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GA’s Anish Batlaw with EngageSmart’s Bob Bennett

General Atlantic’s Anish Batlaw, Managing Director and leader of Human Capital strategies to support the firm’s portfolio, speaks with EngageSmart Founder & CEO Bob Bennett about his unique approach to leadership and empowering employees.

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General Atlantic’s Anish Batlaw, Managing Director and leader of Human Capital strategies to support the firm’s portfolio, sits down with Bob Bennett, Founder & CEO of EngageSmart, a leading provider of vertically tailored customer engagement software and integrated payments solutions. They discuss Bob’s early entrepreneurial experiences, working at a campground marina in Maine as a teenager; Bob’s first company, MicroFridge, and key lessons he learned as a young founder; the humble beginnings that paved the way to where EngageSmart is today; the company’s customer focused product leadership; and Bob’s unique approach to leadership and empowering employees that has helped him scale EngageSmart to north of 900 employees.