Ep 462: Evan Davidson's Humble Beginnings in The Cybersecurity Industry
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- 17:14
- March 9th 2023
Sean: That's amazing. That is. And you've gone through so many acquisitions as well. I mean, my goodness, it must have made you a little bit busy going through all of those flips.
Evan: Well, look. If you're going to work for an early-stage company, let's call it for what it is, you know, the private equity or the VCs, the people who put money in are looking to monetize that in some way. And typically it's a sale or it's some form of IPO. And so it is kind of there is always a natural, whether you want to call it an exit or a call it, it's always a next chapter. And so this is my second company that's gone public. I've been to a couple of acquisitions and really there's just the next phase with an acquisition. You know, the company gets integrated, it moves normally into a bigger environment and that's a different challenge with a public company when you're pre, I guess pre IPO, flexible, agile, there's a lot more stimulus and once you go public, there's a lot more governance because you're now required to report to the public markets. So there's a lot more I guess management and compliance and other things that are required to kind of provide the connection back out into that type of operating environment. So it's just different. But you don't. I don't think you go and join early-stage companies unless you like to change, and that's your reference to Disney. If you don't like change and you don't like the fast pace, early-stage companies are certainly not the place you want to be because, I mean, our business is growing over 100% year on year. I mean, it's growing incredibly fast. We're hiring constantly. We're always moving and changing. And if that is not your thing, then certainly my business or many businesses like ours are not yours. But if you like to be doing something different all the time and always thinking about what can change can be improved and this is a great place to be and really show your value. Because if you can do good work, then it certainly floats to the top because you can really create value for a company.
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