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The other side of startup life
May 01, 2025

The other side of startup life

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Tobias Gunzenhauser on failing, failure culture and moving forward with purpose

Melanie Gabriel
Christian Woese
Melanie Gabriel, +1
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Go big or go home: Lessons from SumUpโ€™s Early Days
Apr 24, 2025

Go big or go home: Lessons from SumUpโ€™s Early Days

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ SumUp co-founder Petter Made on expanding fast and staying sane during hypergrowth

Melanie Gabriel
Christian Woese
Melanie Gabriel, +1
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The bold move that saved his company
Apr 17, 2025

The bold move that saved his company

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Tuomas Toivonen on layoffs, hard pivots, and surviving without VC funding

Christian Woese
Melanie Gabriel
Christian Woese, +1
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Robots, grit and one really dark night in 2012
Apr 10, 2025

Robots, grit and one really dark night in 2012

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Roman Hoฬˆlzl on high growth, fast performance and staying grounded

Melanie Gabriel
Christian Woese
Melanie Gabriel, +1
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Machines and materials: scaling a hardware business
Apr 03, 2025

Machines and materials: scaling a hardware business

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Vincent Martinez on building a hardware scale-up

Melanie Gabriel
Christian Woese
Melanie Gabriel, +1
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The ultimate growth unlocks
Mar 27, 2025

The ultimate growth unlocks

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Roger Dudler on brand awareness and culture-driven hiring

Melanie Gabriel
Christian Woese
Melanie Gabriel, +1
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From Zero to 100k users in 8 months
Mar 20, 2025

From Zero to 100k users in 8 months

๐ŸŽ™๏ธAlexander Emeshev on scaling a banking disruptor

Melanie Gabriel
Christian Woese
Melanie Gabriel, +1
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How to create a successful startup board
Mar 13, 2025

How to create a successful startup board

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Nicole Herzog on effective collaboration structures between founders and board

Melanie Gabriel
Christian Woese
Melanie Gabriel, +1
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Building trust and making tough decisions
Mar 06, 2025

Building trust and making tough decisions

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Kai Eberhardt on scaling a startup without losing its soul

Melanie Gabriel
Christian Woese
Melanie Gabriel, +1
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Leadership and culture when scaling engineering teams
Feb 27, 2025

Leadership and culture when scaling engineering teams

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Scandit's Christof Roduner on scaling high-impact engineering teams

Melanie Gabriel
Christian Woese
Melanie Gabriel, +1
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VC vs. bootstrapping
Feb 20, 2025

VC vs. bootstrapping

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Lea von Bidder on VC myths, failure culture & choice to bootstrap

Melanie Gabriel
Christian Woese
Melanie Gabriel, +1
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The startup grind that almost broke this founder
Feb 13, 2025

The startup grind that almost broke this founder

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Adrian Locher on scaling fast, burning out, and learning to rebuild

Melanie Gabriel
Christian Woese
Melanie Gabriel, +1
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