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Oct 22, 2021
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BostonCougar
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2 words describe the fall: Pride and Greed.
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Someone needs to write the Rise and Fall of InsideSales.com (Xant). Despite the
macdizzle
10/22/21 9:09am
The audacity of the execs to NOT sell for $1 billion LOL
letthewookieewin
10/22/21 9:10am
But seriously, once the $1B is split up between the various parties, it's not really even worth the time.
Ragnar Danneskjold
10/22/21 9:13am
RE: But seriously, once the $1B is split up between the various parties, it's not really even worth the time.
letthewookieewin
10/22/21 9:18am
Looks like the bones are there... now if you add some flesh (and stories) it should be an interesting read. Good luck.
Division Bell
10/22/21 9:12am
Were you one of those let go along the way? Or did you ride the ship down?
Big Daddy D
10/22/21 9:13am
No I never worked there. Just have worked with A LOT of people who have over
macdizzle
10/22/21 9:15am
I noticed a lot of people who left there over the years boomeranging back over
maxpowers
10/22/21 9:28am
I think the new CEO and the brand change convinced a lot of people things had
macdizzle
10/22/21 9:36am
I’d be interested to hear someone who’s in that world kind of rank the tech companies as they stand right now
JollyGreenGiant
10/22/21 9:14am
they sold for $10M. I know because I got the letter from the attorneys outlining
maxpowers
10/22/21 9:16am
That's worse than I was told. Wowzer. That's incredible. Your letter is more
macdizzle
10/22/21 9:18am
Yeah it was a tough read. It outlined how the acquisition went down, who got
maxpowers
10/22/21 9:19am
So that's what that huge packet was about a month or two ago? I got one as well. Scanned through it and basically saw
BlueBlood94
10/22/21 9:23am
Still running looks like
OU Cougar
10/22/21 9:16am
there are no longer any xant employees left
maxpowers
10/22/21 9:17am
They got rid of everyone and rolled it underneath kind of a parking lot holding
macdizzle
10/22/21 9:18am
I’m sure it’ll be written into a Harvard case study if it hasn’t already.
WDaddy
10/22/21 9:18am
One of my favorite parts of the acquisition was the press release that the
maxpowers
10/22/21 9:22am
That's a pretty messed up flex. Also awesome.
macdizzle
10/22/21 9:22am
2 words describe the fall: Pride and Greed.
BostonCougar
10/22/21 9:22am
dave elkington is a complete egomaniac and the reason for their downfall
maxpowers
10/22/21 9:27am
I'd say 'one of the primary reasons' for their downfall. There are other reasons
macdizzle
10/22/21 9:30am
Fair. He was the consistent presence through it all tho
maxpowers
10/22/21 9:33am
Pretty consistent across so many failures.
Big Daddy D
10/22/21 5:09pm
I was there for nearly 3 years, left voluntarily 5 years ago. They wanted me to stay, but even then I saw the writing on
BlueBlood94
10/22/21 9:25am
I was there for 6 months starting Jan 2015. Saw that they were barely
tarzan15
10/22/21 9:49am
This was probably the biggest red flag for anyone there at the time. They
maxpowers
10/22/21 9:32am
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