Jan Hugenroth, founder and CEO of Next Matter, on: the future of work and no-code software and how to find the right VC for hard problems you are solving.

Jan Hugenroth, an ex-Mckinsey consultant turned entrepreneur, is building a no-code solution that allows organizations to automate the remaining manual processes that exists today outside of project management and ERP tools. They have attracted seed investments from two veteran VCs in Europe - Crane ventures and BlueYard Capital. I sat down to find out why he thought this was an attractive space and his approach to hiring and funding.
About Next Matter
  • [4:16] - What does Next Matter do?  Can you share a few use cases?
  • [6:45] - How does Next Matter differ from other project management tools?

Big Trends
  • [9:08] - Are no coding tools realistic for large companies with complex and unique processes?
  • [13:59] - What trends do you see for how the future of work will evolve?

Building your company
  • [17:58] - How do you position Next Matter effectively in the prospect’s mind?
  • [19:52] - How do you get people to actually pay for yet another tool that is going to help them with coordination and collaboration?
  • [22:02] - How did you decide on the specific use cases to work on?  How did you focus your team on the right manual processes to digitize?
  • [24:43] - When raising funding, what was your approach to pitching investors?
  • [32:00] - What is your advice on hiring your first 10 people?


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Book recommendations:
The Swarm - A novel of the deep by Frank Schӓtzing

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