Bluebird

SaaS: Missteps & Mastery

Business EN ↓ Odcinki: 4

What’s the secret to building a successful SaaS company? Join host Machiel Kunst—an ex-operator in SaaS and recruitment expert with over a decade of leadership experience—as he uncovers the pivotal missteps and moments of mastery that define the journeys of SaaS founders and leaders. Through candid conversations, Machiel explores the failures that taught the biggest lessons and the strategies that led to extraordinary success. Curious to learn? Tune in.

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Bluebird

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Business

Strona podcastu

www.buzzsprout.com

Ostatni odcinek

4 wrz 2025

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