Can’t find a pain point? There’s another way to find your biz idea…

Perry Oostdam, Recruitee, B2B, Customer Acquisition, European Founder, Hiring, International Founders, Scaling

I’ve noticed entrepreneurs will see a big problem in the world and they’ll create a business to address the pain point and capitalize on it.

Today’s guest says he explicitly did not do that. He put down a list of criteria for what he wanted in a business and started thinking of businesses that fit. That’s what today’s interview is about.

His name is Perry Oostdam. He is the founder of Recruitee. Recruitee is cloud-based software that helps you hire better. They help you place your ads and more importantly, they help you manage the people who apply to work for your company in an intelligent way.

Perry Oostdam

Recruitee

Perry Oostdam is the founder of Recruitee, a cloud-based software that helps you hire better.

Andrew: Hey, everyone. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses.

It’s really cool for me to now get to interview someone who was listening to Mixergy interviews as his company was being built. And the other thing that’s cool about this interview is it’s so different from the approach that many of the entrepreneurs that I’ve interviewed have taken. You’ve heard me say this before, that one of the commonalities that I’ve noticed in my interviews is that entrepreneurs will notice a big problem in the world, will realize it’s a big pain point for people and they’ll create a business to address the pain point and solve it and make it better and capitalize on it.

Today’s guest says he explicitly did not do that. He’s a listener of mine long enough to know that that’s what I look for in many interviews. I appreciate...

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