After a bad experience with a recruiter when Michael Wenning set out to change the way companies approach recruiting by obsessing over the candidate experience with a focus on helping people find the right fit. This is why Michael built the Wenn platform – to improve the employer-employee matchmaking process – focusing on simplifying the discovery process, and search/apply process for jobseekers, while also giving companies a tool that puts their best foot forward.

Today we have Michael Wenning to share Innovation through SaaS, the Passion, and How The Wrong Team Can (Almost) Kill Your Business.

In this episode, we cover the following:

00:00 Intro 02:05 Who is Michael Wenning?

04:28 How Michael found a balance between serving companies and people looking for work?

06:32 Michael's approach to finding new solutions and ideas for an established market

11:49 How does Michael approach investors for his product?

19:21 What advice would Michael give to a younger self

21:42 Inspiring resources from Michael

31:00 Advice from Michael exclusively for SaaS Insiders community

32:22 Get in touch with Michael Wenning

33:31 Final thoughts

Get in touch with Michael Wenning:

https://www.wenn.io/ (Michael’s business)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-wenning-23b09620/ (LinkedIn)

michael@wenn.io (Michael’s email)

Books:

https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Dilemmas-Anticipating-Foundation-Entrepreneurship/dp/0691158304 (The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup)

https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Startup-Entrepreneurs-Continuous-Innovation/dp/0307887898 (The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses)

Mentions: https://www.khanacademy.org/college-careers-more/career-content/career-profile-videos/advice-for-entrepreneurs/v/how-to-handle-naysayers-when-starting-a-business (advice for entrepreneurs)

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