Episodes

May 29, 2024

The Power of Community with Jared Robin

[00:01:00] Jared's Journey from sales to building a thriving community of 45,000 revenue professionals and how community saved his life. [00:10:00] What makes for a successful B2B community and when companies should think of ...

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Feb. 21, 2024

From Music to Mission: Annu Nieminen on reimagining impact measurement

[2:15] From Classical Music to Tech Startup Annu discusses her transition from a classical musician to founding a technology company, highlighting the unexpected path from arts to entrepreneurship. [12:25] Understanding the U...

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Jan. 5, 2024

From Operator to VC Scout; Biggest Mistakes Founders Make in Marketin…

2:16 - Path from operator to angel investor to Atomico scout 19:09 - Advice on early stage marketing Marketing focus by stage of growth How do you balance performance marketing and brand/organic marketing? How do you balance ...

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Nov. 29, 2023

How One Startup Built a Multi-million Euro Business with No Code Solu…

Guerson Meyer, Co-Founder & Technology Officer of Sophiq Properties, a PropTech company talks about how he uses no-code solutions at Sophiq Properties to locate, evaluate and validate properties in real-time, adapting to the ...

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Oct. 5, 2023

On Usage-based Pricing and How to Run a Successful Design Partner Pro…

Why all SaaS companies should implement usage-based pricing and How to run a successful design partner program with your customers to build your early MVP

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Aug. 23, 2023

Zero to $11m Series A with Digitail.io - Practical Advice on ICP, PMF…

[1:49] - Why not having domain expertise can sometimes help entrepreneurs [5:45] - Defining your ICP [8:31] - Determining your MVP [13:06] - Funding your seed and lessons learnt from raising too early. [22:48] - GTM [30:11] -...

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June 22, 2023

From Serial Entrepreneur to Angel Investor to CIO of Estonia: Taavi K…

[2:16] - 20 years and starting a company in Estonia [5:08] - Angel investing and what to look for? [10:01] - First CIO of Estonia [16:59] - Koos - what is it and why is it important [29:04] - Advice …

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March 22, 2023

Building a Unicorn in Bulgaria with Hristo Borisov, Cofounder of Payh…

[2:00] - How the SVB crisis unfolded at Payhawk [6:23] - The 3 most important ingredients for building a successful unicorn [16:19] - Validating your company idea [18:19] - 60 rejections. How Payhawk overcame the biggest obje...

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March 2, 2023

Why Investing in Emerging Markets Makes Sense Now - Alisee de Tonnac,…

[2:24] - Journey to starting Seedstars [5:31] - Investing and not being local [10:27] - Seedstars programs [13:28] - Investor returns from emerging markets [19:06] - Challenges [25:12] - Advice for entrepreneurs [27:16] - Adv...

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Jan. 25, 2023

When *Not* To Go for VC Funding with Alex Axentiev, Co-Founder of Hed…

HedgeFlows almost closed on their first VC funding and decided to not do it. Why and was it the right decision?

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Jan. 13, 2023

Is It Finally Solar’s Time? Svea Solar’s Hyper Growth Story Proves It…

Erik Martinson, CEO, and co-founder of Svea Solar – one of the fastest-growing cleantech companies in Europe – talks about the economics of solar energy, why the time is ripe for solar and some of the lessons learned building the …

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Dec. 7, 2022

How to Fundraise the Creandum Way with Peter Specht

The 3 steps Creandum advises its portfolio company to go through for every fundraising: planning, preparation and active process. And advice for startups on current market conditions and Peter’s views on FTX blowup.

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Nov. 24, 2022

Bootstrapped to $14M Seed Round with Nurasyl Serik, Co-founder of Rem…

Nurasyl bootstrapped the company to 7-digit revenues with five employees and then went on to close a $14M seed round, one of the largest in the UK. How did he do it?

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Nov. 9, 2022

How to be a VC at 29 years and Advice for pre-Series B Companies - An…

Sapphire ventures, Series B investing, and her journey to becoming a VC at 29. Annalise is a Partner at Sapphire Ventures where she focuses on investments primarily in Europe and Israel.

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Oct. 20, 2022

What I Learnt from 4 failed Startups and 8 Rounds of Fundraising

With 8 rounds of fundraising under his belt, David Simonarson, founder and CEO of Smitten, shares his secret for doing successful fundraising. He also talks about his previous four failed startups and what he learned from each one of them.

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Oct. 6, 2022

Refugee Entrepreneurship with Charlie Fraser, Co-Founder of TERN

Does investing in refugee entrepreneurs make sense? Charlie is co-founder and Partnerships Director at TERN, The Entrepreneurship Refugee Network, an ambitious social enterprise that believes you can empower refugees to thrive through the power of thei

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Sept. 21, 2022

How I Built a Billion Dollar Company as an Outsider - Heini Zacharias…

Heini Zachariassen grew Vivino into the largest wine community in the world (56 million users) and raised $221 million in funding. In this podcast, Heini shares his secrets (competition, fundraising, partnerships, and more) for how he built Vivino from a

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July 25, 2022

The Irish Startup Ecosystem with Patrick Walsh, the Founder of Dogpa…

My guest today is Patrick Walsh, the founder of Dogpatch Labs, one of Ireland's leading startup hubs and Crunchbase's top 10 incubators in the world. Patrick is also the youngest member of Ireland’s National Competitiveness Council and is a strong …

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June 22, 2022

From Zero to Seed with Andre Turville, Founder of ARX Alliance

My guest today is Andre Turville, Founder -CEO of Arx Alliance. Arx Alliance is a company dedicated to addressing supply chain cyber resilience. Listen to Andre’s experience bootstrapping his company successfully to now closing their seed round.

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May 25, 2022

From Operator/Angel Investor to a "proper" VC: Is It for Everyone? Wi…

Gemma Bloemen, Principal at Creandum, on why she moved from an operator role at Uber and Elder to a VC.

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April 28, 2022

Practical tips for Creating Culture For Mega Growth by Sammy Rubin, C…

Sammy Rubin, co-founder, and CEO of YuLife, the fastest and one of the most exciting insurtech in the UK. Last summer, Yulife raised $70 million in one of the largest Series Bs raised by an insurtech startup in Europe. Sammy …

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April 7, 2022

SaaS Go-To-Market Playbook from Notion Capital with Itxaso del Palacio

Itxaso del Palacio, Partner at Notion Capital, shares tips on how to build a go-to-market engine for scale with examples from the 100s of successful SaaS and Cloud companies Notion Capital has backed over the years including Tradeshift, CurrencyCloud, GoC

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March 24, 2022

Career Advice and Embedded Finance with Louisa Murray, COO of Railsba…

Louisa Murray, COO of Railsbank. Louisa joined Railsbank as the fourth employee in 2017, and built the sales function from scratch. In this episode, we will talk about the rise of embedded finance, making the fintech industry more accessible to …

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March 9, 2022

Can Lab-Grown Meat Solve Our Food and Climate Problems? Krijn De Nood…

Krijn De Nood - CEO & Co-founder at Meatable talks about his journey from Mckinsey to Meatable, why alternative proteins are key to solving some of the world’s biggest problems and the strategies they have adopted to succeed in this …

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