How Caren Merrick started WebMethods in her basement and helped build it to a public company that sold for $546 million
A few weeks ago, I got an email back from one of our fans who said, “I heard this interview you did and I thought maybe I should volunteer to do an interview.” As I read her backstory, I couldn’t believe how much she’d done and I said to the team, “Find a way. Let’s get her on.” Here she is today.
Caren Merrick is her name. She cofounded webMethods. It’s a pioneer in the business to business ecommerce innovation space. We’ll talk about what that means. She helped take the company public in 2000. It eventually sold to Software AG in 2007 for $546 million.
She is a serial entrepreneur who’s still going. Her latest startup is called Pocket Mentor. It’s a mobile app for leaders like you, the person who’s listening to me who want to grow their teams and their businesses.
Caren Merrick is the cofounder of webMethods, a pioneer in the business to business e-commerce innovation space.
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A few weeks ago, I got an email back from one of our fans who said, “I heard this interview you did and I thought maybe I should volunteer to do an interview.” As I read her backstory,...
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