Q How did that work? I mean, did you, most private equity firms are people in house always looking for deals. And sometimes when that person kind of leads the deal internally, they end up actually running the company post deal. Was that the case with you at Vista or no? Like how did, how did Vista say, oh, we got to get Mark on this company?
A Yeah, so I knew a number of the Vista CEOs and Vista people, so you're right that sometimes that happens where an operating partner looks at the deal and they take over. In this case, I was a known entity to Vista, and I was, I was very, very interested in working with Vista because they're quite unique, and that uniqueness is, is that they exclusively invest in enterprise SaaS companies. So when you think of private equity, there's some niche firms that are very vertically focused, but they tend to be smaller. Vista is very large, but vertically focused on software businesses. You know, you see other, you know, companies in their size, they may invest all over the place, They don't necessarily have an expertise in the industry. So I think the Vista model is quite unique. I think it brings a lot of advantage to our customers. I also think it's very attractive for our team because it provides them with a tremendous amount of development and how to operate a business with best practices.
AI assessment note: “In this case, I was a known entity to Vista, and I was, I was very, very interested”