A story about choosing the harder fight on purpose.

This episode is for SaaS founders wondering why adding more features to their niche product isn't creating the edge it used to.

Most niche SaaS races to add features—and wonders why margins shrink.

Martin Gourdeau, CEO of Vacation Tracker, took a different path. After running Workleap as President and GM, he took a year off to study what's actually changing in software—then chose a 22-person bootstrapped company over another large stage.

And he didn't pick Vacation Tracker by accident. He picked it because he believes the next wave of software will be won by a very different kind of company.

And this inspired me to invite Martin to my podcast. We explore what he saw in that year off—and why it shaped a very different bet on what wins next. Martin s ...