How to manage your stakeholders in good times and bad

In this episode of Ventures from the Valley, our host Victor Orlovski is joined by Shahar Fogel, the former CEO of Rookout - a live data collection and debugging platform that helped engineers speed up their processes. They discuss Shahar’s responsibilities as a CEO for building a sales machine, as well as building trusting relationships with shareholders and employees.

In this episode of Ventures from the Valley, our host Victor Orlovski is joined by Shahar Fogel, the former CEO of Rookout.

Together, they discuss:

The qualities of an excellent Product Manager
How Shahar built an effective sales machine from scratch
The challenges of building revenue in a highly competitive market
The juggling act of pleasing shareholders and employees
The difficult decision to sell a business to a competitor.

Shahar Fogel is the former CEO of Rookout, a live data collection and debugging platform that was acquired by Dynatrace. After leaving the Israeli Army, Shahar found himself working his way up through the ranks of Tech product management at businesses including Connectik and Brandtix.

R136 Ventures were a proud investor of Rookout, and Victor and Shahar’s conversation gives a fascinating insight into the investment and build-up of this business.

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This episode is brought to you by R136 Ventures.