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Tech founder journey from open source to SaaS with Julien Danjou @Mergify

Dec 30, 202446 minSeason 4Ep. 33
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Episode description

saas.unbound is a podcast for and about founders who are working on scaling inspiring products that people love, brought to you by https://saas.group/, a serial acquirer of B2B SaaS companies.

In episode #33, Anna Nadeina talks with Julien, CEO and founder of Mergify, a SaaS company providing merge automation and CI/CD tools for software engineering teams.

----------Episode's Chapters--------------

00:00 - Julien's background

02:42 - The Journey of Building Mergify

06:43 - Challenges of Selling to Developers

13:03 - Marketing Strategies for Tech Products

22:30 - Falling in Love with the Problem

24:40 - The Importance of Problem-Solving in Tech

27:19 - Investing Mindset: Team vs. Product

30:55 - Navigating Competition in Tech

37:31 - Learning from Wins and Failures

44:38 - Building a Remote Team Culture

Julien - https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliendanjou/

Mergify - https://mergify.com/

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