Mindset AI

The Mindset way

Build your difference, not your plumbing

Barrie Hadfield, CEO & Co-founder Last updated October 3, 2026

Good agents are rare. Most traditional SaaS is still far from AI-first. These are the foundational ideas behind what we think it takes for technology companies to move from pre-AI SaaS to truly AI-first.

  1. 1.0 Introduction
  2. 1.1 Starting from scratch is fine, at first
  3. 1.2 Why the launch date keeps moving
  4. 1.3 Resist "not invented here"
  5. 1.4 Rent the plumbing, build the difference
  6. 1.5 What to look for in a platform
  7. 1.6 Boring is the goal
  8. 1.7 Questions to ask your team