Biography
Vincent pioneers AI-first companies at Poolside Ventures, where he builds live products including DataMerge and Meet.bot. With 15 years leading B2B SaaS ventures as a founder and product leader across VC-backed, PE-backed, and public companies, he brings deep expertise in scaling technology businesses from zero to growth. Vincent is also the best-selling author of Product-Led Sales, a definitive guide to blending automation with human-led approaches to drive sustainable revenue growth.
Session
- AI For BuildersSpeaker
Demo 26 - The AI Founder's Diary: 16 Months of Building AI-First Companies
Wednesday 23 September, 14:30 – 14:55Demo RoomVincent Jong has spent the last 16 months testing whether one person can build a real company with AI. The result: three products launched solo. One is flat, one is growing, one one he shut down. In this session he walks through what actually happened. The real numbers (revenue, costs, time to launch), which growth channels failed and which worked, and where AI turned out to be useful versus where it was no help at all. The short version: building got 10x easier, selling didn't. But there's more to it. Vincent is a 7x founder, former CPO / Product leader at Leadfeeder and ZoomInfo, and now builds companies at Poolside Ventures. If you're building with AI or thinking about starting something, come steal 16 months of lessons in 30 minutes.