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Podcast for software founders, investors and product leaders. Behind the scenes stories about trending tech and software development outsourcing industry.
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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 a signup form and leave you to figure it out, Vsimple takes the opposite approach — designing, implementing, and supporting every workflow with a hands-on customer success team. In this episode, Henry breaks down the reality of AI-driven process automation, why self-...
🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@georgehelgesen 👉 Let's connect on LinkedIn — send me a request and mention the podcast. In episode #11 of "Backstage Tech", I'm calling out the 5 mistakes that kill MVPs before they ever launch — and what to do instead. After 8+ years working with founders who've burned through budgets building products nobody wanted, I'm sharing the real-world fixes that actually work: Building Without Commitment — get contracts signed before writing code.Building...
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 artists sell out their shows. In this episode, Rafael breaks down the reality of building with AI, why most founders confuse "it works" with "production-ready," and what separates successful products from expensive failures. Topics covered: Why 70% of ...
🎥 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 Tech", we're tackling the bottleneck every software founder hits: too many customer requests, too many ideas, too few hands to get things done. Pulling from 8+ years working with founders stuck at the growth ceiling — you've got paying customers, over $1M in ARR, things are moving, but not fast enough — I'm sharing 3 battle-tested sys...
👉 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 you're still playing by the old rules, your competitors are moving at warp speed while you're left in the dust. Pulling from 8+ years working shoulder-to-shoulder with software founders, I'm exposing 5 non-negotiable shifts that separate winners from the ones left behind: AI Is Table Stakes — saying "we use AI" is like saying "we u...
👉 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 in 2025 — and if you're still building software like it's 2023, your competitors are eating your lunch while you're wondering what happened. Pulling from 7 years working with dozens of founders across the software world, I'm exposing 5 shifts that changed everything and what they mean for your product roadmap: The Speed Shif...
👉 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 one week using AI and just two people — because nine out of ten software projects blow past budget and timeline when founders skip discovery. Pulling from 7 years working with dozens of founders at ⚙️ ProCoders, I break down the exact framework that replaces expensive discovery teams with AI and delivers a complete PRD in 5 da...
👉 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 when they're actually funding expensive science projects nobody asked for. Pulling from 7 years in the weeds at ⚙️ ProCoders, I walk through the five mistakes that kill MVPs before launch — and the exact frameworks to avoid burning six months and $100K: The "One Feature That Pays" rule — why you need to identify THE singl...
👉 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 calling it that was a brilliant marketing move — even though it's actually a workflow builder. Pulling from 7 years in the trenches at ⚙️ ProCoders, I break down the critical difference between workflows and agents so you can pick the right approach for your product: Workflows vs Agents — why Anthropic's definition nails ...
👉 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 beautifully or become your biggest technical debt nightmare. Pulling from 7 years in the trenches at ⚙️ ProCoders, I break down the 5 multi-agent architectures that save you from a six-month refactor when your single agent chokes on thirty tools: Spot the 3 red flags that scream "time to split" — wrong tool picks, context overload, ...
👉 Let’s connect on LinkedIn — send me a request and mention the podcast. In episode #2 of “Backstage Tech,” we dive straight into the AI-agent gold rush and give you the exact playbook to ship one without torching your runway. Pulling from 7 years in the trenches at ⚙️ ProCoders, I unpack the 5 moves that separate shiny-object chasers from teams who launch agents that actually earn their keep: Zoom in on the 20 % of features your users hit every daySketch bullet-proof input/output pairs so de...
👉 Let’s connect on LinkedIn — send me a request and mention the podcast. In this pilot of “Backstage Tech,” I flip the usual outsourcing pitch and show you when it doesn’t deliver. Drawing on 7 years at ⚙️ ProCoders, I break down three common traps: expecting rapid progress the week a remote team arrives, trusting a fixed quote built on a project brief, and chasing the impossible combo of cheap, fast, and flawless. If you own, fund, or lead a software product, this episode helps you spot the ...
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