Dennis Kayser is the founding CEO at Forecast who raised $5.5m in 2019 for their SaaS solution which leverages artificial intelligence to transform project management & professional services.
We explored:
- Having launched the business in Copenhagen, why Dennis chose London for Forecast’s commercial HQ
- Overcoming Covid’s challenges through flat structures & autonomous teams used to working remotely
- How Forecast, from its inception, was created with a diverse workforce reflecting their diverse target customers - their 60 employees comprise 18 nationalities and a 50-50 gender split
- How and why AI will make all of us superhuman!
- Why Dennis decided to accept funding from a VC who valued Forecast 3x less than other VCs had valued the business
- Why founders should not get starstruck just because a high profile VC reaches out to them
For more insights into Forecast head over to https://www.forecast.app & for advice on hiring stellar B2B SaaS scale-up talent check out https://alpinasearch.com
