{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"OTAVA","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.otava.com","title":"Why We Decided to Create a More Powerful Partnership with Co-CEOs","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wT19LPHYVL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/why-we-decided-to-create-a-more-powerful-partnership-with-co-ceos\/\">Why We Decided to Create a More Powerful Partnership with Co-CEOs<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/why-we-decided-to-create-a-more-powerful-partnership-with-co-ceos\/embed\/#?secret=wT19LPHYVL\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Why We Decided to Create a More Powerful Partnership with Co-CEOs&#8221; &#8212; OTAVA\" data-secret=\"wT19LPHYVL\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Sometimes a business lunch can change the course of your life. Five years ago, I was CEO of a network security company called Interlink Networks. I had been hired by its venture investors to turn it around and reposition it into new markets. We accomplished those goals, drove it to profitability and the management team purchased the company from its investors. Looking for my next challenge, I set up a lunch meeting with Yan Ness to pick his brain. He had purchased several companies in the past and I wanted to find out how he did it &amp; what to look for. Somehow, between walking into the restaurant and walking out, he talked me into buying a piece of Online Tech and joining the executive team. Yan and I hadn\u2019t worked together up to that time, but we did have a common former business partner, Jim Price, who each of us had worked with at different times in our career. Upon hearing the news that I\u2019d be joining Yan at Online Tech, Jim told us we\u2019d both just made the biggest mistake of our lives. Five years later, Online Tech has quadrupled its revenue and has become recognized at the...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/mike-klein-150.jpg"}