In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Mehdi Daoudi, CEO and Co-Founder - Catchpoint Systems, Inc.

Play episode on:

Share episode:

Notes:

0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:03:00 - Who is Mehdi Daoudi?

0:11:00 - How was the switch from marketing to the IT field? And what is your advice to people who want to switch their careers?

0:14:00 - When Google acquired DoubleCLicks, What was the special thing that push google to purchase it and how was the switch from a small company to Google word?

0:19:00 - What are the products/services DoubleCLicks offer?

0:21:00 - When does it make sense for someone to say I will sell my company and when isn’t?

0:27:00 - What is Catchpoint? How was the experience, and how did you get the idea?

0:34:00 - How was the experience moving to the cloud and not creating a SAAS product?

0:42:00 - How bad was the Covid 19 for Catchpoint?

0:51:00 - Catchpoint is hiring everywhere, so what profiles does Catchpoint need?

0:56:00 - Would you share with us some of your failure stories?

1:00:00 - In your opinion, what are the main qualities and skills of a good leader?

1:05:00 - Why did working in a big company like Google push you to leave it?

1:09:00 - Any advice about how to close deals with clients?

1:13:00 - Do you follow news about the startups’ ecosystem in Morocco, what do you think about it, and what does miss it?

1:13:00 - Do you follow news about the startups’ ecosystem in Morocco, what do you think about it, and what does miss it?

1:19:00 - What do you think about companies that do the offshoring?

1:22:00 - After ten years of pushing startups, why can’t we see some of them succeed now?

1:26:00 - What is the advice you can give to someone who is trying to build a startup?

1:28:00 - What would you advise your 20-year-old self?

1:29:00 - Wrap up and goodbye

Illustration

Anything you want us to talk about?

If you have any topics, questions, guests to invite, concepts, books, or technologies you want us to explore, don’t hesitate updating our episodes planning :D

Check planning