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The Power of the Developer: How Jam Used Community to Scale with CEO Dani Grant

2024/9/27
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Dani Grant 分享了 Jam 的创立故事，以及如何通过关注开发者社区和持续产品迭代来实现产品市场契合度。她强调了在开发者工具领域，社区建设的重要性以及与用户的紧密联系。她还谈到了作为一名初创公司 CEO 的挑战，以及如何在控制和信任之间取得平衡。她分享了 Jam 的商业化策略，以及如何根据用户需求逐步推出付费功能。最后，她还展望了 Jam 的未来发展方向，包括扩展到更多平台和场景，例如客户支持。 Glenn Solomon 和 Hans Tung 作为投资人，分享了他们对 Jam 的发展历程和 Dani Grant 领导能力的观察。他们赞扬了 Dani Grant 对用户需求的深刻理解，以及 Jam 团队的持续迭代和对产品质量的追求。他们也肯定了 Dani Grant 在产品市场契合度和商业化方面所做的努力。

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Dani Grant, CEO of Jam, shares her inspiration for transitioning from Cloudflare to starting her own company. The frustrating experience of debugging software and the communication gap between product and engineering teams led to the creation of Jam, a tool that streamlines bug reporting and enhances collaboration.
  • Frustrating debugging cycles at Cloudflare inspired the creation of Jam.
  • Jam helps product and engineering teams communicate faster about bugs and fixes.
  • The tool captures screenshots and development blocks in one click, improving team alignment.

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In this episode of Founder Real Talk, Glenn Solomon and Hans Tung welcome the Founder and CEO of Jam, Dani Grant. Jam is helping 150k builders fix bugs faster, trusted by 32 of the Fortune 100. The conversation explores Dani's journey from being a product manager at Cloudflare to founding Jam, the challenges of being a first-time CEO, and the role of AI in shaping the future of software development. They also discuss how to approach developers as a customer and the launch of Dev Starter Pack, a multi-company initiative aimed at supporting aspiring founders by making it easier to get started.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

  • Fostering Efficient Collaboration: Jam accelerates communication between product and engineering teams, drawing inspiration from Dani Grant's experience at Cloudflare, while AI integration is a focus for future tools.
  • Empathy and Community in Leadership: Dani emphasizes empathy in product development, highlights the importance of community in developer-focused companies, and leads by empowering her team while balancing control and trust.
  • How Users Inform the Product Roadmap: How patience and user feedback are critical to reaching product-market-fit and how users can inspire your next great product idea.

 

CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction to Jam and Its Impact

02:25 Dani Grant's Journey and the Birth of Jam

05:47 The Dev Starter Pack: A Collaborative Initiative

08:41 AI's Role in Shaping Software Development

10:18 Building a Developer Community

15:54 Challenges of Being a First-Time CEO

19:56 Finding Product-Market Fit

21:36 Leadership Style and Team Dynamics

33:45 Commercialization Plans and Future Directions

RESOURCES

Learn more about Notable Capital: )www.notablecap.com)

Learn more about Jam: https://jam.dev/) 

CONNECT

Connect with Glenn Solomon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennsolomon/) 

Follow Glenn Solomon on Twitter: https://x.com/glennsolomon)

Connect with Hans Tung on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hans-tung/) 

Follow Hans Tung on Twitter: https://x.com/hanstung) 

Connect with Dani Grant on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danigrant/) 

Follow Dani Grant on Twitter: https://x.com/thedanigrant) 

Produced by Saschi Productions)

Music by Gus Culpo)