PinnedBenoit Hediard·Dec 18, 2023A CTO and co-founder journey from startup to scale up, Part 1: Traction Phase (from 0 to $1M ARR)In 2011, we launched Agorapulse, a Social Media Management platform, made in 🇫🇷. We grew its revenue from 0 to $20+M ARR (Annual…A response icon3A response icon3
Benoit Hediard·Jun 8No Destination on Earth Is Ready for AI Travel Agents — YetWe ran an automated technical audit of 900+ official destination websites across 22 countries. The average score is 18.5 out of 100, and…
Benoit Hediard·Dec 18, 2023A CTO and co-founder journey from startup to scale up, Part 4: What’s next for me?During a recent dinner with other execs and tech leaders, we each shared our highlight and lowlight of 2023. My standout moment, both the…A response icon5A response icon5
Benoit Hediard·Dec 18, 2023A CTO and co-founder journey from startup to scale up, Part 3: Scale Phase (from $10M to $20+M ARR)In 2019, we gained significant momentum thanks to our product-led growth strategy, which effectively fueled our customer acquisition…A response icon1A response icon1
Benoit Hediard·Dec 18, 2023A CTO and co-founder journey from startup to scale up, Part 2: Growth Phase (from $1M to $10M ARR)In 2015, we had developed a robust Social Media Management solution, achieving notable initial traction with approximately 1000 customers…A response icon1A response icon1
InStories by AgorapulsebyBenoit Hediard·Jun 19, 2023OpenAI, the AI Revolution, Part 2: What Impact on Startups?At Agorapulse, we recently introduced an initial version of our AI Writing Assistant, powered by the OpenAI GPT. We were amazed by the…
InStories by AgorapulsebyBenoit Hediard·Jun 19, 2023OpenAI, the AI Revolution, Part 1: Is the Hype Justified?Since the public launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, the AI landscape has undergone a profound transformation. I recently had the…
InStories by AgorapulsebyBenoit Hediard·Nov 28, 2022Platform Engineering, Part 3: WHEN & HOW to Build an Internal Developer PlatformCreating a platform team and an internal developer platform is a natural evolution for a modern engineering organization. The hype is real…A response icon1A response icon1
InStories by AgorapulsebyBenoit Hediard·Nov 28, 2022Platform Engineering, Part 2: WHAT Are The Goals of a Platform Engineering Team?“DevOps is dead, long live Platform Engineering!” “Platform Engineering is rapidly becoming the new DevOps or SRE”A response icon2A response icon2
InStories by AgorapulsebyBenoit Hediard·Dec 8, 2022Platform Engineering, Part 1: WHY — The evolution of developer cognitive load2022 is the year of Platform Engineering rise! It appeared on latest Gartner’s 2022 Hype Cycle for Emerging Tech and had its first…A response icon2A response icon2
