Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses for an audience of entrepreneurs. Joining me today is a guy who has three phenomenal companies, two of them sold, the last one, he is . . . well, he’s got some big visions for. And I have to be honest with you, I don’t know what he’s doing here. Like, this guy is huge. He’s huge.
Godard Abel is the founder of a couple of companies whose names you might’ve heard. They are both in the price quoting software space. The first is BigMachines. He built it, launched it, sold it to Oracle for $400 million reportedly. The second is a company he became the CEO of after investing in, and then he built it and sold it to Salesforce for $300 million. After either one of those, I read articles the guy could’ve just moved on with his life, taken it easy and done nothing, and still he...