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Why we never raised in 16 years | Tom Hanan, Webrepublic
Jul 2, 2026 · 35 min
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We rebuild the whole company every six months | Olivia Elf, VP Ops at Sana
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55 Employees, 3 Million Users, $0 Marketing Budget. Then a Miro Exit | Tony Beltramelli
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Germany's vertical AI opportunity is bigger than anyone admits | Gülsah Wilke, DN Capital
Apr 16, 2026 · 43 min
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Apr 9, 2026 · 41 min
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Apr 2, 2026 · 55 min
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Mar 26, 2026 · 53 min
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How Robotics Startups Actually Survive | #1 Robotics influencer Lukas Ziegler
Mar 12, 2026 · 51 min
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The SaaS playbook is dead. What replaces it? | Andreas Goeldi, b2venture
Mar 5, 2026 · 48 min
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Europe's talent flywheel has finally kicked in | Tom Wehmeier, Atomico
Feb 26, 2026 · 48 min
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Why Great Founders Fire Earlier Than They’re Comfortable With | Paddy Lambros, Dex CEO and ex Atomico
Feb 12, 2026 · 41 min
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Hustle Nearly Cost Me Everything | Adrian Locher, Serial Founder and Investor
Feb 5, 2026 · 42 min
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Europe Isn’t Behind, It’s Playing the Wrong Game | Judith Dada, Visionaries Club
Jan 29, 2026 · 51 min
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Why Shipping Faster Isn’t Enough in the Age of AI | OpenAI’s Laura Modiano
Jan 22, 2026 · 50 min
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Why the Last Mile Breaks Most Robotics Startups, with Roland Siegwart, Professor at ETH Zurich
Jan 15, 2026 · 36 min
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How founders build (or break) trust in high-stakes moments - HV Capital's Lina Chong on hard decisions in startup leadership
Jan 8, 2026 · 38 min
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Trusting Your Gut Beats Following Playbooks - year-end reflections of Melanie and Christian
Dec 24, 2025 · 46 min
Nice-to-Have Is Not Enough - Building Must-Have Products with Bea Knecht, Founder of Zattoo
Dec 18, 2025 · 36 min
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Why you don't need HR until 200 people - Olivier Gaudin on Scaling SonarSource Intuitively
Dec 11, 2025 · 46 min
Not All Angels Have Wings: Thomas Dübendorfer on How to Spot the Right Angel Investors
Nov 20, 2025 · 37 min
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Europe’s Real Startup Problem Is Permission | Project Europe’s Kitty Mayo
Nov 13, 2025 · 43 min
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The ETH PhD who turned Research into a $16m Robotics Startup - Elvis Nava, Co-Founder & CTO of Mimic Robotics
Nov 6, 2025 · 32 min
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Scaling Finance and Automating Back Offices with AI - with Fabienne Doerig
Oct 30, 2025 · 40 min
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Building Culture That Works in the Age of AI with Noa Perry-Reifer, Chief People Officer at Neko Health
Oct 23, 2025 · 38 min
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Robots, Grit, and One Really Dark Night in 2012 – with Roman Hölzl, Founder of RobCo
Oct 16, 2025 · 30 min
How to drive sustainable growth - Christian Woese on how to build a Customer Success function
Oct 9, 2025 · 34 min
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What Really Breaks Early-Stage Startups in Europe - Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital)
Oct 2, 2025 · 38 min
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Why Europe Needs Courage, Ecosystems, and Global Ambition in AI - with Nicole Büttner
Sep 25, 2025 · 35 min
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Radical Responsibility in Leadership - Jake Bornstein on building your own clarity as a leader
Sep 18, 2025 · 42 min
From Excel Chaos to Strategic Finance: Simone Rüschenberg on Building a Resilient Finance Function
Sep 11, 2025 · 34 min
Scrappy by Design: Victoria Ransom on turning grit into a startup superpower
Sep 4, 2025 · 34 min
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How to Break Into YC from Europe: David Oort Alonso’s Playbook for Early Stage Founders
Aug 21, 2025 · 25 min
How to Find Real Product-Market Fit: Rob Snyder’s Playbook for B2B Startups [Summer Best Of Series]
Aug 15, 2025 · 34 min
How Founders Can Master Storytelling and Crisis Comms – With Ruth Barnett [Summer Best of Series]
Aug 7, 2025 · 41 min
How Christina Stahl Bootstrapped AMELI to 50’000 Sales in a Crowded Market [Summer Best of Series]
Jul 31, 2025 · 41 min
How Lena Hackelöer Took Brite Payments to 27 Markets Without Local Teams [Summer Best of Series]
Jul 24, 2025 · 37 min
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Jul 17, 2025 · 38 min
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From science risk to market fit - Cradle’s Stef van Grieken on building a biotech venture in Europe
Jul 10, 2025 · 39 min
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How Stoicism Helps You Stay Grounded When Everything Falls Apart — Alex Limpert of GuestReady on Leading Through Chaos
Jul 3, 2025 · 31 min
From art school to $40M ARR—with no money, no network, no plan B: Sabba Keynejad on building VEED
Jun 26, 2025 · 36 min
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The Hidden Cost of Success: Burnout, Mental Health & Building a Life That Works - with Adrian Locher [REPLAY]
Jun 19, 2025 · 47 min
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AI Won’t Replace GTM Teams. But This Might. Patrick Spychalski, Co-Founder of The Kiln, on Building GTM Systems That Scale
Jun 12, 2025 · 36 min
Why OKRs Fail (and How to Make Them Work) - with Omid Akhavan
Jun 4, 2025 · 38 min
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Designing for tomorrow, hiring today - with Enzo Wälchli of ANYbotics
May 28, 2025 · 37 min
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How to End a Startup and What Comes After – Tobias Gunzenhauser, Co-Founder and former CEO of Yamo
May 1, 2025 · 36 min
Go big or go home: Lessons from SumUp’s Early Days – with Petter Made
Apr 24, 2025 · 43 min
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From Acquisition to Reinvention: Tuomas Toivonen on Leading Holvi Through Crisis
Apr 16, 2025 · 40 min
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Robots, Grit, and One Really Dark Night in 2012 – with Roman Hölzl, Founder of RobCo
Apr 9, 2025 · 30 min
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What It Takes to Build a Hardware Startup: Vincent Martinez on Scaling Real Tech
Apr 2, 2025 · 35 min
The Ultimate Growth Unlock - Frontify Founder and CEO Roger Dudler on building brands and culture
Mar 26, 2025 · 42 min
From Zero to 100K Users in 8 Months: Vivid Money's Blueprint for Fintech Disruption with Alex Emeshev
Mar 19, 2025 · 34 min
How to Build and Manage a Successful Startup Board with Nicole Herzog
Mar 12, 2025 · 32 min
Scaling Without Breaking: Hard Lessons from Kai Eberhardt, CEO & Co-founder of Healthtech Oviva
Mar 6, 2025 · 30 min
Scaling Tech Teams: OKRs, Hiring Right & Avoiding Startup Pitfalls with Christof Roduner, Co-founder of Scandit
Feb 26, 2025 · 35 min
The VC Trap, Failure Myths & The Power of Bootstrapping with Lea von Bidder
Feb 19, 2025 · 37 min
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The Hidden Cost of Success: Burnout, Mental Health & Building a Life That Works – with Adrian Locher
Feb 13, 2025 · 47 min
Turning Underestimation Into an Advantage: Startup Lessons from 24-Year-Old Founder Nils Feigenwinter
Jan 29, 2025 · 30 min
Go-to-Market Strategies and Scaling Lessons from Brite Payments Founder Lena Hackelöer
Jan 16, 2025 · 37 min
Stop Dreaming, Start Doing: Bootstrapping a D2C brand - Insights from AMELI Co-Founder Christina Stahl
Jan 8, 2025 · 41 min
Mastering Startup Communication: Storytelling and Crisis Strategies with Ruth Barnett [REPLAY]
Jan 2, 2025 · 41 min
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From Doer to Leader: Top Startup Leadership Lessons with Stanislaw Grunstein [REPLAY]
Dec 26, 2024 · 46 min
Mastering Media Outreach: Sifted's Editor Amy Lewin’s Essential Advice for Startups [REPLAY]
Dec 18, 2024 · 32 min
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End of Year Reflections: Staying Sane, Building Better, and What’s Next for 2025
Dec 11, 2024 · 35 min
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Startup Hiring Masterclass: Building Exceptional Teams with Paddy Lambros from Atomico
Dec 4, 2024 · 44 min
The Patent Playbook: Why Your Startup Needs A Patent Strategy - with Bastian Best
Nov 27, 2024 · 40 min
Startup Rebranding 101: When, Why, and How to Get It Right
Nov 20, 2024 · 37 min
How To Find Real PMF: Rob Snyder’s Playbook for B2B Startups
Nov 13, 2024 · 34 min
Is Venture Capital Right for Your Startup? Insights from Henrik Grosse Hokamp, Partner at Revent
Nov 6, 2024 · 36 min
Mastering Communication: Key Strategies for Startup Founders with Ruth Barnett
Oct 30, 2024 · 41 min
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Maintaining Entrepreneurial Culture in Hypergrowth: Lessons from ON’s Chief People Officer Noa Perry-Reifer
Oct 23, 2024 · 41 min
Startup Legal Essentials with Karim Maizar: Protecting Your Startup's Future
Oct 16, 2024 · 48 min
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From Doer to Leader: Mastering Startup Leadership with Stanislaw Grunstein
Oct 9, 2024 · 46 min
How to Prepare Your Startup for a Future Exit: Early Steps Every Founder Should Take – with Francine Gervazio, CEO at Shiftmove
Oct 2, 2024 · 50 min
Mastering Media: How Startups Can Get Noticed—Insights from Amy Lewin, Editor at Sifted
Sep 25, 2024 · 33 min
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