Software Synthesis analyses the evolution of software companies in the age of AI - from how they're built and scaled, to how they go to market and create enduring value.

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I’m Akash Bajwa, a Principal at Earlybird Venture Capital, a European seed firm.

What We Cover

Software Synthesis focuses on:

  • Go-To-Market Excellence: Unpacking GTM strategies from leading operators

  • AI Strategy: Examining market structures, value capture and implications for software

  • SaaS Dynamics: Analysing software markets, business models and markers of business quality

  • Company Building Strategy: Insights on scaling from single-product to multi-product suites, talent density, org design and other traits of generational companies

The Best Of Software Synthesis

Operator Insights

BizOps As The Connective Tissue In Startups: Bryan Chung

Design Partnership Masterclass: James Allgrove

A Product Marketing Masterclass with Superhuman's Alex Rodrigues

Claire Hughes Johnson: Scaling People

ElevenLabs' Carles Reina: Building Moats In AI

GTM

The Founder GTM Handbook

The Partnerships Handbook with Stefan Ross

Stripe CRO Eileen O'Mara: Serving The Enterprise

Consumer GTM insights for B2B software

Cloud GTM and Alliances

Mastering Solutions Engineering for Enterprise Sales with Zaki Bajwa, Snyk

Hiring Your First Sales Person: James Allgrove

AI

Vertical Integration: Model vs Product Companies

Forward Deployed Engineers: A Means To An End For AI Startups

The Future Of Application Software

The Post-R1 World

The End Of ARR

Software

Multi-Product In Pictures

Displacing Systems Of Record: Systems Of Action As A Wedge To Integrate And Surround

The Nuance Of Platformisation

The perils of customer selection

Constraints


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Principal @ Earlybird Venture Capital, investing across Europe from inception onwards.