LivePerson: From A Founder’s Most Painful Moment In Business To $100 MM / Year – with Robert LoCascio

Robert LoCascio, LivePerson, B2B, Hiring, Mental Game, SaaS (software as a service), System

What’s your most painful moment in business?

Well when today’s guest started out, he was in such bad mental shape that his therapist told him he was screwed. How did he go from that terrible situation — which you’ll hear more about in this interview — to creating a company that generated over $100 million in revenue last year?

Robert LoCascio is the founder of LivePerson, most well known for its chat platform that allows companies to talk with visitors in real time on their websites. If you’ve ever been on a web site that let you chat with customer support while you were on the site, that’s LivePerson.

Robert LoCascio

LivePerson

Robert LoCascio is the founder of LivePerson, most well known for its chat platform that allows companies to talk with visitors in real time on their websites.

 

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