#7 - What Makes a Vertical Software Company Built to Last

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In Episode 7 of Built to Hold, Sylvain Perrier sits down with Ryan Watt to explore what separates durable vertical software businesses from ones that are simply working right now, and why the clearest early signals show up in customers and culture long before they show up in the numbers.Ryan Watt is the President of Jonas Club and a former Group Leader at Vertus Group, with decades of operating experience inside vertical software and pattern recognition across long-lived verticals.Ryan's LinkedIn: Ryan Watt | LinkedInJoin our email list: https://5o05y9.share-na3.hsforms.com/2GYv4Wk0CSNCLVu23J9yPJA#BuiltToHold #VertusGroup #ConstellationSoftware #VerticalMarketSoftware #FounderMindset #LongTermThinking #CompanyCulture

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