Performable founder returns to discuss HubSpot acquisition – with David Cancel
One of the first interviews that I did was with the guy you’re about to meet today and I heard the full interview before interviewing him today.
I’m so glad to have him back on here because I’ve watched his career just keep growing and growing since that interview. Last time we talked about how he built all the other businesses he built and at the end of the interview, we talked about this new company that he started which was called Performable.
Since then, he sold Performable to a company that went public is now worth over $1 billion. It’s a fantastic business and I want to ask him what happened that took Performable from an idea to a business that was eventually sold.
You can also check out his first interview here.
David Cancel is co-founder of Performable, which offers easy-to-use, do-it-yourself tools that helps web sites improve convert more visitors into customers.
Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy. It is, of course, home of the ambitious upstart. I say of course because I’ve been basically saying that for what, eight years, longer? One of the first interviews that I did was with the guy you’re about to meet today and I heard the full interview before interviewing him today and man, David, I was pretty good back then.
David: You were good.
Andrew: Yeah. I always had this feeling where I had to get better and better and better but there was a period there where I just got good and our interview was at that place.
David: I think you were in your groove.
Andrew: I think so. I’m so glad to have you back on here because I’ve been watching your career just keep growing and growing since that interview. The guy you guys are going to meet today is David Cancel. I had him on to talk about how he built all these other businesses and at...
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