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When Amplitude launched Mixpanel was the big game in town. They were first to market, had raised more money, and had a well-known brand. VCs passed on Amplitude because it seemed like just another Mixpanel.Today, Amplitude is a $1.5B public company—they're about 50% bigger than Mixpanel. Mixpanel's marketing spend helped educate the market. But before buying an analytics solution most businesses do market research. That's when they'd find out that Amplitude had several features Mixpanel lacked—and they were much, MUCH cheaper.It's not cool to win on price, but it works. It worked for WalMart, CostCo, Shein, and it worked for Ampltiude.Here's the story of how it all happened.Why you should listen:How to use cheaper prices to win in a crowded market.Why you often need 12 hour days to win in Startupland.Why even massive $1B+ successes often have trouble raising early rounds.How pivoting can often be the key to finding real market pull.Why big competitors can often be a huge tailwind.How to use storytelling to raising bigger rounds. Keywordsstartups, entrepreneurship, analytics, Amplitude, pricing strategy, market positioning, data processing, voice recognition, technology pivot, competitive advantage, market dynamics, differentiation, product-market fit, storytelling, fundraising, startup challenges, customer relationships, analytics tools, business strategy, entrepreneurshipTimestamps:(00:00:00) Intro(00:06:13) A cool demo-- but a bad business(00:18:36) Why funding was so hard(00:25:43) Why lower prices are a big differentiator(00:40:50) Working 24/7(00:50:35) Product Market FitSend me a message to let me know what you think!

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Thu, 19 Dec 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://businessunplugged.podigee.io/87-thomaskirchnermanuelboenisch-proglove 6b55d9e6023cb13d8b8590abab5d3d0a Die heutige Folge stammt vom Startupland in Köln, einer von deutsche-startups.de ins Leben gerufenen Veranstaltung. Ich wurde angefragt, dort zwei Interviews zu führen, was ich natürlich sehr gerne getan habe, denn ich hatte die Möglichkeit, mit großartigen Menschen von faszinierenden Startups zu sprechen. Gleich vorweg: Eines der Interviews darf ich leider nicht veröffentlichen – so etwas kommt immer mal wieder vor. Doch das tut der Folge keinen Abbruch. Daher wird dies die einzige Folge vom Startupland bleiben. Aber ich verspreche euch, ich schicke euch mit einem super spannenden Interview in die Weihnachtszeit: Ich habe mit Thomas Kirchner und Manuel Bönisch, zwei Mitgliedern des Gründerteams von ProGlove, gesprochen. Warum spannend? ProGlove ist nicht nur ein Startup, das Hardware herstellt, sondern hat auch einen beeindruckenden Exit in Höhe von – so heißt es in der Presse – 500 Millionen Euro hingelegt. Im Gespräch verraten die beiden, wie ihre Reise begonnen hat, welche einschneidenden und prägenden Ereignisse es gab, wie sie sich beim Unterzeichnen des Vertrags zum Exit gefühlt haben und wie sie nun als „Oma Business Angels“ Startups unterstützen. Mein Gast: Thoms Kirchner (LinkedIn) Manuel Bönisch (LinkedIn) ProGlove Oma Business Angels Startupland deutsche-startups.de Feedback & Wunschgäste: podcast@peopex.de Über mich: LinkedIn XING Instagram PEOPEX GmbH 87 full no Digitalisierung,Logistik,Innovation,VC,Business Angels,Startupland,Deutsche Startups,Hardware,Wearables,Unternehmertum Prof. Dr. Johannes Pohl, Thomas Kirchner, Manuel Bönisch 1588 87

Today's episode of the Friday Nooner was triple-hosted by GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy, Kaitlyn Dang, and––making his Nooner debut, kind of—Cesar Romero. They opened the show with a few words on what they were all bringing to our midday “Grepsgiving” lunch. (We feasted immediately after the show.) Today's main course was American Underground Executive Director Tim Scales. Tim spoke about the difference between AU and other “coworking” spaces like WeWork, indulged us in a place-of-origin guessing game, and filled us in on his journey from theater major (fun fact, yours truly was a theater studies minor, but this isn't about me), to Duke MBA, to a career in Startupland.

This episode is going to piss you off. Most founders struggle to raise their first few million. Many have to bootstrap for years. Even once there's revenue, many get rejected because they're "too early". Dan had dozens of VCs asking to invest before he even quit his job. He raised his first $5M with no deck, no story, and no product idea. All it took was two founders  who wanted to build something in the security space. To add fuel to the fire, 6 months after he incorporated, he raised a $50M round from Sequoia... with no revenue!He didn't pitch dozens of VCs. He didn't create a deck. He just spoke to a partner at Sequoia and had a term sheet in 3 days. The reasons are part macro, part team, part market... and part just the insanity that sometimes happens in Startup Land.It's hard to beleive and makes little sense from the outside. But it often works. Chainguard just closed $140M Series C, has 100s of customers and does 8 figures in ARR. Here's how it happened.Why you should listen:Why launching multiple products at once worked for Dan.How to raise from a position of strength to get favourable terms.Why identifying the right markets can be such an important step. Why time to value and leads to fast growth and high close rates.Keywordsstartup, fundraising, product market fit, Sequoia, security, open source, venture capital, entrepreneurship, growth strategies, technology, innovationSend me a message to let me know what you think!

Willkommen zum Insider-Podcast von deutsche-startups.de. Im Insider #157 geht es heute unter anderem um:unsere Startupland Conference, Voize, Accessus, Conlio, Spryker, Cavalry Ventures und Earlybird

This is our Monday show, in which we look back at the weekend and the week ahead. A big thanks to Maggie for stepping back into the Equity seat while Theresa is out today.Here's what we got into:Stocks are mixed around the world as investors digest the possibility of high interest rates persisting for longer.Crypto price movements seem to have eased in recent weeks in the wake of bitcoin spot ETF launches.Yandex's parent to exit Russia: At a huge cost, it turns out. Given Russian sanctions, owning tech assets inside the country is not a good proposition. But when you sell, you will take more than a haircut.Everbridge is going private: For $1.5 billion, we hasten to add. Not a bad price bump for the 2016-era IPO, but still far from the value it commanded in 2021.And from Startup Land, Wonder Ventures has two new funds, Naboo raised $8 million, and ProducePay put together $38 million to tackle food waste.We closed out with this fascinating CNN story about how a finance worker was scammed out of $25M after a deepfaked conference call.We'll be back on Wednesday morning!For episode transcripts and more, head to Equity's Simplecast website.Equity drops at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders and more! Credits: Equity is hosted by TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm and Mary Ann Azevedo. We are produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products.

Alexandre Abu-Jamra, Co-Founder & CMO of Klooks, talks about their remarkable journey from a bootstrapped startup to landing million-dollar deals with industry giants like S&P and Bloomberg. Specializing in extracting financial data from PDFs and images, Klooks has become a trailblazer in transforming this data into actionable, verified insights for diverse analyses.Here are the talking points,

Diese Woche tauschen sich Pascal und Yannick zu zwei heiklen Themen für den Technologie- und Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland aus: Eine neue Studie bescheinigt der deutschen Startup-Landschaft einen leichten Aufwind, immer mehr Startups werden zu wichtigen Innovationspartner der Autoindustrie. Das Paradebeispiel: Der Heidelberger KI-Spezialist Aleph Alpha. Doch reichen die Investitionen in Startups aus, um international mithalten zu können? Mithalten wollen die Autobauer auch bei der Elektromobilität und sind dafür auf Rohstoffe aus aller Herren Länder angewiesen. Das Problem: nicht immer ist klar, unter welchen Bedingungen, Kobalt, Lithium und Co. abgebaut werden. Ein aktuelles Beispiel zeigt, wie steinig und weit der Weg noch ist, volle Transparenz und Nachhaltigkeit in die Lieferkette zu bekommen. Details zu Startup-Studie hier: https://www.automotiveit.eu/strategy/wenig-startups-in-der-deutschen-autobranche-516.html Wie die Autoindustrie ein nachhaltiges Interieur realisieren will, lesen Sie hier: https://www.automobil-produktion.de/technologie/so-erobern-nachhaltige-materialien-das-interieur-227.html Mehr zu Pascal und Yannick findet ihr auf LinkedIn: Pascal Nagel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascal-nagel-29193297/ Yannick Tiedemann: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yannick-tiedemann-8a8a83a0/ Spannende Hintergründe und Interviews rund um die Automobilindustrie auf: www.automotiveIT.eu www.automobil-produktion.de Hinweis: Die im Podcast getätigten Aussagen spiegeln die Privatmeinung der Gesprächspartner wider und entsprechen nicht zwingend den Darstellungen des jeweiligen Arbeitgebers.

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Seit 2020 ist Kambis Kohansal Vajargah Head of Startup-Services bei der österreichischen Wirtschaftskammer, davor war er selbst Unternehmer. Im brutkasten-Talk spricht er über Herausforderungen, Zukunftsaussichten und neue globale Märkt

Welche Bedeutung hat die Form der Ansprache? Ist es nicht völlig egal? Vielleicht in Startupland, aber sonst? In dieser Folge geht es um Zahnärzte, Schülerräte und Höflichkeitsformen die vielleicht mehr Einfluss haben als man denkt. Warum Demokratie manchmal schwer zu ertragen ist zeigen Beispiele aus der Schule, dass die Mehrheitsmeinung aber nicht immer richtig sein muss zeigt die Wurzelbehandlung beim Zahnarzt oder auch vielleicht die Einstellung zu Beerdigungen! Wieso? Hört einfach rein. Peace und einen schönen Samstag!

They say the best founders can walk through walls. Well, nothing can stop Nabeil.For the first two years, Nabeil and his team worked out of his house. His entire house, except for his bedroom, was an office. He would nap while changes were loaded to production only to wake up 2 hours later to test again. He got in a car crash a week before launch and didn't even set aside time to deal with it.  A year later, Nabeil managed to convince a pilot to let him off a plane so he could make a business meeting! Insane focus meant there was only one thing that mattered: launching on time.If you want to see how deals get closed in Startupland, check this episode out.

Episode brought to you by Trend & Finaloop.On this episode of DTC POD, Blaine and Ramon discuss the latest trends in commerce, including issues with leakage, coupon codes, and overpaying on affiliate commissions. They also talk about the success of DTC brands and how consumers prioritize products. The conversation also touches on the challenges of product manufacturing stages in China and the bankruptcy of Instant Brands. Finally, the discussion turns to fashion and streetwear brands like Supreme and Fear of God, and the difficulties of staying relevant in a constantly evolving market.We cover:1. Affiliate marketing and leakage tracking2. Mom and baby-related products3. Consumer culture and health trends4. DTC brands vs vertically integrated sellers5. China's impact on US consumer market6. Fashion industry and brand relevance7. Streetwear and cultural relevance[00:02:36] China's marketing and customer acquisition strategy[00:04:20] Value reigns supreme in America[00:09:13] Shein's vertical integration[00:13:44] Supreme / VF corp[00:15:48] Fashion trends swing with culture pendulum.[00:19:37] Instant Brands bankruptcy due to excessive inventory[00:25:24] Consumer culture creates and solves problems[00:26:36] Tracking affiliate links and strategy[00:31:33] Baby & Parenting Niche[00:33:18] Lalo & Fundraising News[00:37:05] Specific content targeting for customer segmentsShownotes powered by CastmagicP.S. Get our pod highlights delivered directly to your inbox with the DTC Pod Newsletter! Episode brought to you by Finaloop, the real-time accounting service trusted by hundreds of DTC Brands. Try Finaloop free - no credit card required. Visit finaloop.com/dtcpod and get 14 days free and a 2-month P&L within 24 hours. Past guests & brands on DTC Pod include Gilt, PopSugar, Glossier, MadeIN, Prose, Bala, P.volve, Ritual, Bite, Oura, Levels, General Mills, Mid Day Squares, Prose, Arrae, Olipop, Ghia, Rosaluna, Form, Uncle Studios & many more. Additional episodes you might like:• #175 Ariel Vaisbort - How OLIPOP Runs Influencer, Community, & Affiliate Growth• #184 Jake Karls, Midday Squares - Turning Your Brand Into The Influencer With Content• #205 Kasey Stewart: Suckerz- - Powering Your Launch With 300 Million Organic Views• #219 JT Barnett: The TikTok Masterclass For Brands• #223 Lauren Kleinman: The PR & Affiliate Marketing Playbook• ​​​​#243 Kian Golzari - Source & Develop Products Like The World's Best Brands-----Have any questions about the show or topics you'd like us to explore further?Shoot us a DM; we'd love to hear from you.Want the weekly TL;DR of tips delivered to your mailbox?Check out our newsletter hereFollow us for content, clips, giveaways, & updates!DTCPod InstagramDTCPod TwitterDTCPod TikTokRamon Berrios - CEO of Trend.ioBlaine Bolus - Co-Founder of Seated

Lisa Russell is the founder of Aleria, who also came onto the podcast in in 2020 for episode #334. Aleria takes the guesswork out of Diversity & Inclusion. In this interview, she comes back on to talk about what's changed in the 2 years since the last podcast and what she has learned. Hope you enjoy! ★ Support this podcast ★

Jason and Gareth Edge are co-founders of ThoughtForma, the intelligent no-code platform with a mission to help people unlock and realize their purposeful ideas. As CTO and CEO respectively, they aim to break the barriers to entry that technology itself often represents, and obliterate the obstacles to creativity and enterprise in the digital space. Both brothers are VPs of Technology at Nobody Studios. In this episode of Unlearn, Jason and Gareth share their story with Barry O'Reilly, discussing how they built their company and obstacles they faced in the technology space. How It Started Gareth shares the inspiration behind ThoughtForma. Building software is a hard thing to do and people - both individuals and organizations - often struggle during the process. Even with a team of skilled technologists with great track records, it's still difficult to deliver robust solutions. Coupled with a shortage of technical skills, this leads to many projects never seeing the light of day. “That's [what] puts a fire in my belly,” Gareth says, “this notion of ideas staying locked in people's heads is completely unacceptable to me.” A Pleasant Coincidence Gareth pitched the idea to his brother Jason, who happened to be working on something related. “I was able to dovetail into his vision and we came up with the ideal, no-code platform, which is our answer to the Al Gore problem,” Jason explains. He approached building the platform via an unconventional route, as he had been working for a consultancy specializing in the implementation of Master Data Management Systems. He was hitting some walls in implementing these systems. Jason started thinking about how he could capture the data he wanted without having to rebuild and redesign, and how he could put such a tool in the hands of consultants so they wouldn't have to rely on people to build things for them. “It turns out that the ideas I came up with were so flexible that you can actually apply them to describe and manage anything, even all the ingredients of a web or mobile application. That realization became the underpinnings of where we are today,” he shares. Startup Land It doesn't matter how good you think your product is - you won't escape Startup Land, Gareth advises. “I feel fortunate that I was so naive from the start,” he tells Barry. “I fell into the trap of the field of dreams. ‘If we build it, the users are going to come. Why wouldn't they?' That was the first unlearning for me.” They faced many hurdles in building the platform and the company. Scarcity of capital was one issue, as was the realization that they were lacking many skills. “How important marketing is, how important financial planning, how to build companies, how to build startups - it [was] all a massive learning curve.” No-code, Serverless Technology Jason describes how they got around technical debt. In the software space, technical debt refers to an issue in development where you gradually create a problem you'll later have to solve. Jason got around that by using templates to write the system, rather than manually rewriting everything. This way, if he wanted to make significant changes in architectural approach, he could just change the templates and regenerate the system. Looking Ahead Jason and Gareth are launching a new pattern matching and recognition feature in the near future. “[This] is a key point in our growth story because that now… allows [our users] to self-service so that if they hit upon a feature that ThoughtForma doesn't currently support codelessly, they can build it themselves, and then share that back into the community.” Read full show notes at BarryO'Reilly.com Resources Gareth Edge on LinkedIn Jason Edge on LinkedIn | Twitter  ThoughtForma

Today you'll meet Daughter of Change, Cassie Betts, a multi-faceted Daughter of Change who made a promise to God at a pivotal moment in her life, that she would change the world.Who is Cassie Betts, in her own words?A Diversity and Inclusion Activist (she made that up)Dubbed “The Woman Turning South LA into Startup Land”. (Forbes made that up)Co-producer of Urban Tech Connect- an annual tech conference headed by Plugin South L.A.A volunteer who trains children & inner-city youth in coding, entrepreneurialism & roboticsA founding member of Black Women in TechThe CEO and founder of Tech Bootcamp Made In South LA(MISLA).CEO - Cofounder of MARTY- Making a Reality That's Yours - Social Enterprise. Software, Branding, Digital Marketing Agency, Building out a Social Impact NFT Exchange.The Catalyst and Visionary behind South LA's first Tech Center with VSEDC in partnership with Annenberg Tech, Best Buy, and PledgeLA.Cassie's life has been full of ups and downs and her journey has taken many twists and turns.  From sleeping in cardboard boxes and park benches to founding companies, creating social impact, and becoming a CEO. Cassie is an unstoppable inspiration.To quote Cassie, “Other than the lack of millions in my bank account, :) I live a happy life. Despite all the suffering & hardship, I would do it all over again if it leads me to the woman I have become.”We Discuss (Among Other Things):Cassie's incredible journey to where she is todayWhat prompted Cassie to promise God she would change the worldHow she's keeping that promiseCassie's advice for women and female entrepreneursLinks Mentioned:MARTYMISLA (Made in South LA)Cassie's Instagram - @instabettsCassie's Facebook PageFollow Daughters of Change:Website:Facebook:InstagramLinkedInMarie's LinkedIn:Daughters of Change Podcast Editor:  Sarah StaceySarah's LinkedIn Profile 

Cassie Betts is the founder of District2.Co, a technology company that connects brands/designers with factories to streamline the manufacturing process, and Made In South LA (MISLA), a DevShop Academy. Hear how Cassie went from being homeless to being called “The Woman Turning South LA into Startup Land” by Forbes. You'll hear How she went from coding her first computer game at 9 to being homeless at 19, and how she turned that all around. How do you help protect the poor from being displaced through gentrification? Why more money should be spent on technology bootcamps instead of other diversity initiatives.Note: This episode uses includes explicit language and includes some difficult topics about Cassie's past that may be uncomfortable for some listeners. Please use your discretion.Do you enjoy Innovation For All? Help others find us easily by rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcasting platform. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/innovation-for-all/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/innovation-for-all/support

In Episode 40, Sunny Bahuguna sits down with close friend and serial entrepreneur, Ronnie Kintanar. Ronnie was one of the owners of Jarvis, a platform that connects the time-poor with personal cleaners to take care of chores and cleaning duties. Jarvis was successfully acquired in 2020.Ronnie shares his story behind the startup, including his:

Heute u.a. mit folgenden Nachrichten: - Telegram greift durch - Hessen will Startup Land werden - 10 Milliarden Euro für europäische Startups - Meta dementiert Rückzugs-Drohungen - US-Justiz verhaftet mutmaßliche Geldwäscher des Bitfinex-Hack - Salesforce-Studie zeigt digitale Bildungsdefizite - Disney+ startet erstes Livestream-Experiment - 40 SpaceX Satelliten zerstört Heute begrüßen wir im Rahmen der Reihe “Investments & Exits” Bastian Hasslinger, Vice President von Picus Capital.

Der eine ist Investor und konzentriert sich auf Blockchain-Startups, die andere macht genau das: Der Blockchain-Technologie durch konkrete Anwendungen Leben einhauchen. Die Rede ist von Dominic Briggs, General Partner bei der Investment-Gesellschaft Blockwall, und Sophia Rödiger, Gründerin und Chefin von Bloxmove. Beide sind sich einig: Deutschland ist grundsätzlich ein gutes Startup-Land für Blockchain-Unternehmen. Aber Luft nach oben gibt es noch genug, wie die beiden "So techt Deutschland" im Doppelinterview erzählen. Das ehrgeizige Ziel von Bloxmove: Mobilitätsanbieter auf einer Plattform vereinen, damit Verbraucher nicht mehrere Apps benutzen müssen, um in Deutschland von A nach B zu kommen. "Wir haben schon frühzeitig gemerkt, dass dieser Markt hochfragmentiert ist", erinnert sich Gründerin Rödiger an ihre Zeit bei Daimler Mobility zurück. Sie haben Fragen für Frauke Holzmeier und Andreas Laukat? Dann schreiben Sie eine E-Mail an sotechtdeutschland@ntv.de. Unsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie unter https://datenschutz.ad-alliance.de/podcast.html Unsere allgemeinen Datenschutzrichtlinien finden Sie unter https://art19.com/privacy. Die Datenschutzrichtlinien für Kalifornien sind unter https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info abrufbar.

Der eine ist Investor und konzentriert sich auf Blockchain-Startups, die andere macht genau das: Der Blockchain-Technologie durch konkrete Anwendungen Leben einhauchen. Die Rede ist von Dominic Briggs, General Partner bei der Investment-Gesellschaft Blockwall, und Sophia Rödiger, Gründerin und Chefin von Bloxmove. Beide sind sich einig: Deutschland ist grundsätzlich ein gutes Startup-Land für Blockchain-Unternehmen. Aber Luft nach oben gibt es noch genug, wie die beiden "So techt Deutschland" im Doppelinterview erzählen. Das ehrgeizige Ziel von Bloxmove: Mobilitätsanbieter auf einer Plattform vereinen, damit Verbraucher nicht mehrere Apps benutzen müssen, um in Deutschland von A nach B zu kommen. "Wir haben schon frühzeitig gemerkt, dass dieser Markt hochfragmentiert ist", erinnert sich Gründerin Rödiger an ihre Zeit bei Daimler Mobility zurück. Sie haben Fragen für Frauke Holzmeier und Andreas Laukat? Dann schreiben Sie eine E-Mail an sotechtdeutschland@ntv.de.

Trong Startupland (2015), Mikkel Svane kể cho bạn nghe câu chuyện có thực về công ty của anh ta, Zendesk. Anh giải thích con đường đã dẫn anh từ việc làm cho một website nhỏ ở Đan Mạch tới vị trí trí CEP của một công ty triệu đô tại Mỹ, đồng thời chia sẻ những hiểu biết mà anh thu gặt được trên con đường đó. Mikkel Svane # Vùng Đất Khởi Nghiệp #Startupland

Doni Curkendall was born and raised in Mexico, came to the US as a seven-year-old, and when she entered the workforce started as a receptionist at Goodwill. As the years went on, Doni was continually promoted, got her MBA, and eventually was a Vice President at Goodwill overseeing more than 200 employees. But two and a half years ago, as fate would have it, Doni and I began exploring whether Doni could help run my own then-one-year-old, The Better Meat Co.   For the past 2+ years, I've often said that I may be the face of our company, but Doni is the backbone, serving as our Executive Vice President and overseeing all of our operations and logistics. She's truly integral to the enterprise, and in this episode, Doni shares her secrets about what she's looking for in job applicants, what the transition from nonprofit exec to scrappy startup has been like, how she thinks about compensation packages in Startupland, and more.   It's a compelling insider look at startup life, so listen up, and I'm sure you'll be as impressed with Doni as I am.   Discussed in this episode   Past episodes with Goodwill Industries, Your Choice birth control, and Toni Okamoto. Doni has been inspired by Maurice Hilleman. Doni recommends both How I Built This and Radiolab.   More about Doni Curkendall   Doni's driving passion in life is to use the power of business to help solve social problems. Before serving as the Executive Vice President of The Better Meat Co., as VP of Operations of Goodwill Industries of Sacramento Valley and Northern Nevada, Doni worked to help people with disadvantages achieve self-sufficiency. By the end of her nine years at Goodwill, she was managing operations for $10 million in annual revenue and oversaw a team of 250 employees. She earned her MBA from California State University, during which time she also served as a career mentor for Women's Empowerment, an organization helping homeless women gain meaningful employment. In her spare time, Doni reads Spanish literature, hikes with her dog Penny Lane, and, as her dog's name implies, loves listening to The Beatles.

Conventional wisdom says that you have to be close to the action to best leverage success, so when you are looking towards Silicon Valley for inspiration, venture capital and talent, should you pack your bags? On this episode of Tech Society, Alex and John from Ninja Software speak with David Cannington, Founder and Chief Marketing Officer for product company Nuheara - the developers and creators of multi-functional hearing devices.In the episode, David talks about the Silicon Valley Mentality, the importance of building a great team, and what it is like to set up a company in the most isolated city in the world. He also describes how his product IQBuds is helping thousands of people with hearing difficulties.◎More Information◎▸David Cannington:https://au.linkedin.com/in/davidcannington▸Nuheara:https://www.nuheara.com/▸Nuheara Review by Unbox Therapy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcnzA1WUI8Q▸Tech Society 082 - Startup-Land with Glenn Butcher:https://www.techsociety.fm/episodes/82-startup-land▸Tech Society 059 - Western Australia: Extreme Isolation, Extreme Innovation with Stephen Scourfield:https://www.techsociety.fm/episodes/59-western-australia-extreme-isolation-extreme-innovation▸Tech Society 017 - Startups - Lessons Learnt! with Marcus Holmes:https://www.techsociety.fm/episodes/startups-lessons-learntWebsite:  https://www.techsociety.fm/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techsociety-fm/?viewAsMember=trueSpotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/0STaLU0ATmS9dEyey4FwjviTunes:  https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tech-society/id1516405840Google:  https://podcasts.google.com/search/tech%20societyTwitter: https://twitter.com/TechSocietyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/techsociety.fm/

Karen Dewey had a long and successful career as an executive producer in commercial television, including lengthy stints as Head of Reality and Factual at Nine Network Australia and ITV Studios, before jumping out into StartupLand as co-founder and CEO of Lumi.Media. It's platform software for the global TV production industry, and it's coming out of Australia. In this episode of The Commercial Disco, she talks to James Riley about the exhilarating ride.

The psychedelics industry is booming. Everyone wants a piece of it — between the startup companies, the regulatory bodies, the university medical schools, and ultimately, the people in need of these products and services. As Chief Medical Officer at MINDCURE, Dr. Joel Raskin provides deep insight into the interactions between these institutions as well as his robust knowledge of the scientific process: Intro (0:00 – 2:10) Exciting Times (2:11 – 3:50) Two Sides of the Same Coin (3:51 – 5:12) First Encounters with Psychedelic Treatments (5:13 – 7:16) A Rigorous Process (7:17 – 10:37) Integrating Psychedelics' History into Western Science (10:38 – 13:51) Excitement About the Unknown (13:52 – 16:34) What It's Like in Startup-Land (16:35 – 19:27) Getting Past Your Own Interests To Help People (19:28 – 22:31) A New Chapter (22:32 – 25:08) End (25:09 – 25:52)

Today's Tech Society episode has hosts John and Alex speak with startup specialist Glenn Butcher, who brings his wealth of experience working in some of the World's largest tech companies including Amazon Web Services and Atlassian.Glenn has returned to Perth to support the startup ecosystem, joining the boards of a number of local tech companies. He also shares his cultural differences between Australia and USA relating to work habits, Perth as a remote management hub, good habits of startups and what is holding Western Australia back from being better than Silicon Valley.“So, WA is isolated - everyone knows that. And just like Darwin's animals, isolation breeds differences. And what's interesting is that people in WA don't even know what they're good at.”◎More Information◎▸Glenn Butcher:https://au.linkedin.com/in/glennbutcher▸Ecocentric Energy:https://ecocentric.energy/▸Student Edge:https://studentedge.org/au▸Prospa:https://www.prospa.com/▸Tech Society 065: Why You Should Invest In Startups with Charlie Gunningham:https://www.techsociety.fm/episodes/65-why-you-should-invest-in-startups▸Tech Society 057: West Tech Fest, VC Deal Flow and Perth Vs. Silicon Valley with Larry Lopez:https://www.techsociety.fm/episodes/57-west-tech-fest-vc-deal-flow-perth-vs-silicon-valleyWebsite:  https://www.techsociety.fm/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techsociety-fm/?viewAsMember=trueSpotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/0STaLU0ATmS9dEyey4FwjviTunes:  https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tech-society/id1516405840Google:  https://podcasts.google.com/search/tech%20societyTwitter: https://twitter.com/TechSocietyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/techsociety.fm/

I’m a sucker for a good entrepreneurial story. Toss in trying to build a company in the outdoor space? Now I’m hooked.  Today’s guest is someone I met through the industry when he was first getting his company off the ground.  Standing in a loud honky tonk dive bar in Nashville Tennessee, he outlined his plans to build something that would allow people to trade outdoor experiences.  It sounded kinda crazy.  Which in Startupland, is how you know you’re on the right path.  Slade Johnston is the founder of Trips4Trade. Today, he’s going to tell us not only what it is, but the moments and milestones he’s had along the way, the hardest part of his journey, an entrepreneur he looks up to and why he’s so passionate about R3. Trip4Trade

In our first take in Client Horror Stories, we have Artur Maklyarevsky from Design2Dev, who's been in the Startupland for years, sharing with us his heartbreaking (and also very recent) story. You'd think after a long time working with the same type of projects, you are probably going to have everything under control and have a full automated StartUps scientific method, right? However, Artur here shows us how easy it is to leave aside the key factor when it comes to this field: The failure probability. Yellow flags, unwritten conditions and arrangements, lack of information in a contract that was later used against him, are just a few of the tags this episode could answer to. On and on, Artur kept telling the client what could go wrong and what improvements needed to be done, and on and on his client kept ignoring him, until the least surprising thing ever took place: Every failure that Artur predicted happened. Only this was at their launch party, in front of 300 people. In this Client Horror Stories episode, we'll have the opportunity to learn through Artur's experience on how an idea that seemed very exciting and fun to pull out with a friend turned out to be a conflict-of-interests nightmare that lead to the worst finale: Having a bunch of strangers taking over your project and your team due to a serial of yellow flags you decided to ignore, and a “Don't worry man, I won't stiff you” as a Kiss of Death. Links: Artur Maklyarevsky Design2Dev Morgan Friedman

In our first take in Client Horror Stories, we have Artur Maklyarevsky from Design2Dev, who's been in the Startupland for years, sharing with us his heartbreaking (and also very recent) story. You'd think after a long time working with the same type of projects, you are probably going to have everything under control and have a full automated StartUps scientific method, right?  However, Artur here shows us how easy it is to leave aside the key factor when it comes to this field: The failure probability. Yellow flags, unwritten conditions and arrangements, lack of information in a contract that was later used against him, are just a few of the tags this episode could answer to. On and on, Artur kept telling the client what could go wrong and what improvements needed to be done, and on and on his client kept ignoring him, until the least surprising thing ever took place: Every failure that Artur predicted happened. Only this was at their launch party, in front of 300 people.  In this Client Horror Stories episode, we'll have the opportunity to learn through Artur's experience on how an idea that seemed very exciting and fun to pull out with a friend turned out to be a conflict-of-interests nightmare that lead to the worst finale: Having a bunch of strangers taking over your project and your team due to a serial of yellow flags you decided to ignore, and a “Don't worry man, I won't stiff you” as a Kiss of Death.  Links:  Artur Maklyarevsky  Design2Dev Morgan Friedman

Welcome to our first episode on Startup Trends in India. Pranav and I discuss trends in India that is shaping the startup activity. Pranav is a serial entrepreneur from Bangaluru India. He started Datasissar, a SaaS service for small businesses way back in 2008! Considering, his early vision, who better than Pranav to talk about trends now and what the future hot sectors will look like. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/indiastartuptalk/message

This week we had on Asher Kraut (@asherkraut) with Starburst. Starburst is a global accelerator that focuses exclusively on aerospace, aviation, and defense. Within his role, Asher leads up deal flow, and he spends his time sourcing and evaluating the next wave of companies looking to make real change in the world. In this talk, we discuss: building a defensible market position as an accelerator accessibility, diminishing costs, and lack of competition leading to more opportunities within space and defense focusing your time on problems worth solving flaws within the venture and startup world

In this episode I am talking to Amanda Latifi who has done it all. She is the Co-Founder and CEO of Hafta Have which is the only personalized mobile messaging platform that uses offline data to drive conversion for retailers in-store. Her company was selected to be the member of the 2020 cohort of the New York Fashion Tech Lab. Amanda started to work with brand strategy and consumer behavior with big companies such as McDonalds, SC Johnson, Mars in Chicago and Tech in California before she founded her company. Tune into this episode to hear about her entrepreneurial journey, a deep dive into how to go from idea to startup, the challenges of starting a company and to be first to market and her take on what it takes to find investors and raise money. You will find this conversation useful regardless the industry you are in, her story is very relatable and her learnings can be applied to other industries as well. For more inspiration: Follow LFI on IG: https://www.instagram.com/leadingfemaleinsider/ Follow LFI on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leading-female-insider/ Follow the Host Rebeka on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rebekatvede Reach out to Rebeka: leadingfemaleinsider@gmail.com Follow Amanda on IG: https://www.instagram.com/aelatifi/ Follow Amanda on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandalatifi/ Find Hafta Have: https://www.haftahave.com/ Follow Hafta Have on IG: https://www.instagram.com/haftahave/ Find Hafta Have on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hafta-have/

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Listen to our conversation with Mercedes Bent, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners on their consumer investing team. This interview is part of Harvard Ventures Black Lives Matter fundraising and education efforts. All the proceeds from the sponsored segments of this podcast episode will be donated to organizations aiming to create equal opportunities for the advancement of Black entrepreneurs and investors in startupland. We at Harvard Ventures stand in firm solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement, and we recognize as a community of builders with tremendous privilege to be studying at Harvard we have a responsibility to use all our platforms to demand justice for all victims of racially motivated violence and be active leaders in shaping the changes we want to see in startupland, in America, and in our world. Next week, we will be launching our AMPLIFY series in collaboration with the Yale Entrepreneurial Society. Together, we have mobilized 10 universities across the country to host weekly virtual speaker events featuring the experiences, creations, triumphs, hardships, and learnings of Black entrepreneurs, executives, and investors. AMPLIFY mission statement: http://tinyurl.com/amplifymission Join the AMPLIFY mailing list to stay updated on our events: http://tinyurl.com/amplifymail (open for everyone to join!) This is the first of many ongoing initiatives Harvard Ventures is committed to working towards to uplift underrepresented groups in startup land. So special thank you again to Mercedes for joining us and to all of you for listening, donating, and sharing. Additional resources for BLM donations: https://tinyurl.com/HVBLMDonations --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Markus Raunig und Daniel Cronin haben diese Woche Lisa Fassl von Female Founders zu Gast und diskutieren:1. News der Woche: Große Marken starten Facebook Boykott, Indien kickt TikTok, Vielversprechende CRISPR Entwicklungen, EU Förderung für Robo Wunderkind, Ende der Freiheit in Hong Kong2. Deep Dive: Startupland Österreich mit Lisa Fassl,3. Rockstar der Woche: Cornelia Diesenreiter,4. Moonshots & Predictions: Ehrliche Diversität in Vorständen & Aufsichtsräten---Weiterlesen:A Year In, 1st Patient To Get Gene Editing For Sickle Cell Disease Is Thriving (npr.org): https://t1p.de/n7iy What It Will Take to Create the Next Great Silicon Valleys (Marc Andreesen):https://t1p.de/okmq---Musik (Intro/Outro): www.sebastianegger.com

The women of Soluna- Ashley, former VP of Marketing, and Cybele, Content Strategist- discuss their roles in the space of renewable energy, blockchain, tech, and startup-land. Each with their different backgrounds and experiences, they find common space in what it's like to be a woman in tech and their inspiration for breaking through barriers.At Soluna, our team upholds the values of diversity and transparency. In this episode, you'll hear how it's played a role in the way Ashley and Cybele navigate their love for storytelling and marketing.Connect with us on Twitter!@TheKingdomPod@SolunaPower

Brand new Techish: This episode was an excerpt from a twitter live chat [recorded earlier in the week] with Abadesi and Michael discussing how to survive in startup land in 2020! Remote Work: www.pocitjobs.com/remote Hustle Crew: www.hustlecrew.co Level Up: #Techish Stuff: Use the hashtag #Techish on Twitter. Support Techish at www.patreon.com/techish Advertise on Techish: goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8dJ2 Stay In Touch: www.twitter.com/michaelberhane_ www.twitter.com/abadesi www.twitter.com/hustecrewlive www.twitter.com/pocintech Email us at techishpod@gmail.com

Zu Gast im Gründer & Zünder Podcast ist Eveline Steinberger-Kern. Mit The Blue Minds Company ist sie sehr aktiv im Bereich der Energie-Transformation, investiert in Startups und hat mit TECHHOUSE ein Hub gegründet, das Forschung und Industrie miteinander verknüpft.  Die bindende Klammer zwischen all diesen Themen ist die Energie-Transformation. Im Podcast erzählt sie: Was Energie-Transformation bedeutet und was es eben nicht ist. Was für Branchen in diesem Bereich aufeinander prallen und welche Player um den Markt kämpfen. Was sich speziell in diesem Bereich in Israel tut, wo sie selbst sehr aktiv ist und ein Unternehmen gegründet hat und wie sie den Startup-Spirit in diesem Land erlebt. Links in dieser Episode: JVP Jerusalem Venture Parnters: www.jvpvc.com has-to-be: www.has-to-be.com/de Energy Hero: www.energyhero.at Gründer & Zünder findest du auch auf:Spotify, Soundcloud, iTunes, Google Podcasts, iOS App, Android AppSuche einfach nach “Gründer Zünder” oder “Kandler”

Sahil Lavingia once believed his startup was headed for unicorn status, but his Silicon Valley journey turned out much differently.

Today's interview is with Mikkel Svane, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Zendesk, a fast growing and recently listed (NYSE) cloud based customer service platform. Mikkel joins me today to talk about: Startupland: How Three Guys Risked Everything to Turn an Idea into a Global Business - his new book that tells the story of how they grew their cloud based customer service platform from a kitchen table in Denmark to Silicon Valley, a listing on the NYSE and customers in over 150 countries. This interview follows on from my recent interview: Do you know if you are irritating your customers? – Interview with Melvin Brand Flu of Livework– and is number 130 in the series of interviews with authors and business leaders that are doing great things, helping businesses innovate, become more social and deliver better service.

Graham Gintz, founder at Knightley and a former Las Vegas poker player, sits down with Braxton Madison to talk about when to go all in on your startup idea, when to call on an investment offer, and when to fold and walk away. Going all in is largely determined by your motivation and ability to solve the problem at hand. When it hurts you so badly that a solution to a problem doesn’t exist that you are regularly being kept up at night, then you may have the right founder fit for that problem, and it may be time to go all in. From the very concept stage of your idea, the team at Knightley and their SaaS can guide you through the steps you need to take to reach the point of raising capital, from the development of your startup's story to the legal documents you need along the way. Gintz has built Knightley on the idea that it is better for your startup to be found by investors, rather than finding them. This is why it is so important to be out there building a great company, not just being a great networker. Being found gives you the upper hand in negotiations, and if you have a great team, a great product, and great indicators, investors with find you. Be sure that an investor is someone you can stay with for the long run, and if they can add more to the company beyond just capital such as knowledge or connections, then it is time to call on the investment offer. Remember that your first check is the most expensive, that you should only take enough money to get your company to the next checkpoint where you can raise money again at a higher evaluation, and try to project $5 in returns for every $1 invested. Along your startup journey, you may realize that the numbers are just not stacking up, your passion for the problem is dwindling, and it is time to fold your hand. Moving on from an idea is okay, and it is important not to get overly attached to a problem to the point that you stick around for too long. As Gintz puts it, "failure is a part of growth." As a serial entrepreneur, he has endured ups and downs, some of his ventures have failed, but those failures have led to the success of the next, and currently the success of Knightley. Startup land and poker are wildly parallel, and the words of Kenny Rogers in his hit song The Gambler describe it well: "You've got to know when to hold 'em, Know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk away, And know when to run." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/startupdormroom/support

Mikkel Svane is the CEO of Zendesk and author of "Startupland". Join him as he takes you through his lessons taking Zendesk beyond a billion in ARR. Mikkel founded Zendesk in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2007 before moving the company to San Francisco in 2009. Missed the session? Here’s what Mikkel talks about: The future of the cloud The rise of the public cloud and re-platforming of the tech stack How business applications are sold and delivered leveraging SaaS If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin SaaStr Mikkel Svane

Cassie Betts is the founder of District2.Co, a technology company that connects brands/designers with factories to streamline the manufacturing process, and Made In South LA (MISLA), a DevShop Academy. Hear how Cassie went from being homeless to being called “The Woman Turning South LA into Startup Land” by Forbes. You'll hear How she went from coding her first computer game at 9 to being homeless at 19, and how she turned that all around. How do you help protect the poor from being displaced through gentrification? Why more money should be spent on technology bootcamps instead of other diversity initiatives. Note: This episode uses includes explicit language and includes some difficult topics about Cassie’s past that may be uncomfortable for some listeners. Please use your discretion. Do you enjoy Innovation For All? Help others find us easily by rating and reviewing us on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcasting platform. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/innovation-for-all/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/innovation-for-all/support

Next week is Global Women in Entrepreneurship Week. For us here at the Hatchcast, we celebrate every week as Women in Entrepreneurship. In this episode, Aaryn sits down with Alexa Jones, CEO of TheraB Medical, for a conversation about her company, leadership, and the decisions that shape an entrepreneur's journey.We're so glad you keep coming back to listen to the Hatchcast! If you're a Michigan State University undergraduate or graduate student looking to get plugged into the entrepreneurial community here at MSU, please visit eship.msu.edu. You can also check out the MSU Hatch's site, right here.We can be found on all the social platforms, like Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Let's connect and start a conversation!Don't miss next week's recorded-live Innovate State with Marissa Siero. If you're in the East Lansing area, you can register the October 16th live event. Register here, or check out Eventbrite for details!

This week’s conversation follows up on Chris’ recent visit to Flash Memory Summit in the US.  Chris and Martin discuss the storage startup landscape and the range of companies appearing at the event. What makes a company successful?  Is IPO or acquisition the right route?  The discussion starts with a simple, yet tricky question – […] The post #64 – Success & Failure in Storage Startup Land appeared first on Storage Unpacked Podcast.

In this episode, Mikkel talks about how three guys from Copenhagen found themselves in Silicon Valley before people invested in foreign companies, and how they were able to turn that around by creating a new category in the SaaS space and take Zendesk public. Mikkel Svane is the CEO, chairman and founder of Zendesk, a global company that builds software for the best customer experiences. He has driven the vision, culture, and growth of the company for the last 10 years. Under his leadership, the company went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2014 and currently helps more than 125,000 organizations around the world better help, engage with and understand their customers. Originally from Copenhagen, Denmark, he is a published author of the book Startupland, a father of three, and a lover of handcrafted cocktails.

M2 + Macroverse Founders/Writers/Directors Adam Martin + Eben Matthews share about their early adventures in "Startup Land" - learning about making investor focussed pitch decks, the first investor meeting, mindset, collaboration and more. More project updates and news: • Animated Shorts for Laemmle Theaters are in development... • Back to Earth continues... • DeadTown Episode 5 is LIVE on Macroverse! Plus geek fueled obsessions and more! DeadTown Episodes #1 - 5 are LIVE on Macroverse. Download and read for FREE! Get the Macroverse App : www.Macroverse.media • iOS: apple.co/2CaInsG | Android: bit.ly/2EuxlfL #thefutureofcomics You can see more of what we're up to here: www.M2.ninja www.instagram.com/m2action www.facebook.com/m2action www.patreon.com/m2action --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mythmakers/message

In Australia we mention the GFC from time to time but most of us didn't feel the full effects here. Gerard Doyle on the other hand was in London running a company during that fateful time in 2007. It's quite incredible to here the carnage an external factor can have on one's company and Gerard speaks at length about how that time was for him. Another story we discuss is Gerard's attempt to start a company and disrupt a large industry. Disruption is spoken about in Startup Land all the time, however what's often not mentioned is what happens when these industries fight back. Turns out the incumbents aren't going to roll over easily, which Gerard found out first hand. Enjoy the episode!

Jeff Bussgang, Venture Capitalist, Entrepreneur, Professor and Author of Entering StartUpLand joins the podcast to discuss his new book on how to find the right job in the innovative, hectic, and fun place known as StartUpLand.

Dayna interviews Leib Bolel from Glimpse Global. Check out more about Glimpse Global at: https://www.facebook.com/GlimpseGlobal https://www.linkedin.com/company/9329752/ https://twitter.com/glimpseglobal

We speak to Chad Rigetti, CEO of quantum computing startup Rigetti Computing. We dive deep into the challenges that face deep tech startups, the core debates within quantum computing, and what it's like to compete with the likes of Google in this brave new world of the future computer. We wanted to get an insight into what's actually going on behind the scenes in the burgeoning quantum computing industry. We were also intrigued as to how a startup is able to play competitively in a space that requires so much up front investment and such a focus on experimental and theoretical research.     

In this podcast Carlos discusses the article that Laurence recently posted titled: 'Happiness is a problem".

Do you fantasize about entrepreneurship? About starting your own business? But stop short of taking the leap? What if you could crack the entrepreneurship code and increase your chances of a safe landing? Join host Hanna Hasl-Kelchner as she welcome serial entrepreneur Chris Heivly who shares the key to entrepreneurial success. WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER ABOUT ENTREPRENEURSHIP: How Mapquest went from startup to a $1.2 billion exit.  The role of fear in entrepreneurship.  The entrepreneurship CEO trap.  The single most important key to cracking the entrepreneurship code.  Why short-term thinking is a startup's best friend.  Where most startups waste the most time.  How to transition from a corporate job to entrepreneurship.  And much MORE. GUEST:Chris Heivly is one of the leading experts in how to build startups that grow into multimillion dollar companies. In some circles has even been called the Startup Whisperer. He has both large and small business experience, working at the highest level for giants such as Rand McNally and Accenture, and then being a co-founder of a startup called Mapquest that he eventually sold to AOL for $1.2 billion. How's that for the American Dream? During the go-go Internet boom of the 1990's he was a venture capitalist for a few years. It might make you might think his career path has been an express elevator to the top. But that's not really the case, Chris says he's been fired or laid off four times during his career and reinvented himself just as many. He's definitely resilient! Today, Chris is one of two managing directors at http://www.thestartupfactory.co (The Startup Factory). It's the largest seed investment firm in the Southeast, located in Durham, North Carolina. They have a remarkable track record. More than 60% of The Startup Factory's portfolio companies have gone on to raised follow-on capital after they left the accelerator program. That number is more than double the industry average for investment programs of this type. Besides being an early-stage investor with company-building experience, Chris is also a sought after speaker, he's spoken at TEDx and he's been seen and heard in the media, being quoted in Forbes, Washington Post and Crain's Business Journal, to name a few. Plus, being featured in the TV documentary Startupland. Chris is an avid writer frequently blogging on his own website, heivly.com, being a contributing Writer for INC.com, and authoring the book https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976498634/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0976498634&linkCode=as2&tag=businconfinow-20&linkId=75241f9329c6c9aea86463698dc9982a">Build The Fort: Why 5 Simple Lessons You Learned as a 10 year-old Can Set You Up for Startup Success (Build The Fort: Why 5 Simple Lessons You Learn as a 10 Year Old Can Set You Up for Startup Success). RELATED RESOURCES:http://www.heivly.com (Contact Chris) and connect with him on http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisheivly (LinkedIn), https://www.facebook.com/Cheivly (Facebook), http://twitter.com/chrisheivly (Twitter) and his http://www.buildthefort.com (book website). By the way, if you're looking to find or to fill a tech position in Research Triangle area of North Carolina, be sure to check out Chris' website: http://www.bigtop.it (Tech Jobs Under the Big Top.) Watch Chris' TEDx DUKE talk: SUBSCRIBE, RATE AND REVIEW:Subscribing is easy and lets you have instant access to the latest tactics, strategies and tips.  Rating and reviewing the show helps us grow our audience and allows us to bring you more of the information you need to succeed from our high powered guests. Download ♥ Subscribe ♥ Listen ♥ Learn ♥ Share ♥ Review ♥ Enjoy

In dieser Sendung haben wir wieder mal einen Gast an Bord: wir begrüßen herzlich Lukas Weber, der uns von seiner Computer-Initiation und seinen umtriebigen Aktivitäten im Startup-Land und seinen Einblicken in die Welt der "Connected Cars" bietet. Die unterhaltsame Sendung hat dann auch prompt Überlänge.

Lisa Mitchell is the founder of Power Body Language. She embodies a lot of the qualities we've discussed since the start of this podcast. Becoming a brand new version of yourself takes courage, perseverance and a lot of hard work on your part.This is especially true if the new version you see for yourself is to become an entrepreneur. In the news, we always hear about the widely successful entrepreneur's and all the money they've just made because they sold their business or their product is now the hottest thing on the planet.When this happens the news reports almost always make us think the entrepreneur is an overnight success.  We all know, or at least, I hope the listeners to this podcast know, that there's no such thing as an overnight success. In the words of Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock, it takes blood, sweat, and respect. The first two you give, the last one you earn.Yet many people still think to themselves when they see a news clip about an entrepreneur who has made it big, “man are they lucky” or maybe even, “I could've done that.”But the truth is we didn't. We didn't because, unlike the entrepreneur whose name is now all over the news, we decided not to take action.Taking action is one of the core tenants of becoming a brand new you. Why do we choose to not take action? Simply put because action requires change and change is hard, especially if that change involves you taking the entrepreneurial path.Nelson Mandela once said,“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”Lisa has fallen down more than once but she got back up again and again and somehow managed to continue moving forward.And while Today, Lisa is a certified body language trainer and non-verbal skills expert, this wasn't always the case. In fact, Lisa's story is very typical for many entrepreneurs and her story offers so many great lessons for us all.These lessons can be applied in our quest to becoming a brand new version of ourselves but as I've already said they don't come easy or without a struggle.A quick note of thanks goes out to Jonathon Perrelli. Jonathon is the founder of Startupland.TV and he approved the use of the audio snippets you'll hear on this show. You'll learn more about Startupland later in the podcast, but for now, if you want to learn more head over to Startupland.TV.

Life is not always easy in Startup Land.  Listen to two very different startup founders talk about the struggles and rewards of launching a new company.  Also, in studio for this episode of FastStart.talk is Buddy the the Border Collie.

When you’re moving fast to build and grow a new company or project, you’re bound to make mistakes as well as unexpected discoveries. Mikkel Svane, CEO & founder of Zendesk and author of Startupland, shares real stories from the front lines of starting Zendesk that explore how you stay in touch with the human side of customers and your business as you scale.