinch - Size Matters & Speed Wins - How Sinch approached marketing in the U.S. market!

180. Anna Jäger, VP Marketing, Sinch - Size Matters & Speed Wins - How Sinch approached marketing in the U.S. market!

In this episode, we’re joined by Anna Jäger, VP Marketing at Sinch, a global leader in customer communications with over $3B in revenue and operations in 60+ countries. Anna shares hard-earned lessons...

9 Apr 202551min

179. Ashley Faus, Head of Lifecycle Marketing, Atlassian - Lifecycle Marketing That Wins Hearts, Minds and Wallets!

179. Ashley Faus, Head of Lifecycle Marketing, Atlassian - Lifecycle Marketing That Wins Hearts, Minds and Wallets!

In this episode, we sit down with Ashley Faus, Head of Lifecycle Marketing at Atlassian, to unpack what lifecycle marketing really means and how one of the world's best-known SaaS companies makes it w...

2 Apr 202552min

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