Gero Decker is the co-founder and CEO of Signavio which provides tools for business process management. The company has raised over $200 million from investors like Apax Digital and Summit Partners. The company has become an emerging global leader for Business Process Management.
In this episode you will learn:
- Who Gero chose as their ideal investor and why
- What the due diligence process was like
- The future of business process management
- The importance of hiring slow and firing fast
- Gero’s top piece of business advice for new founders
- How Berlin’s tech scene has been booming and the impact on commercial real estate
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About Gero Decker:
Gero Decker is co-founder and CEO of Signavio, a Berlin-headquartered enterprise software company and the emerging global leader for Business Process Management. Signavio is one of the fastest growing and biggest SaaS companies from Germany, with offices across North America, Europe and APAC and more than 200m EUR in funding.
Gero Decker was named “Innovator of the Year” by MIT Technology Review and holds a PhD in Software Engineering from Hasso-Plattner-Institute. Before starting Signavio, he has worked for SAP and McKinsey. Gero Decker‘s biggest passions in enterprise software are product management and building a strong Go-To-Market function, sharing his learnings in the popular “The Art of Sales” podcast.
Gero Decker is married and has 2 children.