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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.

Tech Entrepreneur on a Mission Podcast

This podcast interview focuses on the entrepreneurial journey to eliminate the risk that cost businesses thousands of $ per second of downtime. My guest is Ozan Unlu, Founder and CEO of Edge Delta.
Ozan has had an unconventional career path that spans multiple disciplines. He started as a nanoscientist and researcher before transitioning into the tech world.
His professional journey includes roles at major tech companies. He worked as a Software Development Lead and Program Manager at Microsoft, and as a Senior Solutions Architect at Sumo Logic.
In September 2018, he founded Edge Delta after recognizing the need for a new approach to handling the exponential growth of data in modern organizations.
Their mission: Change the way enterprises manage their data - particularly in mission-critical systems.
And this inspired me, and hence I invited Ozan to my podcast. We explore what it takes to navigate the complexities of building a successful B2B SaaS company in a competitive landscape. He elaborates on his approach to solving mission-critical problems and building credibility in deep-tech enterprise markets around a new category. Ozan also shares how he's maintaining a long-term vision while addressing urgent needs - and what he's doing differently to assemble and align a world-class team. Lastly, he discusses the challenges of market education, gaining early adopters, and scaling efficiently. 

Here's one of his quotes
If you're at an early-stage startup, look at how you're solving problems. Don't put more problems on other people's plates. Say, “Hey, this is how I'm solving a problem. This is what I think is the best approach.” And if people disagree with you, just make sure you're walking away with a mutual commitment. 
We do this all the time, whether it's myself or someone else at the company where you say, You know what, I disagree, but I'm committed. Let's go do it that way. 
That's super important because when you're dealing with companies that make hundreds of millions of dollars in profits a day, that is very hard to fight against if you aren't all in lockstep and marching forward.

During this interview, you will learn four things:

What he learned from their rapid growth period (6x employees in one year) and what he'd do differently next time.

Why he's saying no to companies like Apple (even though they might be able to help them).

Why he continues to focus on solving big technical problems rather than taking an easier route.

What he's done to build credibility and trust in the market.

For more information about the guest from this week:

Ozan Unlu

Website: Edge Delta

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#342 - Ozan Unlu, CEO of Edge Delta - on solving critical business problems.

This podcast interview focuses on the entrepreneurial journey to build a global SaaS company with 25 million users without venture funding. My guest is Aytekin Tank, Founder and CEO of Jotform.
Aytekin founded Jotform in 2006, creating a pioneering WYSIWYG online form builder that has grown to serve over 25 million users worldwide today. 
What's remarkable is that he bootstrapped the company from the ground up. This allowed Jotform to remain 100% independent and define its own rules and company culture as it grew.
Under his leadership, Jotform has experienced impressive international growth, with offices in seven different cities around the world. Their growth and style were recognized as Jotform was named one of the "Best Privately-Owned Companies in America" by Entrepreneur Magazine.
Aytekin is not just a successful entrepreneur but also an automation enthusiast. He recently published a book titled "Automate Your Busywork. His book shares his insights on the automation philosophy he applied to grow Jotform.
This inspired me, so I invited Aytekin to my podcast. We explore his biggest lessons learned from bootstrapping a form-building tool to leading a global company with 25 million users. He elaborates on his approach around continuous innovation and maintaining momentum (rather than worrying about competitors) and shares his insights on prioritizing product development and growth. Last but not least, he talks about how he recently gave new meaning to his 'Founder’ role and why every SaaS entrepreneur should do that.
Here's one of his quotes
Being a founder is not just about leading a team, coaching a team, managing a team. But it's also about improving myself, growing myself. Because being a founder is about growth. It's about growth mindset. It's about growing yourself with the company. It's about growing your company. And it requires some dedication to do that - growing knowledge and learning.

During this interview, you will learn four things:

How he's working with customers to ensure JotForm's success

His first principles for managing growth and avoiding getting bogged down in busy work.

How he's organized his development teams and their rituals to ensure momentum on the one hand and optimal alignment on the other hand.

How he approached competition from Google Forms to come out stronger themselves. 

For more information about the guest from this week:

Aytekin Tank

Website: Jotform

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#343 - Aytekin Tank, CEO Jotform - on continuous innovation and momentum

My guest on the podcast is Maurizio Vecchione, Executive Vice President for Global Good and Research at Intellectual Ventures.
In his day to day job, Maurizio is working for Intellectual Ventures where he’s overseeing Global Good LLC, an evergreen fund created by Bill Gates and Intellectual Ventures,
The fund is focused on inventions and innovation for the millions of people in the developing world that suffer and die each year from causes that humanity has the scientific and technical ability to solve.
During this interview, you will learn three things:
1) Why Maurizio believes the idea that all next‑gen things happen in places like Silicon Valley, is fundamentally flawed
2) How catalytic invention can be the approach to accelerate change, action, and impact – not just for the developing world, but across the board
3) Three practical criteria to embrace in the process of innovation
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A different approach to innovation to accelerate change, action and impact.

My guest on the podcast is Vinnie Mirchandani He's the author of Silicon Collar, founder of Deal Architect, a former technology industry analyst (with Gartner) and outsourcing executive (with PwC), and last but not least entrepreneur.
He is a thought leader on trends in software, outsourcing and offshoring.
I talked with Vinnie on the way we should perceive technology impact on people in the foreseeable future.
During this interview, you will learn three things:
1)Why it's better to start new initiatives with an augmentation mentality, not a replacement mentality
2)Why traditional thinking around labor is not going to work
3)Why we should be rethinking every business process with automation as a frontend
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An optimistic perspective on humans, machines, and jobs

My guest on the podcast is John Heintz, CEO at Aptage.
Aptage is a start-up from Austin Texas, that's building forecasting tools for agile teams by using past performance and team experience to understand and predict the likelihood of success. Project success is critical for project-driven organizations, be it in IT, Engineering, Construction or, for example, Not for Profit. Aptage inspired me because of their approach.
They chose to use artificial intelligence to augment the unique strengths of project managers, thereby creating the potential to take project success rates to completely new levels, giving project-intensive organizations a new competitive advantage. 
During this interview, you will learn three things:
1) How the unique strengths of people in project-centric organizations can be augmented with technology to help increase project success
2) How AI can help Project driven organizations identify uncertainties and predict the risk that could imply
3) What Aptage learned from delivering technology powered by AI
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How AI can help to boost project success

My guest on this weeks' podcast is Holger Mueller - VP & Principal Analyst at Constellation Research
In his day to day job as a VP & Principal Analyst at Constellation Research he is covering Next Generation Apps, Human Capital Management and the Future of work, and provides strategy and counsel to clients.
Prior to joining Constellation Research, Holger was, amongst others, VP of Products for NorthgateArinso, and chief Application Architect with SAP where he worked on strategic projects and next generation product capabilities in the Office of the Chairman for Hasso Plattner. Holger started his career with Kiefer & Veittinger, which he helped grow from a startup to Europe's largest CRM vendor from 1995 onwards.
In this podcast Holger and I discuss the opportunity that is being presented by the current cocktail of technologies that's coming together.
During this interview, you will learn three things:
1)What we can learn from Japan about our own future
2)How AI will impact decision making, and why it is key for people to stay involved
3)And what CEO's should do to ensure their company stays relevant.
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Why a cocktail of technology and humans is required to make our life more interesting

My guest on this week's podcast is Leif Anderson, Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer at Augsburg University.
He leads institutional planning and effectiveness at Augsburg University in order to realize the college's vision through the implementation of the Augsburg2019 strategic plan.
The University is based in the heart of Minneapolis and has built a strong academic reputation in the liberal arts and professional studies since 1869. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees to more than 3,500 diverse students and educates them to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.
During this interview we'll specifically focus on the vision that's been set out by Augsburg University president Paul Pribbenow. He challenges higher education to change its focus from students being "college ready," to institutions being "student ready." At the same time, Pribbenow is bringing new clarity to Augsburg's value proposition - what he calls a "three dimensional" education.
In listening to this podcast, you will learn 3 things:
1)how these important concepts are being equipped at Augsburg
2)What's driving this change
3)How technology can Universities help to succeed
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A different perspective on the future of Education

My guest on this weeks' podcast is David Hofferberth, Founder and Managing Director of Service Performance Insight.
He is the founder and managing director of Service Performance Insight, a global research, consulting and training organization dedicated to helping professional service organizations (PSOs) make quantum improvements in productivity and profit.
David has championed solutions for the professional services sector for over twenty years and provided guidance for hundreds of Independent Software Vendors. In addition to that his ongoing work with business and technology media enables his clients to remain informed and in front of the buying public.
David regularly consults with Professional Services Organizations and financial institutions around the world and he is also the primary architect of the Professional Services Maturity™ Model, a strategic planning and management framework that's grown into the industry-leading performance improvement tool used by over 6,000 service and project-oriented organizations to chart their course to service excellence.
During this interview, you will learn three things:
1) What PSOs should do stay ahead of the game
2) How PSOs should change to not be disrupted
3) And where they should focus their IT investments to maximize impact
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How PSOs can thrive when technology is used the right way

My guest on this weeks' podcast is Andreas Cleve, CEO of Corti.AI, a start-up from Copenhagen that delivers technology that enables humans to do more.
Their mission is dear to my heart: They imagine a future where all medical professionals can be augmented by artificial intelligence to better diagnose patients, reduce uncertainty, and eliminate fatal errors.
Andreas leads a team of multidisciplinary experts from organizations such as NASA, Apple, and IBM Watson to build powerful intelligence augmentation software for the next generation of healthcare providers. Their first product: Corti, a digital assistant that leverages deep learning to help medical personnel make critical decisions in the heat of the moment.
It's this product I wanted to learn more about, hence it became the topic of this podcast. During this interview, you will learn three things:
1) What it requires to create human/machine combos that can produce exponential value
2) Why more value comes from going deep, rather than broad
3) Why smart execution is even more important than the original smart idea to make it obtainable and accessible to the people who need it most.
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How to save more lives by augmenting 911/112 agents with AI

My guest on the podcast is Dr. Nadine Hachach Haram, Co-Founder of Proximie, NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow, and TED speaker.
She’s is a curious surgeon with a passion for technology and innovation — and a desire to make a difference in the world.
This drove her to co-found Proximie, an augmented reality platform that allows doctors to virtually transport themselves into any operating room, anywhere in the world, to visually and practically interact in an operation from start to finish. Proximie aims to provide safe, accessible and cost-effective surgery to every patient around the world.
I really got inspired by the big idea behind Proximie after seeing Nadine’s TED talk in December. I believe this is a very compelling showcase of how technology can be used to augment the unique strength of humans, to deliver remarkable value. Hence, I invited Nadine to share her story in this podcast.
During our interview, you will learn three things:
1) How, by focusing on key pain points, technology can solve problems of global scale
2) What’s required to ensure solutions deliver transformative impact
3) And why it’s key to think exponentially
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An optimistic perspective on humans, machines, and jobs

An optimistic perspective on humans, machines, and jobs

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