Dave Rogenmoser

CEO & Co-Founder, Jasper

Search every verified Dave Rogenmoser interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Dave Rogenmoser, co-founder and CEO of Jasper, has spoken in recent appearances about the early stages of building a business and the importance of persistence. He said that for him, things began to "click" around the 18-month mark, when a business can shift from struggling for opportunities to having too many. He advised aspiring entrepreneurs to "keep pressing on" until they hit a tipping point that unlocks new opportunities. Rogenmoser has also discussed the process of finding product-market fit. He stated that if a founder is unsure whether they have it, they likely do not, and described it as "worth everything" to find. He argued that raising money can make it harder to find product-market fit, because it allows a company to "go into your bunker for a year and play make-believe" without the pressure of making payroll. He noted that Jasper's early success came from a simple approach: for the first year, the team did not hire anyone, hold meetings, or take investor calls, and instead focused on talking to customers and building what they wanted.