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How to avoid losing your edge in B2B SaaS? It hurts my heart when I see high-potential SaaS vendors slowly lose their edge.

It hurts my heart when I see high-potential SaaS vendors slowly lose their edge. We’ve all seen the examples. And you wonder: What happened? How could this have gone wrong? How can we avoid it. That what this blog aims to answer […]

And then, suddenly, ARR growth started to soften..

Every week I speak with many saas-entrepreneurs from around the world.
Chit-chatting away, the answer to the question: “How’s business?” is usually ‘Good! We had the best year ever!’
Then the caveats come […]

Remarkable SaaS businesses mix curiousness with courage

Some of the most brilliant tech-entrepreneurs I know share two things: They are both curious and courageous. […]

On a scale of 1 to 10….

Answer the question with honesty is the first step to making things better. Then you know.
That’s where you can start closing the gap.
That’s your advantage to take. Your opportunity to lead. […]

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“We have spent a lot of time telling our customers on our solution. We want to spend more time focusing on their problem”

Last week I ‘Zoomed’ with Ryan Falkenberg and Mark Pedersen, the two founders of Clevva (Capetown, South Africa). Our conversation […]

What are actually the habits of companies that build remarkable software?

I had an entertaining catch-up call with my dear ex-colleague Christian Weichelt. We came to talk about the power of habits. His mantra: “Don’t control the output; control the inputs.”
By controlling the inputs, you establish habits – and with that, you move closer to your goals every day. It’s a simple but super powerful concept.
So, I reflected on this – and wondered, ‘What are the habits of companies that build the software products we keep talking about?” […]

What we can learn from Big Wave surfing in Business Software

There’s one place in the world for which I am prepared to drop everything, to be there on the right […]

The Remarkable Effect Story – and the anecdotes that inspired it By Ton Dobbe, Author of the Remarkable Effect

You are about to listen to a very special edition of my podcast – edition #100. And what a moment […]

This is why many software vendors struggle in the cloud Transforming your business from on-premise to cloud requires a different mindset

In my day to day business, I speak to many business software CEOs about what it takes to have an […]

How UK Government aims to safeguard competitiveness across three industries through Intelligence Augmentation. An interview with Stephen Browning, Interim Challenge Director Next Generation Services at Innovate UK

My guest on the podcast is Stephen Browning, Interim Challenge Director Next Generation Services at Innovate UK. He holds an MBA […]