
Kasper Pihl Tornoe - Navigating Tech and Tradition: A Modern Entrepreneur's Guide
What if scaling a company while raising a family was your biggest challenge—not funding, competition, or product-market fit? In this episode of SaaS Fuel, host Jeff Mains sits down with Kasper Pihl Tornoe, CEO & Co-Founder of Question Base, to discuss the real-life struggles of entrepreneurship, family life, and scaling AI-powered documentation tools. Kasper and his wife have been building companies together for over a decade, from launching a consumer app to scaling Swipes (a #1 task manager on the App Store with over 1M users). Now, with Question Base, he's revolutionizing knowledge management with an AI-powered Slack bot that turns everyday team chats into actionable documentation.Key Takeaways 00:00 – Introduction: Entrepreneurship & Family – Can You Have Both? 03:20 – The real struggles of building a business while raising kids 08:45 – Lessons learned from moving from Denmark to Silicon Valley 12:10 – How AI-powered documentation eliminates team knowledge gaps 17:30 – Communication strategies for co-founders & family life 22:40 – Hiring & firing lessons every founder must learn 28:00 – How Question Base turns Slack into an automated knowledge hub 34:50 – The biggest mistakes in knowledge management (and how to fix them) 41:15 – Why most SaaS founders fail at product-led growth (PLG) 49:30 – How to stand out in a crowded SaaS market 56:20 – Why the investor story ≠ the customer story (and why that matters) 1:03:10 – Best founder productivity hacks for busy entrepreneursTweetable Quotes "Scaling a business while raising a family is next-level entrepreneurship." – Jeff Mains "Poor documentation is an invisible growth killer—fix it before it’s too late." – Kasper Pihl Tornoe "Product-led growth (PLG) is an experiment, not a formula—adapt constantly." – Jeff Mains "The investor story is your future. The customer story is your now. Focus accordingly." – Kasper Pihl TornoeSaaS Leadership Lessons Communication is everything – In business & family, assumptions kill productivity. AI-powered documentation is the future – Stop losing knowledge when employees leave. Product-led growth (PLG) isn't one-size-fits-all – Experimentation is key. The right customers = faster adoption – Focus on the right user persona, not everyone. SaaS success = simplicity – The best products remove complexity, not add it.Guest Resources Website: https://www.questionbase.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ktornoe/Episode Sponsor Small Fish, Big Pond – https://smallfishbigpond.com/ Use the promo code ‘SaaSFuel’ Champion Leadership Group – <a...
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