Before becoming the CEO of DocuSign, Keith Krach served as CEO of Rasna Coporation, Ariba and 3Points. He took Ariba public during the first internet IPO wave in the late 90s. At Vator Splash, he compared what it was like being a CEO in the 90s compared with today. 

Krach says there are more similarities than differences.

In a conversation with Rory O’ Driscoll of Scale Venture Partners at Vator Splash SF, Keith Krach was asked to compare the difference of being a CEO of an enterprise software company in the 90s compared to being one today.

“In terms of what is the same: the company with the best people wins. It’s all about building a high performing team. I think that’s universal, that’s absolutely timeless,” said Keith Krach.

“I think the other thing, too, is finding a very big market in the middle of paradigm shift. So, when we started Ariba, we were the first enterprise application written on the Internet.”

Prior to becoming CEO of DocuSign, Mr. Krach founded Rasna Corporation, Ariba, and 3Points. Parametric Technology acquired Rasna Corporation for $500 million, while Krach took Ariba public in the first Internet IPO wave achieving a value of $34 billion.

Krach also pointed out some things have changed including mobile and cloud technology.

Read more about the Vator Splash SF conversation here.http://vator.tv/news/2013-10-07-krach-not-much-different-being-ceo-now-than-in-the-90s