Interviews and Press Appearances
Book Saul Fleischman for podcasts, conferences, and journalist interviews.
Schedule
Calendly embed
Calendly URL: TODO — Saul to provide booking link
While the embed is pending, please email press@mentionfox.com with proposed times and the format (audio, video, in-person, or written Q&A). Saul is in JST (UTC+9), Osaka.
Press topics — what Saul speaks about
Generative engine optimization (GEO) — how brands appear or disappear inside Claude / GPT-4 / Gemini answers, the methodology for measuring it, and the practical playbook for moving the needle.
Solo-founder + AI cofounder operation — the working pattern of one human plus Claude as primary technical collaborator, the discipline required, the failure modes, and the things that compound.
OSINT methodology and ethics — building due-diligence tooling on public data, where it is valuable (vetting investors, source verification, donor research), where the line is, and how to handle subject-side privacy without breaking utility.
SaaS unbundling/rebundling — why merging brand monitoring + lead gen + OSINT into one product worked at indie pricing when it has not worked at enterprise pricing, and what category-bundling decisions reveal about who is actually buying.
Solo operation across five products — the tactical mechanics of running RiteKit, MentionFox, FoxAPIs, FoxChat, and GroupFinds simultaneously as one human; what to share between products, what to keep isolated.
Building from Osaka — the operational reality of running a SaaS business from outside the major US tech hubs, the network compromises, the time-zone mechanics, the things that get easier and the things that get harder.
Sample questions journalists and podcast hosts can ask
On GEO and AI-visibility
- You audited 150 Anthropic-model responses for buyer-intent SaaS prompts. What is the single most surprising finding?
- How do you measure whether a brand is "winning" with a language model when there is no public ranking and the responses change run to run?
- If you were a marketing leader at a 50-person SaaS startup today, what would you do this quarter that you would not have done last year?
- What is the role of comparison content (X-vs-Y) in language-model recommendation, and is it gameable?
On solo + AI cofounder operation
- How do you actually divide work between yourself and Claude on a typical day?
- What kinds of tasks does Claude do that surprised you, and what kinds does it still get wrong?
- What did you have to give up to operate this way? And what compounded that you did not expect?
- How do you handle the cases where Claude's confident answer is actually wrong?
On OSINT and dossier work
- What is the bar before MentionFox displays a fact in a dossier? And how often does that bar fail?
- How do you handle the privacy concerns that come with making OSINT cheaper?
- What use cases do you support and which do you actively turn away?
- How does your engine handle subject-side identity confusion (wrong-person photo, wrong company logo)?
On building from Osaka
- What are the operational realities of running a US-customer SaaS from JST?
- How does the time zone affect customer support, and what have you optimized?
- What is the indie SaaS scene like in Japan?
On business mechanics
- What is the pricing reasoning behind merging three categories at indie price?
- What does a typical day, week, month, quarter look like?
- What is the smallest decision that compounds the most?
What works for Saul as a guest
| Format | Saul's preference |
|---|
| Long-form podcast (60-90 min) | Strong fit — depth on methodology and operation |
| Short podcast (15-30 min) | Good fit — works best around a single thesis |
| Live video / Twitter Spaces | Available, JST scheduling required |
| Conference keynote | Open — virtual preferred from Osaka, in-person possible with sufficient notice |
| Conference panel | Open — strong fit on AI/SaaS/GEO panels |
| Written Q&A / interview | Strong fit, fast turnaround |
| TV / broadcast | Available with sufficient notice |
Practical details for production
- Studio audio quality: yes, condenser mic + treated room. Wired ethernet.
- Time zone: JST (UTC+9). Best slots: 22:00-02:00 JST (US daytime), 09:00-12:00 JST (EU morning).
- Languages: English, Japanese.
- Pre-interview prep: happy to do a 15-min pre-call to align on angle, embargoed material, and which questions are off-limits (very few are).
Press contact and booking
Saul Fleischman, Founder
Email: press@mentionfox.com
Twitter / X: @thefoxsaul
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/saulfleischman
This page is interviews v0.1 for MentionFox. Last updated: 2026-05-10. The Calendly embed will be added once the booking URL is finalized.