🎙️ Backstage Tech by George Helgesen
Podcast for software founders, investors and product leaders. Behind the scenes stories about trending tech and software development outsourcing industry.
Episodes
21 episodes
7 Roles AI Can Supercharge (And You Should, Too)
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Thomas England @ Origin: IoT, AI-Native Engineering, Velocity Trap
Thomas England is the CTO of Origin Smart Controls — a company building software for IoT device management in commercial buildings. Origin came out of the mechanical and electrical engineering world, not the software world....
Everything I Learned After 8 Years in SaaS: 10 Founder Lessons in 12 Minutes
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Which SaaS Survives in AI Era? 7 Things You Must Do to Survive
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Richard Mole @ SDCN: Freight Exchange Tech, Why Copycats Fail
Richard Mole is the founder of Same Day Courier Network (SDCN) — a well-respected B2B freight exchange marketplace in the UK, built over the last decade without outside investment. Richard has spent his career in transport,...
Don't Hire Devshops (I'll Tell You Why)
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Steve Mast: The 3 Steps to Real AI Adoption | Co-Founder @ Twenty44
Steve Mast is an entrepreneur, AI advisor, and co-founder of Twenty44 — a company helping organizations move from AI experimentation to real adoption. Steve spent over 3 decades building digital companies, including Delvinia
Dig Insights Co-Founder: Bolting AI onto legacy SaaS doesn't work
Ian Ash is the co-founder of Dig Insights — a global market research consultancy with its own SaaS platform, Dig One, trusted by McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Meta, Pernod Ricard and dozens of world-leading brands. What started as a trad...
✨ AI Agent Prototyping at $20? 5 Steps From Idea to Production
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CTO @ Vsimple: AI That Works While You Sleep
Henry Lynch is the CTO and co-founder of Vsimple — an AI-powered process automation platform trusted by ProLift Toyota, RWM Casters, Blue & Co, and dozens of manufacturers across North America. While most competitors hand you ...
Don't Build an MVP: 5 Mistakes to Watch
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Ex-Influencer.com CPO: Why Most SaaS Products Fail Before Launch
Rafael Franco spent 20 years leading product and engineering for companies like Influencer.com and Atlassian, managing $50M+ portfolios. Now he's a fractional CPTO helping startups scale — and building his own SaaS product, AdsForBands, helping...
3 Systems to Scale Your Software Business Fast
🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@georgehelgesen👉 Let's connect on LinkedIn — send me a request and mention the podcast.In episode #9 of "Backstage...
Your 2026 Product Playbook – 5 Shifts You Can't Ignore
👉 Let's connect on LinkedIn — send me a request and mention the podcast.In episode #8 of "Backstage Tech", we're breaking down your 2026 product playbook — and if yo...
AI Disrupted Product Development in 2025 (What Every Founder Must Know)
👉 Let's connect on LinkedIn — send me a request and mention the podcast.In episode #7 of "Backstage Tech", we're breaking down how AI totally flipped product development...
AI-Driven MVP Discovery in ONE Week: 4 Simple Steps
👉 Let's connect on LinkedIn — send me a request and mention the podcast.In episode #6 of "Backstage Tech", we're unpacking how to run a complete MVP discovery phase in o...
You're NOT Building MVP: 5 Mistakes to Avoid
👉 Let's connect on LinkedIn — send me a request and mention the podcast.In episode #5 of "Backstage Tech", we're breaking down why most founders think they're building MVPs...
The Truth About "AI Agent Builders" vs Workflow Builders
👉 Let's connect on LinkedIn — send me a request and mention the podcast.In episode #4 of "Backstage Tech", we're unpacking the truth behind OpenAI's "Agent Builder" and why...
5 Types of AI Agent Architectures: Which One to Choose?
👉 Let's connect on LinkedIn — send me a request and mention the podcast.In episode #3 of "Backstage Tech", we tackle the architecture choice that'll either scale bea...
