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John Glasgow

PublishedMay 23, 2026FiledEntityTagsEntityPersonFounderReading4 minSourceAI-synthesised

Campfire 的 CEO 暨創辦人;十年企業財務經驗;創辦人主導銷售的倡導者;長期視野「這是我最後一份工作」

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摘要#

Campfire(YC S23)的 CEO 暨創辦人,打造 AI 原生 ERP。他從超過十年的企業財務背景進入這個領域,之後在一家 B2B 發票軟體公司擔任高管(非創辦人),該公司以六億美元出售——這次退出讓他體認到那個品類不夠大。他刻意選擇 ERP,因為這是一個擁有數十年老牌競爭者(NetSuite)的龐大市場。他的經營哲學對一位 AI 原生創辦人來說異常老派:創辦人與市場的契合度、創辦人主導銷售、緊貼客戶。

創辦人與市場契合度作為「為什麼是現在」的答案#

Demo day 上投資人不斷問「為什麼是現在?這是關鍵任務的成熟軟體。」Glasgow 的可信度來自於他親身活在舊系統中:十年企業財務經驗,然後——在公司被收購後——負責合作夥伴關係,其中最大的合作夥伴正是那些舊式 ERP。客戶和合作夥伴不斷告訴他「我們都有跟你一樣的痛點。」這份信念讓他「離開企業界」。他的品類押注明確是長期視野的:「這是我這輩子最後一份工作……我職涯的下一個三十年都會是 Campfire」,他也選擇了同樣長期視野的投資人。

立場#

  • 即使在 AI 時代,仍堅持創辦人主導銷售。 他以唯一 AE 的身份做每一場 demo 和銷售,將 Campfire 推到約一百萬美元 ARR;他抗拒在 PMF 之前將銷售交給聘僱的 AE agent。「盡可能貼近客戶……我在每個客戶的每個 Slack 頻道裡。」這是 Founder-Led Sales Discipline 的種子,也是對 Founder as Agent Orchestrator 的明確反論。
  • 速度是對客戶的承諾。 「我們的承諾是每天都在出貨」——這是 Product Velocity as Moat 的基礎。
  • 專注勝過功能完整性。 Narrow Wedge into a Legacy Market 的顛覆論點;「為非常特定的客戶輪廓做到最好。」
  • 做人們想要的東西/快速獲得付費客戶。 YC 的信條——他還留著那件 T 恤;第一個付費版本是在一個月內把 Google Sheets 用 iframe 嵌入登入頁面。

最艱難的時刻#

2024 年春天,大約第九個月:同批次的夥伴不是「起飛了」就是還在轉型,而 Campfire「兩者都不是。」危機在於是否要微轉型或追逐特定產業。他憑信念堅持下去;又過了約六個月(到 2024 年第四季),NetSuite 轉移到 Campfire 的案例以及可供參考的真實企業客戶(透過陌生開發贏得)才讓成長曲線拐點出現。他給過去自己的建議:「享受旅程……隨著公司擴張,包袱會越來越重」(一百多人時比種子輪階段壓力更大)。

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