On this episode Abadesi talks to Waseem Daher, founder and CEO of Pilot. Pilot is bringing bookkeeping into the modern age. He has started (and sold!) two other companies prior to Pilot.
In this episode they talk about…
The story of starting Pilot and what Waseem learned from his two previous companies
“The end-to-end solution is really what made the business work. We are going to be your bookkeeper, your finance team, rather than sell you software.”
The story of Pilot goes back to his first company, where they tried to do their books themselves, but realized how tedious it was and how much could be automated. …
Over the past several years, we’ve put on Makers Festivals in order to encourage makers to build, tinker and launch products in a short period of time. It’s like a hackathon, but always online and open to people from all backgrounds (not just software developers), all around the world.
With the proliferation of work from home mandates over the past few weeks, we thought it would be a great time to host a global, WFH Makers Festival that focuses on relief efforts (in any form) for the COVID-19 pandemic. At Product Hunt, we’ve already seen a ton of products launch that focus on helping people during this time, including things like a rational shopping list generator, a mask matching tool, a self-quarantine book club, a resource for supporting local businesses and database of projects looking for volunteers. We even launched our own Product Hunt Merch shop last week focused on WHO’s COVID-19 response fund.
We encourage you to think outside the box, whether that means building products around self-care, at-home entertainment, ways to combat the spread of misinformation or products for healthcare workers on the frontlines of the crisis. …
In this episode they talk about…
The consumerization of the enterprise and bringing personality to software
“You need somebody who is really able to think of your customers first and who can translate your customers’ perspective into your own unique tone and personality.”
Ethan talks about the trend of the “consumerization” of the enterprise, why workers are demanding better software, and how Slack has played a role in the trend. …
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