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Dr. Anjali Raja Beharelle is the CSO (Chief Science Officer) and one of the founders of collabree.com. Collabree is a Swiss eHealth / digital adherence start-up focusing on improving therapy compliance of chronically ill patients by applying behavioural economics principles. Collabree is helping patients to make lasting behavioral changes and stick to their therapy regimen by combining human engagement with scalable algorithms and using the most relevant gamification factors: fun, friends and feedback.
\n\nAnjali is responsible for the clinical track and integrating insights from behavioral economics and neuroscience into the app. Before founding Collabree, Anjali worked as a neuroscientist. Her research focused on the neuro(chemical) and behavioral components of decision making between short-term and long-term rewards (e.g. should I have a candy bar or some broccoli) and how to optimize these decisions.
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Hugo Amsellem [@HugoAmsellem] is a thought leader covering the world of the creator economy and writes the blog “Arm the Creators”. The Creator Economy enables an entire generation to bypass traditional gatekeepers for the 1st time in history. Anyone can learn anything online, build something new and distribute it all over the world—without asking anyone's permission
\n\nIn 2013 he jumped the fence and joined The Family as part of the founding team. The Family is one of the world’s leading fellowship programs for founders. Twice a year, The Family selects 50 startups from around the world. In exchange for 5% equity, they provide everything you need to build a scalable business: advice, mindset, network & a world-class investor demo day.With the Family he backed hundreds of founders across Europe.
\n\nPreviously, he co-founded oocto, a decentralized music label to help artists bypass the record labels and keep ownership of their projects.
\n\nHugo recently joined Jellysmack, a “creator accelerator” to educate & empower the next generation of ambitious creators.
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Patrick Gobonya is one of the co-founders of Ovation eSports. Ovation was founded in Zurich / Switzerland in February 2020, and is the first sustainable eSports organization. Ovation is "a lit, young & dynamic pioneer which combines professionalism and fun in one team. A network platform of champs and eSports enthusiasts."
\n\nOvation accompanies and develops athletes on their journey to become leading eSports players. The company is committed to provide their athletes with support to protect their mental and physical well-being and offers an environment to master a successful future following a career in eSports. Ovation eSports AG is a Swiss team consisting of players from the DACH region and with partnerships all over Europe. Ovation is one of the fastest growing and up-and-coming esports teams in Europe and currently competes in the games of Fortnite and Valorant.
\n\nIn March 2021, Ovation announced that it has raised a seed round investment from billionaire twin brothers Maurice and Kyril Louis-Dreyfus.
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Arman Anatürk [@ArmanAnaturk] is the founder and CEO of FoodHack. FoodHack is a community-driven platform that inspires, highlights and connects food entrepreneurs and innovators. With FoodHack Arman is is building the 21st century media / events company for the foodtech industry. The platform's offering includes a weekly food & food tech newsletter, ambassador run meet-ups, an annual FoodHack Summit, as well as a newly launched Food Discovery board (think of the “Product Hunt of Food”) where innovative food tech startups are featured.
\n\nArman’s goal with FoodHack is to make it easier for impact driven food founders to access the resources, network and knowledge they need to successfully launch and grow their Food (tech) business. The FoodHack newsletter has over 100+ editions sent and over 5k+ happy readers.
\n\nArman also hosts "The Secret Sauce" Podcast, where he provides insights from food industry leaders.
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Job van der Voort (@Jobvo) is the CEO and one of the founders of Remote.com.
\n\nRemote makes it possible to employ anyone, anywhere in the world. Their mission is to simplify how companies employ the best talent globally and to help remote organizations do their best work. They offer services such as international payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance for businesses big and small - so that they can hire anyone in the world - while outsourcing all the admin & legal work to Remote. Remote's vision is to become the "stripe for (remote) work".
\n\nRemote is also among the fastest growing startups globally and is backed by some of the best venture capital investors in the world, such as Index Ventures, Sequoia, General Catalyst, Two Sigma, and many more very accomplished angel investors. Remote recently raised their Series A financing round of $35M.
\n\nBefore founding Remote, Job worked as neuroscientist, and he was one of the first engineers that joined GitLab. In his role as VP of product, Job was responsible for GitLab's product development and he helped grow the company from 5 to 450+ employees. Today GitLab is one of the largest distributed companies in the world.
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Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄
\n\nThis episode is going to be a small experiment. In this Christmas special, I'm introducing you to 5 of my personal and my podcast guests favorite business & startup books. Hence, I give you a crowd-sourced reading list from some of Europe's top up-and-coming entrepreneurs and VCs. I'm convinced that these books can help you to bring your business / startup to the next level, or to get motivated to "take the leap" yourself! It's also the perfect activity to read on a cold wintery day at home.
\n\nSince it’s Christmas, I'm also doing a little giveaway and will send to some lucky winner a book of his or her choice from this list. All you got to do is to review the Leap Takers Podcast on Apple Podcast (or your favorite podcast app), give it a 5 star rating, and send me proof (screenshot / link) to remo.kyburz1[at]gmail.com.
\nI'll then randomly draw a lucky winner. Deadline is January 1st 2021.
This is just a little thank you & Christmas gift from me to the listeners of the Leap Takers Podcast. 🎁
\nThank you for your continued support and I hope you get some benefit and motivation from listening to this podcast.
I'm wishing you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2021!
\n\nRemo
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Alina Bassi (@alinabassi1) is the founder and CEO of Kleiderly. Originally from London, she founded Kleiderly in 2019 in Berlin with the goal of solving the problem of fashion industry waste. She has developed a patent-pending technology to recycle waste clothing into a new and sustainable material, diverting clothing waste away from landfills and incinerators. Her mission is to lower the carbon footprint of fashion and eliminate tons of CO2 emissions.
\n\nAlina is a Google for Startups Female Founder alumna and a member of the Forbes 30 under 30 class of 2020.
\n\nIn this episode you will learn about:
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Tobias Gunzenhauser (@TobGunzenhauser) is the CEO and one of the three co-founders of yamo.
\n\nyamo is Europe's first digital native vertical brand that produces fresh organic baby and children food. The company launched in 2017 in Switzerland with their first product of baby purees. In the meantime, yamo is also sold in "Coop", one of Switzerland's largest retailers.
\n\nAll of yamo’s products are 100% organic, natural and free from additives. They developed every recipe together with dozens of helpful moms, dads, their little ones, nutritionists and pediatricians.
\n\nIn the summer of 2020, yamo raised a €10M Series A.
\n\nYou will hear the fascinating origin story of yamo, tips around production & manufacturing, how to find a good production partner, advice on online stores, and much more!
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Heidi Lindvall (@HeidiLindvall) is one of the founders and a general partner at Pale Blue Dot. Pale Blue Dot is a seed stage ClimateTech VC investing in reducing and reversing the effects of climate change and preparing for a new world. They invest tickets of €200k - €2M, in pre-seed and seed-stage companies based in Europe and US.
\n\nHeidi Lindvall previously co-founded Storygami, an online video company that increases viewers engagement & helped monetize content. She also founded CODOC, an award winning video production company. She has a background in Media and Human Rights and has studied for two degrees in the field in London.
\n\nIn this episode you hear how Heidi made her way from being a documentary filmmaker into the world of Venture Capital (VC). We also discuss her learnings from being an entrepreneur and what areas in ClimateTech she is most excited about to help save the planet. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did.
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Anne-Laure Le Cunff (@anthilemoon) is the Founder of Ness Labs, an award-winning productivity & learning community and venture studio building products that focus on mindful productivity, wellness, creativity, and culture. She is an ex-Googler, MSc of Applied Neuroscience candidate at King's College, member of the Society for Neuroscience, and certified Mental Health First Aider accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health.
\n\nHer work has been featured in WIRED, Forbes, FT, Rolling Stone, and more. Every week, she sends a newsletter to thousands of mindful makers with practical content at the intersection of neuroscience and entrepreneurship.
\n\nShe is half-French, half-Algerian. Anne-Laure was born in Paris, sold French wine in New York, studied in Tokyo, worked at Google in San Francisco, and started her company Ness Labs in London.
\n\nIn this episode you will hear the origin story of Ness Labs, we discuss fascinating topics such as the concept of time anxiety, and you hear Anne-Laure’s advice for anyone that wants to start & grow a content community. I found this episode incredibly interesting and I hope you enjoy it as well.
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Special Guest: Anne-Laure Le Cunff.
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Ville Vesterinen (@vesterinen) is a serial entrepreneur from Finland. He is one of the original founders of Slush - one of the world’s leading startup & tech conferences, that attracts around 25'000 attendees every year to Helsinki. He also founded Grey Area - a gaming company that was backed by Index Ventures, LVP, Lifeline Ventures.
\nVille also serves as the chairman of Swappie, an ambitious young company selling refurbished mobile phones, which just raised $40M in June 2020. He is also on the boards of Maria 01, a 70 000 m² campus for tech companies in the heart of Helsinki as well as on the board of Startup Foundation, the organization that owns various initiatives supporting the Nordic startup ecosystem, among them Slush.
Most recently Ville joined Atomico, one of Europe's leading venture capital investors, as an angel investor to support new aspiring entrepreneurs. Ville also just started his own podcast - The Long Map, where he explores how to live an interesting life.
\n\nIn this episode, we talk about the origin story of Slush, Grey Area, and Swappie. We cover Ville's learnings from being a serial founder and investor, as well as his tips for other aspiring entrepreneurs in Europe.
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Gonzalo (@gonsanchezs) runs and writes Seedtable, one of the leading newsletters focused on European tech. Seedtable is read by tens of thousands every week, and his work has been featured in Wired and Sifted. Gonzalo's writing always provides unique perspectives of developments in technology in Europe and its impact on society. Seedtable is one of my all-time favorite newsletters and I'm super excited that Gonzalo decided to come on the LeapTakers Podcast.
\n\nIn addition to Seedtable, Gonzalo is Head of Growth at Jobbatical, an Estonian Relocation Service for Tech companies, and he is mentoring startups. His previous experience includes having founded two startups, being a Content Specialist at Piktochart, growing EVELO from $1.2m to $4m as Director of Marketing, and helping to bring The Martec from 2,000 to 50,000 monthly visitors.
\nGonz likes to read and to fly. He speaks 4 languages and lifts heavy things, plus he seems to be into the occasional burger or ramen.
In today’s episode we talk about practical tips for remote work and working from home, how Gonzalo started Seedtable, what makes a successful newsletter & advice on how to grow your own content, the impact of Covid-19 on various startup sectors, and more.
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Christian (@chrjantzen) is the founder of Futuristic.vc, a micro-fund investing in Nordic pre-seed companies. He made his first investment at age fourteen when he bought shares in his favorite football club. He later started his first company, a real estate company, in 2011, which he grew while studying at university. Following his masters degree in Finance from Aarhus University , he co-founded another startup “Reunited Esports", which was a player-owned Esports organisation with teams competing in Overwatch and Rocket League.
\n\nIn 2017 he founded Futuristic VC, an early-stage VC fund investing initial capital into the next generation of Nordic founders. He has invested in +20 companies across the entire region and helped founders secure follow-on funding from some of the strongest investors in Europe.
\n\nIf you’re interested in starting your own company while studying / after graduating, or if you’re interested in the world of Micro VC’s, I’m sure you will find this episode very interesting and valuable. We talk about Christian’s path to starting Futuristic VC, his experience from starting an eSports company, fundraising advice, his best investment, and more!
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\n\n\n\n\n“He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.”
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Mathias (@ockenrock) eats and breathes marketplaces. He is a partner at Speedinvest, one of Europe’s leading Venture Capital funds. The fund has it’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria and just recently raised its latest fund of €190m. Mathias runs Speedinvest x, a focus fund investing into network effects and marketplaces.
\n\nPreviously he was a General Manager for the German market at Uniplaces, an international marketplace for student accommodation. Before that, Mathias built out the marketplace-practice at Berlin-based Point Nine Capital, an early stage fund focusing on SaaS and marketplaces, where he was a Principal for 4 years. Previously, Mathias led the M&A-department of Ricardo Group, then a subsidiary of South African Naspers, that operates several online marketplace, classifieds and auction businesses across Europe. Earlier, he started his career as an Investment Manager at Mountain Partners in Zurich where he lead early stage investments in companies such as Lieferando or reBuy.
\n\nMathias holds a German-French double-diploma from European School of Business Reutlingen and Neoma Business School Reims. Knowing Germany’s capital city like the back of his hand, Mathias now leads Speedinvest's Berlin office as a Partner at Speedinvest x.
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Special Guest: Mathias Ockenfels.
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Vedika Jain (@vedikaja_in) is an investor and Chief of staff at Weekend Fund, an early stage venture capital fund that is backing your next favorite thing. Previously she worked for high profile startups like Stripe and True Layer.
\n\nWeekend Fund was started in 2017 by Ryan Hoover, the founder of Product Hunt (an amazing site to discover new products. Product Hunt was acquired in 2016 by AngelList). While Ryan and Vedika invest broadly, they are particularly excited about distributed/remote working, audio/voice technology, and tools for creators/makers. The fund invests in early stage startups with check sizes ranging from $75K to $200K. Limited partners of the fund include high profile venture capitalists Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Ben Rubin, Chris Sacca, Hunter Walk, Kevin Rose, Garry Tan, and others.
\n\nVedika has a really interesting background story and approach how she made her way into "the wonderful world of venture capital". In this episode you will hear about her tactics how she got into VC and general career advice for picking the right companies & startups to work for. In addition, you will learn more about Weekend Fund, Vedika’s favorite books & blogs, and much more!
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Sebastian Wahl and Carl-Philipp von Polheim are the founders of mybacs.
\nMybacs is a direct-to-consumer (D2C), research driven, biotechnology company for gut-health products based in Zug (Switzerland) and Munich (Germany). Their goal is to revolutionize the healthcare market around the human microbiome and thus make a decisive contribution to the health and daily well-being of everyday customers. Mybacs is specialized on the development of innovative and high-dose synbiotic dietary supplements
\nThey have two types of products - a Travel and Daily well-being probiotic product.
Sebastian holds a Master's degree with distinction in Pharmacy from ETH Zurich. Carl-Philipp studied business administration and holds a Master of Science in Management from ESCP Europe.
\n\nIn this episode we talk about the origin story of mybacs, how to start manufacturing a physical product, the emerging direct-to-consumer industry, tools and resources to start your own D2C company, VC fundraising tips, the benefits of probiotics, their key learnings for other aspiring founders, and more.
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\n02:54 -- Introduction of Sebastian, Carl-Philipp, and mybacs
\n04:02 -- Exploring the origin story of mybacs
\n06:12 -- Previous work experience before founding mybacs
\n07:23 -- Thoughts and considerations before taking the leap
\n08:53 -- Awareness of probiotics and the effect of the human microbiome on well-being in Europe vs. US
\n10:08 -- Geographies that mybacs operates in
\n10:22 -- How to manufacture a physical product as a startup
\n11:53 -- Tips for planning your supply chain
\n12:34 -- Timing from idea to shipping the first product
\n13:15 -- Thoughts about assembling the right team in the D2C space
\n14:40 -- How to incentivize experienced people & experts to join your startup?
\n15:17 -- Raising outside capital and thoughts about raising money from VCs
\n16:56 -- How to find a great Venture Capital investor
\n18:37 -- The advantages of the D2C market and business model
\n21:45 -- How to ship a product?
\n23:24 -- Helpful resources, tools, and books to start your own company
\n24:36 -- The future vision of mybacs
\n27:28 -- Understanding the mybacs travelers product
\n27:51 -- Favorite knowledge resources
\n29:32 -- Hobbies to take your mind off the startup life
\n30:12 -- Key learnings from starting a company. What would you do differently?
\n31:07 -- Career advice for ambitious future “leap takers”
\n32:16 -- What does courage mean to you?
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Holger Seim (@hlgrsm) is the founder and CEO of Blinkist.
\nBlinkist is a book summary app that lets you get the key insights from 3'000+ bestselling non-fiction books that cover leadership, history, psychology and more in 15 minute summaries in text or audio format. Blinkist has over 11million users globally and the book-summarising startup has won positive reviews from the likes of Forbes (“This may be the greatest app you download in 2018”) and The New York Times.
In this episode we talk about how Holger and his co-founders came up with the idea for Blinkist, how they took the leap and started the company, his advice for aspiring entrepreneurs on how to find your perfect co-founder / first employees, the most important marketing channels for startups, as well as the importance of designing a unique corporate culture (such as the one of Blinkist), and much more..
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\n03:13 -- Who is Holger
\n04:40 -- Startup idea generation and how the concept of Blinkist was born
\n09:01 -- How Holger and his co-founders took the leap and started Blinkist
\n09:50 -- Pursuing a startup idea full time vs. side hustle
\n10:59 -- Initial financing choices at Blinkist
\n12:36 -- Characteristics of a great startup founding team
\n18:12 -- How to find your perfect co-founder outside of your personal network (e.g. technical co-founder)
\n20:30 -- Blinkist’s company culture and why Holger places immense value on culture
\n24:42 -- The Blinkist operating system
\n27:07 -- Tips on maintaining a corporate culture while you grow as a startup
\n29:16 -- How Blinkist grew to the first 1000 clients and discussion of marketing strategies
\n32:46 -- Alternative marketing channels leveraged by Blinkist
\n34:41 -- Holger’s book recommendations for new startup founders
\n37:31 -- General book recommendations of the Blinkist founder
\n39:14 -- Holger’s best investment
\n40:42 -- Hobbies and habits to decompress from the startup life
\n41:40 -- Favorite travel location
\n43:09 -- Advice for university graduates about to start their career
\n46:23 -- What does courage mean to Holger
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Special Guest: Holger Seim.
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\n\nAlisée is a board member of the School of Management of Fribourg and a member of the Swiss National Innovation Council. She was nominated Social Entrepreneur Forbes 30 under 30, Innovation Fellow of Wired UK, 50: Europe’s most influential women in the startup and venture capital space and the 29 Powerful Women by Refinery29.
\n\nBorn in France, she has spent most of her life abroad, from growing up in Singapore, California, and France to studying and working in Italy and Switzerland and finally accomplishing humanitarian missions in Brazil and Cambodia. As of today, she has traveled in 50+ countries.
\n\nPlease follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff & interesting articles I found, and blog occasionally! Sign-up for the mailing list to stay in the loop!
\n\nShow notes:
\n02:15 -- Introduction "Who is Alisée"
\n03:50 -- How and why Alisée joined Seedstars / helped to start the company
\n06:42 -- The early days of Seedstars - Traveling the world and setting up Startup competitions globally
\n07:40 -- How Alisée approached the decision to take the leap and quit her job at L’oreal to start Seedstars
\n09:41 -- How to make a decision between corporate job or startup life
\n13:46 -- How to overcome the chicken & egg problem in entrepreneurship
\n15:55 -- Alisée’s favorite moments along Seedstars journey and within her time as an entrepreneur
\n18:01 -- Seedstars today: How the business look like. Raising Series A VC funds for specific regions - e.g. Africa
\n20:19 -- How startups can become part of Seedstars and general advice for fellow entrepreneurs
\n23:47 -- Favorite books
\n25:48 -- Advice to younger self
\n26:07 -- Routine / Hobby of Alisée to get her mind off work
\n27:01 -- What does courage mean to Alisée
Resources mentioned:
\n\nIf you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on Apple Podcast or in your favorite podcast app.
\n\n
Special Guest: Alisée de Tonnac.
","summary":"","date_published":"2019-10-16T07:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://chtbl.com/track/359E8/aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/891bb088-017a-4b68-bd4c-29cceaa626ad/704fa57e-940f-4761-961a-a6b5b791413c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":15364746,"duration_in_seconds":1794}]},{"id":"5df698a5-1533-4093-bae7-911d952879aa","title":"Episode 8: Andri Silberschmidt - The 25 year old that sells poké bowls, manages an equity fund, and runs for national parliament","url":"https://www.leaptakers.com/8","content_text":"Andri Silberschmidt (@andrisilbi) is a 25 years old rising star here in Switzerland. He is a food entrepreneur, equity investor, and politician. At the age of fifteen, he began his banking education and is now responsible at Swisscanto Invest for the management of all quantitative equity funds investing in developing countries. In the summer of 2017, Andri and some of his friends founded kaisin. , a Poké Bowl restaurant and catering chain. \nHe has been politically active since 2011 and became president of the \"Jungfreisinnige Partei\" of Switzerland in 2016. Recently he was elected to the Parliament of the City of Zurich for the FDP and is now on the list of the FDP Canton of Zurich for the National Council elections in October 2019.\n\nPlease follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff & interesting articles I found, and blog occasionally! \n\nShow notes:\n02:14 -- Who is Andri Silberschmidt\n03:14 -- How Andri started his career and got into entrepreneurship by starting a Poké Bowl restaurant\n05:40 -- Opening a restaurant business without outside capital\n06:53 -- How Andri started kaisin. & pitched his idea\n10:10 -- Andri’s note taking app \n10:34 -- Recommended resources & books for starting a business \n11:44 -- Expansion plans of kaisin.\n13:26 -- How kaisin. launched and promoted their store with little resources\n16:04 -- How Andri balances his time and energy between all the different commitments. Why sleep is so important.\n20:12 -- Andri’s involvement with “TeamStartup” to foster entrepreneurship in Switzerland\n23:23 -- Challenges of entrepreneurship in Switzerland\n28:02 -- Andri’s learnings from his startup experience\n31:54 -- Book recommendations\n35:11 -- Andri’s best investment\n37:29 -- Andri’s “hobby”\n39:03 -- Andri’s personal advisory board\n41:37 -- Andri’s message to the world - \"Respect, Create, Enjoy\"\n44:24 -- What does courage mean to Andri? \n\nResources mentioned:\n\n\nGetting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity - David Allen\nAndri’s high productivity habits: 1. Getting enough sleep (7.5h), 2. No alcohol during the week, 3. Working out regularly\nWhy We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams - Walker PhD, Matthew\nSkin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life - Nassim Nicholas Taleb\nTeamStartup\nLean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead - Sheryl Sandberg\nThe Constitution of Liberty - F. A. Hayek\nKaisin.\nFDP\nGrünliberale\n\n\nIf you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on Apple Podcast or in your favorite podcast app.\n\nSpecial Guest: Andri Silberschmidt.","content_html":"Andri Silberschmidt (@andrisilbi) is a 25 years old rising star here in Switzerland. He is a food entrepreneur, equity investor, and politician. At the age of fifteen, he began his banking education and is now responsible at Swisscanto Invest for the management of all quantitative equity funds investing in developing countries. In the summer of 2017, Andri and some of his friends founded kaisin. , a Poké Bowl restaurant and catering chain.
\nHe has been politically active since 2011 and became president of the "Jungfreisinnige Partei" of Switzerland in 2016. Recently he was elected to the Parliament of the City of Zurich for the FDP and is now on the list of the FDP Canton of Zurich for the National Council elections in October 2019.
Please follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff & interesting articles I found, and blog occasionally!
\n\nShow notes:
\n02:14 -- Who is Andri Silberschmidt
\n03:14 -- How Andri started his career and got into entrepreneurship by starting a Poké Bowl restaurant
\n05:40 -- Opening a restaurant business without outside capital
\n06:53 -- How Andri started kaisin. & pitched his idea
\n10:10 -- Andri’s note taking app
\n10:34 -- Recommended resources & books for starting a business
\n11:44 -- Expansion plans of kaisin.
\n13:26 -- How kaisin. launched and promoted their store with little resources
\n16:04 -- How Andri balances his time and energy between all the different commitments. Why sleep is so important.
\n20:12 -- Andri’s involvement with “TeamStartup” to foster entrepreneurship in Switzerland
\n23:23 -- Challenges of entrepreneurship in Switzerland
\n28:02 -- Andri’s learnings from his startup experience
\n31:54 -- Book recommendations
\n35:11 -- Andri’s best investment
\n37:29 -- Andri’s “hobby”
\n39:03 -- Andri’s personal advisory board
\n41:37 -- Andri’s message to the world - "Respect, Create, Enjoy"
\n44:24 -- What does courage mean to Andri?
Resources mentioned:
\n\nIf you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on Apple Podcast or in your favorite podcast app.
\n\n
Special Guest: Andri Silberschmidt.
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\nIn our conversation we talk about how Andreas and his co-founder Malte grew uniboard to its current size, community building, winning customers, favorite movies, smelling car waxes and other fun stuff.
Please follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff & interesting articles I found, and blog occasionally!
\n\nShow notes:
\n02:59 -- Who is Andreas
\n04:13 -- How the uniboard.ch got started
\n06:53 -- How Andreas made the decision to run uniboard full-time
\n09:06 -- Growth of Uniboard in Switzerland
\n10:38 -- Startup vs. Traditional career in Management consulting
\n15:22 -- Lessons from community building and marketing
\n19:05 -- Thoughts about monetization of a platform
\n22:25 -- Challenges and learnings from switching from a student organization to a startup
\n24:23 -- General challenges of the startup world and how to overcome them (focus on product & focus on sales)
\n29:08 -- Tips for Selling, building trust, and winning customers
\n34:04 -- Future goals of Uniboard
\n35:58 -- Andreas’ favorite book or story
\n38:20 -- Unique interesting hobbies of Andreas
\n40:44 -- Personal advisory board
\n43:45 -- Advice to younger self / listeners in their early 20s/30s
\n46:35 -- Unjustified fears of entrepreneurship
\n48:05 -- What does courage mean for Andreas
Resources mentioned:
\n\nIf you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on iTunes or in your favorite podcast app.
\n\n
Special Guest: Andreas Schwarzinger.
","summary":"","date_published":"2019-09-10T07:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://chtbl.com/track/359E8/aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/891bb088-017a-4b68-bd4c-29cceaa626ad/b87753dd-fd40-4545-9fe8-d4a270e1e98a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":32829942,"duration_in_seconds":3074}]},{"id":"cf68b907-2985-49ba-80ef-892bbf55a840","title":"Episode 6: Stefano Bernardi - Taking the leap to Silicon Valley & How crypto governs organizations of the future","url":"https://www.leaptakers.com/6","content_text":"Stefano Bernardi (@stefanobernardi) is an active italian angel investor on AngelList and at “Mission and Market”, a silicon valley startup founder of a Y Combinator alumni (Kickpay), and employee nr. 1 of Betable (backed by Greylock, Founders Fund). More recently he is also a part of Atomico's angel programme, where he focuses exclusively on investing in \"planet+\" companies, with teams that are trying to save the planet from the imminent climate crisis.\n\nFurthermore, he is strongly involved in the crypto community as the executive director of AragonProject, as well as an author for the popular token economy newsletter. \n\nStefano Bernardi was born in 1986, and after spending a few years in San Francisco, now resides with his wife and son in a small town in the italian alps.\n\nPlease follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff & interesting articles I found, and blog occasionally! \n\nShow notes:\n02:52 -- Who is Stefano\n03:55 -- Moving from Italy to San Francisco and entering the silicon valley startup ecosystem\n07:16 -- Advice on how to get a job in a silicon valley startup\n09:16 -- How Stefano met the Collison brothers - founders of $22.5bn fintech startup Stripe\n11:10 -- What it’s like to work in a tech startup in San Francisco\n13:50 -- Stefano’s move to start his own company\n14:55 -- Tips for fundraising from VCs and angels & entering Y Combinator\n17:00 -- Advice for applying to Y Combinator’s accelerator program\n20:03 -- Why Stefano left San Francisco and returned to Europe\n21:28 -- Aragon - description of the project and how it can help other startups\n26:46 -- Favorite knowledge resources of Stefano\n29:55 -- Most worthwhile investments \n30:40 -- Advice to younger self\n31:35 -- Unusual hobbies\n32:45 -- What does courage mean to Stefano \n\nResources mentioned:\n\n\nSam Altman \nY Combinator \nAragon \nCollison brothers (Patrick & John)\nStripe\nKickpay\nMission and Market\nAtomico\nToken Economy\nElixir\n\n\nIf you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on iTunes or in your favorite podcast app.\n\nSpecial Guest: Stefano Bernardi.","content_html":"Stefano Bernardi (@stefanobernardi) is an active italian angel investor on AngelList and at “Mission and Market”, a silicon valley startup founder of a Y Combinator alumni (Kickpay), and employee nr. 1 of Betable (backed by Greylock, Founders Fund). More recently he is also a part of Atomico's angel programme, where he focuses exclusively on investing in "planet+" companies, with teams that are trying to save the planet from the imminent climate crisis.
\n\nFurthermore, he is strongly involved in the crypto community as the executive director of AragonProject, as well as an author for the popular token economy newsletter.
\n\nStefano Bernardi was born in 1986, and after spending a few years in San Francisco, now resides with his wife and son in a small town in the italian alps.
\n\nPlease follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff & interesting articles I found, and blog occasionally!
\n\nShow notes:
\n02:52 -- Who is Stefano
\n03:55 -- Moving from Italy to San Francisco and entering the silicon valley startup ecosystem
\n07:16 -- Advice on how to get a job in a silicon valley startup
\n09:16 -- How Stefano met the Collison brothers - founders of $22.5bn fintech startup Stripe
\n11:10 -- What it’s like to work in a tech startup in San Francisco
\n13:50 -- Stefano’s move to start his own company
\n14:55 -- Tips for fundraising from VCs and angels & entering Y Combinator
\n17:00 -- Advice for applying to Y Combinator’s accelerator program
\n20:03 -- Why Stefano left San Francisco and returned to Europe
\n21:28 -- Aragon - description of the project and how it can help other startups
\n26:46 -- Favorite knowledge resources of Stefano
\n29:55 -- Most worthwhile investments
\n30:40 -- Advice to younger self
\n31:35 -- Unusual hobbies
\n32:45 -- What does courage mean to Stefano
Resources mentioned:
\n\nIf you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on iTunes or in your favorite podcast app.
\n\n
Special Guest: Stefano Bernardi.
","summary":"","date_published":"2019-07-26T09:45:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://chtbl.com/track/359E8/aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/891bb088-017a-4b68-bd4c-29cceaa626ad/cf68b907-2985-49ba-80ef-892bbf55a840.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":17290327,"duration_in_seconds":2122}]},{"id":"3062b45b-a133-4648-9cb5-e2e0569d9476","title":"Episode 5: Nilson Kufus - From figure skating champion to building a digital mirror world","url":"https://www.leaptakers.com/5","content_text":"Nilson Kufus (@NilsonKufus) is one of the co-founders of Nomoko, a technology company that is building photorealistic 3D models of entire cities. Their technology enables applications for various industries like self-driving cars, gaming, or urban planning. Nilson obtained a degree in Liberal Arts & Sciences from the University College Maastricht and is also a former Swiss figure skating champion.\n\nPlease follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff & interesting articles I found, blog occasionally, and provide glimpses into my life!\n\nShow notes:\n02:24 -- Who is Nilson Kufus\n05:23 -- How Nilson got into starting his own venture\n09:49 -- How moving out and living abroad helps you develop critical skills for entrepreneurship\n11:22 -- What is Nomoko and how they want to enable the 4th industrial revolution\n14:33 -- Idea finding and first steps as a company\n18:40 -- Financing of Nomoko\n19:44 -- How Nilson dealt with manufacturing hardware needed to enable their core data product\n25:17 -- Manufacturing in-house vs. outsourcing\n26:42 -- Most exciting use cases of the Nomoko mirror world\n28:37 -- Current status of development - which cities already have a digital twin\n33:00 -- Key takeaways from 4 years of entrepreneurship\n38:48 -- Nilson’s favorite knowledge resources\n41:25 -- Nilson’s advice to his younger-self\n41:00 -- What does courage mean to Nilson\n\nResources mentioned:\n\n\nUniversity of Maastricht \nNomoko \nA16z podcast \nNomoko podcast \nLinkedIn \n\n\nIf you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on iTunes or your favorite podcast app.\n\nSpecial Guest: Nilson Kufus.","content_html":"Nilson Kufus (@NilsonKufus) is one of the co-founders of Nomoko, a technology company that is building photorealistic 3D models of entire cities. Their technology enables applications for various industries like self-driving cars, gaming, or urban planning. Nilson obtained a degree in Liberal Arts & Sciences from the University College Maastricht and is also a former Swiss figure skating champion.
\n\nPlease follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff & interesting articles I found, blog occasionally, and provide glimpses into my life!
\n\nShow notes:
\n02:24 -- Who is Nilson Kufus
\n05:23 -- How Nilson got into starting his own venture
\n09:49 -- How moving out and living abroad helps you develop critical skills for entrepreneurship
\n11:22 -- What is Nomoko and how they want to enable the 4th industrial revolution
\n14:33 -- Idea finding and first steps as a company
\n18:40 -- Financing of Nomoko
\n19:44 -- How Nilson dealt with manufacturing hardware needed to enable their core data product
\n25:17 -- Manufacturing in-house vs. outsourcing
\n26:42 -- Most exciting use cases of the Nomoko mirror world
\n28:37 -- Current status of development - which cities already have a digital twin
\n33:00 -- Key takeaways from 4 years of entrepreneurship
\n38:48 -- Nilson’s favorite knowledge resources
\n41:25 -- Nilson’s advice to his younger-self
\n41:00 -- What does courage mean to Nilson
Resources mentioned:
\n\nIf you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on iTunes or your favorite podcast app.
\n\n
Special Guest: Nilson Kufus.
","summary":"","date_published":"2019-07-15T07:15:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://chtbl.com/track/359E8/aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/891bb088-017a-4b68-bd4c-29cceaa626ad/3062b45b-a133-4648-9cb5-e2e0569d9476.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":36123181,"duration_in_seconds":2799}]},{"id":"4a7324cd-cfed-4ad6-8ab8-eeffe378cc9c","title":"Episode 4: David Lu - Learnings from starting a venture fund","url":"https://www.leaptakers.com/4","content_text":"David Lu (@davidjlu) is an up & coming venture capitalist based in Sydney and Singapore, who is constantly traveling the world on the hunt for great investments. He is a Partner @256 Ventures, a global cryptocurrency VC fund, investing in a portfolio of diversified digital assets. \n\nPreviously, David founded Australia’s first student VC called, Textbook ventures. He also regularly writes academic papers around the topics of entrepreneurial ecosystems, startup roadmaps and early-stage fundraising. Forbes wrote an article about David with the title “Why Being A Young Investment Partner Isn't Always A Good Thing”. \n\nPlease follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff & interesting articles I found, blog occasionally, and provide glimpses into my life!\n\nShow notes:\n02:50 -- How David got into Venture Capital\n07:32 -- Resources for getting started with learning about Venture Capital & deciding what knowledge is relevant for your portfolio companies\n11:45 -- David’s story of how he got started with Australia’s first student VC fund - Textbook Ventures. + How one of his successful investments led him to crypto. \n16:20 -- David’s learnings from starting a Venture business (“Think in default scenarios”)\n19:25 -- How do you react to things not going well when you grow your business + How creativity and thinking about the purpose of their fund helped Textbook Ventures to pivot \n25:40 -- Riskiness of startup investing and how seed & pre-seed investing is the best way to build a relationship with promising founders\n 28:40 -- How VC is all about the people and how you make them feel\n30:10 -- David’s investment criteria\n33:14 -- David’s best investment to date\n35:02 -- Unusual hobbies of David\n36:43 -- Favorite books\n38:05 -- Personal advisory board\n40:18 -- Advice to younger self & anyone\n\nResources mentioned:\n\n\nVenture Deals - Brad Feld\nHarry Stebbings - The Twenty Minute VC\nFred Wilson Blog - USV\nElad Gil Blog\nThe Lean Startup - Eric Ries\nFinite and Infinite Games - James Carse\n256 Ventures\nTextbook Ventures\nVirgil Capital\n\n\nIf you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on iTunes or your favorite podcast app.\n\nSpecial Guest: David Lu.","content_html":"David Lu (@davidjlu) is an up & coming venture capitalist based in Sydney and Singapore, who is constantly traveling the world on the hunt for great investments. He is a Partner @256 Ventures, a global cryptocurrency VC fund, investing in a portfolio of diversified digital assets.
\n\nPreviously, David founded Australia’s first student VC called, Textbook ventures. He also regularly writes academic papers around the topics of entrepreneurial ecosystems, startup roadmaps and early-stage fundraising. Forbes wrote an article about David with the title “Why Being A Young Investment Partner Isn't Always A Good Thing”.
\n\nPlease follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff & interesting articles I found, blog occasionally, and provide glimpses into my life!
\n\nShow notes:
\n02:50 -- How David got into Venture Capital
\n07:32 -- Resources for getting started with learning about Venture Capital & deciding what knowledge is relevant for your portfolio companies
\n11:45 -- David’s story of how he got started with Australia’s first student VC fund - Textbook Ventures. + How one of his successful investments led him to crypto.
\n16:20 -- David’s learnings from starting a Venture business (“Think in default scenarios”)
\n19:25 -- How do you react to things not going well when you grow your business + How creativity and thinking about the purpose of their fund helped Textbook Ventures to pivot
\n25:40 -- Riskiness of startup investing and how seed & pre-seed investing is the best way to build a relationship with promising founders
\n 28:40 -- How VC is all about the people and how you make them feel
\n30:10 -- David’s investment criteria
\n33:14 -- David’s best investment to date
\n35:02 -- Unusual hobbies of David
\n36:43 -- Favorite books
\n38:05 -- Personal advisory board
\n40:18 -- Advice to younger self & anyone
Resources mentioned:
\n\nIf you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on iTunes or your favorite podcast app.
\n\n
Special Guest: David Lu.
","summary":"","date_published":"2019-07-02T08:00:00.000+02:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://chtbl.com/track/359E8/aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/891bb088-017a-4b68-bd4c-29cceaa626ad/4a7324cd-cfed-4ad6-8ab8-eeffe378cc9c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mp3","size_in_bytes":20363857,"duration_in_seconds":2561}]},{"id":"dddadeeb-3a8a-4d9c-860c-d0d082b7068a","title":"Episode 3: Estefanía Tapias - Empowering entrepreneurship among women & How to get featured on Forbes 30 under 30","url":"https://www.leaptakers.com/3","content_text":"Estefanía Tapias (@este_tapias) is a researcher on the topic of the future of cities and entrepreneur that was listed on Forbes reputable 30 under 30 list. She is from Colombia but has been living in Switzerland for the past few years, where she co-founded WeSpace. WeSpace is a community, co-workspace and digital platform inspired by women in Zurich, where she invited me to to record this interview. \nShe obtained her Ph.D. at ETH Zurich and worked as a researcher and lecturer on the topic of smart Cities in Zurich and Singapore (Future Cities Laboratory). \n\nWe’ll talk about how Estefania took the leap from her academic career to found a co-working space, the mindset to to start your own venture, how she got featured in the Forbes 30 under 30, tools for website design, and much more. \n\nPlease follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff & interesting articles I found, blog occasionally, and provide glimpses into my life!\n\nShow notes:\n03:21 -- How Estefania became fascinated with the topic of smart cities\n04:32 -- Cooling Singapore project \n05:22 -- The state of research in the field of climate change & cities\n08:10 -- Advice on picking the right area of business or research to pursue\n09:33 -- How Estefania decided what opportunity to pursue after finishing her PhD\n11:50 -- How WeSpace got started and the purpose behind it. The future of targeted co-working spaces (like WeSpace which is a community and workspace inspired by women)\n16:14 -- How to launch a capital-intensive business like a co-working space\n17:53 -- Promoting your business initially\n19:38 -- Initiatives that foster entrepreneurship among women & advantages of mixed founding teams\n21:20 -- The mindset to make the jump to starting your own venture\n23:40 -- The target group of WeSpace\n24:25 -- Estefania’s favorite knowledge resources\n26:13 -- Favorite books\n27:56 -- How Estefania got featured on the Forbes 30 under 30\n32:30 -- Estefania’s hobbies \n33:40 -- Tools for Website design\n35:15 -- Advice to your younger self - “Don’t take yourself too serious”\n36:20 -- Estefania’s personal advisory board\n37:40 -- Unjustified fears \n38:30 -- What does courage mean to Estefania\n\nResources mentioned:\n\n\n“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” - Nassim Nicholas Taleb \nNuzzel: Twitter news summary\nZero to one - Peter Thiel\n* Traction - Gabriel Weinberg\nWix.com\nWeSpace\nHelen Clark\n\n\nIf you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on iTunes or your favorite podcast app.\n\nSpecial Guest: Estefanía Tapias.","content_html":"Estefanía Tapias (@este_tapias) is a researcher on the topic of the future of cities and entrepreneur that was listed on Forbes reputable 30 under 30 list. She is from Colombia but has been living in Switzerland for the past few years, where she co-founded WeSpace. WeSpace is a community, co-workspace and digital platform inspired by women in Zurich, where she invited me to to record this interview.
\nShe obtained her Ph.D. at ETH Zurich and worked as a researcher and lecturer on the topic of smart Cities in Zurich and Singapore (Future Cities Laboratory).
We’ll talk about how Estefania took the leap from her academic career to found a co-working space, the mindset to to start your own venture, how she got featured in the Forbes 30 under 30, tools for website design, and much more.
\n\nPlease follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff & interesting articles I found, blog occasionally, and provide glimpses into my life!
\n\nShow notes:
\n03:21 -- How Estefania became fascinated with the topic of smart cities
\n04:32 -- Cooling Singapore project
\n05:22 -- The state of research in the field of climate change & cities
\n08:10 -- Advice on picking the right area of business or research to pursue
\n09:33 -- How Estefania decided what opportunity to pursue after finishing her PhD
\n11:50 -- How WeSpace got started and the purpose behind it. The future of targeted co-working spaces (like WeSpace which is a community and workspace inspired by women)
\n16:14 -- How to launch a capital-intensive business like a co-working space
\n17:53 -- Promoting your business initially
\n19:38 -- Initiatives that foster entrepreneurship among women & advantages of mixed founding teams
\n21:20 -- The mindset to make the jump to starting your own venture
\n23:40 -- The target group of WeSpace
\n24:25 -- Estefania’s favorite knowledge resources
\n26:13 -- Favorite books
\n27:56 -- How Estefania got featured on the Forbes 30 under 30
\n32:30 -- Estefania’s hobbies
\n33:40 -- Tools for Website design
\n35:15 -- Advice to your younger self - “Don’t take yourself too serious”
\n36:20 -- Estefania’s personal advisory board
\n37:40 -- Unjustified fears
\n38:30 -- What does courage mean to Estefania
Resources mentioned:
\n\nIf you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on iTunes or your favorite podcast app.
\n\n
Special Guest: Estefanía Tapias.
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\nIn this episode we’ll talk about how Pascal became fascinated with artificial intelligence research, some of the experiments he worked on, what advice he has for aspiring entrepreneurs, and unique insights into Starmind.
Please follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff & interesting articles I found, blog occasionally, and provide glimpses into my life!
\n\nShow notes:
\n02:38 -- How Pascal got interested in the topic of artificial intelligence
\n05:00 -- Scientific experiments connecting brains to machines
\n06:30 -- Why Pascal decided to found an AI company - Starmind
\n08:20 -- The general state of AI & where we are at
\n10:15 -- Resources to get started with a career in AI
\n12:30 -- Tips for aspiring entrepreneurs / mistakes to avoid
\n14:20 -- Insights into Starmind
\n15:40 -- Favorite books & movies
\n17:30 -- Pascal’s personal advisory board / mentors
\n19:10 -- Hobbies & habits to take your mind-off your startup
\n20:00 -- Advice to fellow entrepreneurs & future leaptakers
\n22:50 -- Closing thoughts - Switzerland as a hotspot for AI companies
Resources mentioned:
\n\nIf you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on iTunes or your favorite podcast app.
\n\n
Special Guest: Pascal Kaufmann.
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\nWe’ll take about bootstrapping vs. funding your company via venture capital, how to make smarter decisions as a founder, hiring the best team, favorite books, and much more.
Please follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff & interesting articles I found, blog occasionally, and provide glimpses into my life!
\n\nShow notes:
\n01:52 -- How and why Daniel got into entrepreneurship
\n07:50 -- Daniel’s time at MIT and how he got there
\n09:22 -- Recommendations and reasons for studying abroad
\n11:02 -- Diamond Heels - Daniel’s first startup
\n15:30 -- Teralytics and Daniel’s role
\n17:45 -- What is the right type of funding for your startup & how Venture Capital (VC) is broken
\n22:30 -- Why Daniel left Teralytics & next steps
\n24:20 -- Using insights to help out the next generation of startups
\n26:40 -- How Oakura started - Using blockchain technology to disrupt the traditional VC model
\n29:19 -- How to decide if you should continue or stop your current project - “Think in different scenarios”
\n30:20 -- Leveraging Essentialist thinking and the concept of “sunk costs” to help making important life decisions
\n33:20 -- Tips on hiring and assembling the best team
\n36:34 - Should you start a company with your friends or not?
\n40:00 -- What does Oakura mean
\n41:50 -- What’s the purpose of Oakura and how it could revolutionize the venture industry
\n49:20 -- How Oakura is tokenizing startup equity
\n51:18 -- Daniel’s favorite books
\n53:30 -- Unique hobbies and how to distract your mind from the daily entrepreneurial work
\n55:48 -- Thought experiments
\n58:25 -- Advice to your younger self / university students
\n1:00:00 -- Closing thoughts
Resources mentioned:
\n\nIf you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on iTunes or your favorite podcast app.
\n\n
Special Guest: Daniel Naeff.
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\nIn short: In each episode I’m interviewing unique founders, shapers, and makers that work on building the future, as well as other fascinating personalities that push boundaries in various areas, such as investing, traveling, gaming, exploring new foods, and much more. In addition to being a source of knowledge & entertainment, I want to inspire people like you with this podcast to start your own endeavour and essentially become a Leap Taker.
You’ll learn:
\n\nPlease follow me on Instagram, Twitter, and my Website, where I post new episodes, share cool stuff & interesting articles I found, blog occasionally, and provide glimpses into my life!
\n\n