How Dave Monahan used transparency to redefine the dental care marketplace

<p>What do Microsoft and a dental care marketplace have in common? Plenty, if you look at it from the inside-out. Dave Monahan, CEO of Kleer, got his entrepreneurial training at Microsoft, where he learned how to focus on solutions, build transparency, and innovate faster. Today, Dave is building a pandemic-proof culture at Kleer, a dental care marketplace aiming to replace inefficient insurance plans. In this episode of The Modern CFO podcast, Dave and host Andrew Seski talk about the benefits of transparency, where to look for product data, and how Kleer survived COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Show Links</strong></p><ul> <li>Check out<a href="http://kleer.com/"> Kleer</a> </li> <li>Follow Kleer on<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/kleerllc/"> LinkedIn</a> or<a href="https://twitter.com/Kleer_LLC"> Twitter</a> </li> <li>Connect with Dave Monahan on<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-monahan-05976b2/"> LinkedIn</a> </li> <li>Connect with Andrew Seski on<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-seski-819b2581/"> LinkedIn</a> </li> </ul><p><strong>Key Takeaways</strong></p><p>4:22 - Microsoft-made entrepreneur<br>In his first year at Microsoft, Dave learned from CEO Steve Ballmer how to stay solution-focused.</p><em>“The person running that area asked me to present the first 10 minutes of the presentation... when I was done, [Steve’s] first words to me were, ‘I hated that presentation.’ I’m in front of Steve and his leadership team and all the leaders of the group I just joined. And so he goes, ‘let me tell you why.’ And he said, ‘you presented a number of problems. You did not give me any solutions.’ I think I was 29 or so at this point. And then that one for me was, all right. I will never ever do that again. If I'm going to go into a presentation anytime and anywhere, and I am ever going to present any kind of issue or problem, I will not only have the solution, but I'll have the data to back it up.”</em><p><br><strong>6:44 - A model of transparency<br></strong>Microsoft’s open-access informatio