259 Kasper Pihl Tornoe - Navigating Tech and Tradition: A Modern Entrepreneur's Guide

What if scaling a company while raising a family was your biggest challenge—not funding, competition, or product-market fit? In this episode of SaaS Fuel, host Jeff Mains sits down with Kasper Pihl Tornoe, CEO & Co-Founder of Question Base, to discuss the real-life struggles of entrepreneurship, family life, and scaling AI-powered documentation tools.

Kasper and his wife have been building companies together for over a decade, from launching a consumer app to scaling Swipes (a #1 task manager on the App Store with over 1M users). Now, with Question Base, he's revolutionizing knowledge management with an AI-powered Slack bot that turns everyday team chats into actionable documentation.

Key Takeaways

00:00 – Introduction: Entrepreneurship & Family – Can You Have Both?

03:20 – The real struggles of building a business while raising kids

08:45 – Lessons learned from moving from Denmark to Silicon Valley

12:10 – How AI-powered documentation eliminates team knowledge gaps

17:30 – Communication strategies for co-founders & family life

22:40 – Hiring & firing lessons every founder must learn

28:00 – How Question Base turns Slack into an automated knowledge hub

34:50 – The biggest mistakes in knowledge management (and how to fix them)

41:15 – Why most SaaS founders fail at product-led growth (PLG)

49:30 – How to stand out in a crowded SaaS market

56:20 – Why the investor story ≠ the customer story (and why that matters)

1:03:10 – Best founder productivity hacks for busy entrepreneurs

Tweetable Quotes

"Scaling a business while raising a family is next-level entrepreneurship." – Jeff Mains

"Poor documentation is an invisible growth killer—fix it before it’s too late." – Kasper Pihl Tornoe

"Product-led growth (PLG) is an experiment, not a formula—adapt constantly." – Jeff Mains

"The investor story is your future. The customer story is your now. Focus accordingly." – Kasper Pihl Tornoe

SaaS Leadership Lessons

Communication is everything – In business & family, assumptions kill productivity.

AI-powered documentation is the future – Stop losing knowledge when employees leave.

Product-led growth (PLG) isn't one-size-fits-all – Experimentation is key.

The right customers = faster adoption – Focus on the right user persona, not everyone.

SaaS success = simplicity – The best products remove complexity, not add it.

Guest Resources

Website: https://www.questionbase.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ktornoe/

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