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SaaS Open Mic: Bjoern Zinssmeister, Founder of Ivyleads

Bjoern shares his experiences from the early YCombinator days, building dating software at Match, and the jump into founding his own SaaS business with a strong focus on design and user experience.

This week was the turn of Bjoern Zinssmeister to pick up the SaaS Open Mic. Bjoern is the founder of Ivyleads.co – a SaaS CRM tool to simplify the sales process for businesses.

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Ivyleads was created to simplify the process of tracking sales leads.

Bjoern, originally from Germany, moved to the U.S. early in his career to pursue a passion for tech products. We talked about a range of topics:

  • The power of an engineering-design skill set combination
  • The tech scene in Europe vs. the U.S.
  • The value of side projects
  • The growing awareness of good design and UX in enterprise products
  • Metrics for SaaS sales
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