#30 Malte Scholz, Co-founder and CEO at airfocus | Making It Real Podcast with Jan Brinckmann
Interesting episode guest in the Making It Real Podcast for all the product enthusiastists out there: Malte Scholz, product manager specialized in the SaaS and mobile tech space. He is Co-founder and CEO at airfocus, a prioritization and roadmapping software for product teams and decision makers. Malte shares with us his top techniques to prioritize features, to decide on the first product version and to build the best-possible roadmap for your product. We also cover the tricks of balancing customer needs and the challenges of scaling development teams. https://www.linkedin.com/in/maltescholz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maltescholz/)
https://airfocus.com (https://airfocus.com/)
linkedin.com/in/janbrinckmann (http://linkedin.com/in/janbrinckmann)
00:00 Intro
00:50 How Malte joined the entrepreneurship space
3:50 Building a first version of a product
5:10 Time until launching a first version
6:25 What does airfocus do?
8:10 Feature prioritization as a product manager
11:35 What framework should I use for prioritization
13:10 Staying on track with the product roadmap
14:55 Challenges that founders face in product development
16:40 What should go into a first version?
19:15 Balancing customer needs
21:15 Assessing the impact of the next release
24:20 Hiring and sustaining a great team
27:55 Quick fire round: Person Malte admires the most | What is so broken that entrepreneurs should fix immediately | Technology that will transform the future | Favourite management concept
32:50 Closing
2 Nov 2021
#29 Stephan Schambach, Serial Entrepreneur and E-commerce Pioneer | Making It Real Podcast with Jan Brinckmann
In today's episode we welcome Stephan Schambach, serial entrepreneur building market changing companies in the e-commerce space. Prior to his current software NewStore, providing Ominchannel-as-a-Service, Stephan launched Intershop and Demandware that was acquired for $2.8 billion by Salesforce. They say timining is everything, when launching a business. But what is the secret to get it right? How to narrow down focus and go big, when there are so many exciting opportunities? And once launched, how to find your first customers? He answers all these questions and shares his take on the NFT space as well as on the European investment ecosystem.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanschambach (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanschambach/)
https://www.newstore.com (https://www.newstore.com/)
linkedin.com/in/janbrinckmann (http://linkedin.com/in/janbrinckmann)
0:00 Intro
1:00 The energy that powers Stephan
03:03 Stephan's passion for building companies internationally
06:20 The challenges of starting international companies in Europe
09:30 Finding ideas for new ventures and executing them
14:00 How to determine the right time for launching a startup
18:10 The influence of the first customer
21:10 How to find the first customer
22:30 Trends to watch out for in the ecommerce space
25:30 Stephan's take on opportunities with NFTs
27:45 Raising venture capital in Europe and building a European tech stock exchange
32:45 Quick fire round: Middlename | Something broken that entrepreneurs should fix immediately | Technology that will transform the future | Core concept
33:52 Closing
29 Sept 2021
#28 David Heinemeier Hansson, Creator of Ruby on Rails, Co-founder of HEY and Basecamp | Making It Real Podcast with Jan Brinckmann
This episode presents David Heinemeir Hansson, Founder and CTO of Ruby on Rails, HEY, and Basecamp. David is not just a prominent entrepreneur but also the author of four best-seller books as well as class-winning race-car driver. We take a deep dive into building up one of the leading web development tools as well as the core activities to stay relevant in the tech community. He shares with us his take on work-life balance while handling several projects at the same time. Listen to the full episode to hear more about his journey and insightful tips.
linkedin.com/in/janbrinckmann (http://linkedin.com/in/janbrinckmann)
https://dhh.dk (https://dhh.dk/)
https://rubyonrails.org (https://rubyonrails.org/)
https://basecamp.com (https://basecamp.com/)
00:00 Introduction
01:05 David's journey as a business student to open-source web development
04:30 Core ingredients for a successful web development framework
06:55 Most effective way to showcase a tech product
10:30 Staying relevant in a community
14:00 David's passion for Ruby on Rails
16:45 Focusing on one vs. balancing several projects
25:30 David's take on the 80 hours work week and his experience as a book author and competitive race car driver
30:45 Quick fire round: middle name - what entrepreneurs should fix immediately - technology that will transform the future - software recommendation - core concept
33:25 Closing
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