In this episode of Inside the Founder's Mind, Suleman Sacranie speaks with Felix Danczak — Head of AI & Growth at Pembroke VCT and author of Market-Led Growth — to explore what it really takes to build a business that keeps pace with a market that never stops moving. From his early work at Signal AI and the $50M sale of Zephr to Zuora, through to the $1.7B Zuora exit and his current role embedding inside Pembroke's portfolio companies, Felix shares practical frameworks on growth strategy, AI adoption, and why constant experimentation beats the strategy deck. The conversation covers why data is a lagging metric, how to run five campaigns a week and let the results lead, what hands-on venture investment actually looks like in practice, and why the traditional SaaS moat is already dead. A must-listen for founders navigating growth, AI, and the question of what kind of investor actually helps you build.

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