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The Remarkable SaaS Podcast

For B2B SaaS founders who are done blending in. The Remarkable SaaS Podcast features unfiltered conversations with SaaS founders navigating the real challenges of building software that matters. Hosted by Ton Dobbe, author of The Remarkable Effect, each episode zooms in on one of the 10 traits that define remarkable software companies—like offering something truly valuable and desirable, and aiming to be different, not just better. Some guests are scaling fast. Others are still in the trenches—but

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379 – How Zohar Bronfman built AI that actually...

The Remarkable SaaS Podcast ·

2025/09/24

A story about rejecting the magic wand approach to AI—and building something businesses can actually use.This episode is for Mid-market SaaS founders tired of AI hype who want to build something that creates real customer value—not just impressive demos.Most SaaS companies don't fail because of bad tech. They fail because they chase hype over value.Zohar Bronfman, CEO of Pecan AI, took a different path. After years researching AI and philosophy in academia, he saw Amazon, Uber, and Spotify

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378 - How Ray Meiring built fanatical customers by...

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2025/09/17

A story about passing lucrative deals to competitors—and building something users refuse to give upThis episode is for SaaS founders exhausted from chasing every opportunity—and wondering if extreme focus actually works.Most SaaS companies don't fail because of bad tech. They fail because they can't stop building.Ray Meiring, CEO of QorusDocs, discovered this during a meeting with a bank CIO. While trying to find use cases for their generic document tool, Ray realized they had it backwards—they were

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377 – How Joao Marques became Portugal's home...

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2025/09/10

A story about turning impatience into competitive advantage.This episode is for SaaS founders tired of building "professional" products nobody remembers—and anyone wondering if controversy beats convention.Most SaaS companies fail because they try to please everyone.They play it safe with every decision.Joao Marques, CEO of Oscar, took a different path.He quit his job, built the app in four months, then raised 70K euros to start acquiring customers. Created an on-demand home services marketplace

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Episode #376 – How Dinakara Nagalla turned aircraft...

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2025/09/03

A story about building a cult following in the unglamorous world of aviation maintenanceThis episode is for SaaS founders exhausted from building "nice-to-have" solutions.Most SaaS companies don't fail because of bad tech. They fail because they prefer to solve sexy problems instead of expensive ones.Dinakara Nagalla, CEO of EmpowerMX (acquired by IFS), took a different path. He spent 14 years in aviation watching mechanics waste 50% of their day on paperwork. Instead of building another dashboard

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#378 - How Samy Dindane achieved total business...

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2025/08/27

A story about finding freedom by solving problems others ignored—on purpose.For SaaS founders tired of feature bloat—and wondering if serving fewer people better might be the smarter path to freedom.Most SaaS companies fail because they try to please everyone.They fail because they spread themselves across every platform, every feature request, every shiny opportunity.Samy Dindane, CEO of Hypefury, took a different path.He spotted a gap nobody else cared about—Twitter thread scheduling—and built a

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43:37

#374 - How Chad Rubin helps Amazon brands escape the...

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2025/08/20

#374 - How Chad Rubin helps Amazon brands escape the pricing race to the bottomA story about moving from being a cost center to becoming the profit engine—by challenging assumptions no one else dared to question.This Episode is for SaaS founders who are tired of customers seeing their solution as just another expense—and those questioning whether there's a smarter way to build something customers actually want to pay more for.Most SaaS companies position themselves as efficiency tools. They help you

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#373 – How Davit Baghdasaryan built the world's best...

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2025/08/13

A story about turning personal frustration into breakthrough technology—and why great products come from pain you actually feel.This Episode is for SaaS founders struggling to identify their real target audience—and wondering how to separate urgent problems from nice-to-have features.Most SaaS companies don't fail because of bad tech. They fail because they try to solve problems they don't actually feel.Davit Baghdasaryan, CEO of Krisp AI, took a different path. Former head of product security at

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#372 – How Hikari Senju built a hockey stick by...

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2025/08/06

A story about preparation beating speed—when you know what's coming.For SaaS founders tired of rushing features to market—and wondering if there's a smarter way to build lasting competitive advantage.Most SaaS companies don't fail because they move too slow. They fail because they chase shortcuts instead of building what customers actually value.Hikari Senju, CEO of Omneky, took a different path. The son of an artist with computer science training from Harvard, he focused on building real customer

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#371 – How Eli Portnoy turned a frustrating pattern...

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2025/07/23

A story about staying connected to customers while everyone else scales away from them.For SaaS founders who feel increasingly disconnected from their customers as they scale—and anyone questioning whether growth has to mean losing touch with what made you successful in the first place.Most SaaS companies don't fail because of bad product decisions. They fail because founders lose their superpower as they scale.Eli Portnoy, CEO and co-founder of Backengine, experienced this visceral pain twice

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#370 – How Richard White built infrastructure to...

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2025/07/16

A story about choosing technical battles that create unbeatable unit economics—while competitors bleed money.This episode is for SaaS founders tired of chasing short-term monetization—and wondering if there's a smarter way to build something customers actually fight to keep.Most SaaS companies fail because they take technical shortcuts.They outsource infrastructure to move fast, then discover they can't compete on price.Richard White, CEO of Fathom, took a different path. He's the inventor of the

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#369 – How Marne Martin turns "boring" expense...

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2025/07/09

A story about choosing overlooked markets—and winning by design.For SaaS founders who feel stuck chasing trendy markets—and anyone wondering if there's more money in solving unglamorous problems than building the next shiny thing.Most SaaS companies chase crowded markets because they seem exciting.They fail because they're fighting for scraps in oversaturated categories.Marne Martin, CEO of Emburse, took a different path.After 30 years in software, she chose the "unsexy" expense management space

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#368 – How Alexander Sommer kept what others call...

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2025/07/02

A story about choosing the harder path—and why contrarian infrastructure decisions create unshakeable customer loyalty.This episode is for SaaS founders tired of vendor dependency—and those questioning whether the "obvious" infrastructure choices are actually the smartest business decisions.Most SaaS companies fail because they optimize for short-term convenience over long-term differentiation.Alexander Sommer, CEO of DSwiss, took a different path. He's the first non-founder CEO to lead this

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50:48

#367 – How Chris Brisson killed his first company to...

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2025/06/25

This podcast is for SaaS founders who feel stuck chasing feature parity—and anyone wondering if there's a smarter way to build something customers can't live without.Most SaaS founders won't kill a profitable company. They'll optimize it to death instead. Chris Brisson, CEO of SalesMsg, took a different path. He killed his first company while it was still making money. Then spent two years building what messaging should actually do—create conversations, not broadcasts. This inspired me to invite

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49:08

Episode #366 – How Quentin de Quelen built...

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2025/06/18

This episode is for SaaS founders chasing feature parity with bigger competitors—and those wondering if there's a smarter way to compete with tech giants.Most SaaS companies don't fail because of bad technology. They fail because they try to be everything to everyone. Quentin de Quelen, Co-founder & CEO of MeiliSearch, took a different path. A former carpenter's son turned developer, he saw search as a fundamental problem worth solving properly. Instead of building another complex enterprise

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#365 – How Dimitri Masin hit $1M ARR in 5 months by...

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2025/06/11

This episode is for SaaS founders building in regulated industries—and anyone tired of chasing the next quick win.Most SaaS companies fail because they launch too early. Dimitri Masin, Co-Founder & CEO of Gradient Labs, took a different path. He spent 14 months building before serving a single customer—against every startup playbook. His AI customer support platform now guarantees better performance than human teams and hit $1M ARR in five months after launch. And this inspired me to invite

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#364 – How 46 Labs scaled to $80M by solving the...

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2025/06/04

A story about creating something desirable by choosing to be different—on purpose.Most SaaS companies don’t fail because of bad tech.They fail because they try to win by copying playbooks that were never made for them.Trevor Francis, Founder and CEO of 46 Labs, took a different path. A former telecom engineer, he bootstrapped 46 Labs into an $80M infrastructure business by staying lean, solving the problems others ignored, and resisting the pressure to follow the VC script.In this episode, we

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#364 – How 46 Labs scaled to $80M by solving the...

The Remarkable SaaS Podcast ·

2025/06/04

Most SaaS companies don’t fail because of bad tech.They fail because they try to win by copying playbooks that were never made for them.Trevor Francis, Founder and CEO of 46 Labs, took a different path. A former telecom engineer, he bootstrapped 46 Labs into an $80M infrastructure business by staying lean, solving the problems others ignored, and resisting the pressure to follow the VC script. In this episode, we explore Trevor’s approach to staying capital-constrained, solving real customer

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#363 - Sunil Patel, CEO of Tekmetric on ignoring...

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2025/05/28

This podcast interview reveals why the best software breaks all the rules. My guest is Sunil Patel, CEO of Tekmetric. Before building software, Sunil owned and operated multiple auto repair shops, giving him a rare insider's perspective on the industry's real problems. He's a practical entrepreneur who's obsessed with simplicity and hates wasted effort. When in 2016, eight years after iPhones hit the market, shop owners still couldn't leverage that technology to run their business, Sunil decided

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#362 – How Sharat Potharaju built a 50,000-customer...

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2025/05/21

This podcast interview focuses on the entrepreneurial journey to discovering powerful strategic frameworks through trial and error. My guest is Sharat Potharaju, CEO of Unicode.Sharat is a serial entrepreneur with 15 years of experience. He navigated through a decade of ventures that didn't scale before founding Uniqode in 2019. His company has since grown to serve over 50,000 businesses worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies, by creating innovative technology that connects physical and

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#361 - Imran Syed, CEO of Hatchproof on building...

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2025/05/14

This podcast interview focuses on the entrepreneurial journey of finding purpose and transformation through failure. My guest is Imran Syed, CEO of Hatchproof.After leading a high eight-figure exit at Instapage as COO, Imran witnessed how misalignment among leadership destroyed tens of millions in enterprise value during a failed product launch. Instead of moving on, this failure became his obsession. He spent six months deeply researching why people stay at or leave organizations before founding

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