Alex Dunsdon - Partner at SAATCHiNVEST, Co-Founder at The Bakery

 

Alex Dunsdon has a portfolio of different roles – he’s a partner at early stage investor Saatchinvest where he’s invested in successful startups like Citymapper and also a co-founder at The Bakery who describe themselves as “a pioneer in accelerating open innovation”

Alex explains: 

• the fundamental requirement for any enterprise software venture to demonstrate that their solution addresses clearly defined user needs
• how The Bakery helps start-ups solve fundamental problems for, and close multi-million dollar deals with, global blue chips
• how Saatchinvest assesses the DNA of CEOs pitching for investment
• how founder-CEOs need to evolve their behaviour and leadership style as their company grows
• the hype around AI: most “AI” implementations, thus far, comprise a few simple automated processes
• why the quality of enterprise sales talent in Europe falls so far behind the US
• how shocked he was by the VC mantra “growth at any cost” and why he'd be bored if he was purely a startup investor/VC!

For more insights into startups and innovation check out http://www.saatchinvest.com and https://www.thebakery.com and for advice on scaling software ventures head over to http://alpinasearch.com