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Tips From a Trailblazer: The Key to a Successful Acquisition

October 26, 2020 by Rebeccah Yeadon Leave a Comment

David Schmaier has taken ‘blazing a trail’ to an unprecedented level over recent years. He is the former Founder and CEO of Vlocity — the fastest growing company ever built on the Salesforce platform, reaching $100 million in revenue in less than five years. In its sixth year, in June 2020, the company was acquired by Salesforce, with David Schmaier appointed CEO of Salesforce industries.

The award-winning entrepreneur joined us on the Trailblazing Entrepreneurs podcast to share his tips for achieving acquisition and what he has learnt about setting a business up for success.

What do you attribute your success to?

It’s really a testament to our people. This is a team sport, so it’s all about having an A-team of employees that are all committed to one vision. And our vision was to help companies transform their industry.

Second, it comes down to the unmet need in the marketplace. Customers need industry-specific capabilities and, now, because of

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