How To Establish Cross Functional Teams | CEO of AppLearn | Andrew Avanessian

AppLearn is a leading digital adoption platform vendor that helps enterprises improve the data quality and productivity of their key internal systems.In this episode, Andrew Avanessian, CEO of AppLearn, talks through the incredible business they’ve built, from how they chose their core values, to being voted the 5th best tech business to work for and rank in the "Best Companies" list, and what they did to achieve this. Andrew then dives into how they have broken down silos within the business to get different departments to work closely together, and the impact this has had on the product.Finally, Andrew talks through changing from a service business to a SaaS product, as well as touching on their US investment and the key to targeting the US market. Questions asked:1. Intro to Andrew and Applearn2. Applearn isn't the first tech scale-up you've worked for, you previously worked for Avecto (now Beyond Trust) what did you bring with you to Applearn that you learnt at Avecto?3. You were recently voted as the 5th best tech business to work for and rank in the "Best Companies" list. What have you done to achieve this? What does it mean to you as CEO?4. What are the core values that sit at the heart of Applearn? Why did you pick them?5. One of the things we discussed when putting the podcast together was breaking down silos within the business and getting different departments to work closely with each other - what have you achieved in doing this?6. You've turned Applearn from a Services business to SaaS, can you talk us through this? What were the challenges on the way?7. Your main investors sit in the US, why did you go to the USA for this?8. What was the experience like in raising investment over in the US?9. One of the key markets that you've sold to in your career is the US. Can you tell us a bit about targeting US businesses?10. What's the biggest challenge in your career to date?11. What's the one bit of advice you would give to someone moving to join a start up?Follow The Start-Up Diaries Podcast on LinkedIn, Instagram, or find more free content from the Tech Recruitment Specialists powering The Start-Up Diaries - Burns Sheehan.