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.
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This podcast interview focuses on the entrepreneurial journey to create meaningful global change by making problem creators responsible for solving it together through technology. My guest is Oscar Rundqvist, CEO of eComID. Oscar is a tech entrepreneur on a mission. A massive mission. He's founded and led multiple companies since 2010 - and has also gained experience as an investment analyst and head of growth and digital experience in online retail. In September 2023 he co-founded eComID - based on negative trend he saw developing after COVID in online retail: A rapidly growing global returns problem. Their mission: To help the fashion industry reduce online product returns, shrink the environmental footprint, and guide shoppers to discover and buy products they'll truly love. This inspired me, and hence, I invited Oscar to my podcast. We explore how online shopping is broken and created a massive global retail returns problem - both in cost, waste and emissions. Oscar explains his vision of how to solve this with technology and by getting an entire industry to work together in new ways. He then shares his first principles for building a lean SaaS business that moves the needle impact-wise. Lastly, he elaborates on his lessons learned to stay nimble and avoid making fatal mistakes. Here's one of his quotes Coming from the industry, we managed to take the right decisions often. But we did it by taking a lot of bad decisions, but we found them really fast. So, what we do is that we explore a lot of different things. When we have something, for example, a feature idea, let's imagine that we explore 50 different ideas at the same time, but then we always keep the retailers very close. So we have weekly meetings with all of the retailers that we work with right now to always validate and align the need. During this interview, you will learn four things: How to get an entire industry to collaborate on solving the same problem. Why he doesn't fear competition, and is actually cheering them to take on the opportunity. His first principle on keeping the focus on moving the needle in the leanest possible way. Different ways to build trust with organizations that are 1000+ times the size of your startup. For more information about the guest from this week: Oscar Rundqvist Website: eComID Subscribe to the Daily SaaS Reflection Get my free, 1 min daily reflection on shaping a B2B SaaS business no one can ignore. Subscribe here Yes, it’s actually daily. And yes, people actually stay subscribed (Just see what peer B2B SaaS CEOs say) My promise: It’s short. To the point. Inspiring. And valuable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Previous episodes
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311 - #311 - Oscar Rundqvist, CEO of eComID - on cross-industry collaboration. Wed, 01 May 2024
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310 - #310 - JB Daguené, CEO Evergrowth - on the future of account-based sales Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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309 - #309 - Masha Petrova Ph.D., CEO Nullspace - on go-to-market execution for highly technical products. Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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308 - #308 - Slava Libman, CEO FTD Solutions - on selling value Wed, 10 Apr 2024
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307 - #307 - Pete Christothoulou, CEO of Xembly - on choosing AutoPilots over Co-Pilots Wed, 03 Apr 2024
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306 - #306 - Vinnie Mirchandani, CEO Deal Architect - on seizing emerging opportunities. Wed, 27 Mar 2024
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305 - #305 - Dean Guida, CEO Infragistics - on business resilience Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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304 - #304 - Justin Chen, CEO PickFu - on turning nice-to-have into critical-to-have. Tue, 12 Mar 2024
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303 - #303 - Rory Codrington, CEO of Trust Keith - on building an exceptional SaaS business. Wed, 06 Mar 2024
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302 - #302 - Ron Gidron, CEO of Xtype on creating ecosystem success. Wed, 28 Feb 2024
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301 - #301 - Jason Cohen, Founder WPEngine - on building profitable businesses. Wed, 21 Feb 2024
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300 - #300 - The most valuable advice from 23 B2B SaaS CEOs Wed, 14 Feb 2024
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299 - #299 - Matt Holland, CEO, Field Effect - on turning a market upside down. Wed, 07 Feb 2024
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298 - #298 - Aditya Varanasi, CEO Awarity - on democratizing marketing Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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297 - #297 - Jonny White, CEO Ticket Tailor - Making Growth on Purpose work. Wed, 24 Jan 2024
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296 - #296 - Mads Wedderkopp, CEO of Dreaminfluence - on creating a growth machine. Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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295 - #295 - Aaron McReynolds, CEO of Alysio - on competitive drive to fuel Sales innovation. Wed, 10 Jan 2024
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294 - #294 - Sharekh Shaikh, CEO of CleverX - on breaking 30 years of Status Quo Wed, 03 Jan 2024
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293 - #293 - Juha Berghäll, CEO ONEiO - on Cannibalizing your own business Wed, 20 Dec 2023
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292 - #292 - Guy Cohen, CEO Wonder - on curiosity and innovation. Wed, 13 Dec 2023
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291 - #291 - Graham Hogg, CEO, See6 - on leveraging first mover advantage. Wed, 06 Dec 2023
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290 - #290 - Joe Lewin, CEO Foundy - on enabling life-changing moments in SaaS Wed, 29 Nov 2023
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289 - #289 - George Huff, CEO Opal - on reinventing his SaaS business. Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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288 - #288 - Jon Ricketts, CEO of Writerly - on building defensible differentiation. Wed, 15 Nov 2023
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287 - #287 - Melissa Kwan, CEO of eWebinar - on living the Bootstrapped SaaS dream. Wed, 08 Nov 2023
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286 - #286 - Yoav Vilner, CEO of Walnut - on creating a new SaaS category Wed, 01 Nov 2023
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285 - #285 - Doug Camplejohn, CEO at Airspeed - on creating magic moments Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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284 - #284 - Josh Haynam, CEO Interact- on building a SaaS business that customers love. Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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283 - #283 - Joel Stevenson, CEO of Yesware - on competing in a dense market Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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282 - #282 - Stijn Hendrikse, Author T2D3 - on scaling a B2B SaaS business Wed, 04 Oct 2023
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281 - #281 - Kelsey Bishop, CEO Candor on making the dreams happen Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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280 - #280 - Guillaume Moubeche, CEO, Lempire - on nailing Bootstrapped Growth Wed, 13 Sep 2023
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279 - #279 - Rachel Renock, CEO of Wethos - on daring to be different Wed, 06 Sep 2023
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278 - #278 - Brett Martin, President at Kumospace - on the power of focus Wed, 30 Aug 2023
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277 - #277 - Tony Hohlbein, CEO Growthblocks - on making revenue growth predictable Wed, 23 Aug 2023
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276 - #276 - Jason Radisson, CEO, Movo - on taking on Traditional HRtech Wed, 16 Aug 2023
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275 - #275 - Ken Babcock, CEO of Tango on creating a flywheel for growth Wed, 09 Aug 2023
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274 - #274 - Ryan Falkenberg, CEO CLEVVA - on becoming a magnet for the right customers and partners Wed, 26 Jul 2023
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273 - #273 - Matt Danna, CEO Boulevard - on gaining pricing power Wed, 19 Jul 2023
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272 - #272 - Barrett King, Sr. Manager Global GTM Strategy, Partner Ecosystem at Hubspot - on SaaS Partner Ecosystem Mindset Wed, 12 Jul 2023
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271 - #271 - Andrew Yates, CEO, Promoted - on leveraging Open Source principles to grow Commercially Wed, 05 Jul 2023
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270 - #270 - Gijs van Lookeren Campagne and Jan Borghuis, CEOs, Ease2pay - on making Build & Buy work Wed, 28 Jun 2023
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269 - #269 - Erdem Gelal, CEO of Flowla - on creating fans, not just customers Wed, 21 Jun 2023
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268 - #268 - Joran Hofman, CEO Reditus - on Growing MRR without high upfront cost Wed, 14 Jun 2023
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267 - #267 - Sebastian Baier, CEO, Buynomics - on getting pricing right Wed, 07 Jun 2023
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266 - #266 - Jonathan Anderson, CEO Candu - on rethinking PLG software development Wed, 31 May 2023
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265 - #265 - Andy Mowat, CEO Gated - on creating a movement Wed, 24 May 2023
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264 - #264 Antony Thompson, former CEO, Loopin - on creating high-performing organizations Wed, 17 May 2023
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263 - #263 - Nayan Ratandhayara, CEO Shipyaari - on succeeding in bootstrapping a SaaS business Wed, 10 May 2023
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262 - #262 - Derek Osgood, CEO Ignition - on nailing Go-To-Market Wed, 03 May 2023