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The "dos and don'ts" of selling your company with Chris Buttenham, CEO and Co founder of Obie (acquired by Seismic)

You're going to think your LOI is like 98% of the way there, and you're probably like 20% of the way there.

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Chris Buttenham, CEO and Co Founder of Obie (acquired by Seismic), joins the show to talk about

  • How Chris' experience installing security cameras that led to the customer insight behind founding Obie
  • Creating and falling into startup categories
  • The process Chris took to successfully sell Obie to Lessonly and Seismic.
  • Suggestions on how to grow the aSaaSins podcast

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Chris Buttenham

Founder and CEO of Obie

Chris Buttenham is the founder and CEO of Obie (acquired by Seismic), a company changing the way organizations share and manage their internal knowledge. Chris is a 500 Startups alumni (Batch 20), and OnDeck Fellow (ODA6).

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