Schuck: ZoomInfo took until $200M ARR to recognize great leadership talent
Henry Schuck · 10 Mistakes the CEO/Founder of ZoomInfo Made on His Journey to IPO (and Beyond) · Jul 6, 2022 · at 13:40
ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck responds to Jason Lemkin about how long it took to solve hiring mistakes across non-core executive functions.
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“I think around two hundred million of AR, you started being confident that you knew what great looked like.”
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