The Talk

Mattias Hansson is the CEO of I.S.A.A.C, a company that finds the most exciting and valuable space technology and brings it to earth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Karolina Catoni is heading the Swedish section of Scholars at Risk, an international organization dedicated to protecting scholars across the world. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leif A. Stavøstrand is a Norwegian entrepreneur developing electric powertrains for boats. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

David Prien is the CEO and co-founder of FirstVet, the world's first online-only veterinary practice. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jonas Nyvang is the founder of Stilride, a company that folds anything from metal. Including their first product, an electric motorcycle. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Malin Gruset is the founder of the distruptive baby food company GroGro. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Martin Renck is the founder of Way Out, a company providing mobile freshwater plants for remote areas. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chatflights makes travel booking as easy as texting your friend. In this episode we talk to Chatflights founder Alexis Barnekow. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Timo Heikkilä is the founder of Popit, a Finnish startup that tracks medicine adherence. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Niclas Luthman is the founder and CEO of Nick's, a company that makes delicious ice cream and sweets with minimal negative impact on the body. For the musically interested, Niclas is also a legend in the field of music gear having founded Luthman and 4Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lars-Petter Windelstad Kjos is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Motimate, a platform for gamified learning. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Caritta Seppä is the Co-founder and COO of Tespack, a Finnish company that creates mobile power solutions based on solar power. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stefan Ytterborn is the founder of the electric motorcycle company Cake – a runaway success valued north of two billion SEK after a mere five years in existence. Stefan is also the founder of the successful helmet company POC, a company that he sold before starting Cake. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Heini Zachariassen is the co-founder and CEO of Vivino. This wine app gives users access to the world's largest wine database with information and ratings on over ten million wines and is trusted by over fifty million users. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

David Heniemeier Hansson is the creator of the programming framework Ruby on Rails, the co-founder and CTO of the project management platform Basecamp, a New York Times best-selling author, including a book on working remotely, and a world-class LeMans race car driver. How is that even possible? Find out more in this information-packed episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ole Kristian Sivertsen is the CEO of Desert Control, a company that turns desert sand into fertile soil by spraying it with nanoparticles. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Caroline Fjellner is the founder of &frankly, a platform that takes the pulse on your company's well being. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Making nutritious food from thin air and electricity sounds like science fiction but is made real by the Finnish startup Solar Foods. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Solar power is about to change the energy sector forever, and Andreas Thorsheim is right there leading the charge. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michael Bugaj is the founder and CEO of Meploy, a service that makes the job market more efficient with automation and machine learning. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Isabella Alveberg is the CEO of Snøhetta, the number one ranked architecture firm according to the Baunetz international ranking list. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Imagine using the same q-tip in your bathroom every day, or what about the same tissue, or the same cotton round. It sounds pretty crazy, right? Until you meet Isabel Aagaard. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What if you could break your everyday corporate habits and patterns with art, magic, singing classes or improvisational theatre? Well, you can now. Meet the co-founder and CEO of Breaks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When danish entrepreneur Mattis Curth couldn't find a good place online to buy and sell art he and his brother decided to build one. Their creation Artland is now quickly becoming the world's leading online marketplace for offline art. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What if you start a niche social network for the biggest hobby in the world? Serial entrepreneur Johan Attby set out on that journey six years ago and has become the number one network for anglers all over the world. And what do they do there? Brag of course! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Peter Sarlin is a professor and entrepreneur behind the world-leading AI company SILO AI. We talk about his road from being a young entrepreneur, earning just enough money to buy his first mobile phone (a Nokia of course), to leading one of the world's foremost companies on artificial intelligence. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Luka Crnkovic-Friis is the co-founder and CEO of Peltarion, a company that makes artificial intelligence available for businesses of any size. Their clients include NASA, Tesla, Dell, Harvard, and many others; and after working on their solution for over a decade as a two-man band, Peltarion were finally discovered by EQT Ventures, FAM and Euclidean Capital. With over 100 employees and offices in Stockholm and London, Peltarion are now ready to take on the world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maryam Ghahremani is the CEO of Bambuser, a live video tech company that has been around and struggling since 2007 and now finally is taking off in a big way with their new flagship product – live video shopping. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mads Faurholt-Jorgensen is a serial entrepreneur who has founded over 13 companies. Mads also holds an MBA from MIT. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Karl Martin Lind is the founder and CEO of Eyr, Norway's leading tele-medicine provider. While we do discuss tele-medicine and the future of healthcare, this is even more of an inspirational story for anyone who thinks they don't have the tools to go after their dream. Listen in and prepare to get inspired. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jonas Samrelius is the co-founder and design director of Above, a secretive Swedish innovation agency that has designed many of the products that you probably have around you right now in your home and at work. While Above is unknown to most people in the Nordics, their client list spans many of the world's most well known companies like Facebook, Google, Sony, Samsung, IKEA, Sonos, Dell, Bugaboo, Toyota, and many many others. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Christine Spiten is a Norwegian sailing champion, Engineer, and Co-founder of Blueye Robotics – a company that builds underwater drones for exploring the oceans. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Danish super-entrepreneur Nikolaj Nyholm is not only the man behind several successful tech-startups, he is also the founder and CEO of the e-sports giant Astralis Group, a company that was recently taken public. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do you become entrepreneur of the year, most powerful entrepreneur of the year, and CEO of the year – all in one year? You start an IT-consultant company that turns over 325 000 000 SEK on eleven employees, turning 5000 freelance consultants into one big happy family. Pernilla Ramslöv is the Karate-loving co-founder and CEO of NOX consulting, a company that did all of the above and keeps growing to new heights every day. In this episode Walter Naeslund talks to Pernilla about loyalty, entrepreneurship, and the future of work. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rudi Skogman is the co-founder and CEO of Blok – a next-generation real estate agency that leverages technology to make the process of selling your apartment vastly more efficient. In 2017 they sold 70 apartments. Last year, in 2018, they sold 700. They recently launched the service in Sweden, and with Rudi’s personality and laser-focus on customer experience, it’s only a matter of time before they take on the world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wille Komulainen is a Finnish doctor and entrepreneur who set out to leverage digital technology to take information exchange between doctors to the next level. His and his co-founder’s company Panacea aims to become something of a LinkedIn for doctors and change the way this crucial information exchange works forever. In a world of increasing complexity and with a care crisis on the horizon, this company may well be the one that will one day save your life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sigrun Syverud is co-founder and CEO of FJONG, a Norwegian service where you can rent and rent out clothes. By outsourcing your closet, you not only relieve some of the pressure that one of the world's most polluting industries are putting on the planet – you also gain a larger and more fun wardrobe. Did we mention that you save money too? Besides being one of Norway's most celebrated entrepreneurs, Sigrun is also a fascinating and energetic person, so listen in and get to know her in this month's episode of The Talk. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we meet the man behind Sweden’s fastest growing, and arguably loudest, company – Zound Industries. After recently leaving Zound he went on to start making silent and fast electric boats for a global market. This is the story of Konrad Bergström and his new company XShore. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Walter Naeslund travels to Copenhagen to meet with serial entrepreneur Morten Strunge. Morten has founded, invested in, and successfully exited more companies than we have room to list here – among them not one but two telecom operators, an e-book company, and a wine subscription service. Morten's new venture is in the podcasting space with his new company Podimo, a company that is perhaps best described as a YouTube premium for podcasts. Dare we say it's going to be a runaway success? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet the Finnish ecopreneur and brilliant mind Henrietta Kekäläinen who wants to save the world with Carbo Culture – a clean technology company aiming to draw down a million tons of carbon within the next years. Too good to be true? Decide for yourself! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What motivates our biggest stars and brilliant minds in the Nordic countries? In The Talk, Walter Naeslund meets some of the sharpest entrepreneurs and game changers of our time, who exclusively share their experiences and success recipes. An inspiring podcast from Nordea Private Banking. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.