SaaS Dads Is Back! Season 3, Episode 1: Surviving SaaS in the AI Era with Bryce DeCora

Season 3 of SaaS Dads starts with Bryce DeCora from CloseBot returning to the podcast with Gary Capps. Bryce was Gary’s first guest when SaaS Dads originally launched, and in this episode they revisit the conversation that helped inspire the podcast in the first place, what it is really like balancing life as a SaaS founder, a dad, and someone trying to keep building a business in a fast-changing market. Gary and Bryce talk openly about family, business, AI, customer support, SaaS growth, product focus and how much the software landscape has changed since their first conversation.   In this episode, they discuss:   👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Bryce becoming a dad of three and balancing family life   🌳 Staying flexible while managing business and family   💻 The realities of running and growing a SaaS company   📉 Growth plateaus and the changing software market   🤖 How rapidly AI has changed over the past year   🛠️ Vibe coding and people choosing to build their own software   🎯 Why CloseBot continues to stay focused on conversational AI   📊 How data and analytics are being used inside CloseBot   💬 The challenges of customer support and customer expectations   ❌ Why Bryce tries to understand why customers cancel   🧠 Product focus and why every new feature can create additional cost and complexity   Bryce also shares what CloseBot is working toward next, including more research around conversational AI, analytics, its MCP and further development around how AI can use data to improve sales agents.   Gary and Bryce also discuss the bigger question facing SaaS founders today: How do you continue building when AI, software and customer expectations are changing this quickly? Welcome back to SaaS Dads Season 3.   🎙️ Featuring Gary Capps & Bryce DeCora 👉 This is where it starts. Join our community: ⁠⁠🔗 Facebook group⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Community⁠⁠ 🔗 Explore more: Get myCRMSIM, Unlimited text messaging without the need for A2P.👉 ⁠⁠https://mycrmsim.com/⁠⁠ Get Your Free Trial of HighLevel and see why the top marketers swear by it: 👉 ⁠⁠https://mycrmsim.com/get-high-level⁠ Connect with Bryce DeCora 🔗 LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/iambryce/⁠ 🔗 CloseBot: ⁠http://www.closebot.com/⁠