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Impact PricingFrom Commoditized to Premium: The Remarkable Effect with Ton DobbeTon Dobbe is the founder of Value Inspiration, helping SaaS companies transform from commoditized to remarkable. He's the author of The Remarkable Effect, where he explores what makes products stand out and command premium prices. And he's a keynote speaker and podcast host himself. In this episode, Ton shares his insights on how SaaS companies can escape the commodity trap and command premium pricing by focusing on their unique approach to solving customer problems, rather than just features and functions. Why you have to check out today's podcast: Learn how to identify...
2025-09-1533 min
The Multilingual Content Podcast, Powered by Undertowđ From Local to Global: Ton Dobbe on SaaS Expansion with The Remarkable EffectHow do B2B SaaS companies expand internationally without falling into the âjust translate itâ trap?
In this conversation with Ton Dobbe, we dig into why localization is far more than language, how to build momentum in new markets, and the mindset shift from minimum viable to minimum remarkable product. We unpack Tonâs Remarkable Effect framework, starting with the value foundation, then viability and volume, to sharpen positioning, shorten sales cycles, and win premium deals even in greenfield markets.
Expect war stories, practical tactics like âsell the idea, not the product,â and how to find your early fans using psychograp...
2025-09-0841 min
Haarlem105SP-Kamerlid Sarah Dobbe kritisch op nieuwe jeugdzorgregels in HaarlemIn Haarlem en omgeving zijn nieuwe jeugdzorgregels van kracht. Ouders moeten voortaan eerst bewijzen dat zij zelf hun kind kunnen helpen, zelfs als dat betekent dat zij minder moeten gaan werken of helemaal moeten stoppen. SP-Kamerlid Sarah Dobbe vindt dat te ver gaan en heeft de staatssecretaris om opheldering gevraagd. In een gesprek met Haarlem Vandaag vertelt ze hierover. Lees meer op: https://haarlem105.nl/luister-terug-sp-kamerlid-sarah-dobbe-kritisch-op-nieuwe-jeugdzorgregels-in-haarlem/
Dobbe is verbaasd over de keuze die is gemaakt. âIk vind het heel bijzonder en ietwat ouderwets dat ervoor is gekozen dat het hebben van werk of een carriĂšre niet wordt meegenomen in de...
2025-04-0307 min
Big Game HungerMarlowe Dobbe loves to keep a shopMarlowe Dobbe, artist and art director for MegaCrit and lots of other games, knows how to brainstorm like a professional, and you'll see it in action with the prompts: indie rock TOUCANS! Cat tower city builder They quickly cycle through about a dozen perfect ideas before settling on a cat-tower-builder with musical elements: "Harmony Cafe Sim: Cats vs Toucans." Keep the Toucans and Cats separate while building the biggest and best cat tree this broken down mall has ever seen! Follow Marlowe Dobbe's work on bsky @MarloweDobbe, wishlist Slay the Spire 2 NOW, and if you're...
2025-01-0650 min
Management Blueprint | Steve Preda232: Create a Remarkable Effect with Ton Dobbe
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Ton Dobbe, Founder of Value Inspiration, is driven by his passion for technology and a mission to help SaaS companies create a remarkable effect with predictable growth in their businesses.
We learn about Tonâs journey from his career in enterprise software and product marketing to founding Value Inspiration. He explains his framework for the Remarkable Effect, focusing on how SaaS companies can stand out, attract the right customers, and ensure sustainable growth. He shares insights on the three levers of his framework: the value lever, the viability lever, and the volume lever. He...
2024-08-0628 min
ImpressionsJulia Dobbe | Trolltunga Active, Vestlandet og TurguideI dagens episode har vi tatt turen til Hotel Ullensvang og der vi har fÄtt med oss Julia Dobbe fra Trolltunga Active. Julia jobber som turguide og forteller om hennes reise, fine turer i Hardanger omrÄdet og mye mer. Sjekk ut Trolltunga Active og Julia her: https://www.trolltunga-active.com https://no.linkedin.com/in/julia-dobbe-5405a9266 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-12-0522 minImpressionsJulia Dobbe | Trolltunga Active, Vestlandet og TurguideI dagens episode har vi tatt turen til Hotel Ullensvang og der vi har fÄtt med oss Julia Dobbe fra Trolltunga Active. Julia jobber som turguide og forteller om hennes reise, fine turer i Hardanger omrÄdet og mye mer. Sjekk ut Trolltunga Active og Julia her: https://www.trolltunga-active.com https://no.linkedin.com/in/julia-dobbe-5405a9266 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-12-0522 min
Chief Evangelist with Ethan Beute039 Ton Dobbe on Driving Your Mission with Empathy and RemarkabilityIn today's episode, we're thrilled to have Ton Dobbe, the founder of Value Inspiration and the author of The Remarkable Effect - The Essential Book for Tech Entrepreneurs on a Mission. Ton dives into the relationship between product marketing and evangelism with our host, Ethan Beute. Discover Ton's insights on achieving true remarkability and learn how to apply his innovative methodology to create meaningful differentiation and exceed customer expectations. He also delves into his mission at Value Inspiration and reveals the transformative role product marketing has played throughout his career journey.Takeaways:The most i...
2023-10-1951 min
Scale Your SaaS254: How to Differentiate from the Competition - with Ton DobbeEPISODE SUMMARYThe software industry is highly competitive, with numerous companies offering similar products and services. Despite a company's confidence in its superiority, the challenge lies in differentiating itself from the competition in the eyes of the market. In this weekâs episode of Scale Your Saas with host and B2B SaaS sales coach Matt Wolach, Ton Dobbe, the author of "The Remarkable Effect" and Chief Inspiration Officer and Founder at Value Inspiration, offers guidance on how to stand out and gain more wins by effectively positioning oneself against the competition.
2023-03-0724 min
EYPodcastBreda 2021 - Discrimination in AI and algorithms. With Pepijn de Haan and Dr. Ir. Roel DobbeIn this podcast, Pepijn de Haan and Dr. Ir. Roel Dobbe take a critical look at the use of AI and algorithms, focussing on the potential of discrimination inherent to these technologies. Roel Dobbe is a veteran in the area of the governance of AI and has a lot of experience analysing different AI systems around the world. His insights can provide listeners with a broader understanding of how carefully AI and algorithms should be implemented in our society.
2021-02-1936 min
Reality Check LeadershipReality Check Leadership podcast - E17 - Ton Dobbe (audio in English)This week our incredible guest is Ton Dobbe!If you donât know who is Ton Dobbe Iâd like to invite you to check on his podcast (Tech Entrepeneur on a mission), his book (The remarkable effect), his company (Value inspiration), and his feed here on Linkedin đWe have shared paths a couple of years ago and the first time I saw Ton he was on stage giving an incredible inspiring keynote about ERPs future!!! (normally a not so exciting theme on a keynote format!). Well, guess what⊠Ton made it exciting and he definitiv...
2021-01-1919 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#128 - Paul Zak, Founder of Immersion - On democratizing neuroscience so everyone can become a heroThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to show what people really think and feel, so we can create experiences that matter. My guest is Paul Zak, CEO of Immersion.Paul is a scientist, entrepreneur, and author of several books.His newest book is 'Trust Factor: The Science of Creating High Performance Companies'.Paulâs two decades of research have taken him from the Pentagon to Fortune 50 boardrooms to the rain forest of Papua New Guinea. All this in a quest to understand the neuroscience of human connection, human ha...
2020-08-2446 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#127 - Vinnie Mirchandani - A salute to the business heroics that made the difference in the pandemicThis podcast interview focuses on the heroics and entrepreneurship we have witnessed in the past three months of the pandemic. My guest is Vinnie Mirchandani.Vinnie has become a regular guest on my podcast. In fact, it was only 7 months ago that we discussed âa decade in reviewâ. Heâs the founder of Deal Architect - a Technology strategy and negotiation firm listed as a leading "boutique" by the Black Book of Outsourcing. Earlier in his career, he had various technology consulting roles at PwC in the US, Europe and Asia, and worked as an industry analyst at Gar...
2020-08-1734 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#126 - Gina Bianchini, CEO of Mighty Networks - On how we can enable our customers to reach much bigger goalsThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to enable us to achieve results and grow in ways weâd not be able to achieve on our own. My guest is Gina Bianchini, CEO of Mighty Networks.Gina Bianchini is an American entrepreneur and investor. Before Mighty Networks, she was CEO of Ning, which she co-founded with Marc Andreessen. Under her leadership, Ning grew to 100 million people in 300,000 active social networks across subcultures, professional networks, entertainment, politics, and education.In addition to Mighty Networks, Gina serves as a board director of TEGNA, a...
2020-08-0338 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#125 - Gregory Stoos, CEO of Planless - On freeing project teams to execute, not replanThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to transform how we manage and deliver projects. My guest is Gregory Stoos, CEO of Planless.Gregory has over 15 years of experience in entrepreneurship and managing positions. Besides founding Planless, he also co-founded Apperativ, a new generation software development company. Prior to that, heâs been responsible for building top-level and disruptive products in the technology world or the marketing and advertising space. The red thread throughout his career has been âprojectsâ. No matter if he worked for a creative agency or a technology company, managing and pl...
2020-07-2843 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#124 - Ricardo Garcia-Amaya, CEO of VOIQ - On making frequent customer conversations finally affordableThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation around voice automation that has the power to connect with your customers in seconds. My guest is Ricardo Garcia-Amaya, Co-founder and CEO of VOIQ.Ricardo is a YCombinator alumnus and was recently recognized as a Silicon Valley Top Diverse Tech 40 Under 40. He has an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, and an undergraduate degree in Politics from NYU. Ricardo is an Aspen Institute Innovator Fellow as well as an NYU Stern Berkley Center for Innovation Fellow.In 2017, he founded VOIQ. VOIQ empowers companies to use human-like AI...
2020-07-2153 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#123 - Ofer Tziperman, CEO Anagog - On pioneering the art of giving delightful experiences without giving up privacyThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to give us memorable experiences without having to give up our privacy. My guest is Ofer Tziperman, CEO of AnagogHe has 20 yearsâ experience as an entrepreneur and leader of High Tech private and public companies. He served as the CEO of OTI, a leading developer of NFC-based payment solutions and as the CEO of Parx, a provider of on-street parking payment solutions. In 2000, Ofer co-founded LocatioNet Systems, a pioneer in the Location-Based Services market. In 2001, the World Economic Forum awarded him in Davos as âTechnology Pion...
2020-07-1329 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#122 - Herman Heyns, CEO of Anmut - On the exponential value we leave on the table by not treating our data as an assetThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to enable businesses around the globe to leverage the world-changing potential of their data. My guest is Herman Heyns, CEO of Anmut.Herman is an experienced professional with nearly 30 years of experience in Finance, Technology, Data & Analytics and Value Management. He was a former lead partner at Accenture, KPMG and EY.In 2018, he founded Anmut together with Professor Andy Neely, Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Cambridge University. The company was started to solve a big problem. They saw the world-changing potential of data being lost because most...
2020-07-0647 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#121 - Dr. Shama Rahman, CEO of NeuroCreate - On how technology can give us all the advantage of being creativeThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to help us all feel 'in our zone' more quickly at work. My guest is Dr. Shama Rahman, CEO of NeuroCreate.Dr. Shama Rahman is an accomplished musician, vocalist, songwriter, with a PhD in philosophy, neuroscience and complexity. In December 2017, she founded Neurocreate â a startup at the junction of AI, Neuroscience and cognition. It was founded around the vision that peak performance is not just for highly trained elites, but within reach for all of us.Itâs on a mission to create a posi...
2020-06-2937 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#120 - Zor Gorelov, CEO of Kasisto - On democratizing financial services by making it human againThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to enable banks of any size to grow meaningful and trust-led relationships with their customers in a world thatâs increasingly digital. My guest is Zor Gorelov, Co-founder and CEO of KasistoZor Gorelov has over 20 years of experience in the software industry. He was the co-founder and CEO of SpeechCycle, a market leader in cloud-based contact center optimization solutions for the telco market. SpeechCycle was acquired by Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR). Before that, Zor founded and ran BuzzCompany.com, a provider of enterprise collaboration and messaging so...
2020-06-2235 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#119 - Mayank Mathur, CEO of Avasa.ai - On identifying underserved markets and creating a new categoryThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that is transforming the way we rent residential property by shifting the focus to the needs of the tenant, not the agent. My guest is Mayank Mathur, CEO of Avasa.aiMayank Mathur is a technology entrepreneur with over 15 years experience in the industry. He co-founded a capital markets technology startup in India, developing trading platforms and blockchain solutions for brokers, banks, exchanges, and other financial institutions based globally. Mayank is an ex-Technology banker, having spent about 9 years advising global technology companies on M&A, and equity / debt fund raising.
2020-06-1547 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#118 - Enrico Palmerino, CEO of Botkeeper - On growing 3x by winning the hearts of a âlate adopterâ marketThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to solve the demand/supply gap in the accounting industry. My guest is Enrico Palmerino, CEO of Botkeeper.Enricoâs background has been in automation, decision trees, and accounting with a triple major from Babson College in Quantitative Methods, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management. While in college, he co-founded ThinkLite, which automated lighting analysis, design, and manufacturing. ThinkLite grew from dorm room to 46 on Inc.'s 500 List. A a result of that, Enrico was ranked 2nd among America's Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25 by Bloomberg Businessweek. After successfully exiting Th...
2020-06-0827 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#117 - Hugo Spowers, founder of Riversimple - A remarkable story about a car company that hopes to never sell a carThis podcast interview focuses on how to architect a tech company that delivers sustainable, transformative impact to its customers, society and the business at large. My guest is Hugo Spowers, Chief Engineer and founder of Riversimple.Hugo is an Oxford University-trained engineer and entrepreneur. His first business was in motorsport, designing and building racing cars and restoring historic racing cars. He left motorsport for environmental reasons and set up OScar Automotive in 2001 (which became Riversimple in 2007) on the basis that a step change in automotive technology is both essential and possible.Hugo is responsible for...
2020-06-0241 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#116 - Adam Carte, CEO of Luminoso - The art of uncovering Business-critical insights in data thatâs all around usThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to unlock the hidden value inside unstructured data and, with that, grow the value we can deliver. My guest is Adam Carte, CEO of LuminosoAdam previously served in a number of C-level positions: As the CEO of Cadre Proppants, a mining company, he doubled revenues. As the COO of Niotan, Inc., a chemical manufacturer. And as the CFO of The Trigen Companies, an energy company, where he led the turnaround and doubled profits, and doubled its equity value in less than three years....
2020-05-2529 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#115 - Teresa Jurgens Kowal - On the misconceptions of innovationThis podcast interview focuses on the art of product innovation, and my guest is Dr. Teresa Jurgens Kowal, author of The Innovation Anwer Book and president of Global NP Solutions.Teresa is a strategic innovation provider. She is an accomplished visionary and results-oriented professional with extensive industry experience from creative research to effective portfolio management through streamlined new product development processes.Prior to founding Global NP Solutions, Dr. Jurgens-Kowal acquired over 12 years of experience in leadership and management positions with ExxonMobil Chemical Company and a total of 16 years as a practicing Chemical Engineer. She has...
2020-05-1837 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#114 - Graham Mills, Co-Founder techspert.io - On how access to on-demand expert knowledge can give us exponential advantageThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to take our ability to make critical decisions to a completely new level. My guest is Graham Mills, Co-founder and Managing Director of techspert.io.Graham is a scientist by training. He completed his PhD in pancreatic cancer chemoresistance at the University of Cambridge, having further worked scientifically in R&D at Genentech and Avidity Biosciences. His commercial experience comes from roles in venture capital at both Abingworth and Johnson & Johnsonâs corporate venture fund, all of which preceded his most entrepreneurial endeavours, both as co-founder of...
2020-05-1125 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#113 - Paige McPheely, CEO of Base - On supporting executive assistants navigate change with technologyThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to transform the way executive assistants can support their executives through courageous help and ambitious growth like never before. My guest is Paige McPheely, Co-founder and CEO of Base.In 2013, she co-founded 33Vincent, an executive assistant service that matches busy executives with experienced and top-quality EAs. As the company grew, she got frustrated that there were no tools built for the unique workflow of EAs. Thatâs where she started to imagine how much more impactful a talented EA could be with the right setup. This le...
2020-05-0432 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#112 - Roland Hallebeek, CEO of Scotty Technologies - On how scaling human touch leads to 9+ customer satisfaction scoresThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to achieve 9+ satisfaction rating with any of your customers. My guest is Roland Hallebeek, CEO of Scotty Technologies.Roland has been in communication all his life. He was the vice president of Telecom and Media at Capgemini (2001-2011), headed up various data driven start-up initiatives between 2013 and 2016, led European AI Customer Engagement Management at IPsoft (2017), and ran the Global Digital & Cognitive AI centre at EPAM Systems (2018).In 2018, he founded both Cognitive Affairs and Scotty Technologies, two companies centered around the same mission to take...
2020-04-2733 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#111 - Mark Organ, Founder Influitive - On turning customers into your most effective sales forceThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to transform the way we can mobilize and leverage the power of advocates, and my guest is Mark Organ, Founder and Executive Chairman at Influitive.Mark is an entrepreneurial go-to-market specialist; a CEO with a focus on sales, marketing and business development. His greatest professional passions include creating new billion-dollar categories in technology and developing new leaders. Today, heâs helping CEOs achieve their full potential in their businesses and their lives.Mark founded 6 companies, amongst which Eloqua (acquired by Oracle), raised more than 15 ro...
2020-04-2041 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#110 - Rebecca Clyde, CEO of Botco.ai - On solving the challenge of meaningful communication through chatbotsThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that transforms the way businesses can leverage messaging to make communication with customers more meaningful. My guest is Rebecca Clyde, Co-founder and CEO of Botco.aiRebecca is an entrepreneur pioneering AI-driven chatbot technology. Sheâs recognized as "35 Entrepreneurs 35 and Younger"â by the Arizona Republic and named Most Admired Leader by the Phoenix Business Journal in 2018.Most of her career, sheâs been in marketing, where she drove business growth through creative and innovative communication strategies. Her skills lie in recognizing market trends, multi-cultural nuances and uncovering customer needs...
2020-04-1339 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#109 - Gregg Johnson, CEO of Invoca - On creating a tailwind behind your company that makes you unstoppableThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to grow customer trust by bridging the growing gap between the online and offline world. My guest is Gregg Johnson, CEO of Invoca.Gregg is a seasoned SaaS executive with a passion for building and bringing to market products in emerging categories. He led Salesforce Marketing Cloudâs social marketing product line, where he integrated $1 billion of M&A investments into the Salesforce product portfolio. Prior to that, he drove product strategy and development for Salesforce Chatter, helping define the category of enterprise social networking. Earlier in...
2020-04-0646 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#108 - Dagmar Monett, Co-founder of AGISI.org - On using AI responsibly in order to change the world for the betterThis podcast interview focuses on the need to clearly define Artificial Intelligence so we can use it to its full potential in our strides to improve the well-being of people. My guest is Prof. Dr. Dagmar Monett, Professor of Computer Science, Berlin School of Economics and Law.Professor Dagmar Monett has more than 30 years of research and teaching experience. Sheâs the co-Founder of the Artificial General Intelligence Sentinel Initiative, AGISI.org, which is "dedicated to understanding intelligence in order to build beneficial AI and risk/benefit analysis tools to monitor the social and economic consequences of AI...
2020-04-0134 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#107 - David Hojah, Co-Founder Loro - How to turn technology into something that becomes your best companion?This podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to unlock the potential of people with physical challenges and enable them to be active in society. My guest is David Hojah, President, co-founder, and CTO of LoroHis background is in medical devices, engineering, and healthcare innovation. He is passionate about empowering people with physical challenges to live independently and making a great social impact.David has invented and developed many medical devices, such as adjustable dental instruments, wheelchairs that convert into a walker, a medical drone for emergencies, and a medical app...
2020-03-2333 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#106 - Ajeet Kushwaha â CTO/CPO of Seekify - The compounding effect as to how we can keep getting better every dayThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to amplify the impact humans can make by a factor 10. My guest is Ajeet Kushwaha, Co-founder and CTO/CPO of SeekifyAjeet is a serial entrepreneur, but started his career as a software engineer. In 2010, he co-founded his first company, HealthChakra.com, a saas based practice management platform for doctors. In 2011, he cofounded HealthKart, and in 2012, 1MG. In 2015, he built âJoe Hukumâ, a chatbot SaaS platform, that was acquired by Freshworks in 2017, where he then became the Director of Product Management.In the middle of 2...
2020-03-1635 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#105 - James Isilay, CEO of Cognism - On what it takes to accelerate sales in todayâs B2B marketThis podcast interview focuses on the big idea behind Cognism, a sales acceleration platform, and the lessons tech-entrepreneur James Isilay learned on his journey of delivering remarkable impact with his business.James Isilay is the co-founder and CEO of Cognism, one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in the UK. Last year, Cognism grew from $2.5M to $7M in ARR and was voted by LinkedIn as one of the UKâs Top 25 Startups. Heâs an inspirational and enterprising businessman, who approaches work with unrivalled technical and organisational skills, perseverance, precision and total dedication.Before founding Cogn...
2020-03-0932 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#104 - Brian T. OâNeill, founder of Designing for Analytics - On why 85% of data science projects failThis podcast interview focuses on a key aspect to drive product innovation and that is mastering human-centered design. My guest is Brian T. OâNeill, founder and principal of Designing for Analytics.Brian T. O'Neill is a designer, advisor, and founder of Designing for Analytics, an independent consultancy which helps organizations design innovative products powered by data science and analytics. For over 20 years, he has worked with companies including DellEMC, Global Strategy Group, Tripadvisor, Fidelity, JP Morgan Chase, ETrade and several SAAS startups. He has spoken internationally, giving talks at O'Reilly Strata, Enterprise Data World, the International In...
2020-03-0240 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#103 - Kim Walpole, CEO of Trails.ai - On saving lives by changing the way clinical trials are runThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to change the way life-science companies run clinical trials and thereby save both lives and billions of dollars. My guest is Kim Walpole, Co-founder and CEO of Trials.ai.Kim is an organizational development and management consultant, skilled in helping individuals; groups and organizations increase their effectiveness. Her work with companies like Pfizer, Merck, Wyeth Ayerst, Orbital Sciences and Homeland Security gives her a unique perspective on leadership development, strategy and organizational growth.Throughout her career, she founded multiple companies: Optimum Training & Consulting in 2004...
2020-02-2433 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#102 - Lucas Pedretti, CEO of Qymatix - How sales can become 10x more productive by using technology in a different wayThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to make B2B sales 10 times more effective. My guest is Lucas Pedretti, Co-founder and CEO of QymatixLucas is a self-proclaimed innovator with an MBA and 20 yearsâ experience in international management, business administration, and marketing of technological products. Heâs worked for companies like Festo, Belden Inc. and Omron Electronics. Besides being passionate about sales, heâs an avid traveler and a Social Media aficionado.He strongly believes that âIn the near future, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be the decisive factor in medium-sized companie...
2020-02-1743 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#101 - Jonathan T. Mall, CEO of Neuro Flash - On how to create content that persuades subconsciouslyThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to help any marketer hit the right nerve with their ideal customers by making every word resonate. My guest is Jonathan T. Mall, CEO of Neuro Flash.After his studies in the Netherlands and the UK he was seduced by the opportunity to optimize consumer experience using machine learning and led the Science team in a IBM Big Data Venture.He got obsessed with understanding how people think. Because the better we understand how and what people think, the better we can understand ourselves...
2020-02-1135 min
The Remarkable SaaS PodcastThe Remarkable Effect Story - and the anecdotes that inspired itYou are about to listen to a very special edition of my podcast â edition #100. And what a moment to have this coincide with the launch of my new book, âThe Remarkable Effectâ. I wrote this book specifically for you - Tech-entrepreneurs-on-a-mission, and the leaders in your marketing, product and sales team that help you in shaping the software business youâve always aspired to run: Remarkable and Impactful. For me, remarkable is more than just a word. Itâs a vision.Itâs the art to create meaningful impact to prospects...
2020-02-0240 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#99 - Vinnie Mirchandani - On what we can learn from the last decade in Enterprise SoftwareThis podcast interview focuses on the technology advancements of the last decade and in particular how enterprise software vendors can capture a bigger opportunity. My guest is Vinnie MirchandaniVinnie is the founder of Deal Architect - a Technology strategy and negotiation firm listed as a leading "boutique" by the Black Book of Outsourcing. Vinnie also founded IQ4hire, a project marketplace, and Jetstream Group, a sourcing advisory firm.Earlier in his career, he had various technology consulting roles at PwC (now IBM) in the US, Europe and Asia, and worked as an industry analyst...
2020-01-2736 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#98 - David Semerad, CEO of Kindest - On aligning business model with profit model to create remarkable value for customersThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to help Not for Profits raise more donations and achieve their cause faster. My guest is David Semerad, CEO of Kindest.David is a driven entrepreneur with more than a decade of experience in the software development field. He holds a bachelorâs degree in economics and a masterâs degree in information technology from the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague. He also studied at Technische Universitat Munchen in Germany and Universidad de MĂĄlaga in Spain and is a member of the Forbes Agenc...
2020-01-2031 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#97 - Rupal Patel, CEO of VocalID INC - On giving people, brands and products their own vocal identityThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation to provide both individuals and brands their unique vocal personality â so they can be heard. My guest is Rupal Patel, Founder and CEO of VocalID INCRupal is an internationally renowned speech scientist. She was named a Voice Visionary in 2019 by Voicebot and listed amongst the 50 most creative in business by FastCompany, Rupal is a sought-after public speaker on the future of voice AI. Her work has been featured on TED, NPR, BBC, Wall Street Journal, and more. She holds two patents, a degree in Psychology from the University of Ca...
2020-01-1341 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#96 - Joe Urbany, Co-founder Vennli - On building smarter content by understanding what your customers actually wantThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to revolutionize the way markers communicate with their audience. My guest is Joe Urban, Co-founder of Vennli.Joe is a core marketing faculty member in Notre Dameâs MBA program and past Associate Dean of the Mendoza College of Business with numerous publication credits related to customer decision making and growth strategy.In 2010, Joe Urbany co-wrote a book entitled âGrow by Focusing on What Matters: Competitive Strategy in 3-circles.â The premise of the book is that growth and competitive advantage are about effective positioning. The mo...
2020-01-0754 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#95 - Stephen Lowisz, Qualigence - On how technology can help to build high-performing teams without guessingThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation to build high-performing teams and bring out the very best in people. My guest is Stephen Lowisz. Stephen M. Lowisz is a Fortune 500 consultant, serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker and coach who generated his first $1 million in revenue at 19. As the Director of Performance Solutions at Qualigence, he uses his expertise to grow and scale technology companies around the globe. Qualigence combines the people analytics technology with consulting to optimize talent at leading organizations. The aim: build high-performing team. Heâs an official member of the Forbes Business Development and Sales co...
2019-12-1629 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#94 - Radhika Dutt - On a new approach to build world-changing productsThis podcast interview focuses on driving product innovation by applying the concepts of Radical Product Thinking, and my guest is Radhika Dutt, Co-founder of the Radical Product Thinking movementRadhika is a product development executive and entrepreneur. She participated in 4 exits, 2 of which were companies she founded. Sheâs a global citizen having lived or worked on 4 continents - speaks 9 languages and has an engineering background from MIT. She is the author of the Radical Product blog, which is also the name of her movement of leaders creating vision-driven change.Radical Product Thinking is...
2019-12-0942 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#93 - Mark Esposito, Co-Founder of Nexus FrontierTech - Building a position of advantage by blending humans and tech in new waysThis podcast interview focuses on the essence of the book 'The AI Republic: Building the Nexus Between Humans and Intelligent Automation'. My guest is one of the authors, Mark Esposito.He is a Co-founder of Nexus FrontierTech, a leading global firm providing AI solutions to a variety of clients across industries, sectors, and regions. In 2016, he was listed on the Radar of Thinkers50 as one of the 30 most prominent business thinkers on the rise, globally.Mark has worked as Professor of Business & Economics at Hult International Business School and at Thunderbird Global School of Management...
2019-12-0232 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#92 - Claire Schmidt, CEO of Allvoices - On the value we can unlock when technology enables people to speak upThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to revolutionize employee experience, boost business performance and solve an immense social problem at the same time. My guest is Claire Schmidt, Founder and CEO of AllvoicesClaire Schmidt spent the majority of her career in technology for social good.She helped found and lead Thorn: The Digital Defenders of Children, a nonprofit organization which deploys technology in innovative ways to fight child sex trafficking.During her five years at Thorn, Claire ran all programmatic work, spoke at the White House, the...
2019-11-2541 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#91 - Aki Balogh, CEO of MarketMuse - On why it requires 10x impact to thrive and survive in business softwareThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to scale the impact of content strategists and content writers by a factor 10. My guest is Aki Balogh, Co-founder and CEO of MarketMuseAki is a software developer and VC with a focus on AI. Prior to founding MarketMuse, he held sales and marketing roles at InfiniDB, evangelized Big Data as an investment focus for OpenView Venture Partners, designed Decision Support Systems as a management consultant, and worked as a software engineer. Aki holds three pending patents in semantic analysis.MarketMuse is a SaaS...
2019-11-1844 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#90 - Victor Fredung, CEO of Shufti Pro - On how a startup became the fastest growing provider in ID verificationThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that enables banks to grow faster by making communication with their customers easier, faster and more secure. My guest is Victor Fredung, CEO of Shufti Pro.Victor Fredung has many years in the payments field and has founded several successful FinTech companies, such as Ogion Consulting, GiroSwift LTD, Zensed and Stafftimer. Owning and operating several payment companies gave Victor a great insight into the troubles that a lot of Financial Services /FinTech companies are facing and what needs to be built to solve them.Our interview will focus...
2019-11-1127 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#89 - Jon Ruby, CEO of Jonar - How a multi-billion$ software market can be disrupted by turning complicated into elegantThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation to democratize possibly the most mature business software category of all: ERP. My guest is Jon Ruby, CEO of Jonar.Jon is a rare person who thrives at the intersection of business challenges, technology and people. As opposed to most, he relishes the opportunities that uncertainty provides. While working successfully in a variety of industries, he has always tried to learn from each and carry those lessons forward.Jonâs philosophy for both technology and business is guided by the belief that just because something has been done a...
2019-11-0444 min
The Hacker Next DoorHacker Parents Caroline Hardin and Grant DobbeHacker couple and parents Caroline Hardin and Grant Dobbe discuss hackathons, makerspaces, and raising the next generation of hacker kids.
Follow Caroline and Grant at https://twitter.com/carolinescastle and https://twitter.com/guy_mcdudefella. Follow Jeremy at http://jeremynsmith.com and https://twitter.com/jeremynsmith. Learn more about Breaking and Entering at http://jeremynsmith.com/breaking-and-entering.html.
2019-10-2900 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#88 - Stefan Eyram, CRO at Youneeq - On how SMBs can boost top-line growth by leveraging AI for personalizationThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation around personalization that drives desired engagement and desired conversion. My guest is Stefan Eyram, Chief Revenue Officer at YouneeqSince 2000, Stefan has worked with top brands across a broad cross-section of industries to successfully deliver Cloud and SaaS solutions that achieve KPIs and deliver ROI.From marketing technology, to big data, analytics, AI and personalization, Stefan has helped customers achieve measurable results from their marketing, digital, data and cloud investments.Stefan was the first international employee at ExactTarget (prior to IPO and subsequent acquisition by Salesforce...
2019-10-2830 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#87 - Josh Entsminger - On the shifting concept of Competitive Advantage in the age of AIThis podcast interview focuses on how competitive advantage is shifting in an age of automation. My guest is Josh Entsminger, Senior Fellow at Ecole des Ponts Business School in Paris.Heâs an applied researcher in international affairs and the fourth industrial revolution, working on the global governance of technology.Josh serves as a fellow at the Public Tech Lab at IE's School of Global and Public Affairs, working on next-generation public services. He also recently served as a research contributor to the Future of Production Initiative at the World Economic Forum.His wo...
2019-10-2139 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#86 - Auren Hoffman, CEO of SafeGraph - The power of data: Fueling ingenuity as the core gauge of innovationThis podcast interview focuses on the fuel that drives todayâs product innovation: Data. My guest is Auren Hoffman, CEO of SafeGraph.Auren is an American entrepreneur, angel investor and author. He founded his first company, Kyber Systems, in his junior year at UC Berkeley, as a way to pay for school. He sold that company in 1997. From there, he founded BridgePath (sold in 2002), became the chairman of Stonebrick Group, cofounded Rapleaf in 2006 and left in 2012 to run the Rapleaf spinoff called LifeRamp, which became the largest middleware company that connects marketing applications. In 2014, he sold his co...
2019-10-1440 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#85 - Omar Tawakol, CEO of Voicea - On the difference AI can add in making our meetings worthwhileThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to democratize the skills of great leaders and make every one of us more productive. My guest is Omar Tawakol.Omar Tawakol is Chief Executive Officer of Voicea, which was recently acquired by Cisco.Prior to Voicea, Omar Tawakol was the founder and CEO of BlueKai which was the leading Data Exchange and Data Management Platform company in the marketing industry. Oracle acquired BlueKai in 2014. At Oracle, Omar was the SVP & GM of the Oracle Data Cloud (ODC). The ODC pioneered the Data-as-a-Service category...
2019-10-0740 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#84 - Daniel Faggella, CEO of Emerj AI Research - The tough reality around AI adoption and what to do to actually succeedThis podcast interview focuses on whatâs real and not real in the world of AI, and my guest is Daniel Faggella, founder and CEO of Emerj AI ResearchCalled upon by organizations like the World Bank, the United Nations, INTERPOL, and global pharmaceutical and banking companies, Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella helps business and government leaders navigate the competitive landscape of AI capabilities, and build strategies that win.His company, Emerj, helps governments and enterprises reduce risk and maximize the bottom-line impact of artificial intelligence capabilities. They map the capability-space of AI across major sectors (ba...
2019-09-3041 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#83 - Bulent Ozel, CEO of LucidMinds - On how the combo of People and AI reveals the impact of our decisionsThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that enables the blended power of humans and AI to get clear answers to how their business or even the world might evolve years ahead of us. My guest is Bulent Ozel, Co-founder and CEO of LucidMinds.Bulent is a data science consultant, researcher and lecturer. He likes building bridges between business, technology, science, and policy making. He is a hands-on software architect and enjoys coding. He has provided data-driven business consultancy and services for over 10 years, and these experiences have led to the foundation of Lucidminds.ai....
2019-09-2337 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#82 - Ronni Zehavi, CEO of Hibob - How HR increases the impact people can make by actually putting them firstThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation in HR that has the power to inspire growth and ignite culture. My guest is Ronni Zehavi, CEO of HibobRonni has over 25 years of experience in multinational, hi-tech companies. Prior to setting up hibob, he was an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Silicon Valley-based Bessemer Venture Partners. He's the strategic advisor and co-founder of Team8 Cyber Security, a powerhouse developing disruptive tech in the cybersecurity space. Ronni was also the co-founder and CEO of Cotendo, a content delivery network, which in 2012, just four years after it was founded, was...
2019-09-1638 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#81 - Olin Hyde, CEO of Leadcrunch - On how you can create unfair competitive advantage by applying AI to lead targetingThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to accelerate sales cycles and reduce the costs of customer acquisition. My guest is Olin Hyde, CEO of Leadcrunch.He wrote his first line of code at age 12 on a home-built computer. Since then, he has started eight companies. Today, heâs the CEO at LeadCrunch, a B2B lookalike marketing platform that uses artificial intelligence to find your ideal customer targets audience, and then engage them with your content to accelerate the sales process. Olin is one of the principal architects of the company's DeepFindâą mach...
2019-09-1632 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#80 - Dagmar Schuller, CEO of AudEERING - On how blending AI with Audio boosts motivation and impact for all of usThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation with Audio Intelligence that has the power to impact human well-being on a global scale. My guest is Dagmar Schuller, Co-founder and CEO of AudEERING.Dagmar has conducted applied research in the field of AI, machine learning and big data for more than a decade. Her passion is to bring trendsetting ideas into real-life concepts, thus enabling businesses to intelligently enhance their products and processes and â ultimately â personal lifestyles.At audEERING, she shapes the strategy, business development and operations. With a lot of passion and dedication, she led audE...
2019-09-0241 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#79 - Rob May, CEO of Talla - On achieving Support Inbox Zero by making people and AI work in comboThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation around customer support that has the power to 10x your ticket response times. My guest is Rob May, Co-founder and CEO of Talla.Rob has a background in engineering, business development, and management and holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a MBA from the University of Kentucky.In October 2008, he co-founded and became CEO of Backupify, which provided a secure second copy of cloud data. Their clients included companies like Salesforce, Google Apps, and more. Backupify was acquired by Datto in December 2014, and Rob became...
2019-08-2627 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#78 - Vijay Chittoor, CEO of Blueshift - On the power of AIâmarketer synergyThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation thatâs transforming impact marketers can make in cross-channel marketing scenarios. My guest is Vijay Chittoor, Co-founder and CEO of Blueshift.Vijay has a wealth of experience in AI, marketing technology and e-commerce domains. He was an early team member and the director of product management at Kosmix which was acquired by Walmart to become WalmartLabs. In 2010 he co-founded Mertado and led it as the CEO for two years until it was acquired by Groupon and became Groupon Goods. This prepared him for his new venture, Blueshift, which he co-founded in...
2019-08-0540 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#77 - Rui Paiva, CEO of Wedo Technologies - On how AI helps telcos stop fraud and protect revenueThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to intelligently help the telco win the fight against fraud and revenue leakage. My guest is Rui Paiva, CEO of Wedo Technologies.Prior to co-founding WeDo Technologies in 2001, Rui Paiva was System Information Director and Deputy of Optimus Communicationsâ Executive Committee. Before that, Rui was the Consultancy Director at Hewlett Packard Portugal, following a career at Telecel, which then became Vodafone Portugal, heading up their Infrastructure, Operations and Help Desk Department.In 2010, Rui won the Best Leaders Award for Wedo Technologies, and in 2017, he re...
2019-07-2939 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#76 - Zehra Cataltepe, CEO of Tazi.AI - To thrive in our constantly changing world we need a different type of AIThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation around AI that has the power to adjust at the pace of business. My guest is Zehra Cataltepe, Co-founder and CEO of Tazi.AIZehra co-founded tazi.ai together with her husband Tanju, and their focus was to develop continuously learning machine learning solutions for the banking, insurance and telco industries. Besides her role as CEO, sheâs also a professor at Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Computer and Informatics.Zehra received her Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees from the California Institute of Technology in Computer Sc...
2019-07-2242 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#75 - Nachi Junankar, CEO of Avrio - On how AI helps innovators get pro-active on hiring exactly the right peopleThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation in Recruitment and my guest is Nachi Junankar, CEO of AvrioHeâs got a passion for building long-lasting companies that build amazing technologies that change the world. Heâs been an entrepreneur for over 20 years, and in that period, founded five companies. It all started with Live Wire, where he successfully imagined and built an enterprise apps company before it was fashionable to do so.His second company, Retail IQ, brought him into the optimization space, and specifically, real-time price and offer optimization. Itâs this knowledge of opt...
2019-07-1535 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#74 - Jean Francois Barsoum - On using technology smartly in cities, to make a dent in climate change challenges globallyThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation around water transportation that has the power to solve some significant climate change issues. My guest is Jean Francois Barsoum, Canadian Leader, Smart Cities, Water and Transportation at IBM.Since joining IBM, Jean-François Barsoum has provided strategy advice to a diverse set of clients: financial institutions, higher education, professional associations, pharmaceutical companies and telecoms. He has also been invited to speak at conferences on the subjects of innovation, smarter transportation and climate change on four continents.For the past decade, Jean-François has participated in numerous conferences on...
2019-07-0844 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#73 - Amy Williams, CEO of Good Loop - How doing good and making a big bottom-line impact go perfectly hand-in-handThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that boosts the return on investment of our advertising by turning every ad into an ethical one, and my guest is Amy Williams, Co-Founder and CEO of Good Loop.Amy is an active member of the Women in Tech and Tech For Good communities. She was recently named by Forbes as one of the 30 Under 30 most influential people in media & marketing and has recently been listed in The Drum Digerati as one of the 100 outstanding individuals excelling in the UK digital industry.Amy has worked in the advertising...
2019-07-0135 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#72 - Vikram Modgil, Founder of TheGoodAI.org - On how trust and bias shape the impact of AIThis podcast interview focuses on the responsibility for all of us to ensure the AIs we invest in are ethical and deliver explainable, transparent output. My guest is Vikram Modgil, founder of TheGoodAI.orgThroughout his career, Vikram has helped his clients succeed in achieving their goals by truly leveraging the power of data that they already own using Machine Learning. To do so, heâs built an ecosystem company - Pi Square â that consists of employees, associates & partners located in the US, Europe & India.Prior to founding Pi Square, Vikram was part of multiple succ...
2019-06-2538 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#71 - Naomi Goldapple - On democratizing access to AI beyond the world of tech giantsThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation focused on democratizing access to AI across industries that havenât got the connections and salary budgets of the Tech Giants. My guest is Naomi Goldapple, Head of Product for transportation and logistics at Element AI.Naomiâs career combines technology and business consultancy and entrepreneurship. Her specialties are Business & growth strategies, product commercialization and marketing plans. She has an International MBA, specializing in developing markets in Latin America, from the Schulich School of Business, as well as a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University.She was the Dire...
2019-06-1728 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#70 - Sachin Duggal, CEO of Engineer.ai - On how AI helps bring your idea to lifeThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to democratize software development, and my guest is Sachin Duggal, CEO of Engineer.ai.Sachin Dev Duggal is an innovator, serial entrepreneur, and an advocate of enterprise software that touches lives and benefits the world at large.His profile is an unusual mix of experiences & serendipity. Sachin started his public foray very early in life. At the age of 12, he went on stage in front of 1200 people and the world media to demand something be done about the state of the environment. He worked...
2019-06-1028 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#69 - Danny Goh, CEO of Nexus FrontierTech - On using disruptive technology to turn âuselessâ data into competitive advantageThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation around seemingly âignoredâ areas of data, and my guest is Danny Goh.Danny is a serial entrepreneur and an early-stage investor. He is the General Partner of G&H Ventures fund, which invests in early-stage start-ups primarily in Southeast Asia. G&H Ventures has invested in more than 20 portfolios in deep tech and is building its third fund to help start-ups into the growth stage.He has also co-founded Innovatube Frontier Labs (IFL), which later merged with Nexus. Innovatube is a technology group that operates an R&D lab...
2019-06-0340 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#68 - Tulika Tripathi, CEO Snaphunt - Recruiting quickly, conveniently and cost effectively by disintermediating the middle-manThis podcast interview focuses on a product innovation that has the power to radically change the way recruitment is done. My guest is Tulika Tripathi, Founder and CEO of Snaphunt.Tulika has been in the recruitment space for almost two decades and has worked across many countries. Sheâs worked as a Managing Director for Michael Page in Singapore, where she was responsible for South East Asia. Later on, she took on the responsibility for Michael Pageâs entry strategy into India, as well as setting up and growing its Indian operations.In 2013, she took on t...
2019-05-2738 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#67 - Jeff Jonas, CEO of Senzing - On how to obtain new competitive powers by using AI for entity resolutionThis podcast interview focuses on the power of entity resolution, and how this powerful technology has the ability to give any organization a competitive advantage. My guest is Jeff Jonas, Founder and CEO of Senzing.Jeff Jonas is an acclaimed data scientist. He is at the forefront of solving some of the worldâs most complex business and big data problems for governments and organizations in a variety of industries.A former IBM fellow, Jeff is the leading creator of entity resolution systems. National Geographic recognized him as the Wizard of Big Data, and today, nu...
2019-05-2037 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#66 - Frederic Laluyaux, CEO of Aera Technology - On the promise of cognitive technology to enable the Self-Driving EnterpriseThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation in the enterprise business software that has the power to turn average companies into disrupters in their category. My guest is Frederic Laluyaux, President and CEO of Aera Technology.Heâs got more than 20 years of experience as a leader in the Enterprise Performance Management sector. Fred has built his career focusing on providing solutions that help organizations worldwide achieve financial and business excellence. Fred started his career in the area of CPM, otherwise known as Corporate Performance Management, leading ALGâs global operations until it was acquired by Business Obje...
2019-05-1337 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#65 - Parry Malm, CEO Phrasee - On how AI can make you more money in MarketingThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to help marketers become best in class in marketing, and my guest is Parry Malm, Co-founder and CEO of PhraseePhrasee uses AI to power email subject lines, Facebook and Instagram ads, and push notifications that outperform copy written by humans. Some of their global clients include Virgin, Dominoâs, and The Times. Phrasee won 2017âs Most Innovative AI Company by CB Insights, and was one of the first AI companies in the world to implement an AI ethics policy.Parry is a well-known digi...
2019-05-0635 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#64 - Abhay Gupta, CEO of Bidgely - On how AI is shaping a better future for all of us by transforming the Utility industryThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation in the Utility industry, and my guest is Abhay Gupta, CEO of Bidgely.Abhay founded Bidgely with the mission of leveraging data to transform the utility industry. Today, Bidgely is very well positioned with the technology and know-how to not only help the utility industry go to market quicker, but also to optimize their customer engagements.As the CEO of Bidgely, Abhay has led the company from concept to market leadership. Prior to Bidgely, Abhay worked at a combination of energy and technology companies, including Grid Net, Echelon...
2019-04-2937 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#63 - Paul Roetzer, Founder the Marketing AI Institute - On how AI is transforming the Marketing space at scaleThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation in the marketing arena, and my guest is Paul Roetzer, Founder of the Marketing AI Institute.Paul Roetzer is also the founder and CEO of PR 20/20. He is the author of The Marketing Performance Blueprint and The Marketing Agency Blueprint, and creator of the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Conference (MAICON).Paul is an international keynote speaker on the topics of marketing talent, technology, strategy and artificial intelligence. Heâs a graduate of Ohio Universityâs E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, and he has consulted for hundreds of organizations, from...
2019-04-2228 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#62 - Vinnie Mirchandani - On how the ERP space is transforming fast, but slowThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation in the ERP space, and my guest is Vinnie MirchandaniVinnie is the founder of Deal Architect - a Technology strategy and negotiation firm listed as a leading "boutique" by the Black Book of Outsourcing. Vinnie also founded IQ4hire, a project marketplace and Jetstream Group, a sourcing advisory firm.Earlier in his career, he had various technology consulting roles at PwC (now IBM) in the US, Europe, and Asia, and worked as an industry analyst at Gartner.He wrote various books about the evolution and...
2019-04-1542 min
Women of Substance Music Podcast Volume 1#949 Music by Dawn RIX, Writer Larry Center, Gen Lacroix, (writer Adam Print-feat. Melanie Stevens), Sariyah Idan, Julia King, Karen Tobin, writer Paul Dobbe feat. Lainey Dionne, Doreen Pinkerton, Kimberly TownsendTo get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit This show includes the following songs: Dawn RIX - Don't Let The Makeup Fool You Writer Larry Center - Backbone Gen Lacroix - Lextase de Loublie Writer Adam Print - Siren (feat. Melanie Stevens) Â Sariyah Idan - Darkness Julia King - Cannonball Karen Tobin - Homeless Heart writer Paul Dobbe - It's Over (feat. Lainey Dionne) Doreen Pinkerton - When I'm With You Kimberly Townsend - How I Got There For Music Biz Resources Visit Visit our Sponsor Writer Paul Dobbe at: Visit our Sponsor The P...
2019-04-1045 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#61 - Mohit Gupta, CEO of Opas AI - On how AI delivers the dream of every IT Operation: Self-healing-systemsThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to deliver upon the promise of self-healing systems. My guest is Mohit Gupta, Co-founder and CEO of Opas AIMohit has spent the last decade working on wide variety of interesting problems in Infrastructure, Big Data, and ML. He has run and managed infrastructure at massive scale and felt the pain of operating them firsthand. This pain, combined with his experience in Big Data and ML, led to the incubation of Opas AI. Before founding Opas AI, Mohit held multiple roles at BloomReach, Groupon, Google, and...
2019-04-0837 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#60 - Dr. Diane Hamilton - Cracking the Curiosity Code: The Key to Unlocking Human PotentialThis podcast interview focuses on the power of curiosity in innovation and my guest is Dr. Diane Hamilton, author of Cracking the Curiosity CodeShe has a contagious passion for improving interpersonal communication.In addition to being a nationally syndicated radio host, award-winning speaker, author, and educator, Dr. Hamilton is a thought leader in the fields of leadership, sales, marketing, management, engagement, personality, curiosity, and motivation.To help improve relationships in the workplace â and performance as a result â Dr. Hamilton draws on her decades of work experience in software, computers, corporate training, pharmaceuticals, real...
2019-04-0136 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#59 - Yonatan Snir, CEO of CliClap - How AI can help Marketers generate more leads with higher quality and less effortThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to transform the impact Marketers can make by generating more leads, of higher quality, with less effort. My guest is Yonatan Snir, Co-founder and CEO of CliClap, an AI-powered autonomous lead generation and qualification solutionHe is an expert in data-driven marketing with over 16 years of experience, helping organizations utilize technologies to improve business performance. In 2016, he founded CliClap together with Arie Zaks, who now acts as their CTO.Prior to CliClap, he opened a marketing agency, focused on helping brands transform their marketing...
2019-03-2531 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#58 - Heidi Messer, Co-founder of Collective[i] - On how AI elevates both the science of buying and the art of sellingThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to transform how the enterprise does business. My guest is Heidi Messer, Chairman and Co-founder of Collective[i]Heidi has been an active entrepreneur and investor in the digital economy since the commercialization of the Internet. She is the Co-founder and CEO of World Evolved, a platform for global investment and expansion. She is one of the founding members of the Zokei Network, a global network devoted to encouraging innovation across art, science, business and technology. In addition, she is an active angel investor in and...
2019-03-1840 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#57 - David Griffiths, CEO of Fiscal Technologies - On using AI to strengthen financial operations and reduce riskThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation in the Procure-to-Pay space. My guest is David Griffiths, CEO of FISCAL Technologies, a leading provider of forensic solutions that empower procure-to-pay (P2P) teams across the globe to protect organizational spend.David has 20 yearsâ experience in growing technology organizations and has spent the last 15 years working with hundreds of Accounts Payable teams to help protect their corporate spend by preventing fraud and reducing risk. Prior to becoming the CEO of Fiscal Technologies, David was Head of Marketing for Bottomline Technologies and Commercial Director for European Internet Technologies, a...
2019-03-1136 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#56 - Jon Shalowitz, CEO LiftIgniter - On how AI solves both Data Privacy and Customer Experience challenges in real-timeThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation around marketing automation that has the power to transform the way we can turn customers into buyers by using the power of content personalization, and my guest is Jon Shalowitz, CEO of LiftIgniterJon brings a wealth of experience in building innovative, fast-growth companies. He was CEO at XDN, where he transitioned the companyâ âinto a category leader for application delivery services and led the company to aâ âsuccessful acquisition by Fortinet.He then co-founded CloudUP Networks and led the company as CEO to capture a critical part of the c...
2019-03-0437 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#55 - Cindy Gordon, CEO of SalesChoice - On how AI can help sales teams beat their numbers every month, quarter, yearThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation in the sales execution space that has the power to help companies gain 99% accuracy in their sales cycles, hence achieve big leaps in productivity, and my guest is Dr. Cindy Gordon, Founder and CEO of SalesChoice, an AI SaaS Predictive and Prescriptive Guiding Selling Company.Cincy is an expert in SaaS, AI, business innovation, early-stage software commercialization & sales /marketing practices. She has held senior leadership and partnership roles in global B2B Enterprises, including: Accenture, Xerox, Citicorp and Nortel Networks. In addition, Cindy has also been a founder, VC, and...
2019-02-2543 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#54 - Ilan Kasan, CEO of Exceed.ai - On how the combo of AI and a Sales rep can increase sales productivity by +80%This podcast interview focuses on product innovation in the sales & marketing space that has the power to increase sales productivity by over 80%, and my guest is Ilan Kasan, Co-founder and CEO of Exceed.ai.Ilan has built an 18-year career in general management and product management for leading global technology companies, including Cisco, WebEx, Comeet and others. During this time, heâs proven to be a successful product leader with a track record in product, user experience, sales, marketing, and building products that users and enterprises love.September 2016, he co-founded Exceed.ai around the belief th...
2019-02-1932 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#53 - Caitlin MacGregor, CEO of Plum - On how AI can help any organization hire top- rather than mediocre performersThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to transform how we hire and manage talent going forward, and my guest is Caitlin MacGregorCaitlin is the CEO and Co-founder of Plum. After being President/Director of two startups, Caitlin founded Plum in order to transform talent processes to prepare business owners, like herself, for the future of work. Shortly after that, Plum was awarded the 2015 Gold Stevie International Business Award for best new product or service of the year. The company was also selected as one of the top 10 businesses led by women...
2019-02-1143 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#52 - Efrem Hoffman, CEO of RunningAlpha - On how human-machine combos can be used to avert financial tornado'sThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation in the financial marketplace that has the power to transform the way we know it in two ways:Avoid disruptive shifts in financial market mood by predicting subtle changes in perception biasIncrease shareholder value and impact by offering a new framework of decision-making, such that early insights into market dislocations and even market crashes can be timely converted into new and persistent high-impact alpha opportunity centers.My guest here today is Efrem Hoffman.Efrem Hoffman is the CEO, Founding Architect, and Thought-Leader of RunningAlpha, an independent Canadian Innovation...
2019-02-0457 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#51 - Richard Boyd, CEO of Tanjo AI - On creating triple digit ROI with practical AIThis podcast interview focuses on product strategy principles that, if applied, have the power to deliver transformative innovation with triple-digit ROI. My guest is Richard Boyd, CEO at Tanjo.AI.Over the last twenty-six years, Richard has led or helped create some of the most innovative game technology companies in the industry. He has served as a game technology consultant for a wide variety of industries, including energy, healthcare, education and motion pictures. At Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin he created and led a group of innovative engineers and designers across all mission areas called Virtual World Labs...
2019-01-2841 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#50 - Robin Grosset, CTO at MindBridge Ai - On how human centric AI transforms financial auditingThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to 10x the impact financial auditors can make, and my guest is Robin Grosset, CTO at MindBridge AI.Robin has a track record as an entrepreneur, having worked in and founded successful software startups. This resulted in him joining IBM in 2008 through the acquisition of Cognos, where he was appointed IBM Distinguished Engineer. He has over 20 years of commercial experience in the field of Business Analytics. He was formerly the technical lead and chief architect for Watson Analytics, a groundbreaking cognitive analytics system. Robin holds many...
2019-01-2132 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#49 - Jonah Lopin, CEO of Crayon - On how AI helps increase win-rates by 54% by providing market intelligenceThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation around competitive and market intelligence, and my guest is Jonah Lopin, Co-founder and CEO of Crayon, a market intelligence software company based in Boston.Jonah started his career as a strategy & operations Consultant at Deloitte, where he led projects for Fortune 500 clients in the Manufacturing, Consumer Business and Healthcare industries. After that, he worked at eBay and UNICEF.In 2007, he joined Hubspot as the 6th employee, and served as Vice President of Customer Operations as they grew from 0 to $50M. In 2012, he co-founded M80 Labs Inc, and from...
2019-01-1428 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#48 - Peyman Nilforoush, CEO of inPowered - How AI transforms ineffective advertising into highly relevant engagementThis podcast interview focuses on the product innovation that has the power to transform the advertising industry and the way marketers can make a remarkable impact, and my guest is Peyman Nilforoush.Peyman is the CEO and CoFounder of inPowered, which is the AI-driven content amplification platform of choice for the worldâs largest brands. inPowered has been named the 2018 OMMA awards finalist for Artificial Intelligence and Native Advertising, the best content amplification platform by Digiday, and one of the top tech marketing companies to watch by VentureBeat.Peyman, along with his brother Pirouz, previously fo...
2019-01-0843 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#47 - Brett Frischmann - On what we can do now to build a better future togetherThis podcast interview focuses on the impact of product innovation on our society and, in particular, our changing role in that society, and my guest is Brett Frischmann, author of the book Reengineering Humanity, which was recently selected by The Guardian as one of the Best Books of 2018.Brett is the Charles Widger Endowed University Professor in Law, Business and Economics, at Villanova University. In this role, he promotes cross-campus research, programming, and collaboration; fosters high-visibility academic pursuits at the national and international levels; and positions Villanova as a thought leader and innovator at the intersection of...
2019-01-0254 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#46 - Mike Schneider, CEO of First - How Human/AI combos creates disruptive competitive advantage in Real Estate SalesThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation to dramatically increase the productivity of salespeople, and my guest is Mike Schneider, CEO and co-founder of First, a data science company that helps real estate agents win more business by focusing their time on the right relationships across their network.Prior to starting First, Mike worked with a private equity firm, working on pipeline deals and doing financial and market due diligence. Itâs from working in this space that Mike became fascinated with the world of AI and Machine learning â which is exactly why he left the VC worl...
2018-12-1735 min
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#45 - Vishal Maria, CEO of Quantexa - How the combo of AI and Human experts is the solution to fight financial crimeThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation to solve the challenge of financial crime, and my guest is Vishal Marria, CEO of Quantexa.Vishal is a globally recognised leader in solving financial crime and surveillance challenges. He is accomplished at building teams and helping clients to use innovative data analytics for their financial crime challenges. He served as Executive Director at EY, and he led major programs at international banks, including global Anti Financial Crime technology strategy, data-driven remediation and end-to-end reviews of strategy and policy. He was instrumental in directing and building the Detica NetReveal business...
2018-12-1031 min