Podcasts about visionary companies

In this episode, Ray Sclafani discusses the critical role of mission, vision, and values in driving business success. He outlines seven key impacts these principles have on organizations, including improved alignment, decision-making, employee engagement, adaptability, client experience, accountability, and innovation. He emphasizes that regularly revisiting and integrating these core elements can lead to better business outcomes and a sustainable competitive advantage.Key TakeawaysMission, vision, and values are essential for business success.Employee engagement is linked to a strong sense of purpose.Adaptability is enhanced by regularly reviewing core principles.A culture of accountability fosters better business outcomes.Regular reflection on values leads to sustained competitive advantages.Books on leadership can provide practical insights for implementation.Excellent Additional Reading RecommendationsStart with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon SinekThe Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business by Patrick LencioniBuilt to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry I. PorrasTraction: Get a Grip on Your Business" by Gino WickmanDare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Brené BrownFor more information click here to visit The ClientWise Blog.Find Ray and the ClientWise Team on the ClientWise website or LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeTo join one of the largest digital communities of financial advisors, visit exchange.clientwise.com.

Maryam Banikarim joins Katie Zeppieri on this episode of Get Mic'd to share her inspiring journey from almost launching a travel guide with Gap's "Individuals of Style" campaign to leading Fortune's Most Powerful Women and Brainstorm Tech brands.  As a purpose-driven leader and community builder, Maryam highlights the importance of resilience, personal storytelling, and building meaningful connections. She also shares success stories from her entrepreneurial ventures, her TED Talk on overcoming obstacles, and her leadership role in creating impactful live events. In this episode, discover how Maryam's approach to branding, purpose, and community can transform your career and business strategies. Episode Highlights 00:00 Intro 00:55 The Gap Story and Career Beginnings 5:01 The Power of Personal Stories and Resilience 07:18 Overcoming Obstacles and Building Resilience 13:51 Career Transitions and Innovation 21:03 Entrepreneurial Ventures and Community Building 33:05 Return to Corporate Life and Purpose-Driven Work 42:15 Joining Fortune and Leading the Most Powerful Women Brand 46:23 Maryam's MicDrop Moments Resources Columbia School of International and Public Affairs Gap Campaign: Individuals of Style Columbia Business School: Executives in Residence Le Cordon Bleu Is Advertising Dead? By Wired   Maryam Banikarim Columbia Business School Commencement Speech Britain's month-old government prepares to tackle worst national disorder in over a decade as far-right riot spread by Fortune Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras WE❤️NYC Campaign Jim Collins' Good to Great Keith Ferrazzi's Never Eat Alone Priya Parker's The Art of Gathering The Longest Table Connect with Maryam Banikarim: LinkedIn  Connect with Fortune Media on LinkedIn Listen to more Get Mic'd episodes

Today's guest has interviewed over 1,000 top CEOs, unveiling timeless leadership principles and transforming them into actionable insights. As the Founder and CEO of The CEO Forum Group, he's not just a host but a visionary who pioneered the term "The Transformative CEO." His nationally syndicated radio show, The CEO Show, reaches over 600,000 listeners weekly across 62 stations, earning its place as the #1 podcast for CEOs in America. He's a Forbes, Fortune, and CNBC writer, with over 350 articles dedicated to transformative CEOs, women leadership, customer experience, culture, and digital transformation. Co-author of "The Transformative CEO," which inspired a documentary series, his work has been featured on Squawk Box and acknowledged by Harvard Business Review for his expertise in executive communications. I have the pleasure of producing The Transformative CEO virtual summits four times a year and have enjoyed sharing his events with my network. I love his philosophy that everyone should have access to success. Please join me in welcoming Robert Reiss.  Join us as we delve into Robert Reiss's remarkable journey from overcoming dyslexia to founding the CEO Forum Group, and explore his unique insights on leadership, diversity, and the power of authentic connections. In this episode, we discuss:

Eric Sugar is the President of ProServeIT since its inception in 2002, and personally has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry. As a modern IT specialist and trusted technology advisor, ProServeIT helps organizations in various industries unlock their digital future and turn technology into a true business enabler. Eric's people-centric approach is reflected in ProServeIT's core values: People Matter, Be Like Gumby, and Do It Right.  Passionate about the positive impact of technology, Eric actively supports education initiatives in local schools and champions fundraising for the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation. As a father of three, he combines leadership in IT with a commitment to community and philanthropy, leaving an enduring mark on both the industry and society. Eric mentions why he decided to join a MacKay peer group. “I can talk to people who I trust that have been in a similar stage of life. I need all the help I can get, and MacKay CEO Forums helps me solve tough issues in my personal life, and in my business.” TODAY'S BOOK RECOMMENDATION: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠'Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies', by Jim Collins JOIN A MACKAY CEO FORUMS GROUP TODAY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MacKay CEO Forums⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ brings results-oriented CEOs, Executives, and Business Leaders together to solve their toughest problems and maximize opportunity through peer learning and support. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CONNECT WITH MACKAY CEO FORUMS: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn ⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠

Today, we shine a light on a critically undervalued yet pivotal element shaping success or failure in business: the business model. With a strategic model, even startups wielding groundbreaking innovations can offer inexpensive solutions while remaining profitable, ultimately evolving into household names. Like our featured brand, MyGuardianDoc, a swiftly expanding virtual health program providing comprehensive medical care for families.Wondering how they achieved this? Joining us to dissect this remarkable achievement are John Korangy, Founder of MyGuardianDoc's parent company, CareClix, and Mr. Charlie Scott, CEO of MyGuardianDoc. Tune in as they unveil the distinctive business model ensuring their profitability. Plus, gain invaluable insights and actionable strategies for revolutionizing product delivery without breaking the bank.In this episode of the Harvest Growth Podcast, we delve into:The significance of fostering an innovative business model in a cutthroat marketTactics for swiftly cultivating brand recognition and engagementThe necessity of defining your business's purpose and mission during the early stagesTools for crafting and delivering top-tier solutions at an affordable rateAnd much more!Bid farewell to second-guessing and uncertainty about your own health. If you're grappling with health symptoms and wishing for dependable medical guidance from specialists, head to www.myguardian.doc for round-the-clock assistance. Access the resources referenced by our guests in today's episode here: ResourcesDr. Deming: The American Who Taught the Japanese About Quality by Rafael Aguayo. Learn MoreBuilt to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras. Learn MoreThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Learn MoreTo be a guest on our next podcast, contact us today!Do you have a brand that you'd like to launch or grow? Do you want help from a partner that has successfully launched hundreds of brands totaling over $2 billion in revenues? Visit HarvestGrowth.com and set up a free consultation with us today!

Sports + Outdoor Mentors is a source of inspiration, motivation, practical career, and business lessons for future and existing sports and outdoor industry leaders. Join us every Sunday for a new episode. In this episode, Icebug Co-Founder & CEO David Ekelund talks about the challenges of founding and running a family business, his people leadership approach but also his commitment to sustainability, and much more. David Ekelund's Book Recommendations:

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Andrew Scheuermann, CEO of Arch Systems, a machine data and analytics company that's raised $25 Million in funding, about the struggles people all over the world face with accessing the tools and resources necessary to build truly smart solutions. Powered by rich machine data, the Arch Systems FX Platform has been developed to automatically surface actionable insights for manufacturing operations, driving better decisions at every level of an organization, whatever they're trying to achieve. We also talk about Andrew's background in engineering, machine building, and entrepreneurship, what it was like striking out on his own to found and lead a tech startup, what manufacturing optimization really means in practice, and how a late-stage pivot from horizontal developer to vertical analytics helped Arch Systems secure their elusive product-market fit. Topics Discussed: Andrew's background in engineering, machine building, and entrepreneurship, and what it means for his current business Making the transition to being a founder and CEO, and the business leaders which inspired his journey What manufacturing optimization and machine data analytics means for those pursuing innovative solutions all over the world Why Arch Systems initially struggled to secure a product-market fit, and the strategic pivot which turned everything around for them The future of where Andrew sees the company, from new materials to expanding into new markets   Favorite book:  Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

In this episode, Troy interviews Declan Kluver and Blake Thompson, based in Brisbane, Australia. They co-founded XRecruiter. Blake and Declan go all the way back, but they finally converged when COVID hit; their pipelines and clients fell and evaporated overnight. So they started chatting again, brainstorming ideas, and in August 2022 they launched XRecruiter, a company that revolutionizes the future of recruitment by taking an industry-first approach. XRecruiter assists high-performing recruiters who would not have considered starting their recruiting firm and provides them with all of the same support and tools they are accustomed to from their job. Enabling them to create their brand while taking home 90% of their billings. Since their start, they are now earning at least $581,000 per annum with four full-time equivalents. All the while taking away the need to manage admin, marketing, accounts, and all the mundane operational aspects from the hands of the recruiter. In the context of adding or recruiting people, it's important to highlight the significance of the boss and employee dynamic before proceeding with hiring them. This is especially true when hiring your friends, you need to draw a line between friendship and business, maintaining a formal tone and the professional nature of the relationship. This Cast Covers:  Helping people launch and market their recruitment agency. A robust business model that revolutionizes the recruitment industry. Prioritizing the business' overall growth, regarding scale and its network. Doubling down on one niche, own it, and beat the other businesses in it. Finding and developing your personal brand especially in small businesses to raise reliability. Utilizing grants available to your access as a means of funding your business. Abstaining from being overly anxious, and controlling your imagination. Taking more accountability and responsibility for the people around you. Having intimate relationships with colleagues at the same time maintaining a formal undertone. Business owners commonly fall into the trap of hiring egoistically. Links: Declan's Linkedin Blake's Linkedin Declan and Blake's Company Website Additional Resources: Confessions of a Recruiter Podcast Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins, Jerry I Porras Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson M.D. Living With A SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet by Jesse Itzler Diary Of A CEO Podcast     Quotes: “We just want to grow as fast as we can with the right people.” — Declan Kluver and Blake Thompson. “The really big businesses that do one thing well will always beat the other businesses.” — Declan Kluver and Blake Thompson.   “Your personal brand matters the most.” — Declan Kluver and Blake Thompson. “Draw a line between friendship and business.” — Declan Kluver and Blake Thompson. “A lot of new business owners fall into the trap of, is ego, ego hiring.” — Declan Kluver and Blake Thompson.

In this Grow A Small Business Podcast episode, Troy interviews Travis Lamance, from Dallas Texas, United States. Travis is the CEO of Haven Aero. He started his humble aviation career with an A&P license he got in 1999. He worked for several individuals for a few years, later on, Travis then launched his maintenance business. Years went by, and with his garnered experience in the aviation business, he decided to combine it with his entrepreneurial aspirations. Launching two successful unique aviation companies, Flight Mechanix and Haven Aero. To build, run, or grow a business, you need money or more specifically, capital. It's hard generating funding, it's twice as hard especially if you're starting a capital-intensive industry such as aviation. However, that's not a problem for Travis, he took a partnership and minor credit and he built from there. Travis also utilized the concept of sweat equity in marketing their business, gaining popularity and fame through appearances in podcasts and social media; preserving cash and budget.  Looking back at all of it now, Travis would tell himself on day one of starting out, “Be patient, be persistent, and stick with it, it'll all come to fruition.” You don't have to be in a race to get to the finish line. You can arrive there at your own pace, enjoying the view along the way; don't forget the goal is nothing without the journey it took to get there. This Cast Covers:   Increased demand for private aircraft since the pandemic. Taking the next necessary big step to grow the scale of your business. Winning the daily battles to win the war. Successfully launching and legalizing your startup to the government to start operations. Getting the right team around you and the right people in the room. Marketing creatively to abide by the limits of a capital-intensive budget. Being smart with money, not putting all your assets in one basket. Figuring out the business's cash flow to not draw in more debt. Seeing returns on hiring a coach that is willing to get critical about you. Staying lean and mean, contemplating carefully whether to hire the next person on the team. Links:   Travis' Linkedin Travis' Company Website Additional Resources:  Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins, Jerry I Porras The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber     Quotes: “The biggest challenge is getting the right team around you and the right people in the room.” — Travis Lamance. “Marketing is a lot more about creative marketing.” — Travis Lamance. “Things don't get solved smoothly and permanently when you just fix them with money, you've got to fix them at the root.” — Travis Lamance. “You got to get an outside impartial person to come in there and give you brutal feedback about where you suck and where you don't.” — Travis Lamance. “Be patient, be persistent, and it'll all come to fruition.” — Travis Lamance.

Linktree: Links! Vestar Podcast Homepage: Homepage Book Mentioned: Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras. Book Link https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/big-hairy-audacious-goal-bhag.asp https://www.developgoodhabits.com/big-hairy-audacious-goals/ The 4 Knows

Good To GreatGood To Great Full Chapter Brief If you want your enterprise to go farther, you should not be satisfied with being “good” but should make continuous efforts to achieve “greatness”, so that your company can be more dynamic, more competitive, and last for a really long time. So, how can enterprises break through the bottleneck of being just good? And how do we build an excellent management team? This book puts forward a set of ideas that, if implemented carefully, will enable most companies to improve their operations significantly and be able to become an outstanding company. Overview | Chapter 1Hi, welcome to Bookey. Today we will unlock the book From Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't. There are many famous companies that have experienced a period of glory, leaving their peers far behind. But slowly, they began to not think about innovation, became content with the status quo, stopped seeking to improve, let themselves fall into the trap of complacency and consequently fell from the top to the bottom. The most typical example is Kodak. Kodak was once the world's leading film manufacturer. Its film recorded people's sorrow and happiness, glory and dreams for more than 100 years. But unfortunately, they have not been able to keep up with the new era. Some people think they stumbled in the face of camera manufacturers like Sony and Nikon, while many people don't realize that the world's first digital camera was actually made by Kodak. The ultimate reason why Kodak failed is down to the fact that they refused to “kill” their signature film, unwilling to move forward toward “greatness”, and eventually died because of its inaction. The lessons of history tell us that when a company begins to become content with their current status quo, and remain stagnant and complacent, the mansion that they once strove so hard to build up will fall into a precarious state. In order to avoid complacency, we should not merely be satisfied with being good, but also we should continue to strive for greatness, to enable our enterprise to be more dynamic and more long-lasting. So, how to go from good to great? How to make the enterprise break through the bottleneck of excellence? How to set up an excellent management team? This book presents a set of ideas that can help most companies dramatically improve their operations and even become an exceptional company. The author of this book, Jim Collins, is a renowned management expert and best-selling business author, whose books include Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All, How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In, and, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, of which we've also provided you with a bookey. He spent his early years teaching and researching at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, where he received the Distinguished Teaching Award. In 1995, he founded his own Management Lab, where he conducted research on business life with leaders of numerous corporations and social institutions. Collins has also served as senior manager and CEO of world-renowned companies such as Merck & Co, Starbucks, Times Spiegel Group, and McKinsey & Company. Next, we will talk about the essence of this book from three parts and learn how companies can make the leap from good to great: Part One: How to build an excellent team; Part Two: How to create the concept of excellence; Part Three: How to achieve excellence.

In this episode of The Craft, Carter and Colby do an end-of-the-year-review. They discuss the development of their crafts by answering four questions: What went well? What went poorly? What did you learn? What inspired you? They also briefly discuss the future of The Craft.Here is a beefy list of works they mention (in no particular order):SongmapsDuneLeonardo Da Vinci by Walter IsaacsonDeep Work by Cal NewportDigital Minimalism by Cal NewportA World Without Email by Cal NewportHans Zimmer Making Dune“Quantum Mechanics and ‘Song of Myself': Getting a Grip on Reality” by Robert M. SchaiblePhysics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science by Werner HeisenbergOn Certainty by Ludwig WittgensteinVisualizing Crowd SizesEffortless: Make it Easier to Do What Matters Most by Greg McKeownBuilt to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim CollinsGood to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim CollinsBird By Bird by Anne LaMotteDialectic of Enlightenment by Max Horkheimer and Theodore AdornoThe Hunter Gracchus by Guy DavenportA Really Big Lunch: The Roving Gourmand of Food and Life by Jim HarrisonSend feedback or topic ideas to heycraftpodcast@gmail.com.··Cover art was designed by Elizabeth Newell. Learn more about her work at elizabethnewelldesign.com or on Instagram @elizabethisadesigner.

Anthony Mongiello, CEO and Co-Founder of the Bulls and Apes Project (B.A.P.), is an Operations and Technology Leader with almost 20 years of experience driving broad culture change, sharp business intelligence, strategic transformation programs, and technology road mapping. Today, Anthony is transforming the NFT industry with a generative 3D NFT project, the Bulls and Apes Project. As a doxed founder, Anthony sets a new standard for what NFT collectors should expect and demand. With his other two co-founders, Manny Coats and Guillermo Puyol, Anthony is de-risking the NFT buying experience with an industry-changing 6 Month Money-Back Guarantee built right into the smart contract.Here's a glimpse of what you'll learn:The values Anthony Mongiello's parents instilled in himWhere Anthony worked in the corporate world before launching his businessWhat the Bulls and Apes Project offersThe definition of NFTsHow blockchain worksWhy community is so vital to the success of NFTsWhy cryptocurrency is viewed as speculative and riskyWhere Anthony went for trusted advice on NFTsThe benefits and education the Bulls and Apes Project offers membersAnthony's advice for entering the crypto space safelyIn this episode…Anthony Mongiello, co-founder and CEO of the Bulls and Apes Project, shares not only his corporate journey with Martin but the ins and outs of NFTs. Anthony has a very clear vision for the Bulls and Apes Project and the community aspect of NFTs, something he is keen to communicate to people unsure about NFTs and blockchain overall.  From his hard-working and respectful upbringing through to Bulls and Apes, Anthony has no illusions about what matters most to any business: the culture. The community aspect of Web3 spoke to him right away. The Bulls and Apes Project sells NFTs but also opens up an Inner Circle community to members. That community focuses on living your best life and helping people grow health, wealth, relationships, and fulfillment, which Anthony describes as the four pillars. In this episode of What CEOs Talk About, host Martin Hunter and guest Anthony Mongiello dive into the world of NFTs and Anthony breaks down exactly what they are, their value to individuals and in the realm of Web3, and the research he put into stable NFT businesses before launching his own with his partners. Anthony discusses the positive benefits of NFTs as well as some cautionary advice for avoiding the negative aspects of the NFT business space. This episode with Anthony is a great place to get answers to your questions about NFTs.Resources mentioned in this episode:URGEOContact email: info@urgeo.comMartin Hunter on LinkedInAnthony Mongiello on LinkedInAnthony Mongiello on TwitterBulls and Apes ProjectBulls and Apes Project on LinkedInBulls and Apes Project on InstagramMark Cuban blogGary Vaynerchuk‘Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies' by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras‘Leadership is an Art' By Max DePree‘The Zen of Listening: Mindful Communication in the Age of Distraction' by Rebecca Z Shafir MA CCCResources recommended for CEOs and leaders:Monday.comBambooHRSponsor for this podcast...This podcast is brought to you by URGEO, Operational excellence in action through the Are you Ready Program!Are you READY to free up your time?Optimize your Organization?Grow revenue and reduce costs?Build your leadership team?Partnering with organizations like yours, we work with you to implement our proven methodology designed to transform your operations, while providing accurate advice and support for real success.Translating strategy into frontline operations, URGEO helps leaders and the people within their organization excel at safe, on-time, on-budget and on-spec delivery. Let's touch base so we can learn how we can level up your business. Contact us today.

What is the most significant factor that separates good companies from great companies? Why do some companies thrive even under extreme challenges while others fold up shop? The answer is simple: Values and Culture. In this episode, Sam and Lucas give us an insight into their core values and culture and how they use it to hire, grow and motivate people. Companies with great culture and core values are more resilient, especially when the entire organization is moving in the same direction. So, what values do you have for your company? “You usually know what the right thing is to do, but doing it is not always easy, and it is not always something that people are willing to do.”- Sam Primm “In business, you're not gonna fail unless you give up, and there's gonna be times when you want to give up.”- Lucas Walls In this Episode:-Love and Respect – We put people first-Continuous Improvement – We grow, innovate, and are open to change-Personal Accountability/ Extreme Ownership – We take responsibility-Courage to Persevere – We get things done-Mindset of Abundance – We believe there is enough for everyone-Integrity – We do the right thing-Fun and Supportive – Our environment is friendly, open, and drama free-Random Thought of the Day: Top 5 AppetizersAnd more!Resources:-Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras - https://www.amazon.com/Built-Last-Successful-Visionary-Essentials/dp/0060516402Connect with Sam and Lucas:- Website- Instagram- Facebook- LinkedIn- YouTube- TikTok

In a time of immense change, how should churches do ministry?  How should pastors and leaders lead their churches and organizations?  Should we set a BHAG--a Big Hairy Audacious Goal?  Should we set one-year, five-year, and ten-year goals?Or is there another way?  Could it be that what we need are not big, enormous goals, but simple to take small steps and achieve short-term wins?THIS EPISODE'S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDES:Markus Watson questions whether or not churches today should set BHAGs--Big Hairy Audacious Goals.“Small steps and short-term wins are the best approach, rather than big programs or large-scale planning.”  --Alan Roxburgh, The Missional LeaderWe are living in a time of discontinuous change.Continuous change is the kind of change that is expected and understood.Discontinuous change is unexpected and hard to understand.In times of discontinuous change, Markus Watson suggests churches should not set large goals; rather they should conduct small experiments.Missteps and small losses can be just as valuable for churches today as small steps and short-term wins.Whether through wins or losses, the most important thing, according to Markus Watson, is to keep learning.Through their small wins and losses, churches can learn about their neighbors, about themselves, and about God.To learn more, join one of these learning experiences:Leading Your Church Through Change, a free online course that teaches the process of action-reflection as a method for leading change in your church.Adaptive Church Leadership Cohort, an 18-month deep-dive learning cohort led by Tod Bolsinger and the Church Leadership Institute to help you navigate change in a disruptive world.RELEVANT RESOURCES AND LINKS:Books mentioned:The Missional Leader: Equipping Your Church to Reach a Changing World, by Alan Roxburgh and Fred RomanukBuilt to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, by Jim CollinsOnline courses and cohorts:Leading Your Church Through ChangeAdaptive Church Leadership Cohort

Do brands last a lifetime? What makes some brands survive while others fail?Think about this question as it relates to your own life. What brands and products do you remember from your childhood? Are those brands still existing?If so, what could their main secrets be? If they are no longer around, what could have led to their extension? So, perhaps you already know the answers to these questions. My favorite childhood car brand was the French-built Peugeot. The Peugeot company was founded in 1810 by Jean-Pierre Peugeot, who began making coffee mills and bicycles.Despite not having seen my grandfather’s functional Peugeot 504 (Peugeot’s first Saloon Car), I did see the spoilt immovable car kept in the garage. The car’s round headlights and sunroof caught my attention at the time. On occasion, he gathers his young children and tells them stories of his car-related antics. From Ho to Hohoe and Aflao to Accra, he traveled.It was the most adored vehicle in the 1970s and 1980s. I used to only consider traveling by the Peugeot. All this time I was hoping for a meaningful experience that I would be able to talk about with my grandfather. Was his account of the car similar to my personal experience, in other words? Brand's perception vs customer experience.Admirably the Peugeot still exists today with different models made, and the company has evolved. Today, I will share with you three key secrets among the many that help brands thrive over generations. There are several ways brands can survive and thrive. The key to success lies in understanding these strategies and applying them to your business. Let’s get started… Customer-focused: if your goal is for your customers to feel satisfied and you put your all into it to achieve that result, your customers will come back to serve you in many ways. Some may become your unofficial brand ambassadors. Brands that attain iconic status are people-minded. They take pride in their work and they go the extra step to ensure that their clients and customers are satisfied. Brands that last know that they’re in business because of people. They realize that these people will be spreading the good word and image about the brand, which will bring in more clients and more money. Brands that last put a premium on their customer acquisition and retention processes and don’t let it happen by chance. are the ones that succeed over the long term. The key to creating enduring customer value is to figure out how to build sustainable competitive advantage, not just for individual companies but for entire industries. Be value-driven! Communication: Brands that last keep their communication channels open all the time. Lasting brands use both new and old media to promote your business. Social media is used to engage with people, listen to them, provide feedback, and promote products and services. Listening helps provide avenues for bettering your products and services and strengthening your brand's presence Lasting brands have a strong digital presence and constantly improve their digital presence to stay top of mind for their target audience.These actions help to strengthen the bond between the brand and its customers Consistency: Consistency is key. Nothing remarkable can be achieved without consistency. It's the value, the voice, and the brand that drives home the message. Brands that last are always improving, always innovating, and always marketing their products and services Follow Coca-Cola’s lead. They’ve improved, even their formula, packaging, and messages, and constantly market themselves.Returning to the Peugeot brand, one of their success secrets has been their ongoing commitment to innovation and improvement. They never gave up, and today it’s one of the most sought-after cars in Europe by tourists.In addition to nine other Car of the Year wins in Spain, they have won five Car of the Year awards in Italy. I will summarize it all by ending with the words of James C. Collins from His Book, ‘Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, “The good news is that one of the key elements of being a visionary company is strikingly simple: Good old-fashioned hard work, dedication to improvement, and continually building for the future will take you a long way… The bad news is that creating a visionary company requires huge quantities of good old-fashioned hard work, dedication to improvement, and continually building for the future. There are no shortcuts. There are no magic potions. There are no workarounds. To build a visionary company, you've got to be ready for the long, hard pull. Success is never final” To remain relevant, brands must continuously reinvent themselves to attract new customers or retain existing ones. This requires constant innovation and adaptation. In conclusion, note that lasting brands are not built on autopilot, when it comes to building lasting brands, it's important to understand what makes your brand different from others, and then find ways to leverage those differences to create lasting value for your customers. Bernard Kelvin Clive Recommended books visit https://www.amazon.com/author/bernardkelvin

For those long-time listeners, you know that I love learning and talking about Leadership, and I love bringing guests on the podcast who can share their leadership knowledge and expertise with you, which is why I couldn't wait to share this interview with you! My guest today is Drew Dudley, a Wall Street Journal best-selling author, educator, and speaker. A mentor of mine introduced me Drew's TEDx Talk “Leading with Lollipops” a few years ago, and since then I have shared Drew's Talk with dozens of people. If you haven't watched it yet, I encourage you to do it now. We have a link to Drew's TEDx Talk below. Drew Dudley is someone who has a refreshing perspective on leadership and he is an excellent storyteller. The first time I met him, I couldn't stop smiling, and hopefully by the end of this episode you'll feel empowered to be an extraordinarily intentional leader. Bottom line: Drew Dudley is going to inspire you to become a new kind of leader.  Your roadside friend, as you travel from client to client.  -Trace    Timestamps: Thanking the best audience in Water Treatment, the Scaling UP! Nation and upcoming events [01:54] Introducing Wall Street Journal best-selling author and TEDx Speaker, Drew Dudley [13:45] Tedx Talk experience and shaping your story [17:42] The origin of the “Lollipop Moment” [21:36] Creating change with Lollipop Moments  [28:08] Leadership as conscious acts [33:24] Becoming intentional with the language you choose to use [37:20] Getting Leadership right in business [40:40] What is Drew's book “This is Day One: A Practical Guide To Leadership The Matters” about? [47:04] Catch Drew Dudley in-person at the AWT Conference in Vancouver! [50:06] Lightning round questions [52:47] Thinking On Water With James [1:05:25]   Thinking On Water With James: In this week's episode, we're thinking about the shelf life of industrial-strength sodium hypochlorite or bleach. How long will a drum of sodium hypochlorite last? What factors can impact its shelf life? Do heat and light have an impact?  Will contact with certain metals have an impact? What is chemically happening to the sodium hypochlorite to reduce its shelf life? What are the possible consequences of feeding it after it is beyond its shelf life? How does understanding the shelf life of sodium hypochlorite impact the volume ordered when usage rate is considered? Take this week to think about the shelf life of industrial-strength sodium hypochlorite and what it may mean to you.    Quotes: “When leadership is all about power, influence, and prestige it doesn't connect with young people.” - Drew Dudley “One of the challenges isn't whether we have enough schools teaching Leadership, it's how they're teaching Leadership, especifically, what examples they are using.” - Drew Dudley “The key to any talk, TED or otherwise, is ‘what's the story'?” - Drew Dudley “The Lollipop Moment is about a moment in life where somebody let you know that you had a bigger impact than you are aware.” - Drew Dudley “Useful compelling ideas are inherently motivating.” - Drew Dudley “Every great story begins with an act of stupidity” - Drew Dudley “It's not the goals you've set, it's not the goals you reached; and it's how you behaved in pursuit of these goals.” - Drew Dudley “Moments of personal impact are the only source of power that are accessible to everyone on earth.”  - Drew Dudley “Leadership is not about random acts, it's about conscious acts.” - Drew Dudley “Never allow someone who you know is a person of worth to diminish themselves in front of you.” - Drew Dudley “If you present how you feel about something, it can't be argued with.” - Drew Dudley “Research shows that the more people in an organization that understand their own personal values and can live them everyday, the better the organization is going to be.” - Drew Dudley “In Leadership, you never steal anything, you benchmark a good practice.” - Drew Dudley “Please tell your story, share it with people. Vulnerability leads to extraordinary connections.” - Drew Dudley “As a speaker, what you've been given is the gift of other people's attention and the opportunity to change minds.” - Drew Dudley “When we put ideas out in the world, we have no idea where they're gonna land.” - Drew Dudley   Connect with Drew Dudley: TEDx Toronto - Drew Dudley "Leading with Lollipops" Phone: 1-855-685-3253 Email: support@drewdudley.com Website: www.drewdudley.com LinkedIn: in/dayonedrew Twitter: @DayOneDrew Instagram: @dayonedrew Facebook: @DayOneDrew Book: This is Day One by Drew Dudley   Links Mentioned: TEDx Toronto - Drew Dudley "Leading with Lollipops" Watch more TED Talks on TED and TEDx Talks Audible Cystic Fibrosis Canada The Rising Tide Mastermind AWT (Association of Water Technologies) How to Apply or Renew Your Passport? Dirty Jobs (TV Series) March of the Penguins (Documentary) Submit a Show Idea   Events: The Hang Networking Event - July 14, 2022 @ 6:00 p.m. EST 2022 Utility Leadership Conference – July 24 to 27, 2022 in Seattle, Washington  Smart Water Summit – August 29 to 31, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas  Association of Water Technologies' 2022 Annual Convention and Exposition – September 21 to 24, 2022 in Vancouver, Canada How to Apply or Renew Your Passport?   Books Mentioned: This is Day One: A Practical Guide To Leadership The Matters by Drew Dudley  Start With Why by Simon Sinek Dare to Lead by Brené Brown  Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown  Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown  The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown  Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown  Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown  I Thought It Was Just Me (But it isn't): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power by Brené Brown  Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy by Jon Gordon The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni Silos, Politics and Turf Wars by Patrick Lencioni Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? By Seth Godin Be So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport Leadership, Reinvented by Hamza Khan Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson Everything is Horrible and Wonderful by Stephanie Wittels Wachs The Leadership Test: Will You Pass? by Timothy R. Clark Encouraging The Heart Workbook by Barry Posner and James M. Kouzes Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln  

Are you considered a job or career change because you're exhausted by work, unmotivated and unfulfilled? Is burnout a factor in your desire for change? Unfortunately, job burnout has only become more common since the start of the pandemic. Here's my advice for how to improve or redesign your relationship to your work if you're struggling with this.  In this final solo episode of our season on career leaps, I'm tackling burnout, one of the biggest issues I see facing workers today. I'm explaining why it's become so common in the past few years, and sharing my own experience with burnout in my career. Then, I'm giving you some actionable tips for tackling burnout in your own work life. In this episode, you'll learn... The role burnout plays in making a career leap [1:37] How burnout has become more common in the past few years [2:58] What job burnout is and what it feels like [3:39] How a coach can help you get out of burnout and into a career you love [5:16] How the pandemic spurred burnout for “knowledge workers” and service providers [8:11] Why you shouldn't rely on solely your job to provide meaning [11:37] My advice for anyone struggling with burnout [16:11] Why it's important to take ownership of the parts of your work life you can control [25:18] If you're considering your own courageous career change, be sure to tune into this episode. Get full show notes and the episode transcript: https://www.lisahoashi.com/leaplikeme/episode29 Links mentioned in this episode… Listen to Episode 23 with Sika Stanton: https://www.lisahoashi.com/leaplikeme/episode23 Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras Download my FREE Change Planner: https://www.lisahoashi.com/change-planner

So you've decided to make a  career leap. Now, how do you land that next position? Sure, you can go the traditional route by applying for openings on job boards, but that's not the only way (or the best way) to get a job. There are plenty of effective job searching methods, so let's find the right one for you. In this episode, I'm sharing three different tactics for finding and landing jobs in a new field. I'm explaining how to use your network to your best advantage and how to fill the gaps in your knowledge before you leap. Plus, if you want to go the traditional application route, I've got a few tips for that, too. In this episode, you'll learn... Which factors might be working against you during your career pivot [1:57] Why the traditional job application process isn't always the best approach [4:43] Tips for applying for jobs the traditional way on job boards and listing sites [5:54] Alternative job search tactics for when you get fed up with sending cold applications [8:26] How to fill the gaps in your knowledge before making your leap [9:46] How to search for internal opportunities in your current company [13:34] Why networking is one of the most valuable tools in your career pivot toolbox [16:01] The value of your community during your career pivot [19:58]   If you're considering your own courageous career change, be sure to tune into this episode. Get full show notes and the episode transcript: https://www.lisahoashi.com/leaplikeme/episode26 Links mentioned in this episode… Listen to Episode 23 with Sika Stanton: https://www.lisahoashi.com/leaplikeme/episode23 Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras Download my FREE Change Planner: https://www.lisahoashi.com/change-planner

Do you know what you want out of your next career move? It might seem like an impossibly big question, but defining your vision for the future is the best thing you can do for your life and career. Not only does it give you a map for your next move, but it also helps you identify the right opportunities and take them with confidence. In this episode, I'm explaining why you should start your leap with a clear vision of your ideal career and life. I'm walking you through the process of defining your vision and sharing a bit about how this strategy has impacted my own career. Plus, I'm talking about the real, practical benefits of keeping your vision at the forefront of your mind and using it to make all your decisions. In this episode, you'll learn... How I came to find this strategy for achieving big changes in my life [1:21] What it means to define your “vision” for your career and life [3:33] Why everyone knows what they want, even if they can't put it into words yet [4:08] How to overcome negative thoughts and mindset blocks as you craft your vision [5:46] How the idea of a “dream job” can actually be harmful to your career search [7:08] How to get started with your career vision today [8:38] The practical benefits of visioning and how it can change your daily life [10:19] How visioning helps you recognize and jump on new opportunities [12:19] What having a vision has taught me in my own life and career [15:19] Why you should set “big, hairy, audacious goals” in your business [16:10]   If you're considering your own courageous career change, be sure to tune into this episode. Get full show notes and the episode transcript: https://www.lisahoashi.com/leaplikeme/episode24  Links mentioned in this episode… Listen to Episode 23 with Sika Stanton: https://www.lisahoashi.com/leaplikeme/episode23 Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras Download my FREE Change Planner: https://www.lisahoashi.com/change-planner

Episode 86: 2021 Year in Review In this episode Vanessa takes a solo tour through the past year, looking at some of the big public events as well as some private lessons learned. She remembers the election of Raphael Warnock as the first African-American to represent Georgia in the Senate, the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, the U.S. departure from Afghanistan, and the victory of her hometown Atlanta Braves in the World Series. She also shares some of the challenges she personally overcame and some of the tips and strategies Asfalis Advisors used to move forward as a company this year. In this episode, you will learn: • The necessity of defining and living by your core values. • The difficulty and value of apologizing. • The perils of micromanaging. • The importance of identifying people you can trust and then trusting them. • The benefits for a leader of setting a one-year plan, a three-year target, and a “Big Hairy Audacious Goal™” 10-year goal (coined by Jim Collins) Vanessa also thanks her listeners, subscribers, and guests and wishes everyone a happy and safe new year. [LINKS MENTIONED] CNN.com 2021 in Review: Fast Facts: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/19/us/2021-in-review-fast-facts/index.html [BOOKS MENTIONED] “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies,” by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras “Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business,” by Gino Wickman Disaster Recovery Journal: Register for DRJ's weekly (Wednesday) webinar series at https://drj.com/webinars/up-coming/ Register for DRJ Spring 2022: Resiliency Transformed at http://www.drj.com/spring2022 Asfalis Advisors: • https://www.asfalisadvisors.com • Apply to be a guest on the podcast: https://www.asfalisadvisors.com/decoded/ • Download the 5 Step Crisis Strategy: https://www.asfalisadvisors.com/services/ Connect with the podcast! • Please take part in our podcast listener survey at: https://forms.gle/XDuYPcFjXaydkEXV6 • Email us at podcast@drj.com • Podcast Website: https://drj.com/decoded/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/BRDecoded • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/business-resilience-decoded/ Vanessa Mathews, host Vanessa Mathews is the founder and chief resilience officer of Asfalis Advisors, where they are focused on protecting the legacy of the leaders they serve through business resilience. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Mathews developed global crisis management and business continuity programs for government and private sector organizations to include Lowe's Companies, Gulfstream Aerospace, and the Department of Homeland Security. • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-vaughn-mathews-mba-cbcp-70916b4b/ • Book Mathews as a speaker: https://bit.ly/VanessaMathews • Asfalis Advisors: https://www.asfalisadvisors.com/ Jon Seals, producer Jon Seals is the editor in chief at Disaster Recovery Journal, the leading magazine/event in business continuity. Seals is an award-winning journalist with a background in publication design, business media, content management, sports journalism, social media, and podcasting. • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonseals/ • Disaster Recovery Journal: https://drj.com/

Bill Watkins and I discuss BHAG's which stand for Big Hairy Audacious Goals. First coined by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras in their pivotal book, “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies,” A BHAG is a clear and compelling target for a company or organization to strive for. Be sure to subscribe to the Dog Whistle Brand Newsletter on Substack here: www.dogwhistlebranding.com

Greetings, Summit Leaders. Setting goals is essential in accomplishing your purpose, vision, and results on your life and career journey. Great leaders set goals that challenge their faith and grow them as leaders as they go. The beauty of leadership is that all receive the call to serve and lead. The key is accepting the call and setting your goals and living by faith. Think about great leaders. Who comes to your mind?Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, Thomas J. Watson, Sr., and Joshua are a few that come to me. Their goals are "Big Hairy Audacious Goals."   In their book, Built to Last  Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, Jerry I Porras and Jim Collins believe that visionary companies commit to "Big Hairy Audacious Goals," while others resist. These goals provide the catalyst for innovative companies, and I will add leaders to move forward. Identity matters when setting goals. Great leaders discover that believing and faith are the critical first steps. Commitment precedes power. Someone once said regarding leadership, "You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world." These are growth mindset affirmations that impact and extend the reach of servant leadership. The real evidence of great leaders is the way they act. In Saltwater Leadership, Second Edition - A Primer on Leadership for the Sea Services, Second Edition, the authors point out that fully 97% of leadership is a growth mindset. They point to height, intelligence measured by IQ account for 3%.   The 97% includes attributes we can learn and develop - character, empathy, integrity, communications ability, hard work, bravery, compassion, competence, and resilience - through study, discernment, and practice. Patience, perseverance, and training are essential in becoming a great leader. This week a Summit Leader shared his desire to find his calling and make an impact by focusing his passion on the right thing.  Discernment and sound judgment are required. "Goals are a great way of thinking long. Goals are well-defined dreams that are measurable." "Goals are dreams with deadlines. If you don't give your dream a deadline, it will be dead before you know it. Deadlines keep dreams alive. Deadlines bring dreams back to life." Mark Batterson       Saltwater Leadership, Second Edition gives some practical advice for leaders.  Learn by reading books. Observe others. Take courses. Practice leadership principles. Seek growth experiences. Find a mentor or coach. Embrace the acronym "SPOM: Study, Practice, Observe and Mentor." Someone once said about leaders who set goals and live by faith, "For indeed we have the good news shared with us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard." Take time to listen and set your goals by faith. Be bold, brave, and believe. Be strong and courageous. Where are you now? Begin with your vision. What is your dream?"Write down the vision, make it plain on the tablets, so that the reader may run with it. Keep it within your sight, for the vision points ahead to an appointed time.Even if there is a delay, wait for it. It is coming and will come without delay.    Victory!   

When things are good, is it the right move to settle in place? In this week's episode, Brad and Jonathan discuss the nature of good, and how things being good is often the biggest obstacle standing in the way of things being great. After all, there is no opportunity for growth if you linger in a state of complacency! Resources Mentioned In Today's Conversation Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins Early Retirement Extreme Pimsleur Subscribe to ChooseFI's Weekly Newsletter! Follow Brad on Twitter! Want to start your own journey to Financial Independence? Sign up for the free 5-Day FI Challenge here!

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Tonise Paul, Chairman and former President & CEO of Energy BBDO shares her irrefutable leadership insights for personal & organizational success. She discusses the necessity of authenticity in determining brand values, creating and maintaining culture, and how opportunities can be embedded in crisis. Tune in to hear how she implemented change during her long-term tenure as CEO. 1:38– Nonlinear journey to college & leadership lessons 7:00—Most surprising part of becoming CEO—creating and maintaining culture 10:22—Tonise's irrefutable leadership insights 13:50—The origin of energy becoming & important part of brand identity and leadership 16:21—Leading with faith & love 18:58—Values based leadership— how should leaders be thinking about a redefinition of brand values? 23:35—Saying “No” to clients/projects 25:14—Discuss the consistency of work & the positive impact of long-term CEO tenures 30:32—Tonise's boldest career move & the significance of creating growth opportunities 34:24—Discuss the crucial balance of change & preservation BBDO 38:03—Leading with the “how” not the “what” 44:08—What does the future hold—artificial intelligence & machine technology 46:01—Advice to 18-year-old self—Trust yourself Books Recommendations: The Service Profit Change Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't The Power of A Positive No Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies   Energy BBDO   Thank you to our podcast sponsor, Shure Incorporated. For nearly 100 years, Shure Incorporated has developed best-in-class audio products that provide high-quality performance, reliability and value. Headquartered in Niles, Illinois, our history of innovation and expertise in acoustics, wireless technology, and more enables us to deliver seamless, transparent audio experiences to a global audience. Our diverse product line includes world-class wired and wireless microphones, networked audio systems and signal processors, conferencing and discussion systems, software, a loudspeaker, and award-winning earphones and headphones. Find Shure on: Facebook LinkedIn

For today's episode of the Purpose and Profit Podcast, I'm so happy to be joined by a very special guest, Yancey Strickler. He's an author, entrepreneur, speaker and thought leader. He's also the co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter and the creator of a framework, Bentoism, which he shares in his book: This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World. Sign up for Yancey's newsletter here: https://www.ystrickler.com/ In this episode Yancey and I discuss: The key perspective that will enable you to create a workplace culture without fostering organizational anxiety. The most dependable way to maintain core values throughout leadership and employee turnover within a company. The surprising reason why changes needed for decarbonization will happen. The message to our generation from a moderate time traveler set back from 2050. What today's business leaders can learn from JFK. The secret to moving beyond the randomness of life, and tapping into fully intentional decision making. Takeaways from this episode: Take time to question the way things are done, and be intentional about how you're operating your company. Question the status quo to determine if it's the right way forward, or if there is a better way. Employees and consumers are in a position to create the most pressure for change. Use the power you have. As a consumer, and employee, use your dollars and voice to support the change you want to see. The marketplace for all categories continues to be more crowded. To be successful, you'll need to define who you are and who you aren't. In each category, there is a low price leader, and there is a most loved leader. Becoming the most loved has to do with values and unselfish thinking on behalf of the company. References: This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto For A More Generous World by Yancey Strickler: https://www.amazon.com/This-Could-Our-Future-Manifesto-ebook/dp/B07P9MTN2F/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=this+could+be+our+future&qid=1616616837&sr=8-1 http://www.bentoism.org/ Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins: https://www.amazon.com/Built-Last-Successful-Visionary-Essentials-ebook/dp/B0058DRSHW/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Built+to+Last%3A+Successful+Habits+of+Visionary+Companies+by+Jim+Collins&qid=1616616878&sr=8-1 Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make The Leap And Others Don't by Jim Collins: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others-ebook/dp/B0058DRUV6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Good+to+Great%3A+Why+Some+Companies+Make+The+Leap+And+Others+Don%E2%80%99t+by+Jim+Collins&qid=1616616902&sr=8-1 Public Benefit Corporation is a legal tool to create a solid foundation for long term mission alignment and value creation. It protects company missions through capital raises and leadership changes, creates more flexibility when evaluating potential sale and liquidity options, and prepares businesses to lead a mission-driven life. B Corporation certification is a third-party validation of a company's current practices in fulfilling a certain threshold of considering stakeholders beyond shareholders: consumers, suppliers, community and the environment. Each year certified B Corporations get a score on their performance. Being a B Corporation is not legally binding like a PBC (a company can choose to stop being a B Corporation without legal ramifications). Tariq Fancy op-ed: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/03/16/wall-street-esg-sustainable-investing-greenwashing-column/6948923002/ The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells: https://www.amazon.com/Uninhabitable-Earth-Life-After-Warming-ebook/dp/B07GVPFH5V/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Uninhabitable+Earth%3A+Life+After+Warming+by+David+Wallace-Wells&qid=1616616930&sr=8-1 Yancey Strickler's Interview with David Wallace-Wells: https://ideaspace.simplecast.com/episodes/author-david-wallace-wells-on-the-new-economics-of-the-climate-Pj3bMhlk Greta Thunberg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Thunberg Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide To Changing Capitalism by Mariana Mazzucato: https://www.amazon.com/Mission-Economy-Moonshot-Changing-Capitalism-ebook/dp/B089SZL4W7/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Mission+Economy%3A+A+Moonshot+Guide+To+Changing+Capitalism+by+Mariana+Mazzucato+%5C&qid=1616616984&sr=8-1 https://www.ystrickler.com/ Connect & Share: If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? 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Setting big goals can be exciting and motivating, but unfortunately we tend to get lost on the way to achieving them. On this episode, we talk about  BHAGs - Big Hairy Audacious Goals -  what they are and how to tackle them without stressing out. Show Notes:BHAG comes from the 1994 HarperBusiness book “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies” by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras and it's an acronym for Big Hairy Audacious GoalsHere was the litmus test from the book to see if you've got a real BHAG:Does it stimulate forward progress for you? Does it create momentum?Does it get you going?Does it get your juices flowing?Do you find it stimulating, exciting, adventurous?Are you willing to throw your creative talents and energies into it?Break down your BHAGs into smaller milestones you can accomplish in a shorter time frame, such as 2-weeks. Once you have these milestones, do some rough estimating for how long each milestone will take so you can be sure you've set a realistic timeline on that BHAG.Make sure you've got your list of milestones and tasks in a list that's prioritized by most important and any related due dates Visit http://www.agileselfdevelopment.com and click "Free Guide" in the top menu to start creating your own personal vision statement.Interested in starting your own podcast? ​Take a Podcasting Course from Wit & Wire  like I did!Please note the podcasting course is an affiliate link. If you make a purchase, I may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you.

PaceUp Invest Helps Women to Create and Manage Wealth – Founded by a Woman90% of the clients of robo advisors in Germany are still men. This has not changed. The interfaces look all the same. They are not targeting women properly. Rukayyat Kolawole, Founder and CEO PaceUP Investment Don’t Miss Any Blog Post, Video, or Audio PodcastSubscribe to our newsletter on Substack here: https://startupradio.substack.com/subscribe The FounderRakuyyat Kalowole (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rukayyat-modupe-kolawole-cfa/) is originally from Nigeria but had already very interesting life. Since her regular visits to her grandmother, who was an active trader, she is fascinated with the fast pace of trading in capital markets. She studied at Georgetown University in the US, Tongji University in China, as well as Mannheim Business School in Germany. Being fascinated by capital markets all her life, it comes as no surprise, that she joined Goldman Sachs in London, as well as Bloomberg in Reuters in London as well. When she relocated to Germany, to study in Mannheim, she also set up a shop there with her hybrid Robo advisor for women. Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to sharing their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn On our platform there will be a lot of impact investing, so women can choose how they want to invest according to their values and needs. Rukayyat Kolawole, Founder and CEO PaceUP Investment The StartupPaceUp Investment (https://www.paceupinvest.com/) is a hybrid Robo advisor headquartered in Mannheim Germany. We have talked about Mannheim before, but a short wrap-up: It is the only city in Germany set up in squares. Mannheim is the first city in the world, where a car drove (Carl Benz lived close by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Benz) and the place where the world’s first electric elevator was installed here in 1880 (Werner von Siemens). Rakuyyat set up her company PaceUP here to help women build wealth with a hybrid approach, combining remote investment advice with a Robo advisor. PaceUp provides women the tools to understand the basics. Then they offer advisory and coaching, before investing with their Robo advisor. Full service with LicensePacUp will be able to offer its full service only after regulatory approval. They are currently looking at Q4 2021 or Q1 2022 to go live. PaceUp on Social MediaFacebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/2399668980113869Instagram https://www.instagram.com/paceupinvest/LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8788895/YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3EIqAHmEF0dnPB-IAy6gPw Venture Capital FundingPaceUp is currently funded by an angel investment in combination with a government grant of the state of Baden Wurttemberg. They will start their next fundraising soon, looking at 900k €. When I got in a bank to get a mortgage to buy my first apartment, my bank advisor asked me “where is your husband”. … other women had similar experiences Rukayyat Kolawole, Founder and CEO PaceUP Investment Further Readings / Additional ResourcesCapital Markets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_marketForex: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/forex.aspDerivatives: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/derivative.aspImpact investments: https://thegiin.org/impact-investing/need-to-know/ETFs: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/etf.aspBaFin: https://www.bafin.de/EN/Homepage/homepage_node.htmlFeedbackReach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” https://forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA The InterviewerThis interview was conducted by Jörn “Joe” Menninger, startup scout, founder and host of Startuprad.io. Reach out to him: LinkedIn Twitter Email Follow usInstagram https://www.instagram.com/startuprad.io/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/4837115/ Twitter https://twitter.com/startuprad_io Newsletter: https://startupradio.substack.com/subscribe Keep Up to DateHere is our publication calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MDEyaTI3YWs1MjVxaTNzbWdqbDh2OXRiaW9AZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ Folge direkt herunterladen

This is the fintech track of Startuprad.io. Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fintech_germany Learn more about us at www.startuprad.io PaceUp Invest Helps Women to Create and Manage Wealth – Founded by a Woman90% of the clients of robo advisors in Germany are still men. This has not changed. The interfaces look all the same. They are not targeting women properly. Rukayyat Kolawole, Founder and CEO PaceUP Investment Don’t Miss Any Blog Post, Video, or Audio PodcastSubscribe to our newsletter on Substack here: https://startupradio.substack.com/subscribe The FounderRakuyyat Kalowole (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rukayyat-modupe-kolawole-cfa/) is originally from Nigeria but had already very interesting life. Since her regular visits to her grandmother, who was an active trader, she is fascinated with the fast pace of trading in capital markets. She studied at Georgetown University in the US, Tongji University in China, as well as Mannheim Business School in Germany. Being fascinated by capital markets all her life, it comes as no surprise, that she joined Goldman Sachs in London, as well as Bloomberg in Reuters in London as well. When she relocated to Germany, to study in Mannheim, she also set up a shop there with her hybrid Robo advisor for women. Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to sharing their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn On our platform there will be a lot of impact investing, so women can choose how they want to invest according to their values and needs. Rukayyat Kolawole, Founder and CEO PaceUP Investment The StartupPaceUp Investment (https://www.paceupinvest.com/) is a hybrid Robo advisor headquartered in Mannheim Germany. We have talked about Mannheim before, but a short wrap-up: It is the only city in Germany set up in squares. Mannheim is the first city in the world, where a car drove (Carl Benz lived close by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Benz) and the place where the world’s first electric elevator was installed here in 1880 (Werner von Siemens). Rakuyyat set up her company PaceUP here to help women build wealth with a hybrid approach, combining remote investment advice with a Robo advisor. PaceUp provides women the tools to understand the basics. Then they offer advisory and coaching, before investing with their Robo advisor. Full service with LicensePacUp will be able to offer its full service only after regulatory approval. They are currently looking at Q4 2021 or Q1 2022 to go live. PaceUp on Social MediaFacebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/2399668980113869Instagram https://www.instagram.com/paceupinvest/LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8788895/YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3EIqAHmEF0dnPB-IAy6gPw Venture Capital FundingPaceUp is currently funded by an angel investment in combination with a government grant of the state of Baden Wurttemberg. They will start their next fundraising soon, looking at 900k €. When I got in a bank to get a mortgage to buy my first apartment, my bank advisor asked me “where is your husband”. … other women had similar experiences Rukayyat Kolawole, Founder and CEO PaceUP Investment Further Readings / Additional ResourcesCapital Markets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_marketForex: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/forex.aspDerivatives: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/derivative.aspImpact investments: https://thegiin.org/impact-investing/need-to-know/ETFs: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/etf.aspBaFin: https://www.bafin.de/EN/Homepage/homepage_node.htmlFeedbackReach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” https://forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA The InterviewerThis interview was conducted by Jörn “Joe” Menninger, startup scout, founder and host of Startuprad.io. Reach out to him: LinkedIn Twitter Email Follow usInstagram https://www.instagram.com/startuprad.io/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/4837115/ Twitter https://twitter.com/startuprad_io Newsletter: https://startupradio.substack.com/subscribe Keep Up to DateHere is our publication calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MDEyaTI3YWs1MjVxaTNzbWdqbDh2OXRiaW9AZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ

This Month in German Startups - February 2021Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. Today we are wrapping up February 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, the much anticipated Auto1 IPO generated two new tech billionaires, Europe’s first Tech SPAC lists in Frankfurt, more Wirecard details, we talk about Trade Republic and Gamestop, as well as the billion exit of Berlin-based AdJust. Follow us on Social MediaInstagram https://www.instagram.com/startuprad.io/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/4837115/ Twitter https://twitter.com/startuprad_io Keep Up to DateHere is our publication calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MDEyaTI3YWs1MjVxaTNzbWdqbDh2OXRiaW9AZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ Affiliated LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Housekeeping - Time to brag Stay safe everyone! In the meantime you can tune in to our internet radio station, the worlds first 24/7 dedicated to startups and tech companies! https://s2.radio.co/sb16d65602/listen - We will soon be available on many platforms, for now: https://raddio.net/373202-startupradio/ https://radio.streamitter.com/station/startupradio-89HNV Top NewsWe have two new tech billionairesThe IPO of Auto1 went spectacularly well and skyrocketed on the first day of trading on February 4th, surging 45%. We took a look at the data and realized that this was the first tech IPO in a long time that generated new tech billionaires in Germany. Bloomberg: SoftBank-Backed Auto1 Soars in Debut After $2.2 Billion IPO https://buff.ly/2YLTm5jReuters: UPDATE 2-AUTO1 shares go into top gear in Frankfurt debut https://buff.ly/3pLaOSmRead more in our blogpost here: At recording this Auto1 IPO turns founders into billionaires https://buff.ly/3oY45EA Related: The story from the side of one of their first investors: How VC fund DN Capital invested in car marketplace Auto1 8 years ago and landed an $8 billion IPO winner https://buff.ly/3abVPMO N26German regulator, stung by past failings, extends oversight of N26 - sources https://buff.ly/2Ymp88F German mobile bank N26 is thinking of making its first acquisition https://buff.ly/3ckRpVq Trade Republic, Reddit and GameStopBerlin-based SolarisBank needed four years to get to 400k customers, but the next 600k came within half a year says their chief commercial officer Jörg Diewald, many of them have to be attributed to Trade Republic https://buff.ly/3oEKLMc Our take on this topic: https://www.startuprad.io/berlin/gamestop-reddit-and-fintech-trade-republic/ Note: There will be a follow-up on yet another blog post from our side, with hearings of Roaring Kitten and profits for hedge funds. We're nothing like Robinhood, says Berlin-based broker Trade Republic | Sifted https://buff.ly/3bAqNOq iCarPorsche's Cayenne Boss Dr. Manfred Harrer (48) is hired by Apple. He was rumored to be one of the best engineers in the company. Is the iCar around the corner? https://buff.ly/36x2SNM Game over for Mapify?Founders of Berlin-based traveltech Mapify “the Instagram of travel" give up "evaluating options." Their current investors include Lakestar and Atlantic Labs https://buff.ly/39BbzZp (We will come back to Lakestar, keep them in mind). AdJust Exit for 1.2 bn US$ (990 m Euro)AppLovin buys Berlin-based mobile marketing company AdJust and pays 1,2 bn US$ https://buff.ly/3pQCm9P according to Deutsche Startups, who published the priceRelated: Apploving said to acquire Berlin-based Adjust in a 1 bn $ deal https://buff.ly/2NVhrV2 Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here. Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing. Deutsche Bank fires supervisory board member Schütz over email correspondence with Wirecard CEO Braun https://buff.ly/3tGjs7QGerman finance oversight BaFin places one employee on leave due to internal investigations in trading in Wirecard shares before the scandal became public https://buff.ly/2YywIgGGermany's highest court ruled that EY auditors have no right to refuse to give evidence, now the parliamentary committee will invite the auditors and EYs CEO for Germany https://buff.ly/3s01zzi The Digital EuroECB keeps working on digital Euro. Italien central banker said the ECB is looking at the digital Euro for their instant payment system "Target Instant Payment Settlement TIPS" as a first step https://buff.ly/3ji4xMJ The Audio Interview You can subscribe to our podcasts here Ecosystem Why we need to start looking at Europe as one tech ecosystem https://buff.ly/3cdZWJU It's IPO time! Here are 30+ European tech companies most likely to go public this year great list by Tech_eu https://buff.ly/39lB3de including German startups Auto1, SUSE, Mister Spex, About You and N26What U.S. Startups Get Wrong About Expanding into Europe https://buff.ly/3rIR5EA Iconiq Capital, the US investment firm backed by Silicon Valley elites like Mark Zuckerberg, is expanding to Europe https://buff.ly/3anUdj4 Hubs Note: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news. HeidelbergAleph Alpha, Heidelberg-based AI startup raises 5.3 m Euros (6.4 m US$) from investors LEA Partners and #Berlin-based 468 Capital https://buff.ly/2YhD0kL Frankfurt Startups in the Area around Frankfurt, called Rhine-Main raised more than 1 bn Euros in 2020 our research shows (1.12 bn US$): https://rhinemainvc.medium.com/looking-back-at-the-corona-year-4a8e8806e4cfLakestar SPAC I: First tech-focused SPAC in Europe successfully launches on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange https://buff.ly/3aGFQXn We talked to one of the founders of Frankfurt-based Iconic Lab, which wants to be the largest crypto asset manager in Europe: https://buff.ly/3dBR94V Münster The founders of beverage delivery startup Flaschenpost just sold their company to German food giant Oetker, now they invest in an HRtech startup from Münster - Echometer, which better enables agile work https://buff.ly/2YfmTUO Tübingen Germany #BioTech #startup Curevac, which listed on NASDAQ in summer 2020 - working on a corona vaccination - is planning to raise additional capital, which could amount to 600 m US$ https://buff.ly/3t1PkDS Düsseldorf Düsseldorf-based SME financing platform Compeon closes 15 m € Series C #VentureCapital funding with government-backed NRW Bank joining previous investors including Quatar Development Bank https://buff.ly/39tdJu7 Munich Egym receives 28 m € #VentureCapital for the production of connected gym equipment. In spring 2020 they had to let go 100 of 450 employees https://buff.ly/2O3hmyP Austria Australian Unicorn Canva buys Vienna-based Kaleido AI. Kaleido offers a service where one can automatically cut the picture of a human out of the background https://buff.ly/3aIohVL Austrian crypto startup "Startup Hero" issuer of the Herocoin gets acquired by international gambling group Novomatic, also from Austria https://buff.ly/3d695nY Switzerland Swiss listed travel portal HolidayCheck raises 47 m Euro by selling new shares https://buff.ly/2Z5td1z Liechtenstein Liechtenstein-based VC MIG gets 340 m € payout from their investment in Mainz-based BioNTech https://buff.ly/3jjsHq3 Companies Fintech and CryptocurrenciesMastercard to open up network to select cryptocurrencies https://buff.ly/3d0AzLM, but not the ones you may thinkMastercard will support cryptocurrencies—but not the ones you think https://buff.ly/3p9MTvDFinleap was once a fintech company builder in #Berlin with 80 employees at peak. Now there are around 20 left to manage existing investments and there may be 20 more work on innovations for corporates in the future https://buff.ly/3u1BrWEHere’s why the former Global Head of Google Payment, former COO of Venmo have backed the €20M Seed round of this fintech https://buff.ly/2M9YoWs Funding News (a very tiny collection, of what we see) Follow us on Twitter to stay up to date here. Berlin-based #traveltech Getyourguide fills war chest with additional 80m € loan, after a convertible of more than 100 mn € last year, looking for targets https://buff.ly/3s8x5LP Autonomous driving startup Recogni, with locations in San Jose and Munich, gets two new investors Bosch and Continental are investing together, this is new for German OEMs https://buff.ly/3k62Q52New VC Funds#Dublin and #London-based #VC firm Frontline has raised its third seed fund of €70m to invest in #B2B #startups across #Europe looking to take on the US. https://buff.ly/3tGEGmmEurazeo gets €340 million in additional commitments to its growth strategy - tech.eu https://buff.ly/2YOrqxOTCV Captial raised 4 bn US$ #VentureCapital fund, aiming for German #startups https://buff.ly/36nPBHw The VC's past investments include Netflix and AirbnbSPACs will be here pretty soon! Lakestar plans to raise 200-300 m Euros for a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) to be listed on a German stock exchange https://buff.ly/2MI3w47 - Listing already happened by now ⇒ Frankfurt NewsRocket Internet plans to list a SPAC in New York, with a volume of more than 100 mn Euros https://buff.ly/3a2vT6b Technology SPAC Rocket Internet Growth Opportunities files for a $250 million IPO at #NYSE - backed by #Berlin-based #RocketInternet https://buff.ly/2LGkeRp More exitsKinnevik, once an important and trusted Rocket Internet investor now wants to sell all Zalando shares worth 5,5 bn € (6.6 bn US$) https://buff.ly/2Zt6o89 Shell buys Berlin-based electric car charging firm ubitricity https://buff.ly/3pZWd6A Not a direct exit, but preparing for some: Berlin Brands Group commits $302M to acquire D2C and Amazon merchants – TechCrunch https://buff.ly/3t7hc9o Berlin-based startup Branded raises 123,5 m Euros (150 m US$) to buy up Amazon Shops https://buff.ly/3jyi7LWGerman home appliance company Miele buys majority stake in #Berlin-based Kptncook, in which they have already been an investor. Kptncook offers recipes in their app https://buff.ly/3a57j4F All Other NewsMDAX listed tech company Teamviewer want to grow their revenue in the next two years to 1 bn Euros https://buff.ly/3jCfzwsHome24: Growth slows from +54% in Q3 to +50% in Q4 read more here: https://buff.ly/3tM6upb The 1st Unicorn by #German #investor Carsten Maschmeyer in the USA / Startup "Modern Health" with 1.17 ... https://buff.ly/3dbD6THGermany based HDI insurance (a subsidiary of Hannover Re) wants to invest more in startups - especially #cybersecurity https://buff.ly/2Nzjiyw Zalando interested in buying beauty platform Flaconi to add to their second foray in beauty https://buff.ly/3u5WPdiQuandoo, the #Berlin-based platform for table reservations axes 20% of their workforce https://buff.ly/3pDnrjq Stay ahead of the curveVenture Capital and Private Equity Funds trends for 2021 https://buff.ly/3bdMIKW

This Month in German Startups - February 2021Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main.  Today we are wrapping up February 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, the much anticipated Auto1 IPO generated two new tech billionaires, Europe's first Tech SPAC lists in Frankfurt, more Wirecard details, we talk about Trade Republic and Gamestop, as well as the billion exit of Berlin-based AdJust.   Follow us on Social MediaInstagram https://www.instagram.com/startuprad.io/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/4837115/ Twitter https://twitter.com/startuprad_io   Keep Up to DateHere is our publication calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MDEyaTI3YWs1MjVxaTNzbWdqbDh2OXRiaW9AZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ   Affiliated LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Housekeeping - Time to brag Stay safe everyone!  In the meantime you can tune in to our internet radio station, the worlds first 24/7 dedicated to startups and tech companies! https://s2.radio.co/sb16d65602/listen - We will soon be available on many platforms, for now: https://raddio.net/373202-startupradio/ https://radio.streamitter.com/station/startupradio-89HNV   Top NewsWe have two new tech billionairesThe IPO of Auto1 went spectacularly well and skyrocketed on the first day of trading on February 4th, surging 45%. We took a look at the data and realized that this was the first tech IPO in a long time that generated new tech billionaires in Germany. Bloomberg: SoftBank-Backed Auto1 Soars in Debut After $2.2 Billion IPO https://buff.ly/2YLTm5jReuters: UPDATE 2-AUTO1 shares go into top gear in Frankfurt debut https://buff.ly/3pLaOSmRead more in our blogpost here: At recording this Auto1 IPO turns founders into billionaires https://buff.ly/3oY45EA  Related: The story from the side of one of their first investors: How VC fund DN Capital invested in car marketplace Auto1 8 years ago and landed an $8 billion IPO winner https://buff.ly/3abVPMO   N26German regulator, stung by past failings, extends oversight of N26 - sources https://buff.ly/2Ymp88F German mobile bank N26 is thinking of making its first acquisition https://buff.ly/3ckRpVq   Trade Republic, Reddit and GameStopBerlin-based SolarisBank needed four years to get to 400k customers, but the next 600k came within half a year says their chief commercial officer Jörg Diewald, many of them have to be attributed to Trade Republic https://buff.ly/3oEKLMc Our take on this topic: https://www.startuprad.io/berlin/gamestop-reddit-and-fintech-trade-republic/ Note: There will be a follow-up on yet another blog post from our side, with hearings of Roaring Kitten and profits for hedge funds.  We're nothing like Robinhood, says Berlin-based broker Trade Republic | Sifted https://buff.ly/3bAqNOq  iCarPorsche's Cayenne Boss Dr. Manfred Harrer (48) is hired by Apple. He was rumored to be one of the best engineers in the company. Is the ... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/germanstartupnews/support

This Month in German Startups - February 2021Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main.  Today we are wrapping up February 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, the much anticipated Auto1 IPO generated two new tech billionaires, Europe's first Tech SPAC lists in Frankfurt, more Wirecard details, we talk about Trade Republic and Gamestop, as well as the billion exit of Berlin-based AdJust.   Follow us on Social MediaInstagram https://www.instagram.com/startuprad.io/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/4837115/ Twitter https://twitter.com/startuprad_io   Keep Up to DateHere is our publication calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MDEyaTI3YWs1MjVxaTNzbWdqbDh2OXRiaW9AZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ   Affiliated LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Housekeeping - Time to brag Stay safe everyone!  In the meantime you can tune in to our internet radio station, the worlds first 24/7 dedicated to startups and tech companies! https://s2.radio.co/sb16d65602/listen - We will soon be available on many platforms, for now: https://raddio.net/373202-startupradio/ https://radio.streamitter.com/station/startupradio-89HNV   Top NewsWe have two new tech billionairesThe IPO of Auto1 went spectacularly well and skyrocketed on the first day of trading on February 4th, surging 45%. We took a look at the data and realized that this was the first tech IPO in a long time that generated new tech billionaires in Germany. Bloomberg: SoftBank-Backed Auto1 Soars in Debut After $2.2 Billion IPO https://buff.ly/2YLTm5jReuters: UPDATE 2-AUTO1 shares go into top gear in Frankfurt debut https://buff.ly/3pLaOSmRead more in our blogpost here: At recording this Auto1 IPO turns founders into billionaires https://buff.ly/3oY45EA  Related: The story from the side of one of their first investors: How VC fund DN Capital invested in car marketplace Auto1 8 years ago and landed an $8 billion IPO winner 

This Month in German Startups - February 2021Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. Today we are wrapping up February 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, the much anticipated Auto1 IPO generated two new tech billionaires, Europe’s first Tech SPAC lists in Frankfurt, more Wirecard details, we talk about Trade Republic and Gamestop, as well as the billion exit of Berlin-based AdJust. Follow us on Social MediaInstagram https://www.instagram.com/startuprad.io/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/4837115/ Twitter https://twitter.com/startuprad_io Keep Up to DateHere is our publication calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MDEyaTI3YWs1MjVxaTNzbWdqbDh2OXRiaW9AZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ Affiliated LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Housekeeping - Time to brag Stay safe everyone! In the meantime you can tune in to our internet radio station, the worlds first 24/7 dedicated to startups and tech companies! https://s2.radio.co/sb16d65602/listen - We will soon be available on many platforms, for now: https://raddio.net/373202-startupradio/ https://radio.streamitter.com/station/startupradio-89HNV Top NewsWe have two new tech billionairesThe IPO of Auto1 went spectacularly well and skyrocketed on the first day of trading on February 4th, surging 45%. We took a look at the data and realized that this was the first tech IPO in a long time that generated new tech billionaires in Germany. Bloomberg: SoftBank-Backed Auto1 Soars in Debut After $2.2 Billion IPO https://buff.ly/2YLTm5jReuters: UPDATE 2-AUTO1 shares go into top gear in Frankfurt debut https://buff.ly/3pLaOSmRead more in our blogpost here: At recording this Auto1 IPO turns founders into billionaires https://buff.ly/3oY45EA Related: The story from the side of one of their first investors: How VC fund DN Capital invested in car marketplace Auto1 8 years ago and landed an $8 billion IPO winner https://buff.ly/3abVPMO N26German regulator, stung by past failings, extends oversight of N26 - sources https://buff.ly/2Ymp88F German mobile bank N26 is thinking of making its first acquisition https://buff.ly/3ckRpVq Trade Republic, Reddit and GameStopBerlin-based SolarisBank needed four years to get to 400k customers, but the next 600k came within half a year says their chief commercial officer Jörg Diewald, many of them have to be attributed to Trade Republic https://buff.ly/3oEKLMc Our take on this topic: https://www.startuprad.io/berlin/gamestop-reddit-and-fintech-trade-republic/ Note: There will be a follow-up on yet another blog post from our side, with hearings of Roaring Kitten and profits for hedge funds. We're nothing like Robinhood, says Berlin-based broker Trade Republic | Sifted https://buff.ly/3bAqNOq iCarPorsche's Cayenne Boss Dr. Manfred Harrer (48) is hired by Apple. He was rumored to be one of the best engineers in the company. Is the iCar around the corner? https://buff.ly/36x2SNM Game over for Mapify?Founders of Berlin-based traveltech Mapify “the Instagram of travel" give up "evaluating options." Their current investors include Lakestar and Atlantic Labs https://buff.ly/39BbzZp (We will come back to Lakestar, keep them in mind). AdJust Exit for 1.2 bn US$ (990 m Euro)AppLovin buys Berlin-based mobile marketing company AdJust and pays 1,2 bn US$ https://buff.ly/3pQCm9P according to Deutsche Startups, who published the priceRelated: Apploving said to acquire Berlin-based Adjust in a 1 bn $ deal https://buff.ly/2NVhrV2 Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here. Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing. Deutsche Bank fires supervisory board member Schütz over email correspondence with Wirecard CEO Braun https://buff.ly/3tGjs7QGerman finance oversight BaFin places one employee on leave due to internal investigations in trading in Wirecard shares before the scandal became public https://buff.ly/2YywIgGGermany's highest court ruled that EY auditors have no right to refuse to give evidence, now the parliamentary committee will invite the auditors and EYs CEO for Germany https://buff.ly/3s01zzi The Digital EuroECB keeps working on digital Euro. Italien central banker said the ECB is looking at the digital Euro for their instant payment system "Target Instant Payment Settlement TIPS" as a first step https://buff.ly/3ji4xMJ The Audio Interview You can subscribe to our podcasts here Ecosystem Why we need to start looking at Europe as one tech ecosystem https://buff.ly/3cdZWJU It's IPO time! Here are 30+ European tech companies most likely to go public this year great list by Tech_eu https://buff.ly/39lB3de including German startups Auto1, SUSE, Mister Spex, About You and N26What U.S. Startups Get Wrong About Expanding into Europe https://buff.ly/3rIR5EA Iconiq Capital, the US investment firm backed by Silicon Valley elites like Mark Zuckerberg, is expanding to Europe https://buff.ly/3anUdj4 Hubs Note: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news. HeidelbergAleph Alpha, Heidelberg-based AI startup raises 5.3 m Euros (6.4 m US$) from investors LEA Partners and #Berlin-based 468 Capital https://buff.ly/2YhD0kL Frankfurt Startups in the Area around Frankfurt, called Rhine-Main raised more than 1 bn Euros in 2020 our research shows (1.12 bn US$): https://rhinemainvc.medium.com/looking-back-at-the-corona-year-4a8e8806e4cfLakestar SPAC I: First tech-focused SPAC in Europe successfully launches on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange https://buff.ly/3aGFQXn We talked to one of the founders of Frankfurt-based Iconic Lab, which wants to be the largest crypto asset manager in Europe: https://buff.ly/3dBR94V Münster The founders of beverage delivery startup Flaschenpost just sold their company to German food giant Oetker, now they invest in an HRtech startup from Münster - Echometer, which better enables agile work https://buff.ly/2YfmTUO Tübingen Germany #BioTech #startup Curevac, which listed on NASDAQ in summer 2020 - working on a corona vaccination - is planning to raise additional capital, which could amount to 600 m US$ https://buff.ly/3t1PkDS Düsseldorf Düsseldorf-based SME financing platform Compeon closes 15 m € Series C #VentureCapital funding with government-backed NRW Bank joining previous investors including Quatar Development Bank https://buff.ly/39tdJu7 Munich Egym receives 28 m € #VentureCapital for the production of connected gym equipment. In spring 2020 they had to let go 100 of 450 employees https://buff.ly/2O3hmyP Austria Australian Unicorn Canva buys Vienna-based Kaleido AI. Kaleido offers a service where one can automatically cut the picture of a human out of the background https://buff.ly/3aIohVL Austrian crypto startup "Startup Hero" issuer of the Herocoin gets acquired by international gambling group Novomatic, also from Austria https://buff.ly/3d695nY Switzerland Swiss listed travel portal HolidayCheck raises 47 m Euro by selling new shares https://buff.ly/2Z5td1z Liechtenstein Liechtenstein-based VC MIG gets 340 m € payout from their investment in Mainz-based BioNTech https://buff.ly/3jjsHq3 Companies Fintech and CryptocurrenciesMastercard to open up network to select cryptocurrencies https://buff.ly/3d0AzLM, but not the ones you may thinkMastercard will support cryptocurrencies—but not the ones you think https://buff.ly/3p9MTvDFinleap was once a fintech company builder in #Berlin with 80 employees at peak. Now there are around 20 left to manage existing investments and there may be 20 more work on innovations for corporates in the future https://buff.ly/3u1BrWEHere’s why the former Global Head of Google Payment, former COO of Venmo have backed the €20M Seed round of this fintech https://buff.ly/2M9YoWs Funding News (a very tiny collection, of what we see) Follow us on Twitter to stay up to date here. Berlin-based #traveltech Getyourguide fills war chest with additional 80m € loan, after a convertible of more than 100 mn € last year, looking for targets https://buff.ly/3s8x5LP Autonomous driving startup Recogni, with locations in San Jose and Munich, gets two new investors Bosch and Continental are investing together, this is new for German OEMs https://buff.ly/3k62Q52New VC Funds#Dublin and #London-based #VC firm Frontline has raised its third seed fund of €70m to invest in #B2B #startups across #Europe looking to take on the US. https://buff.ly/3tGEGmmEurazeo gets €340 million in additional commitments to its growth strategy - tech.eu https://buff.ly/2YOrqxOTCV Captial raised 4 bn US$ #VentureCapital fund, aiming for German #startups https://buff.ly/36nPBHw The VC's past investments include Netflix and AirbnbSPACs will be here pretty soon! Lakestar plans to raise 200-300 m Euros for a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) to be listed on a German stock exchange https://buff.ly/2MI3w47 - Listing already happened by now ⇒ Frankfurt NewsRocket Internet plans to list a SPAC in New York, with a volume of more than 100 mn Euros https://buff.ly/3a2vT6b Technology SPAC Rocket Internet Growth Opportunities files for a $250 million IPO at #NYSE - backed by #Berlin-based #RocketInternet https://buff.ly/2LGkeRp More exitsKinnevik, once an important and trusted Rocket Internet investor now wants to sell all Zalando shares worth 5,5 bn € (6.6 bn US$) https://buff.ly/2Zt6o89 Shell buys Berlin-based electric car charging firm ubitricity https://buff.ly/3pZWd6A Not a direct exit, but preparing for some: Berlin Brands Group commits $302M to acquire D2C and Amazon merchants – TechCrunch https://buff.ly/3t7hc9o Berlin-based startup Branded raises 123,5 m Euros (150 m US$) to buy up Amazon Shops https://buff.ly/3jyi7LWGerman home appliance company Miele buys majority stake in #Berlin-based Kptncook, in which they have already been an investor. Kptncook offers recipes in their app https://buff.ly/3a57j4F All Other NewsMDAX listed tech company Teamviewer want to grow their revenue in the next two years to 1 bn Euros https://buff.ly/3jCfzwsHome24: Growth slows from +54% in Q3 to +50% in Q4 read more here: https://buff.ly/3tM6upb The 1st Unicorn by #German #investor Carsten Maschmeyer in the USA / Startup "Modern Health" with 1.17 ... https://buff.ly/3dbD6THGermany based HDI insurance (a subsidiary of Hannover Re) wants to invest more in startups - especially #cybersecurity https://buff.ly/2Nzjiyw Zalando interested in buying beauty platform Flaconi to add to their second foray in beauty https://buff.ly/3u5WPdiQuandoo, the #Berlin-based platform for table reservations axes 20% of their workforce https://buff.ly/3pDnrjq Stay ahead of the curveVenture Capital and Private Equity Funds trends for 2021 https://buff.ly/3bdMIKW

This Month in German Startups - February 2021Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. Today we are wrapping up February 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, the much anticipated Auto1 IPO generated two new tech billionaires, Europe’s first Tech SPAC lists in Frankfurt, more Wirecard details, we talk about Trade Republic and Gamestop, as well as the billion exit of Berlin-based AdJust. Follow us on Social MediaInstagram https://www.instagram.com/startuprad.io/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/4837115/ Twitter https://twitter.com/startuprad_io Keep Up to DateHere is our publication calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MDEyaTI3YWs1MjVxaTNzbWdqbDh2OXRiaW9AZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ Affiliated LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Housekeeping - Time to brag Stay safe everyone! In the meantime you can tune in to our internet radio station, the worlds first 24/7 dedicated to startups and tech companies! https://s2.radio.co/sb16d65602/listen - We will soon be available on many platforms, for now: https://raddio.net/373202-startupradio/ https://radio.streamitter.com/station/startupradio-89HNV Top NewsWe have two new tech billionairesThe IPO of Auto1 went spectacularly well and skyrocketed on the first day of trading on February 4th, surging 45%. We took a look at the data and realized that this was the first tech IPO in a long time that generated new tech billionaires in Germany. Bloomberg: SoftBank-Backed Auto1 Soars in Debut After $2.2 Billion IPO https://buff.ly/2YLTm5jReuters: UPDATE 2-AUTO1 shares go into top gear in Frankfurt debut https://buff.ly/3pLaOSmRead more in our blogpost here: At recording this Auto1 IPO turns founders into billionaires https://buff.ly/3oY45EA Related: The story from the side of one of their first investors: How VC fund DN Capital invested in car marketplace Auto1 8 years ago and landed an $8 billion IPO winner https://buff.ly/3abVPMO N26German regulator, stung by past failings, extends oversight of N26 - sources https://buff.ly/2Ymp88F German mobile bank N26 is thinking of making its first acquisition https://buff.ly/3ckRpVq Trade Republic, Reddit and GameStopBerlin-based SolarisBank needed four years to get to 400k customers, but the next 600k came within half a year says their chief commercial officer Jörg Diewald, many of them have to be attributed to Trade Republic https://buff.ly/3oEKLMc Our take on this topic: https://www.startuprad.io/berlin/gamestop-reddit-and-fintech-trade-republic/ Note: There will be a follow-up on yet another blog post from our side, with hearings of Roaring Kitten and profits for hedge funds. We're nothing like Robinhood, says Berlin-based broker Trade Republic | Sifted https://buff.ly/3bAqNOq iCarPorsche's Cayenne Boss Dr. Manfred Harrer (48) is hired by Apple. He was rumored to be one of the best engineers in the company. Is the iCar around the corner? https://buff.ly/36x2SNM Game over for Mapify?Founders of Berlin-based traveltech Mapify “the Instagram of travel" give up "evaluating options." Their current investors include Lakestar and Atlantic Labs https://buff.ly/39BbzZp (We will come back to Lakestar, keep them in mind). AdJust Exit for 1.2 bn US$ (990 m Euro)AppLovin buys Berlin-based mobile marketing company AdJust and pays 1,2 bn US$ https://buff.ly/3pQCm9P according to Deutsche Startups, who published the priceRelated: Apploving said to acquire Berlin-based Adjust in a 1 bn $ deal https://buff.ly/2NVhrV2 Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here. Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing. Deutsche Bank fires supervisory board member Schütz over email correspondence with Wirecard CEO Braun https://buff.ly/3tGjs7QGerman finance oversight BaFin places one employee on leave due to internal investigations in trading in Wirecard shares before the scandal became public https://buff.ly/2YywIgGGermany's highest court ruled that EY auditors have no right to refuse to give evidence, now the parliamentary committee will invite the auditors and EYs CEO for Germany https://buff.ly/3s01zzi The Digital EuroECB keeps working on digital Euro. Italien central banker said the ECB is looking at the digital Euro for their instant payment system "Target Instant Payment Settlement TIPS" as a first step https://buff.ly/3ji4xMJ The Audio Interview You can subscribe to our podcasts here Ecosystem Why we need to start looking at Europe as one tech ecosystem https://buff.ly/3cdZWJU It's IPO time! Here are 30+ European tech companies most likely to go public this year great list by Tech_eu https://buff.ly/39lB3de including German startups Auto1, SUSE, Mister Spex, About You and N26What U.S. Startups Get Wrong About Expanding into Europe https://buff.ly/3rIR5EA Iconiq Capital, the US investment firm backed by Silicon Valley elites like Mark Zuckerberg, is expanding to Europe https://buff.ly/3anUdj4 Hubs Note: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news. HeidelbergAleph Alpha, Heidelberg-based AI startup raises 5.3 m Euros (6.4 m US$) from investors LEA Partners and #Berlin-based 468 Capital https://buff.ly/2YhD0kL Frankfurt Startups in the Area around Frankfurt, called Rhine-Main raised more than 1 bn Euros in 2020 our research shows (1.12 bn US$): https://rhinemainvc.medium.com/looking-back-at-the-corona-year-4a8e8806e4cfLakestar SPAC I: First tech-focused SPAC in Europe successfully launches on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange https://buff.ly/3aGFQXn We talked to one of the founders of Frankfurt-based Iconic Lab, which wants to be the largest crypto asset manager in Europe: https://buff.ly/3dBR94V Münster The founders of beverage delivery startup Flaschenpost just sold their company to German food giant Oetker, now they invest in an HRtech startup from Münster - Echometer, which better enables agile work https://buff.ly/2YfmTUO Tübingen Germany #BioTech #startup Curevac, which listed on NASDAQ in summer 2020 - working on a corona vaccination - is planning to raise additional capital, which could amount to 600 m US$ https://buff.ly/3t1PkDS Düsseldorf Düsseldorf-based SME financing platform Compeon closes 15 m € Series C #VentureCapital funding with government-backed NRW Bank joining previous investors including Quatar Development Bank https://buff.ly/39tdJu7 Munich Egym receives 28 m € #VentureCapital for the production of connected gym equipment. In spring 2020 they had to let go 100 of 450 employees https://buff.ly/2O3hmyP Austria Australian Unicorn Canva buys Vienna-based Kaleido AI. Kaleido offers a service where one can automatically cut the picture of a human out of the background https://buff.ly/3aIohVL Austrian crypto startup "Startup Hero" issuer of the Herocoin gets acquired by international gambling group Novomatic, also from Austria https://buff.ly/3d695nY Switzerland Swiss listed travel portal HolidayCheck raises 47 m Euro by selling new shares https://buff.ly/2Z5td1z Liechtenstein Liechtenstein-based VC MIG gets 340 m € payout from their investment in Mainz-based BioNTech https://buff.ly/3jjsHq3 Companies Fintech and CryptocurrenciesMastercard to open up network to select cryptocurrencies https://buff.ly/3d0AzLM, but not the ones you may thinkMastercard will support cryptocurrencies—but not the ones you think https://buff.ly/3p9MTvDFinleap was once a fintech company builder in #Berlin with 80 employees at peak. Now there are around 20 left to manage existing investments and there may be 20 more work on innovations for corporates in the future https://buff.ly/3u1BrWEHere’s why the former Global Head of Google Payment, former COO of Venmo have backed the €20M Seed round of this fintech https://buff.ly/2M9YoWs Funding News (a very tiny collection, of what we see) Follow us on Twitter to stay up to date here. Berlin-based #traveltech Getyourguide fills war chest with additional 80m € loan, after a convertible of more than 100 mn € last year, looking for targets https://buff.ly/3s8x5LP Autonomous driving startup Recogni, with locations in San Jose and Munich, gets two new investors Bosch and Continental are investing together, this is new for German OEMs https://buff.ly/3k62Q52New VC Funds#Dublin and #London-based #VC firm Frontline has raised its third seed fund of €70m to invest in #B2B #startups across #Europe looking to take on the US. https://buff.ly/3tGEGmmEurazeo gets €340 million in additional commitments to its growth strategy - tech.eu https://buff.ly/2YOrqxOTCV Captial raised 4 bn US$ #VentureCapital fund, aiming for German #startups https://buff.ly/36nPBHw The VC's past investments include Netflix and AirbnbSPACs will be here pretty soon! Lakestar plans to raise 200-300 m Euros for a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) to be listed on a German stock exchange https://buff.ly/2MI3w47 - Listing already happened by now ⇒ Frankfurt NewsRocket Internet plans to list a SPAC in New York, with a volume of more than 100 mn Euros https://buff.ly/3a2vT6b Technology SPAC Rocket Internet Growth Opportunities files for a $250 million IPO at #NYSE - backed by #Berlin-based #RocketInternet https://buff.ly/2LGkeRp More exitsKinnevik, once an important and trusted Rocket Internet investor now wants to sell all Zalando shares worth 5,5 bn € (6.6 bn US$) https://buff.ly/2Zt6o89 Shell buys Berlin-based electric car charging firm ubitricity https://buff.ly/3pZWd6A Not a direct exit, but preparing for some: Berlin Brands Group commits $302M to acquire D2C and Amazon merchants – TechCrunch https://buff.ly/3t7hc9o Berlin-based startup Branded raises 123,5 m Euros (150 m US$) to buy up Amazon Shops https://buff.ly/3jyi7LWGerman home appliance company Miele buys majority stake in #Berlin-based Kptncook, in which they have already been an investor. Kptncook offers recipes in their app https://buff.ly/3a57j4F All Other NewsMDAX listed tech company Teamviewer want to grow their revenue in the next two years to 1 bn Euros https://buff.ly/3jCfzwsHome24: Growth slows from +54% in Q3 to +50% in Q4 read more here: https://buff.ly/3tM6upb The 1st Unicorn by #German #investor Carsten Maschmeyer in the USA / Startup "Modern Health" with 1.17 ... https://buff.ly/3dbD6THGermany based HDI insurance (a subsidiary of Hannover Re) wants to invest more in startups - especially #cybersecurity https://buff.ly/2Nzjiyw Zalando interested in buying beauty platform Flaconi to add to their second foray in beauty https://buff.ly/3u5WPdiQuandoo, the #Berlin-based platform for table reservations axes 20% of their workforce https://buff.ly/3pDnrjq Stay ahead of the curveVenture Capital and Private Equity Funds trends for 2021 https://buff.ly/3bdMIKW

This Month in German Startups - February 2021Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. Today we are wrapping up February 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, the much anticipated Auto1 IPO generated two new tech billionaires, Europe’s first Tech SPAC lists in Frankfurt, more Wirecard details, we talk about Trade Republic and Gamestop, as well as the billion exit of Berlin-based AdJust. Follow us on Social MediaInstagram https://www.instagram.com/startuprad.io/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/4837115/ Twitter https://twitter.com/startuprad_io Keep Up to DateHere is our publication calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MDEyaTI3YWs1MjVxaTNzbWdqbDh2OXRiaW9AZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ Affiliated LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Housekeeping - Time to brag Stay safe everyone! In the meantime you can tune in to our internet radio station, the worlds first 24/7 dedicated to startups and tech companies! https://s2.radio.co/sb16d65602/listen - We will soon be available on many platforms, for now: https://raddio.net/373202-startupradio/ https://radio.streamitter.com/station/startupradio-89HNV Top NewsWe have two new tech billionairesThe IPO of Auto1 went spectacularly well and skyrocketed on the first day of trading on February 4th, surging 45%. We took a look at the data and realized that this was the first tech IPO in a long time that generated new tech billionaires in Germany. Bloomberg: SoftBank-Backed Auto1 Soars in Debut After $2.2 Billion IPO https://buff.ly/2YLTm5jReuters: UPDATE 2-AUTO1 shares go into top gear in Frankfurt debut https://buff.ly/3pLaOSmRead more in our blogpost here: At recording this Auto1 IPO turns founders into billionaires https://buff.ly/3oY45EA Related: The story from the side of one of their first investors: How VC fund DN Capital invested in car marketplace Auto1 8 years ago and landed an $8 billion IPO winner https://buff.ly/3abVPMO N26German regulator, stung by past failings, extends oversight of N26 - sources https://buff.ly/2Ymp88F German mobile bank N26 is thinking of making its first acquisition https://buff.ly/3ckRpVq Trade Republic, Reddit and GameStopBerlin-based SolarisBank needed four years to get to 400k customers, but the next 600k came within half a year says their chief commercial officer Jörg Diewald, many of them have to be attributed to Trade Republic https://buff.ly/3oEKLMc Our take on this topic: https://www.startuprad.io/berlin/gamestop-reddit-and-fintech-trade-republic/ Note: There will be a follow-up on yet another blog post from our side, with hearings of Roaring Kitten and profits for hedge funds. We're nothing like Robinhood, says Berlin-based broker Trade Republic | Sifted https://buff.ly/3bAqNOq iCarPorsche's Cayenne Boss Dr. Manfred Harrer (48) is hired by Apple. He was rumored to be one of the best engineers in the company. Is the iCar around the corner? https://buff.ly/36x2SNM Game over for Mapify?Founders of Berlin-based traveltech Mapify “the Instagram of travel" give up "evaluating options." Their current investors include Lakestar and Atlantic Labs https://buff.ly/39BbzZp (We will come back to Lakestar, keep them in mind). AdJust Exit for 1.2 bn US$ (990 m Euro)AppLovin buys Berlin-based mobile marketing company AdJust and pays 1,2 bn US$ https://buff.ly/3pQCm9P according to Deutsche Startups, who published the priceRelated: Apploving said to acquire Berlin-based Adjust in a 1 bn $ deal https://buff.ly/2NVhrV2 Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here. Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing. Deutsche Bank fires supervisory board member Schütz over email correspondence with Wirecard CEO Braun https://buff.ly/3tGjs7QGerman finance oversight BaFin places one employee on leave due to internal investigations in trading in Wirecard shares before the scandal became public https://buff.ly/2YywIgGGermany's highest court ruled that EY auditors have no right to refuse to give evidence, now the parliamentary committee will invite the auditors and EYs CEO for Germany https://buff.ly/3s01zzi The Digital EuroECB keeps working on digital Euro. Italien central banker said the ECB is looking at the digital Euro for their instant payment system "Target Instant Payment Settlement TIPS" as a first step https://buff.ly/3ji4xMJ The Audio Interview You can subscribe to our podcasts here Ecosystem Why we need to start looking at Europe as one tech ecosystem https://buff.ly/3cdZWJU It's IPO time! Here are 30+ European tech companies most likely to go public this year great list by Tech_eu https://buff.ly/39lB3de including German startups Auto1, SUSE, Mister Spex, About You and N26What U.S. Startups Get Wrong About Expanding into Europe https://buff.ly/3rIR5EA Iconiq Capital, the US investment firm backed by Silicon Valley elites like Mark Zuckerberg, is expanding to Europe https://buff.ly/3anUdj4 Hubs Note: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news. HeidelbergAleph Alpha, Heidelberg-based AI startup raises 5.3 m Euros (6.4 m US$) from investors LEA Partners and #Berlin-based 468 Capital https://buff.ly/2YhD0kL Frankfurt Startups in the Area around Frankfurt, called Rhine-Main raised more than 1 bn Euros in 2020 our research shows (1.12 bn US$): https://rhinemainvc.medium.com/looking-back-at-the-corona-year-4a8e8806e4cfLakestar SPAC I: First tech-focused SPAC in Europe successfully launches on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange https://buff.ly/3aGFQXn We talked to one of the founders of Frankfurt-based Iconic Lab, which wants to be the largest crypto asset manager in Europe: https://buff.ly/3dBR94V Münster The founders of beverage delivery startup Flaschenpost just sold their company to German food giant Oetker, now they invest in an HRtech startup from Münster - Echometer, which better enables agile work https://buff.ly/2YfmTUO Tübingen Germany #BioTech #startup Curevac, which listed on NASDAQ in summer 2020 - working on a corona vaccination - is planning to raise additional capital, which could amount to 600 m US$ https://buff.ly/3t1PkDS Düsseldorf Düsseldorf-based SME financing platform Compeon closes 15 m € Series C #VentureCapital funding with government-backed NRW Bank joining previous investors including Quatar Development Bank https://buff.ly/39tdJu7 Munich Egym receives 28 m € #VentureCapital for the production of connected gym equipment. In spring 2020 they had to let go 100 of 450 employees https://buff.ly/2O3hmyP Austria Australian Unicorn Canva buys Vienna-based Kaleido AI. Kaleido offers a service where one can automatically cut the picture of a human out of the background https://buff.ly/3aIohVL Austrian crypto startup "Startup Hero" issuer of the Herocoin gets acquired by international gambling group Novomatic, also from Austria https://buff.ly/3d695nY Switzerland Swiss listed travel portal HolidayCheck raises 47 m Euro by selling new shares https://buff.ly/2Z5td1z Liechtenstein Liechtenstein-based VC MIG gets 340 m € payout from their investment in Mainz-based BioNTech https://buff.ly/3jjsHq3 Companies Fintech and CryptocurrenciesMastercard to open up network to select cryptocurrencies https://buff.ly/3d0AzLM, but not the ones you may thinkMastercard will support cryptocurrencies—but not the ones you think https://buff.ly/3p9MTvDFinleap was once a fintech company builder in #Berlin with 80 employees at peak. Now there are around 20 left to manage existing investments and there may be 20 more work on innovations for corporates in the future https://buff.ly/3u1BrWEHere’s why the former Global Head of Google Payment, former COO of Venmo have backed the €20M Seed round of this fintech https://buff.ly/2M9YoWs Funding News (a very tiny collection, of what we see) Follow us on Twitter to stay up to date here. Berlin-based #traveltech Getyourguide fills war chest with additional 80m € loan, after a convertible of more than 100 mn € last year, looking for targets https://buff.ly/3s8x5LP Autonomous driving startup Recogni, with locations in San Jose and Munich, gets two new investors Bosch and Continental are investing together, this is new for German OEMs https://buff.ly/3k62Q52New VC Funds#Dublin and #London-based #VC firm Frontline has raised its third seed fund of €70m to invest in #B2B #startups across #Europe looking to take on the US. https://buff.ly/3tGEGmmEurazeo gets €340 million in additional commitments to its growth strategy - tech.eu https://buff.ly/2YOrqxOTCV Captial raised 4 bn US$ #VentureCapital fund, aiming for German #startups https://buff.ly/36nPBHw The VC's past investments include Netflix and AirbnbSPACs will be here pretty soon! Lakestar plans to raise 200-300 m Euros for a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) to be listed on a German stock exchange https://buff.ly/2MI3w47 - Listing already happened by now ⇒ Frankfurt NewsRocket Internet plans to list a SPAC in New York, with a volume of more than 100 mn Euros https://buff.ly/3a2vT6b Technology SPAC Rocket Internet Growth Opportunities files for a $250 million IPO at #NYSE - backed by #Berlin-based #RocketInternet https://buff.ly/2LGkeRp More exitsKinnevik, once an important and trusted Rocket Internet investor now wants to sell all Zalando shares worth 5,5 bn € (6.6 bn US$) https://buff.ly/2Zt6o89 Shell buys Berlin-based electric car charging firm ubitricity https://buff.ly/3pZWd6A Not a direct exit, but preparing for some: Berlin Brands Group commits $302M to acquire D2C and Amazon merchants – TechCrunch https://buff.ly/3t7hc9o Berlin-based startup Branded raises 123,5 m Euros (150 m US$) to buy up Amazon Shops https://buff.ly/3jyi7LWGerman home appliance company Miele buys majority stake in #Berlin-based Kptncook, in which they have already been an investor. Kptncook offers recipes in their app https://buff.ly/3a57j4F All Other NewsMDAX listed tech company Teamviewer want to grow their revenue in the next two years to 1 bn Euros https://buff.ly/3jCfzwsHome24: Growth slows from +54% in Q3 to +50% in Q4 read more here: https://buff.ly/3tM6upb The 1st Unicorn by #German #investor Carsten Maschmeyer in the USA / Startup "Modern Health" with 1.17 ... https://buff.ly/3dbD6THGermany based HDI insurance (a subsidiary of Hannover Re) wants to invest more in startups - especially #cybersecurity https://buff.ly/2Nzjiyw Zalando interested in buying beauty platform Flaconi to add to their second foray in beauty https://buff.ly/3u5WPdiQuandoo, the #Berlin-based platform for table reservations axes 20% of their workforce https://buff.ly/3pDnrjq Stay ahead of the curveVenture Capital and Private Equity Funds trends for 2021 https://buff.ly/3bdMIKW

This Month in German Startups - February 2021Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. Today we are wrapping up February 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, the much anticipated Auto1 IPO generated two new tech billionaires, Europe’s first Tech SPAC lists in Frankfurt, more Wirecard details, we talk about Trade Republic and Gamestop, as well as the billion exit of Berlin-based AdJust. Follow us on Social MediaInstagram https://www.instagram.com/startuprad.io/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/4837115/ Twitter https://twitter.com/startuprad_io Keep Up to DateHere is our publication calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MDEyaTI3YWs1MjVxaTNzbWdqbDh2OXRiaW9AZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ Affiliated LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Housekeeping - Time to brag Stay safe everyone! In the meantime you can tune in to our internet radio station, the worlds first 24/7 dedicated to startups and tech companies! https://s2.radio.co/sb16d65602/listen - We will soon be available on many platforms, for now: https://raddio.net/373202-startupradio/ https://radio.streamitter.com/station/startupradio-89HNV Top NewsWe have two new tech billionairesThe IPO of Auto1 went spectacularly well and skyrocketed on the first day of trading on February 4th, surging 45%. We took a look at the data and realized that this was the first tech IPO in a long time that generated new tech billionaires in Germany. Bloomberg: SoftBank-Backed Auto1 Soars in Debut After $2.2 Billion IPO https://buff.ly/2YLTm5jReuters: UPDATE 2-AUTO1 shares go into top gear in Frankfurt debut https://buff.ly/3pLaOSmRead more in our blogpost here: At recording this Auto1 IPO turns founders into billionaires https://buff.ly/3oY45EA Related: The story from the side of one of their first investors: How VC fund DN Capital invested in car marketplace Auto1 8 years ago and landed an $8 billion IPO winner https://buff.ly/3abVPMO N26German regulator, stung by past failings, extends oversight of N26 - sources https://buff.ly/2Ymp88F German mobile bank N26 is thinking of making its first acquisition https://buff.ly/3ckRpVq Trade Republic, Reddit and GameStopBerlin-based SolarisBank needed four years to get to 400k customers, but the next 600k came within half a year says their chief commercial officer Jörg Diewald, many of them have to be attributed to Trade Republic https://buff.ly/3oEKLMc Our take on this topic: https://www.startuprad.io/berlin/gamestop-reddit-and-fintech-trade-republic/ Note: There will be a follow-up on yet another blog post from our side, with hearings of Roaring Kitten and profits for hedge funds. We're nothing like Robinhood, says Berlin-based broker Trade Republic | Sifted https://buff.ly/3bAqNOq iCarPorsche's Cayenne Boss Dr. Manfred Harrer (48) is hired by Apple. He was rumored to be one of the best engineers in the company. Is the iCar around the corner? https://buff.ly/36x2SNM Game over for Mapify?Founders of Berlin-based traveltech Mapify “the Instagram of travel" give up "evaluating options." Their current investors include Lakestar and Atlantic Labs https://buff.ly/39BbzZp (We will come back to Lakestar, keep them in mind). AdJust Exit for 1.2 bn US$ (990 m Euro)AppLovin buys Berlin-based mobile marketing company AdJust and pays 1,2 bn US$ https://buff.ly/3pQCm9P according to Deutsche Startups, who published the priceRelated: Apploving said to acquire Berlin-based Adjust in a 1 bn $ deal https://buff.ly/2NVhrV2 Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here. Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing. Deutsche Bank fires supervisory board member Schütz over email correspondence with Wirecard CEO Braun https://buff.ly/3tGjs7QGerman finance oversight BaFin places one employee on leave due to internal investigations in trading in Wirecard shares before the scandal became public https://buff.ly/2YywIgGGermany's highest court ruled that EY auditors have no right to refuse to give evidence, now the parliamentary committee will invite the auditors and EYs CEO for Germany https://buff.ly/3s01zzi The Digital EuroECB keeps working on digital Euro. Italien central banker said the ECB is looking at the digital Euro for their instant payment system "Target Instant Payment Settlement TIPS" as a first step https://buff.ly/3ji4xMJ The Audio Interview You can subscribe to our podcasts here Ecosystem Why we need to start looking at Europe as one tech ecosystem https://buff.ly/3cdZWJU It's IPO time! Here are 30+ European tech companies most likely to go public this year great list by Tech_eu https://buff.ly/39lB3de including German startups Auto1, SUSE, Mister Spex, About You and N26What U.S. Startups Get Wrong About Expanding into Europe https://buff.ly/3rIR5EA Iconiq Capital, the US investment firm backed by Silicon Valley elites like Mark Zuckerberg, is expanding to Europe https://buff.ly/3anUdj4 Hubs Note: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news. HeidelbergAleph Alpha, Heidelberg-based AI startup raises 5.3 m Euros (6.4 m US$) from investors LEA Partners and #Berlin-based 468 Capital https://buff.ly/2YhD0kL Frankfurt Startups in the Area around Frankfurt, called Rhine-Main raised more than 1 bn Euros in 2020 our research shows (1.12 bn US$): https://rhinemainvc.medium.com/looking-back-at-the-corona-year-4a8e8806e4cfLakestar SPAC I: First tech-focused SPAC in Europe successfully launches on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange https://buff.ly/3aGFQXn We talked to one of the founders of Frankfurt-based Iconic Lab, which wants to be the largest crypto asset manager in Europe: https://buff.ly/3dBR94V Münster The founders of beverage delivery startup Flaschenpost just sold their company to German food giant Oetker, now they invest in an HRtech startup from Münster - Echometer, which better enables agile work https://buff.ly/2YfmTUO Tübingen Germany #BioTech #startup Curevac, which listed on NASDAQ in summer 2020 - working on a corona vaccination - is planning to raise additional capital, which could amount to 600 m US$ https://buff.ly/3t1PkDS Düsseldorf Düsseldorf-based SME financing platform Compeon closes 15 m € Series C #VentureCapital funding with government-backed NRW Bank joining previous investors including Quatar Development Bank https://buff.ly/39tdJu7 Munich Egym receives 28 m € #VentureCapital for the production of connected gym equipment. In spring 2020 they had to let go 100 of 450 employees https://buff.ly/2O3hmyP Austria Australian Unicorn Canva buys Vienna-based Kaleido AI. Kaleido offers a service where one can automatically cut the picture of a human out of the background https://buff.ly/3aIohVL Austrian crypto startup "Startup Hero" issuer of the Herocoin gets acquired by international gambling group Novomatic, also from Austria https://buff.ly/3d695nY Switzerland Swiss listed travel portal HolidayCheck raises 47 m Euro by selling new shares https://buff.ly/2Z5td1z Liechtenstein Liechtenstein-based VC MIG gets 340 m € payout from their investment in Mainz-based BioNTech https://buff.ly/3jjsHq3 Companies Fintech and CryptocurrenciesMastercard to open up network to select cryptocurrencies https://buff.ly/3d0AzLM, but not the ones you may thinkMastercard will support cryptocurrencies—but not the ones you think https://buff.ly/3p9MTvDFinleap was once a fintech company builder in #Berlin with 80 employees at peak. Now there are around 20 left to manage existing investments and there may be 20 more work on innovations for corporates in the future https://buff.ly/3u1BrWEHere’s why the former Global Head of Google Payment, former COO of Venmo have backed the €20M Seed round of this fintech https://buff.ly/2M9YoWs Funding News (a very tiny collection, of what we see) Follow us on Twitter to stay up to date here. Berlin-based #traveltech Getyourguide fills war chest with additional 80m € loan, after a convertible of more than 100 mn € last year, looking for targets https://buff.ly/3s8x5LP Autonomous driving startup Recogni, with locations in San Jose and Munich, gets two new investors Bosch and Continental are investing together, this is new for German OEMs https://buff.ly/3k62Q52New VC Funds#Dublin and #London-based #VC firm Frontline has raised its third seed fund of €70m to invest in #B2B #startups across #Europe looking to take on the US. https://buff.ly/3tGEGmmEurazeo gets €340 million in additional commitments to its growth strategy - tech.eu https://buff.ly/2YOrqxOTCV Captial raised 4 bn US$ #VentureCapital fund, aiming for German #startups https://buff.ly/36nPBHw The VC's past investments include Netflix and AirbnbSPACs will be here pretty soon! Lakestar plans to raise 200-300 m Euros for a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) to be listed on a German stock exchange https://buff.ly/2MI3w47 - Listing already happened by now ⇒ Frankfurt NewsRocket Internet plans to list a SPAC in New York, with a volume of more than 100 mn Euros https://buff.ly/3a2vT6b Technology SPAC Rocket Internet Growth Opportunities files for a $250 million IPO at #NYSE - backed by #Berlin-based #RocketInternet https://buff.ly/2LGkeRp More exitsKinnevik, once an important and trusted Rocket Internet investor now wants to sell all Zalando shares worth 5,5 bn € (6.6 bn US$) https://buff.ly/2Zt6o89 Shell buys Berlin-based electric car charging firm ubitricity https://buff.ly/3pZWd6A Not a direct exit, but preparing for some: Berlin Brands Group commits $302M to acquire D2C and Amazon merchants – TechCrunch https://buff.ly/3t7hc9o Berlin-based startup Branded raises 123,5 m Euros (150 m US$) to buy up Amazon Shops https://buff.ly/3jyi7LWGerman home appliance company Miele buys majority stake in #Berlin-based Kptncook, in which they have already been an investor. Kptncook offers recipes in their app https://buff.ly/3a57j4F All Other NewsMDAX listed tech company Teamviewer want to grow their revenue in the next two years to 1 bn Euros https://buff.ly/3jCfzwsHome24: Growth slows from +54% in Q3 to +50% in Q4 read more here: https://buff.ly/3tM6upb The 1st Unicorn by #German #investor Carsten Maschmeyer in the USA / Startup "Modern Health" with 1.17 ... https://buff.ly/3dbD6THGermany based HDI insurance (a subsidiary of Hannover Re) wants to invest more in startups - especially #cybersecurity https://buff.ly/2Nzjiyw Zalando interested in buying beauty platform Flaconi to add to their second foray in beauty https://buff.ly/3u5WPdiQuandoo, the #Berlin-based platform for table reservations axes 20% of their workforce https://buff.ly/3pDnrjq Stay ahead of the curveVenture Capital and Private Equity Funds trends for 2021 https://buff.ly/3bdMIKW

You are listening to the audio track of a YouTube interview. Find all the interviews at YouTube.com/Startupradio This Month in German Startups - February 2021Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. Today we are wrapping up February 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, the much anticipated Auto1 IPO generated two new tech billionaires, Europe’s first Tech SPAC lists in Frankfurt, more Wirecard details, we talk about Trade Republic and Gamestop, as well as the billion exit of Berlin-based AdJust. Follow us on Social MediaInstagram https://www.instagram.com/startuprad.io/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/4837115/ Twitter https://twitter.com/startuprad_io Keep Up to DateHere is our publication calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MDEyaTI3YWs1MjVxaTNzbWdqbDh2OXRiaW9AZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ Affiliated LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Housekeeping - Time to brag Stay safe everyone! In the meantime you can tune in to our internet radio station, the worlds first 24/7 dedicated to startups and tech companies! https://s2.radio.co/sb16d65602/listen - We will soon be available on many platforms, for now: https://raddio.net/373202-startupradio/ https://radio.streamitter.com/station/startupradio-89HNV Top NewsWe have two new tech billionairesThe IPO of Auto1 went spectacularly well and skyrocketed on the first day of trading on February 4th, surging 45%. We took a look at the data and realized that this was the first tech IPO in a long time that generated new tech billionaires in Germany. Bloomberg: SoftBank-Backed Auto1 Soars in Debut After $2.2 Billion IPO https://buff.ly/2YLTm5jReuters: UPDATE 2-AUTO1 shares go into top gear in Frankfurt debut https://buff.ly/3pLaOSmRead more in our blogpost here: At recording this Auto1 IPO turns founders into billionaires https://buff.ly/3oY45EA Related: The story from the side of one of their first investors: How VC fund DN Capital invested in car marketplace Auto1 8 years ago and landed an $8 billion IPO winner https://buff.ly/3abVPMO N26German regulator, stung by past failings, extends oversight of N26 - sources https://buff.ly/2Ymp88F German mobile bank N26 is thinking of making its first acquisition https://buff.ly/3ckRpVq Trade Republic, Reddit and GameStopBerlin-based SolarisBank needed four years to get to 400k customers, but the next 600k came within half a year says their chief commercial officer Jörg Diewald, many of them have to be attributed to Trade Republic https://buff.ly/3oEKLMc Our take on this topic: https://www.startuprad.io/berlin/gamestop-reddit-and-fintech-trade-republic/ Note: There will be a follow-up on yet another blog post from our side, with hearings of Roaring Kitten and profits for hedge funds. We're nothing like Robinhood, says Berlin-based broker Trade Republic | Sifted https://buff.ly/3bAqNOq iCarPorsche's Cayenne Boss Dr. Manfred Harrer (48) is hired by Apple. He was rumored to be one of the best engineers in the company. Is the iCar around the corner? https://buff.ly/36x2SNM Game over for Mapify?Founders of Berlin-based traveltech Mapify “the Instagram of travel" give up "evaluating options." Their current investors include Lakestar and Atlantic Labs https://buff.ly/39BbzZp (We will come back to Lakestar, keep them in mind). AdJust Exit for 1.2 bn US$ (990 m Euro)AppLovin buys Berlin-based mobile marketing company AdJust and pays 1,2 bn US$ https://buff.ly/3pQCm9P according to Deutsche Startups, who published the priceRelated: Apploving said to acquire Berlin-based Adjust in a 1 bn $ deal https://buff.ly/2NVhrV2 Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here. Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing. Deutsche Bank fires supervisory board member Schütz over email correspondence with Wirecard CEO Braun https://buff.ly/3tGjs7QGerman finance oversight BaFin places one employee on leave due to internal investigations in trading in Wirecard shares before the scandal became public https://buff.ly/2YywIgGGermany's highest court ruled that EY auditors have no right to refuse to give evidence, now the parliamentary committee will invite the auditors and EYs CEO for Germany https://buff.ly/3s01zzi The Digital EuroECB keeps working on digital Euro. Italien central banker said the ECB is looking at the digital Euro for their instant payment system "Target Instant Payment Settlement TIPS" as a first step https://buff.ly/3ji4xMJ The Audio Interview You can subscribe to our podcasts here Ecosystem Why we need to start looking at Europe as one tech ecosystem https://buff.ly/3cdZWJU It's IPO time! Here are 30+ European tech companies most likely to go public this year great list by Tech_eu https://buff.ly/39lB3de including German startups Auto1, SUSE, Mister Spex, About You and N26What U.S. Startups Get Wrong About Expanding into Europe https://buff.ly/3rIR5EA Iconiq Capital, the US investment firm backed by Silicon Valley elites like Mark Zuckerberg, is expanding to Europe https://buff.ly/3anUdj4 Hubs Note: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news. HeidelbergAleph Alpha, Heidelberg-based AI startup raises 5.3 m Euros (6.4 m US$) from investors LEA Partners and #Berlin-based 468 Capital https://buff.ly/2YhD0kL Frankfurt Startups in the Area around Frankfurt, called Rhine-Main raised more than 1 bn Euros in 2020 our research shows (1.12 bn US$): https://rhinemainvc.medium.com/looking-back-at-the-corona-year-4a8e8806e4cfLakestar SPAC I: First tech-focused SPAC in Europe successfully launches on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange https://buff.ly/3aGFQXn We talked to one of the founders of Frankfurt-based Iconic Lab, which wants to be the largest crypto asset manager in Europe: https://buff.ly/3dBR94V Münster The founders of beverage delivery startup Flaschenpost just sold their company to German food giant Oetker, now they invest in an HRtech startup from Münster - Echometer, which better enables agile work https://buff.ly/2YfmTUO Tübingen Germany #BioTech #startup Curevac, which listed on NASDAQ in summer 2020 - working on a corona vaccination - is planning to raise additional capital, which could amount to 600 m US$ https://buff.ly/3t1PkDS Düsseldorf Düsseldorf-based SME financing platform Compeon closes 15 m € Series C #VentureCapital funding with government-backed NRW Bank joining previous investors including Quatar Development Bank https://buff.ly/39tdJu7 Munich Egym receives 28 m € #VentureCapital for the production of connected gym equipment. In spring 2020 they had to let go 100 of 450 employees https://buff.ly/2O3hmyP Austria Australian Unicorn Canva buys Vienna-based Kaleido AI. Kaleido offers a service where one can automatically cut the picture of a human out of the background https://buff.ly/3aIohVL Austrian crypto startup "Startup Hero" issuer of the Herocoin gets acquired by international gambling group Novomatic, also from Austria https://buff.ly/3d695nY Switzerland Swiss listed travel portal HolidayCheck raises 47 m Euro by selling new shares https://buff.ly/2Z5td1z Liechtenstein Liechtenstein-based VC MIG gets 340 m € payout from their investment in Mainz-based BioNTech https://buff.ly/3jjsHq3 Companies Fintech and CryptocurrenciesMastercard to open up network to select cryptocurrencies https://buff.ly/3d0AzLM, but not the ones you may thinkMastercard will support cryptocurrencies—but not the ones you think https://buff.ly/3p9MTvDFinleap was once a fintech company builder in #Berlin with 80 employees at peak. Now there are around 20 left to manage existing investments and there may be 20 more work on innovations for corporates in the future https://buff.ly/3u1BrWEHere’s why the former Global Head of Google Payment, former COO of Venmo have backed the €20M Seed round of this fintech https://buff.ly/2M9YoWs Funding News (a very tiny collection, of what we see) Follow us on Twitter to stay up to date here. Berlin-based #traveltech Getyourguide fills war chest with additional 80m € loan, after a convertible of more than 100 mn € last year, looking for targets https://buff.ly/3s8x5LP Autonomous driving startup Recogni, with locations in San Jose and Munich, gets two new investors Bosch and Continental are investing together, this is new for German OEMs https://buff.ly/3k62Q52New VC Funds#Dublin and #London-based #VC firm Frontline has raised its third seed fund of €70m to invest in #B2B #startups across #Europe looking to take on the US. https://buff.ly/3tGEGmmEurazeo gets €340 million in additional commitments to its growth strategy - tech.eu https://buff.ly/2YOrqxOTCV Captial raised 4 bn US$ #VentureCapital fund, aiming for German #startups https://buff.ly/36nPBHw The VC's past investments include Netflix and AirbnbSPACs will be here pretty soon! Lakestar plans to raise 200-300 m Euros for a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) to be listed on a German stock exchange https://buff.ly/2MI3w47 - Listing already happened by now ⇒ Frankfurt NewsRocket Internet plans to list a SPAC in New York, with a volume of more than 100 mn Euros https://buff.ly/3a2vT6b Technology SPAC Rocket Internet Growth Opportunities files for a $250 million IPO at #NYSE - backed by #Berlin-based #RocketInternet https://buff.ly/2LGkeRp More exitsKinnevik, once an important and trusted Rocket Internet investor now wants to sell all Zalando shares worth 5,5 bn € (6.6 bn US$) https://buff.ly/2Zt6o89 Shell buys Berlin-based electric car charging firm ubitricity https://buff.ly/3pZWd6A Not a direct exit, but preparing for some: Berlin Brands Group commits $302M to acquire D2C and Amazon merchants – TechCrunch https://buff.ly/3t7hc9o Berlin-based startup Branded raises 123,5 m Euros (150 m US$) to buy up Amazon Shops https://buff.ly/3jyi7LWGerman home appliance company Miele buys majority stake in #Berlin-based Kptncook, in which they have already been an investor. Kptncook offers recipes in their app https://buff.ly/3a57j4F All Other NewsMDAX listed tech company Teamviewer want to grow their revenue in the next two years to 1 bn Euros https://buff.ly/3jCfzwsHome24: Growth slows from +54% in Q3 to +50% in Q4 read more here: https://buff.ly/3tM6upb The 1st Unicorn by #German #investor Carsten Maschmeyer in the USA / Startup "Modern Health" with 1.17 ... https://buff.ly/3dbD6THGermany based HDI insurance (a subsidiary of Hannover Re) wants to invest more in startups - especially #cybersecurity https://buff.ly/2Nzjiyw Zalando interested in buying beauty platform Flaconi to add to their second foray in beauty https://buff.ly/3u5WPdiQuandoo, the #Berlin-based platform for table reservations axes 20% of their workforce https://buff.ly/3pDnrjq Stay ahead of the curveVenture Capital and Private Equity Funds trends for 2021 https://buff.ly/3bdMIKW Folge direkt herunterladen

In this video I will talk about the Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies book by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras. This book was for CEOs on how to build great companies that can outlive you, and continue to prosper over long periods of time, through multiple product life cycles and multiple generations of active leaders. Twitter: https://twitter.com/AttilaonthWorld YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCADpTO2CJBS7HNudJu9-nvg

In this episode of Art of the Kickstart, we interviewed Patrick, Director of Commerce, and Christian, Director of Market at KALEA, creators of the fully automatic kitchen composter. No matter where you live or how much space you have, KALEA turns your organic waste into nutrient-rich compost in only 48 hours. Listen in to hear about the brand's product development journey and how they came to crowdfund on Kickstarter. Topics Discussed and Key Crowdfunding Takeaways The inspiration behind bringing KALEA to life Why they had to change the name of the product initially What led them to crowdfunding for the brand's first product launch The marketing prepwork that went into releasing KALEA on Kickstarter Links KALEA on Kickstarter Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins Sponsors Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by The Gadget Flow, a product discovery platform that helps you discover, save, and buy awesome products. The Gadget Flow is the ultimate buyer's guide for cool luxury gadgets and creative gifts. Click here to learn more and list your product - use coupon code ATOKK16 for 20% off! Transcript

"Survival of the fittest": To be built to last you must be built to change. Preserve the core and stimulus progress. All leaders eventually die and all visionary products and services products become obsolete. Visionary companies survive through multiple leaders and multiple products. Myths covered in this book: the myth of the great idea, the charismatic leader, maximizing profit, these great places to work for "everyone", etc... On our book review today, we are going to focus on 3 key ideas out of 9 that the book talks about: Clock Building, Not Time Telling - go beyond a great leader to building a great institution Cult-Like cultures - cult-like adherence to the culture Home-Grown Management - hire leaders from within Companies used in our episode: GE (Charles A. Coffin - Wikipedia) vs. Westinghouse Disney vs. Colombia pictures 3M Nordstrom Marriott story: https://www.marriott.com/about/culture-and-values/history.mi --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nadjmat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nadjmat/support

It's that time of year when we reflect on our successes and our misses. It's time to move forward into the New Year with your Big Hairy Audacious Goals. Now that 2020 is coming to a close, our host, George Leith ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgeleith/ ) , discusses how to create Big Hairy Audacious Goals. To put it simply, a Big Hairy Audacious Goal—a term coined by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras in their book, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies ( https://www.amazon.ca/Built-Last-Successful-Visionary-Companies/dp/0060566108/ref=asc_df_0060566108/?hvadid=293006031037&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001270&hvnetw=g&hvpone=&hvpos=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvrand=15100097321622559554&hvtargid=pla-450565008368&linkCode=df0&psc=1&tag=googleshopc0c-20 ) —is a long-term, 10 to 25-year goal. But it’s more than just a goal. We’re talking about a challenge that is so audacious, outside-the-box, and hairy that it might feel as if you’d never achieve it. We’re talking about a ‘put a man on the moon’ level goal here. Join the conversation in the Conquer Local Community ( https://www.conquerlocal.com/community/ ) and keep the learning going in the Conquer Local Academy. ( https://www.conquerlocal.com/academy/ )

Amazing Blocks can tokenize Any Asset LegallyMedia PartnershipThis podcast is in media partnership with crypto assets conference, an event taking place each year in spring and autumn in Frankfurt, organized by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and their Blockchain Center. You can learn more about the conference here: https://www.crypto-assets-conference.de/ You can learn more about Philipp Sandner, head of the Blockchain Center in our interview with him here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/the-german-bill-to-permit-crypto-securities/ The asset can be located anywhere, as long as it is legally owned by the SPV. Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks The Interview PartnerWe talk to Nicolas Weber (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas97weber/), in charge of business development Germany for Amazing Blocks (https://my.amazingblocks.io/). Blockchain has the ability to disrupt every aspect of business. Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Liechtenstein implemented the Token Act as a complete new law, other than for examples Switzerland, which is currently looking at adding to existing laws. Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks Find all the links and show notes on our blog here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/amazing-blocks-can-tokenize-any-asset-legally/

Amazing Blocks can tokenize Any Asset LegallyMedia PartnershipThis podcast is in media partnership with crypto assets conference, an event taking place each year in spring and autumn in Frankfurt, organized by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and their Blockchain Center. You can learn more about the conference here: https://www.crypto-assets-conference.de/ You can learn more about Philipp Sandner, head of the Blockchain Center in our interview with him here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/the-german-bill-to-permit-crypto-securities/ The asset can be located anywhere, as long as it is legally owned by the SPV. Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks The Interview PartnerWe talk to Nicolas Weber (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas97weber/), in charge of business development Germany for Amazing Blocks (https://my.amazingblocks.io/). Blockchain has the ability to disrupt every aspect of business. Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Liechtenstein implemented the Token Act as a complete new law, other than for examples Switzerland, which is currently looking at adding to existing laws. Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks Find all the links and show notes on our blog here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/amazing-blocks-can-tokenize-any-asset-legally/

Amazing Blocks can tokenize Any Asset LegallyMedia PartnershipThis podcast is in media partnership with crypto assets conference, an event taking place each year in spring and autumn in Frankfurt, organized by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and their Blockchain Center. You can learn more about the conference here: https://www.crypto-assets-conference.de/ You can learn more about Philipp Sandner, head of the Blockchain Center in our interview with him here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/the-german-bill-to-permit-crypto-securities/ The asset can be located anywhere, as long as it is legally owned by the SPV. Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks The Interview PartnerWe talk to Nicolas Weber (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas97weber/), in charge of business development Germany for Amazing Blocks (https://my.amazingblocks.io/). Blockchain has the ability to disrupt every aspect of business. Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Liechtenstein implemented the Token Act as a complete new law, other than for examples Switzerland, which is currently looking at adding to existing laws. Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks Find all the links and show notes on our blog here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/amazing-blocks-can-tokenize-any-asset-legally/ Folge direkt herunterladen

Learn from Maria – Investor in several of Germany’s renowned startupsNormally you want to invest in people who you already know. Maria Pennanen, Startup Investor The EnablerThis interview is part of our series of startups and investors in the startup scene in the state of Hessen. The whole series is sponsored by Hessen Trade and Invest, you can learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com Startup investment is a very risky business Maria Pennanen, Startup Investor The InvestorIn this interview we talk to Maria Pennanen, she is known to our established audience as co-founder of Accelerator Frankfurt, but she is also a Business Angel with more than 10 direct investments. Directly and indirectly, she is or was invested in many renowned startups like Solarisbank, Clark, Bankify, Savedo or Finance Ads. You can learn more about Maria here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/pennanenmariaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariapennanen/Accelerator Frankfurt: https://www.acceleratorfrankfurt.com/Mindclip: https://www.mindclip.com/ The best thing to start is joining a business angel organization Maria Pennanen, Startup Investor The AuthorMaria is also the author of the book “how to f*ck up your startup” in which she helps entrepreneurs to learn from failures. You can find the eBook here https://amzn.to/3oa2Stw Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYnIt is very rare that you invest in an idea from people you just met, especially in seed. Maria Pennanen, Startup Investor Find all information and an automated transcript here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/learn-from-maria-investor-in-several-of-germanys-renowned-startups/ Folge direkt herunterladen

Learn from Maria – Investor in several of Germany’s renowned startupsNormally you want to invest in people who you already know. Maria Pennanen, Startup Investor The EnablerThis interview is part of our series of startups and investors in the startup scene in the state of Hessen. The whole series is sponsored by Hessen Trade and Invest, you can learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com Startup investment is a very risky business Maria Pennanen, Startup Investor The InvestorIn this interview we talk to Maria Pennanen, she is known to our established audience as co-founder of Accelerator Frankfurt, but she is also a Business Angel with more than 10 direct investments. Directly and indirectly, she is or was invested in many renowned startups like Solarisbank, Clark, Bankify, Savedo or Finance Ads. You can learn more about Maria here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/pennanenmariaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariapennanen/Accelerator Frankfurt: https://www.acceleratorfrankfurt.com/Mindclip: https://www.mindclip.com/ The best thing to start is joining a business angel organization Maria Pennanen, Startup Investor The AuthorMaria is also the author of the book “how to f*ck up your startup” in which she helps entrepreneurs to learn from failures. You can find the eBook here https://amzn.to/3oa2Stw Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYnIt is very rare that you invest in an idea from people you just met, especially in seed. Maria Pennanen, Startup Investor Find all information and an automated transcript here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/learn-from-maria-investor-in-several-of-germanys-renowned-startups/

Learn from Maria – Investor in several of Germany’s renowned startupsNormally you want to invest in people who you already know. Maria Pennanen, Startup Investor The EnablerThis interview is part of our series of startups and investors in the startup scene in the state of Hessen. The whole series is sponsored by Hessen Trade and Invest, you can learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com Startup investment is a very risky business Maria Pennanen, Startup Investor The InvestorIn this interview we talk to Maria Pennanen, she is known to our established audience as co-founder of Accelerator Frankfurt, but she is also a Business Angel with more than 10 direct investments. Directly and indirectly, she is or was invested in many renowned startups like Solarisbank, Clark, Bankify, Savedo or Finance Ads. You can learn more about Maria here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/pennanenmariaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariapennanen/Accelerator Frankfurt: https://www.acceleratorfrankfurt.com/Mindclip: https://www.mindclip.com/ The best thing to start is joining a business angel organization Maria Pennanen, Startup Investor The AuthorMaria is also the author of the book “how to f*ck up your startup” in which she helps entrepreneurs to learn from failures. You can find the eBook here https://amzn.to/3oa2Stw Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYnIt is very rare that you invest in an idea from people you just met, especially in seed. Maria Pennanen, Startup Investor Find all information and an automated transcript here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/learn-from-maria-investor-in-several-of-germanys-renowned-startups/

This Month in German Startups - November 2020 Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. Today we are wrapping up November 2020 for you with an update on German startups working on corona vaccines, Flixbus, Finleap, Rocket Internet’s ongoing delisting, and a potential digital Euro Enabler This recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/ Find all options to subscribe here: Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio PodcastiTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bflSpotify https://spoti.fi/3kCcgoB Housekeeping - Time to brag We have only one thing to say: Stay safe everybody! Be grateful for what you have! Affiliated Links Why not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. · Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlB · Recommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKe · Recommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhw · Recommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQ · Recommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06 · Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Show Notes, Links and more reading https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2020/ Folge direkt herunterladen

This Month in German Startups - November 2020  Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City.  Today we are wrapping up November 2020 for you with an update on German startups working on corona vaccines, Flixbus, Finleap, Rocket Internet's ongoing delisting, and a potential digital Euro   Enabler This recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/   Find all options to subscribe here:  Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio PodcastiTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bflSpotify https://spoti.fi/3kCcgoB   Housekeeping - Time to brag  We have only one thing to say: Stay safe everybody! Be grateful for what you have!  Affiliated Links Why not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. ·        Recommended by: Bill Gates  “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlB ·        Recommended by: Jeff Bezos  “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKe ·        Recommended by: Elon Musk  “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhw ·        Recommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQ ·        Recommended by: Warren Buffet  “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06 ·        Recommended by: Tim Cook  “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Show Notes, Links and more reading https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2020/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/germanstartupnews/support

This Month in German Startups - November 2020  Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City.  Today we are wrapping up November 2020 for you with an update on German startups working on corona vaccines, Flixbus, Finleap, Rocket Internet's ongoing delisting, and a potential digital Euro   Enabler This recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/   Find all options to subscribe here:  Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio PodcastiTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bflSpotify https://spoti.fi/3kCcgoB   Housekeeping - Time to brag  We have only one thing to say: Stay safe everybody! Be grateful for what you have!  Affiliated Links Why not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. ·        Recommended by: Bill Gates  “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlB ·        Recommended by: Jeff Bezos  “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKe ·        Recommended by: Elon Musk  “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhw ·        Recommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQ ·        Recommended by: Warren Buffet  “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06 ·        Recommended by: Tim Cook  “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Show Notes, Links and more reading https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2020/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Feedback We are always looking for ways to make the show better. Please take this opportunity and share your feedback with us! We would love to hear from YOU!!! https://forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA

This Month in German Startups - November 2020 Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. Today we are wrapping up November 2020 for you with an update on German startups working on corona vaccines, Flixbus, Finleap, Rocket Internet’s ongoing delisting, and a potential digital Euro Enabler This recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/ Find all options to subscribe here: Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio PodcastiTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bflSpotify https://spoti.fi/3kCcgoB Housekeeping - Time to brag We have only one thing to say: Stay safe everybody! Be grateful for what you have! Affiliated Links Why not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. · Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlB · Recommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKe · Recommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhw · Recommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQ · Recommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06 · Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Show Notes, Links and more reading https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2020/

This Month in German Startups - November 2020 Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. Today we are wrapping up November 2020 for you with an update on German startups working on corona vaccines, Flixbus, Finleap, Rocket Internet’s ongoing delisting, and a potential digital Euro Enabler This recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/ Find all options to subscribe here: Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio PodcastiTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bflSpotify https://spoti.fi/3kCcgoB Housekeeping - Time to brag We have only one thing to say: Stay safe everybody! Be grateful for what you have! Affiliated Links Why not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to sharing their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. · Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlB · Recommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKe · Recommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhw · Recommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQ · Recommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06 · Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Show Notes, Links and more reading https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2020/

This Month in German Startups - November 2020 Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. Today we are wrapping up November 2020 for you with an update on German startups working on corona vaccines, Flixbus, Finleap, Rocket Internet’s ongoing delisting, and a potential digital Euro Enabler This recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/ Find all options to subscribe here: Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio PodcastiTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bflSpotify https://spoti.fi/3kCcgoB Housekeeping - Time to brag We have only one thing to say: Stay safe everybody! Be grateful for what you have! Affiliated Links Why not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. · Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlB · Recommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKe · Recommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhw · Recommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQ · Recommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06 · Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Show Notes, Links and more reading https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2020/

This Month in German Startups - November 2020 Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. Today we are wrapping up November 2020 for you with an update on German startups working on corona vaccines, Flixbus, Finleap, Rocket Internet’s ongoing delisting, and a potential digital Euro Enabler This recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/ Find all options to subscribe here: Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio PodcastiTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bflSpotify https://spoti.fi/3kCcgoB Housekeeping - Time to brag We have only one thing to say: Stay safe everybody! Be grateful for what you have! Affiliated Links Why not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. · Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlB · Recommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKe · Recommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhw · Recommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQ · Recommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06 · Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Show Notes, Links and more reading https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2020/

This Month in German Startups - November 2020 Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. Today we are wrapping up November 2020 for you with an update on German startups working on corona vaccines, Flixbus, Finleap, Rocket Internet’s ongoing delisting, and a potential digital Euro Enabler This recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/ Find all options to subscribe here: Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio Podcast iTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bfl Spotify https://spoti.fi/3kCcgoB Housekeeping - Time to brag We have only one thing to say: Stay safe everybody! Be grateful for what you have! Affiliated Links Why not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. · Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlB · Recommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKe · Recommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhw · Recommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQ · Recommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06 · Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Show Notes, Links and more reading https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2020/

Where to set up Shop in Canada You can get anything here you can in Silicon Valley and all over the US. Ishu Sing, Host “Starting to know business” Media Exchange This is the first media exchange we are doing. We talk with Ishu Sing (Website, LinkedIn), founder of the Toronto based podcast Starting to Know Business (iTunes, Listen Notes). We thought it would be great to look at the respective countries. So, in this audio-only cooperation, we will talk about where to look if you want to evaluate entering Canada, as a startup based abroad. In his part of the cooperation, we will talk about the diversity of Germany and that there is no default choice for setting up shop in the country as well. Strong and interesting startups are all over Canada. Ishu Sing, Host “Starting to know business” Canada Canada is a G7 nation and should be on the list for international expansion for every aspiring startup. For some, it could be the first choice in North America. https://www.canada.ca/en.html Affiliate Links Why not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. · Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlB · Recommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKe · Recommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhw · Recommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQ · Recommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06 · Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn In Canada we have 3.5 million entrepreneurs. Ishu Sing, Host “Starting to know business” Startup Hubs in Canada I feel that right now the startups in Toronto are developing a bit faster than Vancouver … Toronto is growing very very strong. Ishu Sing, Host “Starting to know business” Toronto We start with the largest city by population and the home town of Ishu, Toronto (https://www.toronto.ca/). Much of the startup activity is here concentrated in the so-called MaRs Discovery District. MaRs was originally founded in 2000 to commercialize public-funded research with local companies. You can learn more here: https://www.marsdd.com/ Montreal is coming up with lots of strong tech startups as well. Ishu Sing, Host “Starting to know business” Montreal The second-largest city in Canada, also close to the US border. This city is home to the French-speaking population of Canada, French Canadians. A knowledge of French is not required, but helpful. You can learn more about the startup scene in the city here: https://www.bonjourstartupmtl.ca/en/ as well as find some examples of Montreal based startups here: https://builtinmtl.com/. Vancouver Vancouver is located on the pacific coast of Canada. They have been one of the first tech hubs in Canada. They are also close to Seattle, with the headquarters of Amazon and Microsoft. You can learn more about the local startup scene on the Vancouver based blog https://techcouver.com/ Calgary A few people may remember Calgary from the Olympic Winter Games in 2010. If not, it is located to the north of the population centers in Canada, in the Rocky Mountains. Note that the city is even for Canada a bit on the chilly side. The focus of the city is mostly on energy like fossil fuels and mining/drilling business. You can learn more about the local startup scene here https://www.startupcalgary.ca/ Honorary Mention Waterloo (close to Toronto) Waterloo is a smaller city very close to Toronto and relative to its population (just above 100.000) it is punching above its weight as a startup hub. We found an interesting collection of links here (https://www.foundersbeta.com/waterloo-startups/the-most-complete-guide-to-starting-a-startup-in-waterloo/), and you can also learn more here: https://www.communitech.ca/ Small Overview: Startups from Canada · Top 30 best-funded Canadian startups in 2020 https://disfold.com/top-canadian-startups/ · Why Canada is becoming a start-up mecca rivaling Silicon Valley https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/12/why-canada-is-becoming-a-start-up-mecca-rivaling-silicon-valley.html Feedback Reach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” https://forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA The Interviewer This interview was conducted by Jörn “Joe” Menninger, startup scout, founder and host of Startuprad.io. Reach out to him: LinkedIn Twitter Email Folge direkt herunterladen

Artificial Connect uses AI to generate automated local event announcementsIn Hannover [a city of 790.000] there are 40.000 to 60.000 events in a normal year. The problem of the publishers was to first generate all the event information and second to write articles about them. Felix Rolf, CEO Artificial Connect Media PartnershipThis interview is in media partnership with the CONTENTshif accelerator program (https://www.contentshift.de/en/accelerator/programme/for-startups/), which we follow since its inception. CONTENTshift is the accelerator program of the German Book Publishers and Printers Association. Below you will find more interviews from past batches. We used to record the interviews directly at Frankfurt Book Fair, but since it is canceled this year due to Corona, we resorted to remote only interviews. At the time of the recording, we did not know who won the final award. The winner of this year’s batch is SciFlow (https://www.contentshift.de/en/contentshift/news/congratulations-to-sciflow/). We will publish the exclusive interview with them as the last of our series this year. The FounderIn this interview, we are talking to Felix Rolf (https://www.linkedin.com/in/felix-rolf-526a4894/) the founder and CEO of Artificial Connect (https://www.artificial-connect.com/), an AI startup located in the beautiful city of Hannover. Felix originally started with an advertising conglomerate with roots in newspaper publishing, where he got to work in several departments. He enjoyed his time in digitalization projects, especially in data science. During his time there he worked at the intersection of data science and sales. I participated in a boot camp for three months to learn about the statistical tools needed for data science. Felix Rolf, CEO Artificial Connect Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to sharing their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Find all links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/podcast-artificial-connect-uses-ai-to-generate-automated-local-event-announcements/ Folge direkt herunterladen

Artificial Connect uses AI to generate automated local event announcementsIn Hannover [a city of 790.000] there are 40.000 to 60.000 events in a normal year. The problem of the publishers was to first generate all the event information and second to write articles about them. Felix Rolf, CEO Artificial Connect   Media PartnershipThis interview is in media partnership with the CONTENTshif accelerator program (https://www.contentshift.de/en/accelerator/programme/for-startups/), which we follow since its inception. CONTENTshift is the accelerator program of the German Book Publishers and Printers Association. Below you will find more interviews from past batches. We used to record the interviews directly at Frankfurt Book Fair, but since it is canceled this year due to Corona, we resorted to remote only interviews. At the time of the recording, we did not know who won the final award. The winner of this year's batch is SciFlow (https://www.contentshift.de/en/contentshift/news/congratulations-to-sciflow/). We will publish the exclusive interview with them as the last of our series this year. The FounderIn this interview, we are talking to Felix Rolf (https://www.linkedin.com/in/felix-rolf-526a4894/) the founder and CEO of Artificial Connect (https://www.artificial-connect.com/), an AI startup located in the beautiful city of Hannover. Felix originally started with an advertising conglomerate with roots in newspaper publishing, where he got to work in several departments. He enjoyed his time in digitalization projects, especially in data science. During his time there he worked at the intersection of data science and sales. I participated in a boot camp for three months to learn about the statistical tools needed for data science. Felix Rolf, CEO Artificial Connect PatreonLearn about our interviews hours before they are released, help in the selection of the startups we interview or even suggest startups to be interviewed, by becoming a Patron: https://buff.ly/32bZ4zW DueDashIf you don't like Patreon, there is DueDash. DueDash is a Social Network, for startups and investors. We have a group of supporters there as well. You can join the group there:  https://buff.ly/2R90PYp Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to sharing their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Find all links and show notes here: 

Artificial Connect uses AI to generate automated local event announcementsIn Hannover [a city of 790.000] there are 40.000 to 60.000 events in a normal year. The problem of the publishers was to first generate all the event information and second to write articles about them. Felix Rolf, CEO Artificial Connect Media PartnershipThis interview is in media partnership with the CONTENTshif accelerator program (https://www.contentshift.de/en/accelerator/programme/for-startups/), which we follow since its inception. CONTENTshift is the accelerator program of the German Book Publishers and Printers Association. Below you will find more interviews from past batches. We used to record the interviews directly at Frankfurt Book Fair, but since it is canceled this year due to Corona, we resorted to remote only interviews. At the time of the recording, we did not know who won the final award. The winner of this year’s batch is SciFlow (https://www.contentshift.de/en/contentshift/news/congratulations-to-sciflow/). We will publish the exclusive interview with them as the last of our series this year. The FounderIn this interview, we are talking to Felix Rolf (https://www.linkedin.com/in/felix-rolf-526a4894/) the founder and CEO of Artificial Connect (https://www.artificial-connect.com/), an AI startup located in the beautiful city of Hannover. Felix originally started with an advertising conglomerate with roots in newspaper publishing, where he got to work in several departments. He enjoyed his time in digitalization projects, especially in data science. During his time there he worked at the intersection of data science and sales. I participated in a boot camp for three months to learn about the statistical tools needed for data science. Felix Rolf, CEO Artificial Connect PatreonLearn about our interviews hours before they are released, help in the selection of the startups we interview or even suggest startups to be interviewed, by becoming a Patron: https://buff.ly/32bZ4zW DueDashIf you don’t like Patreon, there is DueDash. DueDash is a Social Network, for startups and investors. We have a group of supporters there as well. You can join the group there: https://buff.ly/2R90PYp Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to sharing their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Find all links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/podcast-artificial-connect-uses-ai-to-generate-automated-local-event-announcements/

Allen is wise beyond his home inspection years. My guess is it has something to do with his previous careers in nursing, ministry, home flipping and owning a photo booth rental service.   This was such a fun and refreshing conversation. Allen is only in year 2 of his home inspection career, but he is off to an amazing start. 100 Google Reviews. A thriving agent referral network. A healthy work-life balance.   We can all learn from Allen's blend of focus, humility and dedication to his clients and learning. He dropped so many tidbits of wisdom that has me excited to share this episode.   Here are most of the books we referenced, some of which I've read and highly recommend!   The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael Gerber Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t by Jim Collins Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity  by David Allen Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcom Gladwell Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell What’s Best Next by Matt Perman Unstuck: Breaking Free from Your Barriers to Productivity by Matt Perman   Allen can be found at his website or emailing him at allen@housetohomeinspector.com   If you're enjoying these interviews, let us know with a review or shoot me a note. I always appreciate that :)   You can also subscribe to Spectora Spotlight to get notified when new episodes drop - Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Podbean, Overcast, etc. You can also check out more interviews at the links below!   https://spectora.podbean.com/https://www.spectora.com/r/spectora-spotlight/https://www.youtube.com/spectora   To learn more about Spectora the home inspection software, follow the link! If you have a recommendation for a guest, email Kevin@Spectora.com and we'll see if we can make it happen!

Meet Innoplexus the startup which fights ALL diseasesDespite the commonly held belief, I grew here faster in Germany than in the US or in the UK Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus   Important information upfront – the Fight against Corona Virus / Covid19 For the corona virus, we not only have to flatten the curve, we have to flatten the disease. Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus   Innoplexus grants free access to the research platform “Acceleration of Covid19 research:” https://coronavirus.ontosight.ai/ Here is the COVID19 Dashboard of Innoplexus: https://covid19.innoplexus.de/news   We are working on a completely new molecule to address the current and future coronavirus. The current problem with Corona will not stop. There will be further strains coming in. Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus   The EnablerThis is a video interview from our podcast Tech Startups Germany. All the recordings on this channel are made possible by Invest in Hessen (learn more here https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/home).   We fight all diseases. Right from the start, we wanted to provide an AI platform to solve all relevant problems in drug discovery and development. Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus   The PodcastsWe will post this interview and all others as podcast(s) next Tuesday night Central European Time. Subscribe here and have them on our device when you wake up:

Written by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras Get the book: https://amzn.to/391H1gY These notes were written by [Rodney Gainous](http://www.rodneygainous.com/) and edited by [Jordan Coin Jackson](https://twitter.com/jordanwcjackson) What does it mean to build to build fast and break things? The common Silicon Valley phrase has been used over and over again describing the fast life of founders on the run. It usually doesn't have the best feeling attached to it. Do you think Quick? Fast? In-Out? I think most people would. That's not my goal. I don't think it's yours either. We want to built to last. I'm from Detroit, I don't like superficial things. I like how when a car is built the metal bends. I like when I turn one object into something else. It got me into software, and it brings me here today. Companies that last have a bigger purpose than money. Most times, companies can only fake greatness for 5-10 years. You can only play the game for so long, economics is like that. But if you're a great company, you can come back from struggles even stronger than before. Resiliency over perfection. Those who make a lasting contribution to society make more money over the long run. To be built to last, you must be built to change. To Build to Last you must always return to the core. It's what stimulates progress and is the motivation to doing the thing to begin with. Only visionary companies are built on strong principles. The primary accomplishment of true visionaries is building the company, not being a great story teller, or having the right idea for the right market. Many founders don't start with a great idea, for example Mr. Walton… He started Walmart. It was a single store he ran himself. There was a sea of competitors around him and no one would bet on him. Step by step building leads to natural evolutionary insights. Sony, the company that makes playstation, started off as manufacturing rice cookers. That product failed. Iteration is the only way to know the truth. Remember: Visionary companies are less likely to have initial success Luck favors the persistent, as Jay-Z has once said "You only need to be right once". Always be prepared to kill an idea but never kill the company. Ideas come and go, but that vision has to keep clearing up day by day. Don't get lost in charm. It's a myth. Most are far from it and put people off. It's important to note, visionaries are not defined by the visual only. Think of it like this: You aren't telling time or showing something like a show, you are meticulously architecting a clock. Piece by piece, gear by gear. Moving springs into place, removing debree and clearing the path. You are creating a beautifully architected masterpiece. Stick with your principles, be outrageously persistent, and keep your purpose above your profits. Get the book: https://amzn.to/391H1gY

Do you know what truly drives a visionary company like Apple or Amazon? Today Riley shares twelve common myths surrounding visionary companies discussed in the book entitled Built To Last. He breaks down each of the myths, the reality of the situation, provides additional insights, and more. Riley hopes you found value in this episode that will propel some aspect of your life. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe wherever you listened along with leaving a review to assist in enabling others to hear this episode. Sign up for CrowdQuestion free and follow The Moore You Know Podcast to ask Riley questions surrounding what was discussed. Along with that, don't forget to follow Riley @RileyRM4Tech as well as The Moore You Know Podcast @MooreYouKnowPod and comment & share clips for a chance to win monthly sweepstakes. #PropelWithPodcasting

00:58 – Michael introduces today’s topic, making purpose central to strategy02:00 – Michael recalls working for an absent manager whose purpose and values were misaligned 04:07 – Why making money should not be the sole purpose of an organization 05:46 – How the CEO of Michelin incorporated purpose into strategy 07:40 – The rise of entrepreneurship 10:03 – The pursuit of purpose crisis that our society is facing today11:14 – Risks we face when we do not have a purpose 11:45 – Identifying your quest 12:58 – Attributes of exponential organizations 14:41 – The Massive Transformational Purpose (MTP) 15:31 – Examples of great MTPs 16:06 – The Disney Example 16:56 – What makes Massive Transformational Purposes so powerful and impactful 18:30 – The benefits of capitalism 19:13 – Michael recalls his past interest in starting a medical technology company 21:10 – How Michael found his own purpose 21:55 – Michael leaves the audience with a self-inquiry question to consider 22:08 – Where to find Michael’s Functional Team Scorecard TWEETABLE QUOTES“In recent years, purpose has become something that we’re all focused on. But once it’s discovered and articulated, oftentimes it gets relegated to the periphery of the business.” (01:35) “The idea that making money as a primary goal or purpose, in and of itself, is good and worth pursuing has proven to be man’s downfall since biblical times.” (04:07)  “Purpose is no longer just the foundation stone or integral part of the DNA of your company. Today, purpose is becoming central to strategy.” (05:35)  “Today, the facts are, seventy-five new businesses start every hour, unbelievably. And eight out of ten of them fail in the first eighteen months.” (08:15)  “Many aspiring entrepreneurs are leaving the so called ‘security’ of their jobs – and I say that in quotes – in favor of working for themselves in pursuit of a dream. People are attracted to the idea of becoming an entrepreneur because of a deeper yearning for a sense of purpose.” (10:08)  “The truth is we all have a desire for purpose. It’s that thirst for a mission, a yearning for a quest, and then to fulfill it. Having a sense of purpose gives us a better chance at having a longer life than almost anything else.” (11:27)  “A Massive Transformative Purpose…is bigger than a mission statement. It’s why you do what you do, why you get up in the morning, and why your organization exists. It’s a higher aspirational purpose and it’s about thinking big.” (14:42)  “‘Delivering Happiness’ as a purpose for Disney at the central of strategy in that company has allowed that company to branch out from cartoons and animations all the way through to theme parks, animated movies, film, and many other divisions and revenue streams.” (16:10)  “The MTP acts as a guiding compass when decisions get made. It actually helps to lower transaction costs. And, this is critical to culture and I have to really emphasize this, it depoliticizes the organization.” (18:14)  “I would quote Sir Richard [Branson] by saying that, ‘When the dreams don’t scare you, then your dreams are too small.’” (21:45)  RESOURCE LINKSMichael’s LinkedInMichael’s WebsiteThe Functional Team ScorecardStrategy + Business Article featuring Jean-Dominique SenardTEDx Video on Entrepreneurship featuring Mark LerusteEntrepreneur Magazine Article featuring Salim IsmailBOOKS MENTIONEDExponential Organizations: Why new organizations are ten times better, faster, and cheaper than yours (and what to do about it)Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

Hi, schön, dass du da bist! Heute möchte ich dir ein ganz besonderes Buch vorstellen und zwar: „Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies“ von Jim Collins und Jerry Porras. Auf Deutsch heißt das Buch: „Immer erfolgreich: Die Strategien der Top-Unternehmen.“

In diesem Podcast berichte ich von etwas, das mich in dem Buch "Built to last - Successful Habits of Visionary Companies" von Jim Collins und Jerry I. Porras sehr beeindruckt und überrascht hat. Es ist bereits 1994 erschienen und handelt von visionären Unternehmen, also Unternehmen, die - ihre Branche anführen, - von ihren Konkurrenten bewundert werden, - eine lange Erfolgsgeschichte geschrieben haben, - verschiedene Produktlebenszyklen durchlaufen haben, - durch mehrere Generationen von Führungskräften beeinflusst wurden, und - die die Welt nachhaltig verändert haben. Die Autoren vergleichen jeweils Pärchen von anfangs sehr ähnlichen börsennotierten Unternehmen, die sich unterschiedlich entwickelten. Sie vergleichen diese anhand von öffentlich zugänglichen Daten und werten diese quantitativ aus. Hier die untersuchten Unternehmenspärchen: Visionär vs. Vergleich - 3M vs.Norton - American Express vs. Wells Fargo - Boeing vs. McDonnell Douglas - Citicorp vs. Chase Manhattan - Ford vs.GM - General Electric vs. Westinghouse - Hewlett-Packard vs. Texas Instruments - IBM vs. Burroughs - Johnson & Johnson vs. Bristol-Myers Squibb - Marriott vs. Howard Johnson - Merck vs. Pfizer - Motorola vs. Zenith - Nordstrom vs. Melville - Philip Morris vs. RJR Nabisco - Procter & Gamble vs. Colgate - Wal-Mart vs. Ames - Walt Disney vs. Columbia Von den Ergebnissen hat mich ein bestimmtes ganz besonders überrascht, weil sich in diesem Punkt etablierte, über 100 Jahre alte visionäre Unternehmen gar nicht von heutigen Start-ups unterscheiden. Ich wünsche Ihnen viel Spaß beim Zuhören und erfolgreiche Prüfungsprozesse!

How to turn down a job in house cleaning is a common question. Do you over price your service and hope the homeowner finds a new maid or maid service? Do you turn down a job because of difficult customers? Or do you say goodbye and don't accept the job in the first place? Angela Brown, The House Cleaning Guru says part of your house cleaning training is to learn to turn down a job. If you have high maintenance customers you can't manage, end the contract and move on. Today's #AskaHouseCleaner sponsors are Savvy Cleaner. (Training and Certification for house cleaners and maids.) And Savvy Perks (a discount perks program for cleaning business owners and their employees.) #cleaning #HouseCleaning *** COMPLETE SHOW NOTES FOR THIS EPISODE *** https://askahousecleaner.com/show *** MORE VIDEOS ON THIS TOPIC *** How to Know When Fire an Employee (House Cleaning, Maid Service) - https://youtu.be/c2rAwInw-ps 7 Sure Fire Tactics to Fire Employees - House Cleaning - https://youtu.be/N8bHu1W1VsU When is a Good Time to Quit a Cleaning Client? - https://youtu.be/UryLqhqMGC4 Pain of a Client Firing You - House Cleaners and Maids Weep - https://youtu.be/Yt1klNoXY4g How to Break Up with a Client (House Cleaners and Maids) - https://youtu.be/XbBsrQ7pzOY   *** RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE *** Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't - https://amzn.to/2WZHs4N Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies - https://amzn.to/2X1zpVc Five Stars: The Communication Secrets to Get from Good to Great - https://amzn.to/2IsyCsb Principles: Life and Work - https://amzn.to/2D2Q5Ej Emotional Intelligence 2.0 - https://amzn.to/2D94YF8 We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.   *** OTHER WAYS TO ENJOY THIS SHOW *** ITUNES - http://apple.co/2xhxnoj STITCHER - http://bit.ly/2fcm5JM SOUNDCLOUD - http://bit.ly/2xpRgLH GOOGLE PLAY - http://bit.ly/2fdkQd7 YOUTUBE - https://goo.gl/UCs92v *** GOT A QUESTION FOR A SHOW? *** Email it to Angela[at]AskaHouseCleaner.com Voice Mail: Click on the blue button at https://askahousecleaner.com *** HOUSE CLEANING TIPS VAULT *** (DELIVERED VIA EMAIL) - https://savvycleaner.com/tips *** FREE EBOOK – HOW TO START YOUR OWN HOUSE CLEANING COMPANY *** http://amzn.to/2xUAF3Z *** PROFESSIONAL HOUSE CLEANERS PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP *** https://www.facebook.com/groups/ProfessionalHouseCleaners/ *** VRBO AIRBNB CLEANING FACEBOOK GROUP *** https://www.facebook.com/groups/VRBO.Airbnb.Cleaning/ *** LOOKING FOR WAY TO GET MORE CLEANING LEADS *** https://housecleaning360.com *** FOLLOW ANGELA BROWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA *** https://Facebook.com/SavvyCleaner https://Twitter.com/SavvyCleaner https://Instagram.com/SavvyCleaner https://Pinterest.com/SavvyCleaner https://Linkedin.com/in/SavvyCleaner *** WHAT IS ASK A HOUSE CLEANER? *** Ask a House Cleaner is a daily show where you get to ask your house cleaning questions and we provide answers. Learn how to clean. How to start a cleaning business. Marketing and Advertising tips for your cleaning service. How to find top quality house cleaners, housekeepers, and maids. Employee motivation tactics. Strategies to boost your cleaning clientele. Cleaning company expansion help. Time-saving Hacks for DIY cleaners and more. Hosted by Angela Brown, 25-year house cleaning expert and founder of Savvy Cleaner Training for House Cleaners and Maids. *** SPONSORSHIPS & BRANDS *** We do work with sponsors and brands. If you are interested in working with us and you have a product or service that is cohesive to the cleaning industry read this: https://savvycleaner.com/product-review *** THIS SHOW WAS SPONSORED BY *** SAVVY CLEANER - House Cleaner Training and Certification – https://savvycleaner.com MY CLEANING CONNECTION – Your hub for all things cleaning – https://mycleaningconnection.com HOUSECLEANING360.COM – Connecting House Cleaners with Homeowners – https://housecleaning360.com SAVVY PERKS – Employee Benefits for Small Business Owners – https://savvyperks.com VRBO AIRBNB CLEANING – Cleaning tips and strategies for your short-term rental https://TurnoverCleaningTips.com

As entrepreneurs, we are frequently encouraged and advised to set big, hairy, audacious goals (BHAGs). But what does that really mean and how do you achieve those goals when they seem so far-fetched and unattainable? What value can setting long-term, seemingly unattainable goals have for your business?   I explain what a big, hairy, audacious goal is and why entrepreneurs need to set big goals even when they feel unattainable. I share how setting big goals can inspire you to grow your business and build your team's spirit. I also share how setting big, hairy, audacious goals has impacted my business - and my life - and how achieving those goals can impact your confidence and ability to achieve great success. “You need big, hairy, audacious goals to achieve great success. It doesn't happen without goals.” - Sigrun In This Episode of The Sigrun Show: What it means to set big, hairy, audacious goals How being signed up for a marathon fueled my ambition to train and complete the run - even with asthma How taking small steps helped me achieve my big goals How setting and achieving BHAGs impacts your confidence My first big, hairy, audacious goal for my business How publicly sharing your audacious goals gives you the fuel to accomplish them My next big, hairy, audacious goal How learning from past mistakes and failures makes you more determined to achieve your goals   Resources Mentioned: Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras   My Challenge for You: Share your big, hairy, audacious goals!   Follow me on Instagram at @sigruncom Create an Instagram Story sharing your big, hairy, audacious goal Tag me in your Instagram Story Use the hashtags #SigrunShow and #BHAG Build Your Dream Business FREE Video Series Are you ready to build your DREAM business? Learn the steps you need to take to turn your passions into profit and build your dream business with my new 8-week video series: Build Your Dream Business. You'll learn how to create your vision, develop and plan your business idea, how to market your products or services, and much, much more!   What are you waiting for?   Sign up now to begin your journey to building a profitable online business!   Please share, subscribe and review on iTunes Thank you for joining me on this episode of the Sigrun Show. If you enjoyed this episode, please share, subscribe and review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music so more people can enjoy the show. Don't forget to follow and connect with me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

For the first thirty years of her life, Carla was a performing and teaching musician. She earned a B. A. in piano performance (high honors, Phi Beta Kappa), and a masters’ degree in arts, major in music theory. For several years, Carla taught flute and piano in colleges and gave private lessons. Moving to Seattle, Washington while pregnant with her son Chris (yes, it’s Chris Cross, and he owns a real estate company now….), Carla started selling real estate as a fluke when Chris was 14 months old. (Her training was really ‘in the field’!) With no training and little guidance, Carla still found she loved selling real estate, because it was a challenge and a contrast to music. She attained recognition in the top 1% of her 400 agent company in her third year in the business. While setting sales records, she kept playing music and teaching for several years. (Her Professional Portfolio is the result of the insights she got transferring her musical background to real estate excellence). Now, Carla runs her coaching and training company, while attempting to get her body in shape by letting a personal trainer torture her three times a week. She thoroughly enjoys working with her professional real estate coaches as a cohesive team and seeing awesome clients achieve their goals quickly. Always creating new programs, Carla is now working on an inspirational book and a ‘inner coaching’ guide. More About Carla: •Creator of the best-known, most used new agent start-up plan in the world, Up and Running in 30 Days. •She’s been a presenter at the last 16 National Association of Realtor Conventions. •She has been the choice of CRB for their featured speaker at the last 4 NAR conventions. •She’s appeared on CNN and CNBC, as well as dozens of radio programs. •She’s been published over 300 times in major real estate magazines and newsletters. •Carla is a National Association of Realtors National Realtor Educator of the Year. •She’s a Washington State Realtor Educator of the Year. •She attained status as a master level CRB instructor, instructor of the Certified Real Estate Broker designation (CRB); author of several CRB Managers’ Courses, including the business planning course. SHOW NOTES: Website - Carla Cross Resources and Recommendations: Games People Play: The Basic Book of Transactional Analysis  Eric Berne A great book on how to understand human behavior and how to interact with various behavioral types Frogs Into Princes  John Grinder and Richard Bandler     Neuro-Linguistic Programming Another method to understand how people think and how best to communicate with them Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers - Developing Change-Driving People and Organization Robert Kriegel and David Brandt       Great examples of change resistance and the steps companies must take to initiate change successfully Piano Lessons: Music, Love & True Adventures, Noah Adams Not just a book about an adult learning to play piano, this book traces Adams’s odyssey to learn to play the piano as an adult, and his exceptional interviews with famous pianists from his time on All Things Considered Conative Connection: Acting on Instinct, Kathy Kolbe Analyzes how we get into action (not just how we learn); so important for anyone wanting to take action with more assurance, and great for coaches Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras Gives examples of vision and how some companies really stand out, while others are good but not exceptional; the best business book on earth! Drive: the Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Daniel H. Pink All of Pink’s books are illuminating; for those of us who coach, understanding contemporary motivation and to successfully motivate now is a must!    Note: Unfortunately, the quality of this audio recording was compromised due to technical issues, and we were able to restore some of it with some audio engineering brilliance. We appreciate your patience and understanding while listening to it.    

As soon as we announced our guest for the next episode, many people approached Cédric asking him, “aren't you two competitors?”. As Cédric explains, in the great majority of cases, you may do very similar things, but you can still work together and learn from each other. Convinced by that simple premise, we are excited to present the interview with the CEO & co-founder at LeadersBridge, Daniel Jordi. Don't miss this episode!Jordi is a serial entrepreneur and, as he evokes, he had his first entrepreneurial attempts while he was pretty young - in school camp. He “made a lot of tests” afterwards, by founding several companies that were more or less successful. Apart from that, Jordi worked for ten years in the HR department and, when he felt that it wasn't what he really wanted, he chose the entrepreneurial road exclusively. LeadersBridge brings corporates and startups into a peer-to-peer exchange and creates the collaborative environment that results in ideas exchange and new joined projects. One of the events that they organize is the CEO Collaboration Day, that enables entrepreneurs and executives to exchange their thoughts on today's burning topics.Website: http://www.leadersbridge.org/In this interview, we discuss the importance of networking, the differentiation between a visionary business leader and an entrepreneur, and the phenomenon of CEO Collaboration Day. Find out more by clicking on the video below!Season 2.0 features two new segments: “Questions from the audience” and “Quick fire Q&A.” We would like to thank everyone for their continued participation!Skip to Questions:1:29 Who is Daniel Jordi?2:11 What made you leave your HR career and build your own company?4:15 What is LeadersBridge?8:23 What is it that makes the CEO Collaboration Day so special?9:53 What does the selection process for CEO Collaboration Day looks like?11:07 What are your goals for this project and what has been your most inspiring meeting?14:01 What is the story behind your book “360+ Visionary Companies in Switzerland”?15:02 What are the main similarities and differences between Swiss and Polish startup ecosystems?The Audience Asks16:58 Anonymous community member: What practical developments have come out of your activities?Quick Fire Q&A18:22 Finish the sentence: The most important character for a leader is...?18:27 Who do you admire in the executive world?18:38 Tell us one thing you learned from conducting videos.19:03 Are you a risk-seeker or risk-averse and why?19:22 Which messaging and note-keeping platform do you prefer?Expert Advice19:51 Expert Advice from Daniel JordiEp. 116: Interview with Cédric Bollag, the Founder at GlobalTechBox——————————————Cédric Bollag is an aspiring venture capitalist. Cédric decided to turn his passion about “Startups, Tech & Innovation” into a blog. He releases video interviews with entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders in innovation. For any questions, suggestions and inquiries feel free to connect and reach out.Connect with me on other social media channels:Cédric Bollag (Blogger & Founder):Email: cedric@globaltechbox.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/cedric.bollag/Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/cedric.b...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cedric.bollag/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cedricbol...GlobalTechBox.com:Instagram: https://instagram.com/globaltechbox/Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/globalte...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/globaltechbox/Thank you for your attention! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.