Heading into the third quarter and earnings season, TechCrunch is happy to announce that Yext CEO Howard Lerman will be part of us for a dwell Q&A subsequent Tuesday as a part of our persevering with Further Crunch Stay collection.
The collection not too long ago hosted pairs of buyers from Accel and Index Ventures and has hosted enterprise leaders, from Mark Cuban to Roelof Botha. Lerman will likely be one of many few visitors who’s the CEO of a public firm.
However Lerman isn’t any common public CEO — his firm debuted at a TechCrunch occasion again in 2009, shortly elevating capital after the pitch. Yext’s 2017 IPO was subsequently an occasion of curiosity right here at TechCrunch.
What’s going to we speak about? There are a selection of issues that come to thoughts, however we’ll definitely get into the affect of COVID-19 on small companies and the way Yext is dealing with an uneven market. We’ll dig into search, a rising product and income space for the corporate, and the way Yext has managed to broaden its product combine with out diluting its focus.
We’ll additionally focus on what adjustments for a tech CEO heading into the general public markets and what recommendation he may need for corporations both contemplating, or actively going public in 2020. It has been a busy 12 months for startup liquidity, pushing a large number of startups into the general public sphere with various outcomes.
And we’ll riff on the place Lerman is seeing essentially the most attention-grabbing startups being constructed, alongside together with your questions. As with all Further Crunch Stay classes, we’ll snag just a few questions from the viewers. So make sure that your Further Crunch Stay subscription is dwell and prep your ideas.
Particulars comply with after the leap. See everybody Tuesday!
Particulars
Under are hyperlinks so as to add the occasion to your calendar and to avoid wasting the Zoom hyperlink. We’ll share the YouTube hyperlink on the day of the dialogue:
