{"podcast":{"title":"The Remarkable SaaS Podcast","slug":"the-remarkable-saas-podcast-611955","podcast_index_feed_id":611955,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/the-remarkable-saas-podcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://valueinspiration.com/category/podcast/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/the-remarkable-saas-podcast/20250709_090749_304435107b52892bba81bcb864a8590b.jpg","author":"Ton Dobbe","episode_count":411,"summary":"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 all share hard-won lessons about what it really takes to create pull, shorten sales cycles, and become the only logical choice in their market. Expect: Honest conversations—no hype, no theory Tactical insights from sales-led SaaS founders Practical ideas you can apply to sharpen your product and your positioning If you're building a SaaS business that deserves attention—not just more noise—this podcast is for you.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T20:20:13.198464+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-remarkable-saas-podcast-611955"},"episode":{"title":"#411 – Alex David: The question AI made everyone forget","slug":"411-alex-david-the-question-ai-made-everyone-forget","published_at":"2026-07-08T09:50:16+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-remarkable-saas-podcast-611955/411-alex-david-the-question-ai-made-everyone-forget","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-remarkable-saas-podcast-611955","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/the-remarkable-saas-podcast/2971834","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/336633/2971834/the-remarkable-saas-podcast/2026_07_08_10_12_39_8853b727-92c4-42d7-9f7b-d554e6bbd2b3.mp3","summary":"A story about thinking harder while everyone builds faster. This episode is for founders wondering why shipping faster with AI hasn't made their product any better. Building has never been easier. That's exactly the problem. Alex David spent a decade in pricing — Simon-Kucher, then Segment — before founding unSurvey, an AI company G2 acquired last year. Today, he leads AI Solutions there. His worry is simple: the tools got cheap, but good judgment didn't. While everyone rushed to build, he kept asking the question most people skip ”Is this even worth building?” This inspired me, hence I invited Alex to my podcast. We explore why the founders who win aren't the ones building fastest — they're the ones who know what's worth building. Alex shares why he walked away from a company that was working to start another and what a decade in pricing taught him about worth. You'll discover why the price was never yours to set — and what that changes about everything you build. We also zoom in on two of the 10 traits that define remarkable software companies: Master the art of curiosity (trait 4) Create momentum (trait 8) Alex's journey is an excellent example of the mindset that goes behind how remarkable software companies build something people just keep talking about. Here's Alex's approach to deciding what to build and what not: \"The price is what the price is to the customer; that's what it's worth to them. You have two options: You build a product that is profitable within that constraint, or you have to spend a lot of marketing dollars to educate the customer on why they're wrong, and why it should be worth more.\" By listening to this episode, you'll learn: Why asking why matters more now that building costs almost nothing What real momentum is made of — and why founders ma…","meta_description":"A story about thinking harder while everyone builds faster. This episode is for founders wondering why shipping faster with AI hasn't made their product a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2716,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-remarkable-saas-podcast-611955/episodes/411-alex-david-the-question-ai-made-everyone-forget/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-remarkable-saas-podcast-611955/411-alex-david-the-question-ai-made-everyone-forget.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}