Braden Ream is the Co-Founder and CEO of Voiceflow.
Voiceflow is the collaborative platform to build custom AI Agents. It is the fastest way to build powerful chat and voice agents for customer support and beyond.
Takeaways
- Braden's first venture Flare
- How Voiceflow started as a children's story bedtime app on Alexa called Fable
- Pivot to Voiceflow
- Building a Platform: Community and Ecosystem
- Navigating Developer Sales: Strategies for Success
- The App Ecosystem: Spontaneous Growth and Adaptation
- Navigating Enterprise Sales
- Why you need to keep your head in the sand
- The Future of AI Agents
- Team Dynamics and Hiring Strategies
- The Canadian Advantage in Business
- Building and hiring in Canada versus SF
- Why your job as a founder is to keep the energy high
Chapters
00:00 Founding Flare: The Journey Begins
04:35 Discovering Voiceflow: The Spark of Innovation
10:17 Building a Platform: Community and Ecosystem
13:23 Navigating Developer Sales: Strategies for Success
20:05 The App Ecosystem: Spontaneous Growth and Adaptation
26:01 Navigating Enterprise Sales
30:09 The Future of AI Agents
34:13 Team Dynamics and Hiring Strategies
38:37 The Canadian Advantage in Business
42:01 Personal Growth and Professional Aspirations
45:30 Resilience in Leadership
Keywords
Flare software, Voiceflow, entrepreneurship, AI agents, platform approach, developer community, product-led growth, app ecosystem, innovation, startup journey, enterprise sales, customer relationships, AI agents, team dynamics, hiring strategies, Canadian business, leadership resilience, startup culture, product marketing, talent density
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