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[0-IPO] Yext’s Founder, Howard Lerman: key to building a lasting company

Sit Down Startup

English - January 25, 2023 21:29 - 21 minutes - 1 MB
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Howard Lerman founded tech company Yext in 2006, recording revenues of $100M during his final quarter as CEO. In November 2022, he started building his next project: Roam, an all-in-one Cloud HQ — and predicts it’s going to be even bigger. 

The entrepreneur joined Adam for a chat to share some key insights and strategies from his +20 years’ experience: 

Make customers love you. Happy clients will get you everywhere. Try and try again. There’s no single magic trick to growth — except to try everything. Growth isn’t the be all, end all. There are other ways to measure success.