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"In 2–3 years, my SaaS currency would run to zero." So Tim Barker left a 600-person company for a 5-person AI-native startup. 7 months later: the output of 25–35 people. Watch: businessofsoftware.org/talks/ai-worth…

1,200 lines of notes. Years of avoidance. We pasted the whole thing into the BoS OS. Three minutes later: structured content plan, prioritised to-dos, 60 blog topics. "It gave me a day back." Three cohort sessions left. Follow for when the next one opens.

"I started again in the evening and knocked off another 4 RFCs." That's a message from one of last week's participants. He didn't need handholding. He just needed a place to start. Wednesday 20 May. businessofsoftware.org/events/build-y…

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Every founder has one: the backlog doc with 1,200 lines of ideas, to-dos, and things they meant to do. One founder pasted his into the OS. In 3 minutes it was organised into a content plan, prioritised to-dos, and 60 blog topics. "AI just gave me a day I was dreading back."

24 hours. Not a tool. Not a subscription. A system, with memory and context that compounds every week. Build Your AI Company Operating System, Wednesday 20 May. businessofsoftware.org/events/build-y…

The founders doing 5x aren't using better prompts. They built a system. Tim Barker explains what that actually looks like: businessofsoftware.org/2026/05/ignore…

Most AI courses teach you which tools to use. This isn't that. Build Your AI Company Operating System. 4 weeks, 12 founders, one governing system you can run on Monday. Wednesday 20 May. businessofsoftware.org/events/build-y…

A founder running a legal case management SaaS spent 6 months trying to define his North Star metric. Claude proposed one in minutes. That was last week's workshop. Two days left to join the next session. businessofsoftware.org/events/build-y…

The best conversations at BoS don't happen on stage. They happen in the corridor. When someone says "can I ask you something?" and what follows is the thing they've been carrying for months. We've been thinking about how to create more of that. More tomorrow.

Lightning Talks are up. ⚡ Short. Sharp. No fluff. This is where things get interesting. Matt Lerner. Shona Molyneux. Christopher Moore. Three Talks. Maximum impact. #BoS26 #BusinessOfSoftware

Dr. Ian Bailey is on stage. 🎤 You control your destiny. The startup myths that have been holding founders back, busted. A great way to close out the main stage talks at BoS Europe 2026. #BoS26 #BusinessOfSoftware

Lizzie Lawley is on stage. 🎤 The new product velocity. What happens when non-developers start to code. If you have been watching AI change how products get built, this is the talk that puts a shape on it. #BoS26 #BusinessOfSoftware

Ton Dobbe on stage. 🎤 Is your company remarkable? Not good. Not solid. Remarkable. A question worth sitting with. Especially in a room full of people building software businesses. #BoS26 #BusinessOfSoftware

Ton Dobbe is on stage. 🎤 Is your company remarkable? Not good. Not solid. Remarkable. A question worth sitting with. Especially in a room full of people building software businesses. #BoS26 #BusinessOfSoftware

Tim Barker is on stage. 🎤 AI, worthless SaaS playbooks, and redundant org charts. The title alone tells you this is not going to be a comfortable talk. Good. Those are the ones worth having. #BoS26 #BusinessOfSoftware

Up first on Day 2. 🎤 Melanie Rieback on Non-Extractive Business and Finance. A talk about building companies that do not extract value from the people around them, but create it. This one is going to set the tone for the day. #BoS26 #BusinessOfSoftware

Shawn Anderson on stage. 🎤 Building B2B ecosystems. The real version. #BoS26 #BusinessOfSoftware

Joanna Wiebe is on stage. 🎤 The art and science of copywriting. From someone who has spent a career making words do serious work. If your copy is not converting, this is the talk you needed. #BoS26 #BusinessOfSoftware

BruceMcCarthy on stage. 🎤 How AI is rewiring product development. From product managers to product builders. #BoSEurope2026