Adam Egger

Co-Founder

Frankfurt, Germany24 yrs 6 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • 20 years of experience in product innovation.
  • Validated over 500 products across 35 countries.
  • Expert in preventing costly product failures.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS product innovation expert with a focus on commercial validation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ValidationBusiness InnovationProduct StrategyBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyProduct InnovationUser Experience Design (ued)Customer Satisfaction

Other Skills

Organizational DevelopmentBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Design ThinkingEntrepreneurshipRevenue & Profit GrowthWorkshopsConsultingSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Innovation ConsultingProduct-Market FitGo-to-Market StrategyArtificial Intelligence (AI)Customer ExperienceBusiness Model InnovationStakeholder Management

About

Building a B2B SaaS product nobody buys is tragic. Realizing it after the roadmap is funded is expensive. If you’re a CEO, CPO, CTO, or VP Product, you know the moment: The product ships. The team is busy. And revenue doesn’t move. I see the same pattern every week. Experienced product leaders with a “strong idea” spend 6–12 months building, then discover too late that the market never needed it. Sometimes there are customers. Just not enough to justify the roadmap. A beautiful product. An empty pipeline. And a board asking uncomfortable questions. 👋 I’M ADAM I spent 20 years at Germany’s #2 software company (Software AG) as a Director of Innovation. I’ve seen hundreds of B2B products fail — not because the code was bad, but because the commercial validation was fake. I left corporate to systematically fix this before it destroys budgets, teams, or leadership credibility. 🟢 MY PHILOSOPHY I don’t validate ideas. I validate business cases. My rule is simple: Invoice First. Code Second. If you can’t sell the idea on a one-page offer, you won’t sell it after 12 months of development. No guessing. No “let’s see after launch.” We force the market to decide before you commit the roadmap. 🚀 HOW I HELP PRODUCT LEADERS 1. The Diagnostic (Free) A 2-minute Product Risk Audit that shows whether your roadmap is an asset — or a gamble. → See Featured 2. The Reality Check (Paid, 60–90 min) You walk me through your product or initiative. I identify the single assumption that will kill it — and we fix or kill it fast. → See Featured 3. The Partnership (Interim Commercial Lead) 90 days. I work with your product and leadership team to translate features into board-level business cases and close the first pilots. → See Featured You bring the product expertise. I bring the commercial truth. Let’s stop building impressive zombies. Let’s build products the market can’t ignore. ⬇️ Start with the Featured section below.

Experience

24 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
21 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Adam egger | strategic advisory

Strategic Product Advisor | I kill Zombie Products before they burn cash.

Jun 2023Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · Remote

  • I help Senior Experts & Founders to stop guessing and start selling.
  • Most founders build first and hope to sell. That is gambling.
  • We invert the process: Invoice First, Product Second™.
  • 🔻 THE PROBLEM:
  • You burn €50k-€300k and 6-12 months building a product based on "Hope".
  • 🟢 THE SOLUTION (My Protocol):
  • 1. The Reality Check: We identify the one assumption that kills your business.
  • 2. The Validation: We get commercial proof (Prepayments/LOIs) in days, not months.
  • 3. The Verdict: You get a clear GO or KILL decision.
  • 🎯 THE RESULT:
  • You either build a revenue-generating asset or you save €300k by killing a bad idea early.
  • ➡️ MY BACKGROUND:
  • Ex-Global Head of Innovation (Software AG).
  • 20+ Years Experience.
  • 500+ Products validated.
Organizational DevelopmentBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Business InnovationDesign ThinkingEntrepreneurshipProduct Innovation+12

Software ag

4 roles

Director of Innovation Strategy and Organizational Development

Promoted

Jul 2016Jul 2023 · 7 yrs

  • 21 Years inside the corporate world.
  • This was my training ground.
  • I didn't just "manage innovation".
  • I saw hundreds of products launch across 35 countries.
  • The Lesson:
  • I learned exactly why €10M projects fail despite "brilliant" engineering.
  • (Spoiler: It was never the code. It was almost always the missing validation).
  • My Track Record:
  • Scaled global validation frameworks for 50+ product teams.
  • Killed "Zombie Projects" to save millions in R&D budget.
  • Translated "Tech-Speak" into "Boardroom-Strategy".
  • I took these Enterprise-Grade protocols and stripped them down for Founders who can't afford to fail.
Organizational DevelopmentBusiness StrategyBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Business InnovationDesign ThinkingProduct Innovation+22

Director of User Experience

Promoted

Jul 2013Jul 2016 · 3 yrs

Design ThinkingProduct InnovationProduct ValidationWorkshopsProduct StrategySoftware as a Service (SaaS)+5

Usability Expert

Promoted

Jan 2010Jun 2013 · 3 yrs 5 mos

CommunicationProduct InnovationRevenue & Profit GrowthProduct ValidationWorkshopsProduct Strategy+4

Quality Engineer

Sep 2001Dec 2009 · 8 yrs 3 mos

Revenue & Profit GrowthProduct ValidationSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Problem Solving

Education

Technische Universität Darmstadt

Diploma — CE

Jan 1995Jan 2001

Herderschule Gießen

Abitur

Jan 1987Jan 1993

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