Jack Houghton

Doer
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Ambassador at Digital Poverty Alliance

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Jack Houghton is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Mindset AI, a platform for building AI agents. An alumnus of the University of Manchester, he has a background in social enterprise and is described by colleagues as enthusiastic and a strong leader. His venture was named a top GenAI startup to watch in Europe.

Outside of his tech career, Jack is deeply committed to social causes. He serves as an ambassador for the Digital Poverty Alliance, championing accessibility to technology and skills, and for Movement to Work, an organization focused on tackling the youth unemployment crisis by creating work experience opportunities.

His company, Mindset AI, was recognized by Sifted as one of the top 59 GenAI startups to watch in Europe in 2024.

Personality Overview

Results Focused

Fast-paced

Risk-Accepting

They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together.  They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.

Topics They Care About

Agentic AI
His recent commentary focuses on the technical challenges and future of agentic frontends, AI user interfaces, and reducing latency in AI agent frameworks.
AI Product Strategy
As a CPO, he focuses on helping SaaS companies build and deploy AI features quickly, addressing the challenges of expensive and slow in-house development.
Youth Employment
Co-founded 'Half Full' to support young people into work and is an ambassador for 'Movement to Work', aiming to break the 'no experience, no job' cycle.

Media Appearances

Jack has no verified media appearances

Work History

12-2021
Ambassador at Digital Poverty Alliance
11-2021
Strategic Research Advisory Board Member at The Open University
12-2020
Co-Founder & CPO at Mindset AI
10-2020 - 3-2022
Ambassador at Movement to Work
11-2017 - 12-2020
Co-Founder & CEO at Half Full (Prev. Love for the streets)

Education

Jack has no verified education history

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Insights For Selling To Jack

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Ask them at the end if they see a strong value prop in your product; expect an honest answer
  • Suggest clear next steps with confidence, don't be vague or hesitant
  • You can spend time on BANT (or other qualification methodology) but keep it to the point

DONT's

  • Don't shy away from asking hard questions, but be extra polite
  • Don't focus too much on mutual contacts or bother about other stakeholders, focus on them
  • Avoid putting conscious effort into relationship-building

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Jack is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Jack

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Jack move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Jack take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

You And Jack

Personality Compatibility


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