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#64 From bootstrapped beginnings to sustainable, rapid growth – Jakob Freund

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 73:03

Tobias Krüger, Head of Culture Change 4.0 at the Otto Group, reports to CEO Alexander Birken. From his previous position in the group strategy, he recommended to the board of directors to... Continue reading

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#63 We were more interested in the press release than in the revenue of this kind of business – Jörn Leogrande

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2022 77:48

Jörn Leogrande, former head of Wirecard's global innovation department. Now consultant and author. Since the early 1990s ... Continue reading

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#62 The risk is not that someone steals your idea, The risk is that you have a wrong view on the things that you are doing – Alexander Rohr

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2022 91:31

Alexander Rohr, Co-founder and Head of Marketing & Sales at the start-up LILIAN LABS. He is a physicist and a Ph.D. engineer. Alexander founded... Continue reading

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#61 How to convince a board of directors to adopt a certain technology – Sven Siering

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 62:42

Sven Siering is the Managing Director of vent.io GmbH. This company builds and invests in digital solutions for Deutsche Leasing Group... Continue reading

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#60 Digital expansion vs. digitization, experiences from a CTO – Jacob Fahrenkrug

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 90:18

Jacob Fahrenkrug, Managing Partner at Tektit Consulting, Jacob started his professional career at Hypoport Group, where he took... Continue reading

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#59 Let's talk about diversification – Julia Kümper

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 71:32

Julia Kümper is founder & managing partner of Match-Watch GmbH and was awarded with the New Work Award by XING and named as role model entrepreneur by the BMWi. Since 2018, Julia has been Managing Director ... Continue reading

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#58 Digitalization is overall the process of renewing and transforming things – Mico Pütz

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 58:09

Mico Pütz is the founder and a managing partner of the Young Digitals Consulting Agency in Berlin. After finishing his... Continue reading

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#57 If you have an open mind and ear for the needs of team members and give everybody space to develop – you will be amazed what happens – Julia Hitzbleck

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 41:05

Julia Hitzbleck is an innovation consultant, trainer and entrepreneur in ... Continue reading

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#56 As a quality manager you are helping to support the system as good as possible – Florian Frankl

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 57:51

Florian Frankl is Head of Quality for a dairy powder company named MILEI. In parallel, he is building up his own... Continue reading

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#55 You not only guide young people, young people also guide you – Mark Noordhoek Hegt

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 38:32

Mark Noordhoek Hegt, Global Director Digital Innovation at Vopak Mark has a career of more than 20 years with Vopak and since... Continue reading

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#54 Be kind to yourself and don’t put too much pressure on yourself – You are enough – Kristin Bauermeister

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 51:56

Kristin Bauermeister currently works as an Innovation Manager at Startup Colors. She is responsible for the IntellIot project - an EU... Continue reading

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#53 How to be a (corporate) entrepreneur – Tilman Sauter

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 1:07

Tilman Sauter is both innovation manager at Evonik Industries, a chemical company, and Co-Founder of Fior, one of worldwide two companies producing picture-based artificial grass. As a scientist... Continue reading

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#52 Innovation is an invention paired with value – Julia Doll

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 54:18

Julia Doll is Head of Innovation & UPLIFT for Vodafone Germany. She drives multiple innovation topics in an open innovation approach and is Founder and CEO of Vodafone UPLIFT. Vodafone UPLIFT is the... Continue reading

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#51 What is 5G – Insights & opportunities – Jens Pilz

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 31:28

Jens Pilz, Spectrum specialist, worked at the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute in Berlin he managed several research projects in the 5G field. He looked very closely into the 5G NR physical layer, had overlap with... Continue reading

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#50 Just learning what you are personally interested in leads to a very narrow point of view – Philipp Kleine Jäger

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 63:48

Prof. Dr. Philipp Kleine Jäger is Managing Partner at COREa European Technology Think Tank, and accompanies the management .... Continue reading

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#49 Trust your people, listen to them, create together a common motivating goal and let the fun begin – Pascal Scheffler

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 57:23

Pascal Scheffler is Innovation Manager at Uniper, in Düsseldorf. There he contributes with his experience in the areas of... Continue reading

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#48 First thing to take into consideration: Is the technology mature enough? – Victor Thoma

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 45:03

Victor Thoma is a former start-up founder and works as product manager within ERGO Digital Ventures ERGO is one of the major insurance groups... Continue reading

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#47 Transforming the culture of Otto group – Tobias Krueger

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020

Tobias Krüger, Head of Culture Change 4.0 at the Otto Group, reports to CEO Alexander Birken. From his previous position in the group strategy, he recommended to the board of directors to... Continue reading

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#46 What happened at Y Combinator – Daniel Dinh

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 36:34

Daniel Dinh is the CEO and co-founder of Laserfocus.io. Before that, he was at Delivery Hero, where he was responsible for the international markets and CEO of Delivery Hero Austria... Continue reading

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#45 How innovation is done in the traditional housing business – Oliver Falk-Becker

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020

Dr. Oliver Falk-Becker, Head of Business Development at Gewobag AG, Experienced Head of New Business Development with a ... Continue reading

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#44 Digitalization will be the make-or-break factor for small and midsize enterprises – Marc Dönges

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 32:23

Marc Dönges is deputy head of the Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center Berlin, Gemeinsam digital, a project ... Continue reading

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#43 Make sure that you work on something that’s really energizing you – Pero Mićić

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2020

Prof. Dr. Pero Mićić is the founder and CEO of the Future Management Group. In 1991, he founded the first ... Continue reading

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#42 Whatever you do, you’ll have to find the money for it yourself – Thomas Bachem

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2020 57:25

Thomas Bachem, founder and chancellor of the CODE University , he has been an internet entrepreneur since 2000. Thomas founded ... Continue reading

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#41 There is a lot of super talented ladies that do not dare to dream big – Mali M. Baum

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2020 49:05

Mali M. Baum is one of the People Shaping Female Founders Future and opportunities at the Startups Ecosystem in Berlin and ... Continue reading

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#40 Once you’ve gone through such an experience, you will not go back to the old way of working – Emanuele Baldacci

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 35:27

Dr. Emanuele Baldacci is director of EU digital services.This covers innovation in new technologies, data services, development of.... Continue reading

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#39 No business failed because it didn’t have this one great idea – Lars Giere

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 45:14

Lars Giere an expert in digital growth, Co-Founder felmo, is the former Head of Financing and Incubation at eBay subsidiary mobile.de GmbH... Continue reading

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#38 Challenge stupidity in the workplace – Christoph Magnussen

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 53:13

Christoph is a filmmaker at heart, a keynote speaker and has been an entrepreneur since high school. After graduating from St. Gallen University, he co-founded... Continue reading

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#37 Transformation works from the future – Klara Sucher

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2020 49:51

Klara Sucher is Managing Director of the consultancy firm unlearn She is passionate about understanding the inner dynamics of groups and systems and... Continue reading

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#36 Banking is lifestyle – Johann-David Starck & Sebastian Dimler

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2020 47:51

Johann-David Starck and Sebastian Dimler are part of an internal unit to accelerate the digital transformation of Commerzbank AG. The team, consisting... Continue reading

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#35 Strengths of female product managers – Magdalena Zadara

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 33:45

Magdalena Zadara is currently the product manager of Fernarzt , a telemedicine start-up based in Berlin. Trained originally in... Continue reading

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#34 It’s the market risk that takes most companies down – Javier Rincon

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019 55:41

Javier is an entrepreneur and lean product innovation expert. After a stay at Wunderlist, he ... Continue reading

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#33 Product managers are the rather entrepreneurial type of people – Jana Schellong

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 38:44

Jana Schellong is a Senior Product Manager at heycar. As one of its first employees, she has been... Continue reading

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#32 The constant change, is the stability of today. – Martin Wezowski

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 61:08

Martin Wezowski Chief Designer at SAP Innovation Center, have been loving and living design and tech his whole career... Continue reading

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#31 About digital identity – Al Lakhani

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2019 58:41

Al is the founder and and CEO of IDEE GmbH.. Prior to founding IDEE, he founded the forensics & cyber practice at... Continue reading

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#30 Finding market fit – Jens Rieken

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2019 31:54

Since 2017 Jens Rieken is Head of Sparkassen Innovation Hub and responsible for developing... Continue reading

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#29 Innovation comes at a price – Stephan Heller

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2019 50:43

Stephan Heller is the founder and managing director of FinCompare, a fast-growing online platform for SME financing since.. Continue reading

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#28 Start as soon as you can – Doreen Huber

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 45:04

Doreen Huber is Founder & CEO of LEMONCAT. As one of the most respected female entrepreneurs in Germany she is.. Continue reading

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#27 The world is getting better, not worse – Roman Weishäupl

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 51:12

Roman has been living in Silicon Valley for over 7 years, co-founded two companies, released three products; currently... Continue reading

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#26 My fundamental value in life is growth – Vadim Pikarevskis

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 43:03

Vadim is a senior product manager at Omio. Vadim has been doing product management and product analytics for over 5 years Continue reading

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#25 Relationships are the most important ingredients for a happy life – Holger Seim

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2019 34:25

Holger Seim is co-founder & CEO at Blinkist. At Blinkist, he focuses on growth and business development. Continue reading

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#24 How Deutsche Bank Innovation Labs operate – Niklas Grunewald

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2018 31:09

Niklas Grunewald joined Deutsche Bank in 2016, working out of the Deutsche Bank Innovation Labs on various technological ... Continue reading

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#23 Fighting climate change with data – Lubomila Jordanova

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2018 20:35

Lubomila Jordanova is the founder and CEO of Plan A, the first data-driven crowdfunding platform in the fight against climate change. ... Continue reading

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#22 Be curious and courageous in order to succeed and even more importantly … enjoy the journey – Olaf Koch

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 41:29

Olaf Koch CEO at Metro AG has been with METRO AG since 2009, when he was appointed a member of the Management Board... Continue reading

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#21 Love is where your Focus is – Mal Harrison

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2018 34:54

Mal Harrison is a clinical sexologist, eroticism philosopher, TEDx speaker, and founder of the Center for Erotic Intelligence. In 2011, she served as resident ... Continue reading

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#20 Being creative is a state of mind that cannot be forced – Arnd Pickhardt

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2018 44:49

Arnd Pickhardt former CMO for Lidl (UK and Germany) and former UK Marketer of the Year as well as Visionary Marketer of the Year... Continue reading

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#19 If you feel too comfortable, push for a change – Kirsten Oppenländer

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2018 48:10

Kirsten Oppenlaender is responsible for digital solutions for commercial clients at Deutsche Bank AG... Continue reading

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#18 Why New Work is not really new but changes everything – Jörn Hendrik

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2018 42:33

Jörn Hendrik develops workshop concepts, designs interactions and enables groups to create the best results … Continue reading "#18 Why New Work is not really new but changes everything – Jörn Hendrik"

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#17 How women improve a company culture – Carolin Gabor

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2018 44:54

Dr. Carolin Gabor is managing director at FinLeap. She steers the strategic development and … Continue reading

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#16 How to get from Founder to Venture Capitalist – Jan Miczaika

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2018 32:36

Jan Miczaika is Partner at HV Holtzbrinck Ventures. Previously Jan was COO at Wooga, a Berlin-based developer of mobile games... Continue reading

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#15 Tipps&Tricks to carry out a successful PR campaign – Olivia Czetwertynski

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2018

Olivia Czetwertynski from Becomewide is an international PR consultancies specializing in global PR and growth strategy expert..... Continue reading

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#14 How to get better outcomes with data, Insights from a Data Analyst – Jan Kyri

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2018 40:50

Jan is a data analysis freelancer combining a business background and a solid tech understanding. Having worked … Continue reading "#14 How to get better outcomes with data, Insights from a Data Analyst – Jan Kyri"

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