Zima: Enterprise Incumbents Cannot Rebuild Tech Stacks Due to Customer Edge Features
Colin Zima · He lost his first 5 deals—built the next Looker, raised $250M | Omni · Aug 10, 2026 · at 13:21
Colin Zima, co-founder and CEO of Omni and former Looker executive, explains why legacy enterprise software incumbents struggle to execute modern product rewrites.
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“It's really hard to do that because you can't just wipe your customer base out. They all have these little features at the edge that they're using. And it's really hard to be like, no, give it a little time. And this whole thing will be better.”
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