One urgent email changed everything. When a European health agency asked for a metadata registry no one else could provide, we didn’t spin up a pitch deck—we built. That moment of raw product–market fit set Sam Spencer, CEO of Aristotle Metadata, on a decade-long journey of scaling with focus, process, and a bias for the next achievable step. We talk about the unglamorous truths of SaaS: why your first competitor is almost always Excel; how a scrappy prototype beats a perfect plan; and where...
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One urgent email changed everything. When a European health agency asked for a metadata registry no one else could provide, we didn’t spin up a pitch deck—we built. That moment of raw product–market fit set Sam Spencer, CEO of Aristotle Metadata, on a decade-long journey of scaling with focus, process, and a bias for the next achievable step. We talk about the unglamorous truths of SaaS: why your first competitor is almost always Excel; how a scrappy prototype beats a perfect plan; and where...
Speed matters, but passion matters more. Building tech teams with passion.
SaaS Stories
36 minutes
5 months ago
Speed matters, but passion matters more. Building tech teams with passion.
Daniel founded TLV Tech in 2018 to address the fundamental conflict in vendor-client relationships where vendors prioritize selling hours while clients aim to minimize costs. • Grew from garage startup to a 50-person global team serving clients from pre-seed ventures to Fortune 50 companies • Uses a "gear system" to adapt working styles between startups (speed-focused) and enterprises (process-oriented) • Prioritizes hiring engineers passionate about technology over specific experience or te...
SaaS Stories
One urgent email changed everything. When a European health agency asked for a metadata registry no one else could provide, we didn’t spin up a pitch deck—we built. That moment of raw product–market fit set Sam Spencer, CEO of Aristotle Metadata, on a decade-long journey of scaling with focus, process, and a bias for the next achievable step. We talk about the unglamorous truths of SaaS: why your first competitor is almost always Excel; how a scrappy prototype beats a perfect plan; and where...
