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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Dieter De Mesmaeker

Marketing & Growth Lead

Marketing & Growth Lead

Dieter is CEO and co-founder of Conveo. Before starting the company, he founded DataCamp and scaled it into one of the leading edtech platforms in the world. That experience shapes how he builds again: with a clear view of what it takes to scale a product, grow global teams, and compete at the enterprise level. He writes about building AI-native companies, creating new categories, and why the next generation of winners will treat customer intelligence as infrastructure, not an output.

Dieter is CEO and co-founder of Conveo. Before starting the company, he founded DataCamp and scaled it into one of the leading edtech platforms in the world. That experience shapes how he builds again: with a clear view of what it takes to scale a product, grow global teams, and compete at the enterprise level. He writes about building AI-native companies, creating new categories, and why the next generation of winners will treat customer intelligence as infrastructure, not an output.

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7 Best Customer Insights Platforms for Enterprise Insights Teams (2026)

Compare the best customer insights platform tools for enterprise teams. See which platforms support real qualitative research and faster stakeholder decisions.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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Best AI Tools for Thematic Analysis in Qualitative Research (2026 Comparison)

Compare AI tools for thematic analysis across interviews, surveys, and research repositories. Find the right fit for your workflow and outputs.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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The 10 Best Qualitative Research Software Platforms for 2026

Compare the 10 best qualitative research software platforms for 2026, from AI-moderated interview tools to QDA software. Find the right fit for your team's research workflow.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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How Enterprises Use Consumer Intelligence for Competitive Advantage

Enterprises turn consumer intelligence into a competitive advantage by building searchable, reusable insight repositories that brand teams access continuously.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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Qualitative Insights at Scale: Why Multimodal Research Beats Surveys Alone

Quant surveys are great at telling you what happened. But when the stakes are high,new product, creative work, positioning, pricing,teams need the why. That’s where qualitative research shines, especially when it captures voice and video. You hear hesitation and conviction. You see body language. You catch the little contradictions that never show up in a checkbox. Historically, the trade‑off was depth versus scale: focus groups and IDIs deliver nuance, but they’re slow, expensive, and hard to analyze. That trade‑off no longer holds. With modern multimodal AI, you can run video‑based qual at scale,without losing the human story that makes qual valuable in the first place.

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Enhanced Insight Generation for Your Qualitative Studies

We’ve rolled out one of our most requested features: top-down insights extractions. What used to take countless hours, is now automated by Conveo.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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VOC Metrics: How to Measure Voice of the Customer Effectively

VoC metrics only drive decisions when scores link to sourced evidence. See the three-tier KPI framework enterprise teams use to make that connection.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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How to Do Customer Research: A Step-by-Step Guide for 2026

Learn how to do customer research that delivers credible insights in days, not weeks. Step-by-step frameworks for interviews, surveys, and analysis.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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AI in Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide for Enterprise Teams

Discover how AI qualitative research delivers enterprise-grade rigor at scale. Learn trust frameworks, governance requirements, and real workflows.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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How to Use AI for Market Research: Workflows, Governance, and Real-World Examples

Master how to use AI for market research with a proven three-tier workflow, a real 3-day case study, and enterprise governance standards.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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7 Best Brand Equity Analysis Tools for Marketing Teams (2026)

Compare 7 brand equity analysis tools across qualitative video, survey tracking, social listening, and consulting to find the right fit for your team.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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Marvin Alternatives: Best Research Repository Tools for 2026

Discover the top Marvin alternatives for enterprise research teams. Make the best choice with compliance, workflow coverage and pricing compared.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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Multimodal Research: Combining Data Sources for Deeper Insights

Learn how multimodal research integrates voice, video, and behavioral data to deliver credible insights. Practical framework for enterprise teams.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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Voxpopme Competitors: 9 Best Video Feedback Platforms for Research

A procurement-ready comparison of 9 Voxpopme competitors for enterprise research teams, covering AI moderation, compliance, and video traceability.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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Diversity in User Research: The Operational Playbook for Research Teams Running at Scale

Learn why diversity in user research matters, how limited panels bias findings, and practical frameworks to recruit and include underrepresented participants at scale.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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Different Kinds of Qualitative Research Methods Explained

Explore different methods of qualitative research, from interviews to ethnography, and learn which approach fits your business question and timeline.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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Types of User Research: Methods Every Product Team Should Know

Discover the types of user research methods that uncover why users behave the way they do, and how to choose the right approach for your product team's constraints.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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10 Best AI Market Research Tools for Faster Consumer Insights

Compare the best AI market research tools across core strengths, use cases, limitations and pricing and cut research from 6 weeks to 3 days.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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Concept Testing Questions: Examples for Product and Marketing Research

Concept testing questions that uncover emotional reactions, usage scenarios, and perceived value, not just polite feedback. Examples for product and marketing teams.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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Qualitative Interviews: Methods, Questions, and Best Practices

Qualitative interviews surface the insights surveys can't. This guide covers how to design and conduct them so your findings are ready to act on.

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Dieter De Mesmaeker

Co-Founder & CEO

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