ZM - Dialpad's CEO Is Racing Past Tech Giants With A Gumball Rally Lesson | Benzinga
Start-up CEOs sometimes juggle their company vision to match their competition if the competition changes their roadmap. Craig Walker, CEO of the $2.2 billion cloud communications company, Dialpad, has had his fair share of experience in that arena, having previously sold ventures to tech giants such as Yahoo and Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google.
The serial entrepreneur says don’t change your vision to mimic competition. Here's how he came to that idea revelation and why it matters.
1. A Lesson from a '70's Racing Comedy
Drawing inspiration from an unlikely source, a 1970s racing comedy "The Gumball Rally," Walker said a quote from the movie pretty much underscored his philosophy: "What’s behind you is ...