Julia Schottenstein

M&A, competition, pricing, and investing | Julia Schottenstein (dbt Labs)

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Opening
Julia Schottenstein (00:00:00): M&A is always about creating plan Bs. And the way I would think about it is for any one company, there's only ever two to three buyers that find what you're building to be extremely strategic. And the strategy that I would do in how do you get noticed is I would figure out the area that you bring a competitive advantage. And I would inflict pain on that potential buyer....

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Low-ego framing
Julia Schottenstein (00:00:33): The really important piece here is you...

Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.

Accept praise cleanly
about inflicting pain and strategic partnerships and why worse is better. Thank you so much for being here. Two final questions. Where can folks find you online if they want to reach out and how can...

Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.

Low-ego framing
of the distribution bucket? What are some examples of just really important, I don't know, unique or effective distribution strategies or I don't know, unfair advantages you've seen maybe with dbt, maybe...

Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.

Ending
And In Depth I think Todd Jackson actually hosts a lot of the episodes too. Also, a huge fan of the podcast. Definitely check it out. And then say your podcast again and how can folks find it? Julia Schottenstein (00:59:43): It's called the Analytics Engineering Podcast. Lenny (00:59:47): And it's just in podcasting apps? Julia Schottenstein (00:59:48): Yes. Lenny (00:59:49): Amazing. Check it out. Julia, we've talked about inflicting pain and strategic partnerships and why worse is better....

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