When To Hire A President To Run Things
Jim Brown had been running TerrAlign, a software company that helps clients optimize their sales territories, for more than two decades when he decided to promote Ken Kramer to run things as the company’s President.
Kramer was so good at leading the business that Brown ultimately asked him to manage the process of selling it. TerrAlign was subsequently acquired by MapAnything in December 2018. Then in April 2019, MapAnything was itself acquired by Salesforce.com.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Where to find your second-in-command (Hint: they might already work for you)
- How to structure a compensation plan that aligns your President to your goals
- How to protect yourself when your acquirer gets acquired
- Ways to ensure your business will run successfully without you
- How to build a company that acquirers want to buy
- How Kramer was compensated to get to the finish line of the acquisition