14 Minutes of SaaS - founder stories on business, tech and life

Eilon Reshef, Co-founder and CTO at Gong, talks about his conversational intelligence platform for helping sales teams converse more effectively. Gong was founded founded in 2015

Eilon Reshef, Co-founder and CTO at Gong, talks about his conversational intelligence platform for helping sales teams converse more effectively. Gong was founded founded in 2015 and has raised $26 million in investment. Eilon also reflects on AI and data ownership.

"I can't recall a King who suddenly decided he doesn't want to be a King anymore .... Kings are gonna take as much tax as they can and these guys are gonna take as much of our privacy as they can."

Rick Stollmeyer, is Co-Founder and CEO at MINDBODY. He started this in a garage in 2001. Way back then it was an app for boutique health & fitness businesses to manage the scheduling of their fitness classes. Now it’s the largest

Rick Stollmeyer is Co-founder and CEO at MINDBODY, the largest platform on the planet for the health and wellness industry. He started this in his garage in 2001. Rick feels people have a duty of care to themselves, their loved ones and society to improve their own health. The emotional, personal time, productivity and financial hit caused by unnecessarily shortened healthspans is enormous. This episode is a little different for a couple of reasons. It’s the only company in series 1 over a decade old – post IPO with a market value of $2 Billion. The interview was conducted just offstage in the WebSummit before Rick was about to speak – so watch out for the abrupt end!

“Everything in life gets better when you take care of yourself.”

Polina Montano, Co-Founder & COO, explains why she set up Job Today, which sets out to bring new levels of efficiency and immediacy to hiring across high staff-turnover industries like retail and hospitality. Job Today launched it's viral app in 2015, and has raised $65 million for it's mission already. She talks about the 'crazy' invisible offline nature of local jobs, video cover letters and the increasing need for companies to focus on developing a positive internal culture.

"We really believe that people are much more than their resumes"

"I was actually running a chain of stations. The turnover of both staff and customers is very, very high, very high volumes. And so its really, really challenging filling those positions and making sure you have people in the right place at the right. We are talking about urgency here. ... Isn't it crazy? ... …..that in a world of technology and innovation in which we live today, with people looking for a job … we still have to print out resumes and hit the streets … literally walking in and out of restaurants and shops … it just happens because all of those local jobs are not available online. They're hidden. And job seekers can’t find them. So that's one of the issues we wanted to solve, just connect instantly over our mobile interface. People are looking for staff, and candidates that are looking for jobs"

Nicolas Dessaigne, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, chats about Algolia, his platform for building search into your business. Algolia was founded founded in 2012. "Especially in the world of developers … you need to get to win their trust. And it's not by hiding anything you are going to win their trust. Yeah, actually, it's how you react when there is a problem that's going to create a relationship ...It's a bit counterintuitive. But sometimes when you have a problem, a bug, it's an occasion to shine"

Nicolas Dessaigne, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, chats about Algolia, his platform for building search into your business. Algolia was founded founded in 2012 and has raised $74 million in investment. He discusses the importance of APIs, conversational interfaces and a special focus on developer experience. Nicolas is obsessed with promoting a positive company culture and he believes in always striving for authenticity.

"Sometimes when you have a problem or a bug, it's an opportunity to shine ... you need to care about the culture you create"

Mada Seghete, Co-Founder and Head of Mobile Marketing, discusses Branch, a linking infrastructure for apps and the mobile web. Branch was founded founded in 2014 and has raised $113 million in investment. She talks about her vision for Branch becoming the conduit that effortlessly takes users to the content they want. She shares future visions of a seamlessly connected digital world and VR, and talks about building community. She also shares memories of her imaginary competitor!

"I'm a mobile gamer ... I'm always addicted to one game ... you play very differently when you have only one life left"

“I’m a mobile gamer. I’m always addicted to one game. You play very differently when you have only one life left ... I had an imaginary competitor so when I was doing my homework, my imaginary competitor friend always did better than me and that is what motivated me” Mada Seghete, Cofounder of Branch