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Michael Walrath is the chairman and CEO of Yext, a publicly traded digital presence platform. Prior to Yext, Michael cofounded Right Media, the first at-scale digital ad exchange, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2007.

In this episode, Michael and Auren discuss:

Software vendor consolidation
Changing attitudes around growth vs profitability
New dynamics of VC funding
Running board meetings as a CEO

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You can find Auren Hoffman on X at @auren and Michael Walrath on LinkedIn.

Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)

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Yext CEO Michael Walrath - Software Consolidation and Convergence

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