Rationally it fits and the CEO more or less had 'rational' stamped on his forehead. The CTO just wants to decrease his workload so he can be with his daughter so he's fine as long as I can be the bridge between the developers and the clients and do sales and marketing. 
Private equity wants to cash out in a "few" years, integration of the 6 agencies is moving slow, they've just centralized billing 3 years after the merger. They need to find new investors or buy back the shares from their own profits. I have to grow this business unit from 8 million to 10 million so the CTO can focus on the integration of the group.
So, background check passed, job interview passed and in consideration for a 150k role. And at no point in the conversation did I think that I wouldn't be able to do the job.
The ideas I had to be more bold with marketing with ads in the cinema and such were well received. Also that my biggest sales fuck up I learned from was charging 50% higher than the average rate.
We had an interesting talk about where I see the future of apps and software considering AI is swallowing it whole. At that point I explained that if we couldn't train people fast enough I would be realistic and do this the Xbox way and they both nodded approvingly.
Apart from spicing up marketing and with the chaos already as big as it is I presented myself as the safe, bureaucratic, strategic and rational choice.
In it for the love of the game an interest in technology and a vast network to source new business from.
They will evaluate, there is other candidates, etc. etc. I will hear back from the recruiter. But the way we discussed buying the stock personally or with a holding company and what type of employment would fit, I think they are seriously considering to give me this job.
Private equity wants to cash out in a "few" years, integration of the 6 agencies is moving slow, they've just centralized billing 3 years after the merger. They need to find new investors or buy back the shares from their own profits. I have to grow this business unit from 8 million to 10 million so the CTO can focus on the integration of the group.
So, background check passed, job interview passed and in consideration for a 150k role. And at no point in the conversation did I think that I wouldn't be able to do the job.
The ideas I had to be more bold with marketing with ads in the cinema and such were well received. Also that my biggest sales fuck up I learned from was charging 50% higher than the average rate.
We had an interesting talk about where I see the future of apps and software considering AI is swallowing it whole. At that point I explained that if we couldn't train people fast enough I would be realistic and do this the Xbox way and they both nodded approvingly.
Apart from spicing up marketing and with the chaos already as big as it is I presented myself as the safe, bureaucratic, strategic and rational choice.
In it for the love of the game an interest in technology and a vast network to source new business from.
They will evaluate, there is other candidates, etc. etc. I will hear back from the recruiter. But the way we discussed buying the stock personally or with a holding company and what type of employment would fit, I think they are seriously considering to give me this job.
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