Season 2

Dec. 20, 2022

Seed to Series A, good pitch deck & network building - Jon Dishotsky,…

Jon Dishotsky has raised 50 million himself from top investors like Y Combinator or Index Ventures, meanwhile, he is an investor at Giant Ventures and thus works on the other side. In the podcast, we talk about the phase betw...

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Dec. 13, 2022

Anecdotes from Spotifys founding days, personal growth and insights i…

Anecdotes from Spotify's founding days, personal growth, and insights into the mindset of a seed investor - Sophia Bendz, ex-founding team Spotify, General Partner at Cherry Ventures. Sophia Bendz is a general partner at Cher...

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Dec. 9, 2022

How to build billion-dollar companies from pivots – Cal Henderson, Co…

Cal Henderson and his team wanted to improve ways to connect online. The result was a lot of bad decisions - and finally, Flickr and later Slack. Where did the courage come from to build something from the failed pile …

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Dec. 2, 2022

Ryan Breslow on the silicon valley mafia, founding multiple Unicorns,…

Ryan Breslow looks back on many successful founding years: Bolt (14 billion dollar valuation), Eco (Unicorn), and now love.com. He gained plenty of experience on the road to success, which he now shares with you. He talks to ...

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Nov. 28, 2022

Finding a million dollar idea, pros and cons of scaling with flat hie…

Blinkist is now globally known, has been profitable since last year, and seems at first glance to have been a stroke of genius. Behind it, however, is a process of many years that the founders have thought out and followed. …

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Nov. 14, 2022

How do I improve my decision-making as a founder? With Daniel Weinand…

Entrepreneurs and startups make decisions all the time - but what if you realize your decision was wrong? Daniel Weinand (formerly Co-Founder of Shopify) joined me at START Summit to answer questions about making important de...

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Nov. 7, 2022

Personality development as a founder, USA vs. Europe and the role of …

Ijad Madisch has turned the world of science upside down: Through his platform ResearchGate, he offers scientists the opportunity to exchange information about things that have not worked. With his concept, he convinced Bill ...

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Oct. 31, 2022

Toxic investor traits & Recruiting for Diversity | Monika Liikamaa, C…

How do I create a diverse recruiting process and avoid toxic investors? Monika Liikamaa is the founder of the Finnish fintech startup Enfuce. There are currently more than 100 people working for Enfuce and more than 60 millio...

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