We explore the challenges Max has been going through to convince the nay-sayers and what he has learned from that. He explains what they have done to break a huge global problem into a manageable structure - and what choices have been fundamental to deliver remarkable impact - and grow…
Innovation and exponential scale go hand-in-hand. But embracing exponential thinking takes more than a good idea--it requires adopting a flexible mindset. What Is Exponential Thinking? Exponential thinking is the ability to think one, two, four, eight, 16 steps ahead. True innovation, and ultimate success, comes from those who are always…
Smart SaaS business owners are constantly looking for new ways to grow their company. At least, they should be. This doesn't mean looking for the new shiny object that everyone is currently trying out, but rather it's about how to stand out from the crowd. It's not about how to…
This podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to enable business 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 experience in Finance, Technology, Data & Analytics and…
The focus of this podcast is on product strategy and my guest is Tim Willis, CFO and Head of Growth at Aerobotics, an AI startup from South Africa. He’s charged with growing Aerobotics in non-core markets, as well as its global expansion efforts. He’s built his financial management expertise at…
In January of this year, I started a podcast series with the sole purpose to share compelling stories of the value we can unlock when technology augments the unique strengths of people to help them to create remarkable impact. As quoted in the book “Machines | Platforms | Crowd’ “The…
This podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to help creative people know upfront whether their Creative will work – and with that produce work that has an exponentially bigger impact. My guest is Coen Olde Olthof, CEO of Alpha.One Coen started his career at KPMG in…
Interact CEO Josh Haynam posted this on Linkedin yesterday: "People underestimate how hard it is to scale." It got me thinking - in particular, what parts we underestimate most. So, I sat down in the Indonesian cabaña in my garden earlier this morning to reflect on the typical scale problems…
How to create defensible differentiation? It's one of the most valuable questions to answer for a SaaS founder. Here's why: If your product is hard to copy: You have a market access advantage over alternative solutions You have a resource advantage over alternative solutions You have a price advantage over alternative…
Getting traction is challenging in various stages of your business. Keeping it and making it remarkable is even more challenging. It's not only essential that traction starts (which is hard enough). It's even more important that it grows and never stops doing so. Unfortunately, the latter part is where most…