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Episode 20: Alina Bassi - How Kleiderly creates sustainable plastics made from textile waste

Episode  |  November 20th, 2020  |  37 mins 17 secs

accelerators, berlin, entrepreneurship, fashion, germany, startups, sustainability

Alina Bassi is the founder and CEO of Kleiderly. Kleiderly is converting old clothing into a new and sustainable material to reduce the world’s fashion footprint.

Episode 13: Mathias Ockenfels - How to start a career in Venture Capital, from Analyst to Partner at a leading VC firm, Online Marketplaces, and Speedinvest

Episode  |  March 15th, 2020  |  40 mins 29 secs

berlin, career, entrepreneurship, europe, marketplaces, reading, startups, venture capital

Mathias (@ockenrock) eats and breathes marketplaces. He is a partner at Speedinvest, one of Europe’s leading early-stage Venture Capital funds.
Mathias started his career in VC very early and made it to partner in his early30s. In this episode he shares many of his personal insights, learnings, and tips from his career path. If you are interested in online marketplaces, startups, and careers in VC, this episode is definitely for you.

Episode 10: Holger Seim - The origin story of Blinkist, growing to 11 million users, and creating a unique company culture

Episode  |  November 18th, 2019  |  48 mins 34 secs

berlin, blinkist, books, culture, entrepreneurship, germany, marketing, reading, startups, travel