#4 Michael Wolfe | Serial Entrepreneur

Michael Wolfe is a serial entrepreneur and technology executive.
Michael co-founded Gladly and Vontu, worked as the CEO of
Pipewise and is also a Portfolio Advisor at Point Nine Capital.
Throughout his career, Michael has raised several hundred million
of capital through many venture rounds, IPO, and secondaries and
has led his companies to two successful acquisitions and one IPO.
He is especially experienced in SaaS and on-premise products and
led over 20 major development cycles based on a variety of
technologies.





Michael Wolfe, Serial Entrepreneur | Making It Real Podcast with
Jan Brinckmann | Episode #4





00:00 How Michael started his entrepreneurial journey


03:15 Transition from the business world into tech


05:59 The best timing to join a young company


07:43 How Michael launched his career path early on


11:04 How to evaluate the quality of potential co-founders


13:29 The trigger for Michael to create his own company


15:49 Is there a standard process to build a company?


18:38 How do you find your first customers?


21:28 Building a better product than your competition


23:56 Which product features you should focus on


26:25 Should you charge for your pilot product?


28:30 Pricing strategy for startups


30:57 Top 3 mistakes Michael sees founders make


34:33 Michael’s advice for aspiring entrepreneurs


37:05 Practical advice to start a company





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