Startup Cabin Podcast

Are you stuck in a freeloader mentality? The reason you're not reaching the next level. There is basic level networking, deals, contacts and business. And then there is next level deals, invite-only networks and big business. Are you stuck in a freeloader mentality because you had basic level advisors telling you to get everything for free? Time to move to the next level. Watch this episode on YouTube: Startup Cabin's YouTube Channel Subscribe to our newletter for exclusive invites to our entrepreneurs trips, workshops, lectures, advice sessions and more! Subcribe to Startup Cabin Newsletter Thank you so much for listening every week! Join the discussion and send us feedback on Twitter, Instagram or on our YouTube Channel

Follow Xue Mei's 5 Fears Challenge on YouTube at youtube.com/startupcabin and youtube.com/heyxuemei and join the challenge yourself!   Watch this episode on YouTube: Startup Cabin's YouTube Channel Subscribe to our newletter for exclusive invites to our entrepreneurs trips, workshops, lectures, advice sessions and more! Subcribe to Startup Cabin Newsletter Thank you so much for listening every week! Join the discussion and send us feedback on Twitter, Instagram or on our YouTube Channel

The one thing that entrepreneurs, social media stars and careerist fear the most is critique. Yet it's the one thing that will make them better than anyone else. In this episode you'll get to hear how veteran entrepreneurs and public figures deal with critique, haters and negative feedback. My article in Digital Teknik (in Swedish): https://summa.talentum.se/article/dt/nyheter/xue-mei-rhodin-omfamna-dina-haters/269621 My article on Startup Cabin Blog (in English): http://www.startupcabin.com/blog    Watch this episode on YouTube: Startup Cabin's YouTube Channel Subscribe to our newletter for exclusive invites to our entrepreneurs trips, workshops, lectures, advice sessions and more! Subcribe to Startup Cabin Newsletter Thank you so much for listening every week! Join the discussion and send us feedback on Twitter, Instagram or on our YouTube Channel

Donald Trump is not the most liked guy in the world right now. Many people wish he'd stayed in business and stayed out of politics. But in this episode I'll share some brilliant business strategies that he used to become the hotel and business mogul he is and get venture capital and investments for his companies. For you to ponder about and see how you can use them in your business or industry. Watch this episode on YouTube: Startup Cabin's YouTube Channel Subscribe to our newletter for exclusive invites to our entrepreneurs trips, workshops, lectures, advice sessions and more! Subcribe to Startup Cabin Newsletter Thank you so much for listening every week! Join the discussion and send us feedback on Twitter, Instagram or on our YouTube Channel

You should be either 1. Making your customers money, or 2. Saving your customers money. With the growth of the sharing economy and companies like UBER and AirBnB, your customers are getting used to the idea that they should be paid for using your service or product. We are in the midst of a shifting economy that empowers consumers more than ever. If you can find ways to pay your customers, you stand to ride this wave all the way to the top. RELATED- Watch how to understand Millennials   Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/startupcabin http://twitter.com/xuemeirhodin Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startupcabin http.//instagram.com/heyxuemei Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/startupcabin Download our Startup Cabin Podcast on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/StartupCabinPod Check out our blog for extra content: http://www.startupcabin.com/blog Check out the Startup Cabin Tribes program, for entrepreneurs and startups who want to grow their business: http://www.startupcabin.com

Billionaire Habits of people like Warren Buffet, and how they contrast to habits of poor people. Constant learning is key! Reading, listening to audio books, avoiding TV are all part of making yourself prone to success. The numbers don't lie. Let us know if you decide to take action and adopt billionaire habits. What habits do you have already that have improved your life? Tell us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/startupcabin http://twitter.com/xuemeirhodin nstagram: https://www.instagram.com/startupcabin http.//instagram.com/heyxuemei Facebook https://www.facebook.com/startupcabin   Check out the Startup Cabin Tribes program, for entrepreneurs and startups who want to grow their business: http://www.startupcabin.com  

Gaining smaller territories helps you take bigger territories. That's how you win when playing RISK. The same principle works when growing your company's market reach. Xue Mei Rhodin gives some strategy you can use to grow your business empire one city at a time.   Ask questions and get your name featured in our videos: Comment on any video or send questions on our Twitter, Instagram, Blog or comment on a video. -------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe today for free and be the first to get new insights and tools to build a better business, invites to our entrepreneurs workshops and events and exclusive content. Subscribe Here: http://www.startupcabin.com/subscribe -------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/startupcabin http://twitter.com/xuemeirhodin Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startupcabin http.//instagram.com/heyxuemei Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/startupcabin Check out our blog for extra content: http://www.startupcabin.com/blog Check out the Startup Cabin Tribes program, for entrepreneurs and startups who want to grow their business: http://www.startupcabin.com

In this video Xue Mei Rhodin tells us about how online content is moving to Video First. Your audience or your customers prefer video to any other kind of content. This new shift brings many new challenges to businesses and entrepreneurs who have been able to remain unseen. Now people want to see you, and you have to learn how to work video into your brand. Luckily, we're here to help. Send any questions about getting into video to us here in the comments or at Twitter or Instagram http://twitter.com/startupcabin https://www.instagram.com/startupcabin

Monday Minute #007 Want more business hacks?  Startup Cabin Podcast's host Xue Mei Rhodin has been featured in magazines like Dagens Nyheter, Cap&Design, DigitalTeknik. Expressen talking about building businesses, brands and working smart as an entrepreneur. Subscribe today for free and be the first to get new insights and tools to build a better business, invites to our entrepreneurs workshops and events and exclusive content. http://www.startupcabin.com/subscribe Description of episode: Companies like UBER have gotten a lot of attention from entrepreneurs because they disrupted an industry with some questionable practices that bent legal and moral boundaries. Should startups be pushing these limits and determining what legal and moral guidelines are valid? Or do you think that consumers and governments need to take a harsher stand against rogue startups? We want to hear your view on this. Come tell us in the comments. -------------------------------------------------------- Startup Cabin TV Entrepreneurs YouTube Channel. Learn how to build businesses, brands and working smart as an entrepreneur. Ask questions and get your name featured in our videos: Comment on any video or send questions on our Twitter, Instagram, Blog or comment on a video. Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/startupcabin  http://twitter.com/xuemeirhodin  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startupcabin  http.//instagram.com/heyxuemei Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/startupcabin  Download our Startup Cabin Podcast on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/StartupCabinPod  Check out our blog for extra content: http://www.startupcabin.com/blog  Check out the Startup Cabin Tribes program, for entrepreneurs and startups who want to grow their business: http://www.startupcabin.com   

Want more business hacks? Startup Cabin Podcast's host Xue Mei Rhodin has been featured in magazines like Dagens Nyheter, Cap&Design, DigitalTeknik. Expressen talking about building businesses, brands and working smart as an entrepreneur. Subscribe today for free and be the first to get new insights and tools to build a better business, invites to our entrepreneurs workshops and events and exclusive content. http://www.startupcabin.com/subscribe --------------- Description of episode: Millennials have been referred to as a single group, this is not true. There are two specific groups with very different ways of thinking. If you employing them or selling to them you need to know what they value and how to relate to them. This podcast will help you understand Generation Y and Generation Z. --------------- Startup Cabin TV Entrepreneurs YouTube Channel. Learn how to build businesses, brands and working smart as an entrepreneur. Ask questions and get your name featured in our videos: Comment on any video or send questions on our Twitter, Instagram, Blog or comment on a video. Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/startupcabin http://twitter.com/xuemeirhodin Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startupcabin http.//instagram.com/heyxuemei Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/startupcabin Download our Startup Cabin Podcast on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/StartupCabinPod Check out our blog for extra content: http://www.startupcabin.com/blog Check out the Startup Cabin Tribes program, for entrepreneurs and startups who want to grow their business: http://www.startupcabin.com  

How can you be more productive? Monday Minute #005 There are tool that will help you be more productive. Xue Mei has been tracking her life's data and trying to maximise her efficiency with a variety of tools and apps. But one app stands tall about the rest, RescueTime. https://www.rescuetime.com/ Here how this has helped Xue Mei Rhodin become super productive at work. -------------------------------------------------------- Startup Cabin TV With our founder and business advisor Xue Mei Rhodin and our bunch of business- and investor friends. Ask questions and get your name featured in our videos: Comment on any video or send questions on our Twitter, Instagram, Blog or comment on a video. Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/startupcabin http://twitter.com/xuemeirhodin Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/startupcabin http.//instagram.com/heyxuemei Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/startupcabin Download our Startup Cabin Podcast on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/StartupCabinPod Check out our blog for extra content: http://www.startupcabin.com/blog Check out the Startup Cabin Tribes program, for entrepreneurs and startups who want to grow their business: http://www.startupcabin.com  

What do you do when your industry is being turned upside down? The media has been suffering massive disruption with floods of amateurs entering their market via #podcasts and #video. People don't want to pay to news anymore! How media companies respond will make or break them. And there just two ways to respond. Would you choose the right way?   Ask questions and get your name featured in our videos: Comment on any video or send questions on our Twitter, Instagram, Blog or comment on a video. Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/startupcabin http://twitter.com/xuemeirhodin Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/startupcabinpodcast http.//instagram.com/heyxuemei Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/startupcabin

Filter bubbles happen in Google, Spotify, Netflix, and anywhere else search results are filtered to suite your previous tastes and interest. Convenient? Yes. Good for unbiased results and the flow of new things into your life? No When algorithms decide what we see and hear, they shape our life. That is the filter bubble. What should today's developers and tech companies do with this? Come tell us your thoughts in the comments. ----------------------------------------­---------------- Watch Startup Cabin TV at http://youtube.com/startupcabin By Xue Mei Rhodin and Steve Ferris and our bunch of business and investor friends. Ask questions, send us GIFs and get them featured in our videos: http://twitter.com/startupcabin http://twitter.com/xuemeirhodin Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/startupcabin

UX is amazing for developing digital products. Why don't we apply it to physical products? In this podcast Xue Mei Rhodin targets the fashion industry and demonstrates how much needs to change in an old fashion business model, and the huge profits that could result from changing our old ways of business now.

Monday Minute #001 Amazing success can be found in digitizing an old industry, especially if you're the first to do it. But before you join the ranks of Uber and AirBnB, you must meet some important needs of your customers. How can you change your business model? What can you make customers feel safe when you disrupt an industry? Get these insights into your inbox. Sign up here: http://www.startupcabin.com/tv

Lisa Thorén was largely responsible for making BabyBjörn an international brand. Now she is a business angel and is actually working with her latest investment, Performance SK8, a skateboard technology company. In her role, Lisa is working along side the inventor/entrepreneur Becket Colón to create the success of the company.   In this episode: Time marker 00:00 Performance SK8, and the new technology they offer to skaters. Time marker 10:00 About the business and investing Time marker13:00 Young entrepreneurs Timemarker 20:00 Being a working investor   Buy your skateboard with Tip Technology at http://prosk8.se

Emma shares her experience in building an e-learning platform that teaches children English. She talks about how she found her team, enters new markets, and how they are all winning together. www.littlebridge.com

Episode 16: Why Sweden is Great for Startups   In this episode you will hear about the journey and insights of a serial entrepreneur/investor.   Xue Mei Rhodin speaks with Anette Nordvall, who is a member of STOAF, the Stockholm Business Angles, and is CEO of AQUIS Scandinavia.    Anette has worked in Sweden and America which allows her to offer a unique perspective on what system works for businesses, and where to find new business opportunities.   Also on the podcast:     Why Sweden is a great place to start your company. More about what makes AQUIS towel a special product. Why you should consider a Sole Agency as a business opportunity. Donald Trump's hack to get loads of credit from the banks.   Strategy for product lines that will build a successful brand.  Visit http://startupcabin.com Subscribe to our upcoming Startup Cabin TV on YouTube http://youtube.com/startupcabin

In this episode you get to hear insights gathered from over 30 years in venture capital field.  And we couldn't be more excited to share it with you today.   In this interview Xue Mei Rhodin will be talking with Lennart Ohlsson, co-founder  and general partner of STOAF, the Stockholm Business Angles. They are a venture capital group with 30 business angles who are based in Stockholm Sweden.     Lennart has written 20 books on Economics and Venture capital, and because he knows this stuff so well, he's able to explain it simple terms that will hopefully give you a little understanding into the process of Venture capital.   If you want more information about the Stockholm Business angles, you can visit www.stoaf.se     If you want to learn more from Lennart, you go pick up his book “Best practice venture capital” : principles, tools and approaches for investment, strategy and policy

Ricky Helgesson, CEO of Univrses Ricky has been programming since he was 10 years old, and has extensive experience in tech, gaming and creating companies. In this podcast, Ricky offers some great insights into the rise of VR, mobile technology and gaming. His most recent company is Univrses, a mobile VR tracking solution. Univrses is adding positional tracking to mobile virtual reality. No cables, no expensive hardware, no external trackers - just you and your legs. With only a smart phone and a simple VR headset like Google Cardboard, you can map out your playing space and move freely through a virtual world. Ricky goes deep into the details of what makes Univrses such a unique and exciting product. You'll learn all about the features and the technology behind it. In the photo below, you see Ricky overseeing a user testing out a prototype of their product. With movement accuracy within 5mm, the VR experience is truly immersive. She better be careful with that bat. Also on the podcast: Xue Mei and Ricky discuss possible new applications of VR in games and talk about how this new technology will offer new challenges to developers.  Ricky talks about the exciting possibility to have synced gameplay with users around the world in a virtual environment. This video shows how you would see other players in a virtual world.   You will hear about "Wands: The Magic Duel", the game Ricky and his team are developing to demonstrate the Univrses technology. Wands will soon be on Kickstarter. Here are some images they have released on Twitter ( @univrses)     If you enjoyed this, you may also enjoy these: Build your own voxel based RPG in a web browser For the love of Gaming  

Yael Givon. Founder, CEO  Yael co-founded Steveie with her husband Gil Ramon. They met at an internet camp for founders and entrepreneurs. They both have backgrounds in creative fields. Yeal has a background in fine art and Gil is screen writer and programmer. Stevie was created when they saw the potential to find great TV that was hiding in their social media feeds. During Arab Spring, they were watching Youtube, tracking Twitter and Facebook to get a complete picture of what was happening. Stevie makes it possible for anyone to have a personal channel with friend's feeds or for their own brand without any extra work. It also provides more opportunities for publishers to ad  more to the video they are already releasing. Some examples could be bloopers, behind the scenes interviews and insights from the latest episode of a show.  Also on the podcast: Yael defines what “smart money” is. Taking money from people who are in your industry with experience who can offer advice, more connections and a bigger network. Not all money is equal. Xue Mei and Yael discuss what advisors should be given stake in your company. It should be people who can offer real advice. They talk about the reality of the close relationship you will have with your investors. Yael talks about how as entrepreneurs, our comfort zone in the product. The business end of things is less fun, but it is an area everyone has to grow into. The challenge is to grow your business mind while not sacrificing your creative energy.  Yael advises startups to be careful about spending money for special advisors, like marketing advisors, because some stuff you should learn on your own. Many startups who succeeded, didn't have tons of marketing knowledge, but they found a gap in the market to fill. Yeal and Xue Mei talk about confronting the startup life bubble and finding the balance between making cool stuff for hipsters and being relevant to the world. Meaningful solutions in industries like health and sustainability take much longer to see a return than an entertaining app. There's often less hype to lure investors, but good investors understand they need to diversify risks and not only invest in new stuff from the cool kids.   If you enjoyed this, you may also enjoy these: PR Strategy to Get Your Startup Seen with Tame Winning With Niche Social Networks with Fishbrain  

In this episode you will hear Nevyn Bengtsson, lead ios developer at Lookback. Lookback lets developers record and review the screen, gestures, face and sound of their app testers You will hear about: How their product is making UX research and bug reporting easier than ever for app develpers. The tools Lookback uses to manage their global team And more! There's much more over at http://startupcabin.com

In this episode Xue Mei will talk with The founders of Tink, a popular personal finance app in Sweden. Tink has made financial data attractive and easy to understand. They are growing fast and now the banks who were reluctant to collaborate with them, are now knocking on their door wanting to help make Tink even better.   We're going to hear about:  building a team The PR channel that gave them 10,000 sign ups Their thoughts behind the design of their app and How the bank industry is changing Visit Startup Cabin

In this podcast we hear: About the unique opportunties European startups have through government support. How Tame has partnered with Twitter to innovate on their product. How to approach journalists. How to find relevant conversations to join, and get into the media. What European startups need to be aware of when entering the US market. See more at www.startupcabin.com/tame

Xue Mei Rhodin give you some advice on having a real holiday as an entrepreneur, and effective goal setting strategy for you and your company.   Here's what she says: You don't have to be available 24/7 That breeds a reactive lifestyle that will wear on your mind and productivity. You need to give your self breaks so that you can reflect and get back into your work later with greater clarity and perspective. You need your holiday. 3 boundaries. 1. Set a holiday deadline, When it starts and ends. (tell everyone) add into emails - your availability. 2. Go through emails and schedule them to go out later so people get them when the holidays are over and they can confirm appointments for soon after you return to work. Have people resond before a certain date so you can have your schedule confirmed in advanced. 3. Use rescue time. It measures what you do on your computer. You decide what is work, and what is distracting, Facbook, Instagram. You can limit your work. You decide how many hours of productivity is enough. Great for when you need to step away for a time. Set simple, focused goals 1.Keep it to 3 goals. You should know it by heart. Too many and they don't stick. 2. Plan in quarters. Goals have 3 month deadline.  Easier to stay on top the goal and meet it. 12 months is too long. 3. Notes you, for a team, or a company need to be visible everyday, not hidden away in Evernote or your planner.    

Startup Cabin loves games, and this one is very cool. We talk with Christopher Kingdon about Adventure Box and everything surrounding this innovative game. His team has decades of experience, and there are some valuable points to be learned for anyone in the gaming/app market. 

Louise Eriksson, founder of Vint, shares a wealth of startup knowledge in this talk with Xue Mei. Louise is a serial entrepreneur who has great insight into many areas along the startup journey.  In this show you will hear: Why every startup must know how to sell The steps Louise took to research the US market before moving her company from Stockholm Sweden to San Francisco. What matters when building your team

Johan Attby is the CEO of Fishbrain, a social network and life logging app for sport fishing. We hear about how Fishbrain is going after a 40 billion dollar market, his successful journey as an entrepreneur, the lessons he's learned along the way, and why he is strong believer in niche social networks.

Xue Mei talks with Pontus from Dreamhack about e-sports, indie game companies and hackathon.

Jane Skullman teaches companies in the tech and IT industries how to use mindfullness, meditation and brain training to increase focus, clarity and creativity, a method Google has implemented for all their employees as part of lowering stress and strengthening productivity and focus. Other mindfullness advocates in the tech industry are Padmasree Warrior, CTO at Cisco And Twitter co-founder Evan Williams. She explains what mindfulness is. How to begin to practice it. We talk about digital detox/ digital white weeks. How you can experience the same benefits that leaders from Google and Twitter have received through regular mindfulness exercises.

Codarica teaches 6yr olds how to code HTML and CSS! We chat with the founding trio; Sanna Nilsson, CEO Lovisa levin, CMO Rosalyn Knapp, Technological Strategist They talk about: What it's like in Disney's business accelerator program The difference between working in Sweden and the US Why education in coding is essential for today's kids See what their up to over at http://codarica.com/

Maria Richardsson is the founder and owner of nordicdesigncollective.com. She has made her site one of the top sites for original products from independent designers in Scandinavia. Her site is popular site for design and fashion bloggers throughout Scandinavia. You'll hear about: How she created a platform to promote independent designers and help consumers find great new products. Why she focuses on PR and social media more than SEO and high ranking Google search terms. Finding where your customers are. Why you should focus on your customers rather than the startup events and getting on TechCrunch. Bringing an online shop offline

Fritjof Andersson is the fournder and CEO of Relation Desk, which allows companies to provide customer relations and support through social media . Among his first clients were Panasonic, TeliaSonera and Scandanavian Airlines (SAS). Stuff you'll learn: How to use in-person,social meetups to gather people who are the perfect customers for you. How he used the "Lean Startup" methodology How to prepare for meetings with big clients. How to deal with anxiety before speaking/presenting Here is what Fritjof listens to when he needs to get pumped!