News
The CEOs who work with Catlin & Cookman Group are always doing something amazing. Here are some of their recent accomplishments:
- Jules Pieri’s book How We Make Stuff Now: Turn Ideas Into Products That Build Successful Businesses’ is one of Inc.’s picks for the year’s 11 best business books for entrepreneurs. A wonderful contribution to the entrepreneurial community.
- Buildium was acquired by RealPage for $580M. Congratulations to both Michael Monteiro Co-Founder and previous Buildium CEO and to Chris Litster, current Buildium CEO. Michael was a long-term High-Growth CEO Forum member until he handed the reins to Chris who then became a High-Growth CEO Forum member. Great job building a great company!
- Congratulations to High-Growth CEO Forum Member Mike McKee on ObserveIT’s sale to ProofPoint for $225M! Read why Mike is so upbeat about the synergy between the two companies!
- John Belizaire and Bouzha Cookman chat about the importance of an annual Corporate Operating System (COS) in John’s excellent CEO Playbook Blog.
- Chris Litster discusses leading with vulnerability as CEO of Buildium
- Meet A Doctor-Turned-Entrepreneur Building The Amazon Of Life Science Products. Doctor-turned-entrepreneur Florian Wegener is building an Amazon-style platform for life science research products through his Boston-based startup, ZAGENO.
- Bevi wins the CleanTech Company of the Year award from the New England Venture Capital Association.
- Klaviyo closes a $150M investment as they look to build a Boston tech powerhouse.
- ObserveIT Announces Strongest Second Quarter Sales in Company History
- Buildium has been named one of Inc. magazine’s Best Workplaces for 2019. This is the fourth workplace culture award awarded to Buildium in 2019
- Congratulations to Jules Pieri, CEO The Grommet, on her new book – ‘How We Make Stuff Now: Turn Ideas Into Products That Build Successful Businesses.’
- Jules Pieri, CEO of The Grommet Talks about Female Entrepreneurship
- Gail Goodman, CEO Constant Contact, @TEDx: how CEOs can scale with their companies.Watch Gail Goodman, CEO Constant Contact, in a TEDx talk describing how CEOs can scale with their companies. Gail notes that by the time a startup is just four years old 60% of founding CEOs are no longer at the helm. A first-time CEO herself, Gail has built Constant Contact to a more than $250 million in revenue public company.
Bottom-Line Impact
Generated over $9.4 Billion in market value through sell-side M&A events and 6 IPOs. Highlights are:
Chris Litster, Buildium: 2019 sale to RealPage for $580M
Mike McKee, ObserveIT: 2019 sale to ProofPoint for $225M
Court Cunningham, Yodle: 2016 sale to Web.com for $342 Million
Tom Ebling, Demandware: 2016 sale to Salesforce for $2.8B Sale to Salesforce, 2016
John Bruce, Resilient Systems: 2016 sale to IBM for over $100
Gail Goodman, Constant Contact: 2016 sale to Endurance International for $1.1 Billion
Rajiv Kumar, ShapeUp: 2016 sale to Virgin Pulse for over $50M
Jason Jacobs, RunKeeper: 2016 sale to Asics for $85M
Christopher Ainsley, ShopperTrak: 2016 sale to TYCO International for $175 Million
Peter Bauer, Mimecast: 2015 IPO raised $77 Million
Charlie Kroll, Andera, Inc.: 2014 sale to Bottomline Technologies for $44.5 Million
Andy Ory, Acme Packet: 2013 sale to Oracle for @ $2 Billion
Jim Hemmer, Antenna Software: 2013 sale to Pegasystems
Tom Ebling, Demandware: 2012 IPO raised more than $80 Million
Glen Trout, MSDSOnline: 2012 sale to ICG Group for $48M
Dave Wangler, TMW Systems, Inc.: 2012 sale to Trimble Navigation for $335 Million
Diane Hessan, Communispace: 2011 sale to Omnicom
Russ Wilcox, E Ink: 2010 sale to Prime View International for $445 Million
John Rizzi, e-Dialog: 2008 sale to GSI Commerce for $157 Million
Gail Goodman, Constant Contact: 2007 IPO raised more than $107 Million
Janet Kraus, Circles: 2007 sale to Sodexho for 12x EBITDA
Colin Angle, iRobot: 2005 IPO raised more than $75 Million
Dan Schimmel, OneSource Information Services; 1999 IPO raised more than $100 Million