Talend's revenue growth accelerated from 30% to 40% after going public
Mike Tuchen · 1057 Talend CEO: "IPO was right move" · Jun 16, 2018 · at 15:08
Mike Tuchen, CEO of Talend, reviews the company's revenue growth trajectory before and after its 2016 IPO.
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“And at the time that meant as we were going public, we're growing in the thirties, and then we accelerated through the next year and ultimately ended up growing at around 40% for the last couple of years.”
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