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Tech Entrepreneur on a Mission Podcast

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Welcome to the Tech Entrepreneur on a Mission podcast. My name is Ton Dobbe. I am the founder of Value Inspiration and the author of ‘The Remarkable Effect’. I envision a world where every B2B SaaS business succeeds because they're creating software their customers would miss if were gone 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆:  Research consistently shows 90% of all startups fail. That's bad.  What's worse however is that +75% of SaaS Scaleups fail - companies that are supposed to have product-market-fit. Far too few Scaleups create the traction they aspire for and fail for the wrong reasons I believe this should stop - and hence I started my business and this podcast The goal I have with this podcast is two-fold: to inspire new forms of value creation by sharing compelling ideas and stories about the potential we can unlock when technology and people blend in the right way. Share experiences from tech entrepreneurs like you about what it requires to create a remarkable software business and how to overcome the roadblocks to do so.

Episodes

A story about democratizing financial services by making it human again.

This podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to enables banks of any size grow meaningful and trust-led relationships with their customers in a world that’s increasingly digital. My guest is Zor Gorelov, Co-founder and CEO of Kasisto Zor 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 Sync...

Jun 22, 202037 minSeason 3Ep. 120

A story about identifying an underserved markets and creating a new category

This 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.ai Mayank 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 global...

Jun 15, 202048 minSeason 3Ep. 119

A story about growing 3x by winning the hearts of a ‘late adopter’ market

This 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. Enrico’s 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 4...

Jun 08, 202029 minSeason 3Ep. 118

A remarkable story about a car company that hopes never to sell a car

This 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 bec...

Jun 02, 202043 minSeason 3Ep. 117

The art of uncovering Business-critical insights in data that’s all around us

This podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to unlock the hidden value inside unstructured data and with that take grow the value we can deliver. My guest is Adam Carte, CEO of Luminoso Adam previously served in a number of C-level positions. As the CEO of Cadre Proppants, a mining company, where he doubled revenues doubled. 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 do...

May 25, 202031 minSeason 3Ep. 115

The misconception of innovation – 85% of us believe we’re innovative, however, only 20% of our customers agree.

This 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 stream-lined new product development processes. Prior to founding Global NP Solutions, Dr. Jurgens-Kowal acqui...

May 18, 202039 minSeason 3Ep. 115

How access to on-demand expert knowledge can give us exponential advantage

This podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to takes 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 ...

May 11, 202027 minSeason 3Ep. 114

Supporting executive assistance navigate change with technology

This 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. Th...

May 04, 202034 minSeason 3Ep. 113

Why gaining 9+ customer satisfaction scores is very much about scaling human touch

This 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 ...

Apr 27, 202035 minSeason 3Ep. 112

Why customers should do more of the sales and marketing work for you because they're more effective at it

This 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 he’s helping CEOs achieve their f...

Apr 20, 202043 minSeason 3Ep. 111

Solving the challenge of meaningful communication through chatbots – and the impact that has.

This 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.ai Rebecca is an entrepreneur pioneering AI-driven chatbot technology. She’s recognized as "35 Entrepreneurs 35 and Younger"​ by the Arizona Republic and named Most Admired Leader by the Phoenix Business Journal in 2018. Most of her career she’s been in marketing where she drove ...

Apr 13, 202041 minSeason 3Ep. 110

Creating a tailwind behind your company that makes you unstoppable

This 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 Cloud’s social marketing product line, where he integrated $1 billion of M&A investments into the Salesforce product portfolio. Prior to that he drove...

Apr 06, 202048 minSeason 3Ep. 109

Using Artificial Intelligence responsibly in order to change the world for the better.

This 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. She’s the co-Founder of the Artificial General Intelligence Sentinel Initiative, AGISI.org, which is "dedicated to understanding intelli...

Apr 01, 202035 minSeason 3Ep. 108

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 Loro His 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 ad...

Mar 23, 202035 minSeason 3Ep. 107

The compounding effect as to how we can keep getting better incrementally every day

This 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 Seekify Ajeet 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 ‘Joe Hukum’, a chatbot SaaS platform, that was acquire...

Mar 16, 202037 minSeason 3Ep. 106

What it takes to accelerate sales in today’s B2B market

This 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 UK’s Top 25 Startups. He’s an inspirational and enterprising businessman, who approaches wor...

Mar 09, 202034 minSeason 3Ep. 105

Technically Right, Effectively Wrong: Why 85% Data Science Projects Fail

This podcast interview focuses on a key aspect to drive product innovation and that is mastering human centered design. My guest is Brian T. O’Neill, 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 innovate innovative products powered by data science and analytics. For over 20 years, he has worked with companies including DellEMC, Global Strategy Group, T...

Mar 02, 202042 minSeason 3Ep. 104

Saving lives by changing the way clinical trials are run

This 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 he...

Feb 24, 202035 minSeason 3Ep. 103

How sales can become 10x more productive by using technology in a different way

This 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 Qymatix Lucas is a self-proclaimed innovator with an MBA and 20 years’ experience in international management, business administration, and marketing of technological products. He’s worked for companies like Festo, Belden Inc. and Omron Electronics. Besides being passionate about sales, he’s an avid traveler and a Social Media aficio...

Feb 17, 202045 minSeason 3Ep. 102

How to create content that persuades subconsciously

This 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 a...

Feb 11, 202037 minSeason 3Ep. 101

The Remarkable Effect Story - and the anecdotes that inspired it

You are about to listen to a very special edition of my podcast – edition #100. And what a moment to have this coincide with the launch of my new book ‘The Remarkable Effect.’ 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 you’ve always aspired to run: Remarkable and Impactful. For me, remarkable is more than just a word. It’s a vision. It’s the art to create meanin...

Feb 02, 202042 minSeason 3Ep. 100

Product Innovation: What we can learn from the last decade in Enterprise Software

This 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 Mirchandani Vinnie 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 projects marketplace and Jetstream Group, a sourcing advisory firm. Earlier in his career he had various technology consult...

Jan 27, 202038 minSeason 3Ep. 99

Product Innovation: How aligning business model with profit model results in remarkable value for customers

This 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 bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s degree in information technology from the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague. He also studied at Technische Universitat Munchen in Germany...

Jan 20, 202033 minSeason 3Ep. 98

Product Innovation: The untapped opportunity to give people, brands and products their own vocal identity.

This podcast interview focuses on product innovation to provide both individuals and brands their unique vocal personality – so they can be heard. My guest is Rupal Patel, Founder and CEO of VocalID INC Rupal 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...

Jan 13, 202043 minSeason 3Ep. 97

Product Innovation: Intelligent content strategies start with closing the gap on what you think your customers actually want

This 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 Dame’s 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 ‘Grow by Focusing on What Matters: Competitive Strategy ...

Jan 07, 202056 minSeason 3Ep. 96

How technology can help to build high-performing teams without guessing

This 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...

Dec 16, 201931 minSeason 2Ep. 95

Product Innovation: Radical Product Thinking – a new approach to build world-changing products

This 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 movement Radhika is a product development executive and entrepreneur. She participated in 4 exits, 2 of which were companies she founded. She’s 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 wh...

Dec 09, 201944 minSeason 2Ep. 94

Product Innovation: Building a position of advantage by blending humans and tech in new ways.

This 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...

Dec 02, 201934 minSeason 2Ep. 93

Product Innovation: The value we can unlock when technology enables people to speak up

This 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 Allvoices Claire Schmidt spend 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. Duri...

Nov 25, 201943 minSeason 2Ep. 92

Product Innovation: Why it requires 10x impact to thrive and survive in business software – not only in content marketing.

This 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 MarketMuse Aki 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 softwar...

Nov 18, 201946 minSeason 2Ep. 91
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