Episodes

With over 450 investments in early-stage startups, Marvin Liao is one of the most active investors in the world, In the podcast, we talk about how you recalibrate as a founder to see if you're on track. Marvin often sees with...

Mike Janke has built Datatribe, one of the best data science and cyber security venture studios globally.... His experience with Special Forces helped him build the company - but how? We talk about team leadership, growth sta...

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...

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...

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 to such...

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 ...

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. T...

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...

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 ...

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...

Eugene Danilkis is the founder of the fintech unicorn Mambu. About 10 years ago, there was no interface for cloud and banking. In the last 10 years, Eugene has completely changed that with Mambu. We talked in Fireside Chat at...

How the market leader for luxury watches was founded in Karlsruhe This podcast episode is a recording from the START Summit, where Fabian Tausch interviews Tim Stracke, CEO of Chrono24. Tim Stracke and his co-founders took ov...

How Lush is working during this digital era Our guest today is Jack Constantine, the Chief Digital Officer at Lush. Lush is an innovative, ambitious company manufacturing fresh handmade cosmetics. According to its web site, t...

What is a good story and why you need to tell yours Cal Fussman is a New York Times bestselling author, interviewed many of the most famous personalities in the world for Esquire magazine and is the best storyteller I've met ...

How Salesforce wants to become bigger than SAP Salesforce is one of the largest SaaS (software as a service) companies in the world. Together with Joachim Schreiner, managing director Germany and Austria, we're tapping into t...

How one of the biggest companies in the world tries to change Cedrik Neike works in one of the largest companies in the world and together with the rest of the board, he is responsible to drive the company further. In this in...

How Dagogo built a YouTube channel with nearly 200.000.000 views I'm following Coldfusion TV for a long time already because I love the documentaries that are created on the channel. To be honest, for the longest time I didn'...

Why professional growth becomes more and more important Constant learning is important to me because at some point in my life I thought that the process of learning will end. I have no clue how this could happen but I am more...

How to not lose your fun and happiness between all the business Boris is the Founder of TNW and I have to thank them a lot for their event because it is the reason that this podcast exists. I got to know so many great people,...

How to overtake a company in a crisis At the NOAH conference 2018, we had a great opportunity to talk to Finn Age Hansel, Managing Director of Movinga - a revolutionary startup offering online moving services. He is also a Co...

How the Dutch prince works in the startup ecosystem I first met Constantijn on an event in Berlin and was confused. The Dutch prince is interviewing a rapper on stage. I had two questions: What has the Dutch prince to do with...

How to survive in the startup economy Ton is a deep tech investor based in the Netherlands. He is one of the most connected people I know, and every time I visit Amsterdam there is a new surprise waiting for me. He is definit...

Is Artificial Intelligence a chance or a risk for humankind and businesses? When we mention artificial intelligence (AI), many people think of gloomy future in which machines are completely replacing human workers making an a...

Hands-on strategies to grow your business Tiffani Bova is the Customer Growth and Innovation Specialist at Salesforce, author of "Growth IQ" and host of the "What's next"-Podcast. In this interview, we talk about different st...