Rebecca Kacaba, Dealmaker CEO & Co-Founder: Corporate M&A Lawyer to Software Founder

CLOSE.IO WOMEN IN SALES INTERVIEW SERIES

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Host: Rebecca Luo, Close.io Account Executive [email protected], @rebeccatluo

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Rebecca Kacaba ([email protected]) is the CEO and Co-Founder of DealMaker (https://dealmaker.tech/). She was previously a Partner at Dentons LLP and Aird & Berlis LLP and also a Secondee at the Ontario Securities Commission. Rebecca earned her LLB at the University of Windsor and a Bachelor’s in Psychology at Western University.

Episode Highlights:

Rebecca got her inspiration to study psychology and practice law from her family

When hiring, Rebecca looks for people with cold-calling experience

Rebecca's father was an OG side hustle entrepreneur while running his own legal practice

Rebecca and her co-founder, Mat Goldstein, on their experiences working together at a law firm and howod they started a startup business practice there at the time

How Rebecca uses self-awareness to manage stressful situations