#104 - MSS with Mehdi Daoudi

<p>In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Mehdi Daoudi, CEO and Co-Founder - Catchpoint Systems, Inc.</p>
<h2 id="guests">Guests</h2>
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<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdaoudi">Mehdi Daoudi</a></li>
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<h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>
<p>0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming</p>
<p>0:03:00 - Who is Mehdi Daoudi?</p>
<p>0:11:00 - How was the switch from marketing to the IT field? And what is your advice to people who want to switch their careers?</p>
<p>0:14:00 - When Google acquired DoubleCLicks, What was the special thing that push google to purchase it and how was the switch from a small company to Google word?</p>
<p>0:19:00 - What are the products/services DoubleCLicks offer?</p>
<p>0:21:00 - When does it make sense for someone to say I will sell my company and when isn't?</p>
<p>0:27:00 - What is Catchpoint? How was the experience, and how did you get the idea?</p>
<p>0:34:00 - How was the experience moving to the cloud and not creating a SAAS product?</p>
<p>0:42:00 - How bad was the Covid 19 for Catchpoint?</p>
<p>0:51:00 - Catchpoint is hiring everywhere, so what profiles does Catchpoint need?</p>
<p>0:56:00 - Would you share with us some of your failure stories?</p>
<p>1:00:00 - In your opinion, what are the main qualities and skills of a good leader?</p>
<p>1:05:00 - Why did working in a big company like Google push you to leave it?</p>
<p>1:09:00 - Any advice about how to close deals with clients?</p>
<p>1:13:00 - Do you follow news about the startups' ecosystem in Morocco, what do you think about it, and what does miss it?</p>
<p>1:13:00 - Do you follow news about the startups' ecosystem in Morocco, what do you think about it, and what does miss it?</p>
<p>1:19:00 - What do you think about companies that do the offshoring?</p>
<p>1:22:00 - After ten years of pushing startups, why can't we see some of them succeed now?</p>
<p>1:26:00 - What is the advice you can give to someone who is trying to build a startup?</p>
<p>1:28:00 - What would you advise your 20-year-old self? </p>
<p>1:29:00 - Wrap up and goodbye</p>
<h2 id="links">Links</h2>
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<li><a href="https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Publications/Article/1227816/dtp-038-weathering-the-storm-leading-your-organization-through-a-pandemic/">weathering the storm leading your organisation through a pandemic</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12975375-the-advantage?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=bvRT94AaN1&rank=1">The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business</a></li>
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<h2 id="preparedandpresentedby">Prepared and Presented by</h2>
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/laytoun">Mohammed Aboullaite</a></li>
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