SussexFounders

Janna Bastow (@simplybastow) grew frustrated with the lack of tools helping product managers to do their jobs, so built her own!  Today, Janna is CEO at ProdPad which provides software for product managers all over the world.  In this episode we’ll explore how the company got started and scaled without any VC funding, through to how to scale and onboard customers effectively.

Thomas Parslow (@almostobsolete) saw a gap in the market when his dad started working at an escape room as a gamesmaster.  He saw a gap in the market for software which helped escape rooms manage their guests more easily - and built an app for checkin, photos and follow ups.  In this episode, we talk to Thomas about the transition from working full time as a freelancer to working on a profitable product business full time.