Best Startup Notes Podcasts (2024)

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Wunder Mobility Founder Gunnar Froh on how to pivot your startup 33:16

4+ y ago33:16

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Gunnar Froh is Founder & CEO of Wunder Mobility. Based in Hamburg, Germany, the startup is one of the globally leading technology providers for new mobility solutions. With its platform, the company enables startups, corporations, and governments in 100+ cities around the world to launch, scale, and analyze shared transport solutions. Founded in 20…

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Teaser: Wunder Mobility Founder Gunnar Froh on how to pivot your startup 1:37

4+ y ago1:37

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Gunnar Froh is Founder & CEO of Wunder Mobility. Based in Hamburg, Germany, the startup is one of the globally leading technology providers for new mobility solutions. With its platform, the company enables startups, corporations, and governments in 100+ cities around the world to launch, scale, and analyze shared transport solutions. Founded in 20…

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TeleClinic's Katharina Jünger on the implications of the COVID-19 crisis on the digital health sector 35:54

4+ y ago35:54

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Katharina Jünger is Co-Founder & CEO of TeleClinic. The Munich-based startup is one of the leading digital health companies in Europe. Its vision is to provide better healthcare for everyone through online doctor visits. Raised in a family of doctors, Katharina knew early on about the advantage of medical advice that is always available - something…

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Teaser: TeleClinic's Katharina Jünger on the implications of the COVID-19 crisis on the digital health sector 1:57

4+ y ago1:57

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Katharina Jünger is Co-Founder & CEO of TeleClinic. The Munich-based startup is one of the leading digital health companies in Europe. Its vision is to provide better healthcare for everyone through online doctor visits. Raised in a family of doctors, Katharina knew early on about the advantage of medical advice that is always available - something…

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Segment Co-Founder Ilya Volodarsky on how to use analytics to drive your startup’s success 33:37

4+ y ago33:37

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This week, we have a special episode with some great entrepreneurial insights from Silicon Valley. We had the pleasure to talk to Ilya Volodarsky, Co-Founder & President of Segment, a few months ago. Once close to failure, the Y Combinator-backed tech company was pivoted twice on its journey to unicorn status. Based with its HQ in San Francisco, Se…

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Teaser: Segment Co-Founder Ilya Volodarsky on how to use analytics to drive your startup's success 1:37

4+ y ago1:37

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Next week, we’ll have a special episode with some great entrepreneurial insights from Silicon Valley. We had the pleasure to talk to Ilya Volodarsky, Co-Founder & President of Segment, a few months ago. Once close to failure, the Y Combinator-backed tech company was pivoted twice on its journey to unicorn status. Based with its HQ in San Francisco,…

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Startup Notes becomes Invisible Media 1:03

4+ y ago1:03

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Everything in life evolves, and like you, we have changed. Today, we make a step forward by becoming #InvisibleMedia. Stay tuned! We will be bringing a whole new immersive audio experience to you soon.By Emil Beck, Ignacio Khalek, Thomas Harsch, Torge Schwandt

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Olivier Ramel on building Kymono and why a strong company culture is key 37:12

5y ago37:12

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Olivier Ramel is Co-Founder & CEO of Kymono. The Paris-based startup has developed into Europe’s leading „culture design“ company. As its core product, Kymono offers customized clothing for startups that is affordable, high-quality, and of the highest ethical standards. Companies like Airbnb, Zenly, Google, and LVMH are already wearing its clothes.…

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Martin Bell on the key tasks when setting up, launching and scaling a venture 25:43

5y ago25:43

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Martin Bell is a global startup advisor, angel investor, and Founder & CEO of Bell Ventures. He advises corporates, investors, governments, and start-ups. He is a thought leader and a keynote speaker on the topic of company building within organizations. Martin was previously with Rocket Internet and helped to build ~50 companies. At Rocket Interne…

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Thomas Wilke & Alex Meyer on the journey with their VC firm 42CAP 23:58

5y ago23:58

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Thomas Wilke and Alex Meyer are the founders and General Partners of VC firm 42CAP. Based in Munich, they are currently managing two funds with a focus on seed-stage investments. Their portfolio includes investments into startups like Kaia, CrossEngage, and MoBerries. Thomas has a vast background as a technology & product leader for complex marketi…

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share founder Sebastian Stricker on starting a social business in the FMCG sector 36:41

5y ago36:41

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Since 2014, Sebastian Stricker has been a true trailblazer of social entrepreneurship. First, by founding award-winning app ShareTheMeal that collaborates with the UN World Food Programme and helps to feed children in poverty and crisis situations around the world through donations. And for the past two years, by building startup 'share' that is sh…

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From Scratch 12 | Frank Thelen teaches how to design a sound exit strategy 33:04

5y ago33:04

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Being a serial founder and investor, Frank Thelen has an impressive track record over the last 25 years with having reached 100+ million consumers in 60 countries, receiving several awards, and becoming not just a renowned keynote speaker but also one of the leading voices of the German startup scene. As CEO of Freigeist Capital, Frank invests in e…

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Honeypot founder Kaya Taner on how to build a world-class tech team from scratch 32:27

5+ y ago32:27

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Kaya Taner is Co-Founder & CEO of Honeypot. The startup offers an innovative online recruiting platform for the best tech talent out there. It makes it easier for specialists like software developers or product owners to find new jobs that actually match their expectations as companies have to present and pitch themselves to them instead of the tra…

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Kolibri Games' Daniel Stammler on how to create hits in the gaming industry 31:41

5+ y ago31:41

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Daniel Stammler is Co-CEO & Co-Founder of Kolibri Games. Founded under the original name Fluffy Fairy Games by a group of IT and Business students in 2016, Kolibri Games is a vibrant mobile gaming studio based in Berlin. The team developed its first title Idle Miner Tycoon in just eight weeks, following the startup’s signature lean approach. By now…

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From Scratch 11 | Johannes Reck teaches how to grow and scale fast 50:05

5+ y ago50:05

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In our 11th #FromScratch masterclass, Johannes Reck (Co-Founder & CEO of GetYourGuide) taught our audience how to grow and scale fast. Johannes is one of Germany’s premier startup founders. As Co-Founder & CEO of GetYourGuide, he has built a truly global a tech unicorn out of Berlin over the past 10 years. Recently, the travel startup raised one of…

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Vantik founder Til Klein on how to use customer feedback for building great products 37:25

5+ y ago37:25

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Til Klein is Founder & CEO of Vantik - a Berlin-based PensionTech startup. Launched in 2017, it is the startup’s vision to provide a simple and secure private pension that is as flexible as life itself. Vantik aims to inspire millennials to start saving for their future. Recently, the promising tech company that was founded by Til and Lara Hämmerle…

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From Scratch 10 | Michael Brehm teaches how to build a sales-driven organization 35:30

5+ y ago35:30

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In our 10th #FromScratch masterclass, Michael Brehm (Founder & CEO of i2x) taught our audience how to build a sales-driven organization. Michael Brehm is one of the most influential people in the German startup scene. As former Executive Director and investor at social network startup studiVZ, he left his mark already in the early 2000s. Over the c…

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From Scratch 09 | Tamaz Georgadze teaches how to build a sustainable high-performance culture 34:53

5+ y ago34:53

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In our 9th #FromScratch masterclass, Tamaz Georgadze (Co-Founder & CEO of Raisin) taught our audience how to build a sustainable high-performance culture. Backed with more than 170 million EUR by prominent VCs like Index Ventures and corporates like PayPal, the FinTech startup is the leading European marketplace for investments and deposits. More t…

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Special: Elements of a Great Team and Culture 17:12

5+ y ago17:12

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Inspired by numerous requests of our listeners, we created some special episodes based on different key themes. We have put together the best pieces of timeless advice that we found most insightful from all the conversations with founders and VCs that we have published so far. In our third special episode, we focus on what makes great teams and com…

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Special: Common Traits of Successful Founders 19:33

5+ y ago19:33

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Inspired by numerous requests of our listeners, we have created some special episodes based on different key themes. We put together the best pieces of timeless advice that we found most insightful from all the conversations with founders and VCs that we have published so far. In our second special episode, we focus on the traits of great founders.…

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Special: Insights into fundraising from VCs 17:10

5+ y ago17:10

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Inspired by numerous requests of our listeners, we have created some special episodes based on different key themes. We put together the best pieces of timeless advice that we found most insightful from all the conversations with founders and VCs that we have published so far. In this first episode, the particular focus is on one of tech’s most imp…

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Pia & Cornelius Frey on bootstrapping Opinary from a side project to successful startup 31:17

5+ y ago31:17

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The siblings Pia and Cornelius Frey started Opinary in 2013. The Berlin-based startup has established a new way for users to share their opinion in online content. Its technology helps millions of monthly users to share their view with a tap and understand opinion trends at a glance. Publishing partners (like The Times, HuffPost, and NBC) use Opina…

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Michael Cassau on how to identify new business opportunities in the sharing economy 29:23

5+ y ago29:23

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Michael Cassau is Founder & CEO of Grover. The startup is one of Europe’s market leaders in technology rentals, bringing the access economy to the consumer electronics market, by offering a simple, monthly subscription model for the best in tech. Via its website Grover.com, it makes new technology products accessible to everyone while breaking the …

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From Scratch 08 | Josef Brunner teaches how to leverage corporate-startup partnerships 35:49

5+ y ago35:49

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In our 8th #FromScratch masterclass, Josef Brunner (Founding Investor & CEO of relayr) taught our audience how to leverage corporate-startup partnerships. Relayr enables its clients to digitize physical objects for harnessing the power of the Internet of Things. In 2018, the startup was sold to Munich Re (Group) for €300M. Partnering with corporati…

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Florian Hübner on his key learnings from internationalization with Uberall 39:55

5+ y ago39:55

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Florian Hübner is Founder & Co-CEO of Uberall. The startup has developed a cloud-based platform to let small and large businesses get listed and market themselves across multiple location-based services. Uberall has raised more than $50m by leading VCs like Project A and HPE Growth Capital since it was founded in 2012. Originally started in Berlin,…

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From Scratch 07 | David Okuniev teaches how to build a product that users love 30:00

5+ y ago30:00

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In our seventh #FromScratch masterclass, David Okuniev taught our audience how to build a product that users love. David is Co-Founder of Typeform. Based in Barcelona, the startup is making the filling in of forms and surveys awesome by helping users to collect data in a conversational way. A passionate creative and musician, David is a full-fledge…

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Dmitri Uvarovski on how to innovate in traditional industries 32:52

6y ago32:52

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Dmitri Uvarovski is Co-Founder & CMO at Homeday. Started in 2014, the Cologne-based startup is on a mission to revolutionize the way people sell and buy property. With its platform, Homeday offers data-driven pairing between real estate agents and private property owners to ensure a more transparent, efficient and overall smoother experience for al…

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Tobias Tschötsch on how he achieved his $100m+ exit with Contorion 32:58

6y ago32:58

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Tobias Tschötsch is Founder & Managing Director of Contorion. The Berlin-based startup offers a B2B online marketplace for maintenance, repair and operations products. Started in 2014 with the help of investor Project A Ventures, Contorion exited only 3 years later in a presumed $100m+ acquisition to high-quality tool producer Hoffmann Group. Previ…

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Susann Hoffmann on how to foster female entrepreneurship 23:50

6y ago23:50

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Susann Hoffmann is Co-Founder of EDITION F, the first business-lifestyle platform for career-interested women in Germany. Started by Susann and Nora-Vanessa Wohlert in 2014, EDITION F has grown into a community-focused platform with 600,000 unique users per month that provides women with the insights, tools and network they need to grow both profes…

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Daniel Krauss on building FlixBus and the key to outpacing your competition 29:51

6y ago29:51

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Daniel Krauss is Co-Founder & CIO of FlixBus, which is one of Europes's biggest recent startup success stories. After starting operations in 2013, FlixBus has quickly established itself as Europe’s largest intercity bus network provider that offers an affordable, alternative, and green way to travel. The startup recently entered the US market and s…

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Sophie Chung on why Germany is behind in digital health 34:55

6y ago34:55

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Dr. Sophie Chung is Founder & CEO of Qunomedical, a digital health platform that provides its clients access to affordable high-quality healthcare worldwide. With Qunomedical, patients can e.g. find information about procedures, doctors, hospitals, pricing, and destinations. Among others, users can obtain quotes from the hospital of their choice di…

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Jörg Rheinboldt on how to pick winners 37:43

6y ago37:43

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Jörg Rheinboldt is a legendary serial tech entrepreneur and investor that has played an integral part in setting up and financing some of Germany's most successful online companies, such as Alando.de (which was acquired by eBay only six months after launch) and N26. He also founded non-profit betterplace.org, which makes donations possible for vari…

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From Scratch 06 | Florian Heinemann teaches how to acquire first users and build a marketing machine 46:44

6y ago46:44

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In our sixth #FromScratch masterclass, Florian Heinemann taught our audience how to acquire first users and build a marketing machine when starting a company. Florian is Europe’s number one online marketing expert. Since 2012, he is a Founding Partner of the operational VC firm Project A Ventures. Prior, he was Managing Director of Rocket Internet.…

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Felix van de Sand on best-practices and common mistakes in UX design 33:35

6y ago33:35

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Felix van de Sand is Co-Founder of COBE, a digital agency focused on UX design. COBE provides a variety of services to its clients, ranging from design thinking to coding. Mobile and web app development agency COBE.tech also belongs to the group as well as popular Fantasy Football Manager Kickbase, which was initially only built as a design project…

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Ralf Wenzel on the key elements of B2B sales 47:35

6y ago47:35

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Ralf Wenzel knows how to build successful digital ventures inside out. As CSO of Delivery Hero, he is responsible for the strategic growth of the Berlin-based tech company that IPO'ed in 2017. He also stil serves as CEO of Foodpanda (sold to Delivery Hero in 2016), an international online food delivery marketplace, and worked in leading senior posi…

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From Scratch 05 | Gloria Baeuerlein & Christian Vollmann teach how to raise money 39:36

6y ago39:36

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In our fifth #FromScratch masterclass, Gloria Baeuerlein and Christian Vollmann taught our audience how to raise money. Working as a Principal at Index Ventures in London, Gloria knows the VC industry inside out. In her role, she primarily focuses on growth stage investments across all sectors in Europe and Australia. Being one of Germany’s most in…

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Melikshah Ünver on recruiting top talent for high-growth startups 28:36

6y ago28:36

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Melikshah Ünver is the CEO and Co-Founder of Taledo, a curated online recruiting platform that connects top 10% talents with the best open positions in Germany's digital startup ecosystem. After working as a consultant and heading the Group Development sector of well-known HitFox Group in Berlin, Melikshah and his co-founders wanted to start their …

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Jens Woloszczak and Karl Sponholz on internationalization and product best-practices 40:07

6y ago40:07

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Jens Woloszczak (CEO) and Karl Sponholz (COO) are heading one of Germany’s most exciting FinTechs: Spotcap. Based in Berlin, the startup offers access to flexible finance and operates as a direct lender to small and medium-sized companies in the UK, the Netherlands, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. Backed by investors like Rocket Internet and Holt…

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From Scratch 04 | Valentin Stalf teaches how to build an outstanding MVP 34:58

6+ y ago34:58

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Valentin Stalf is Co-Founder & CEO of N26. Over the past five years, he has become one of the world’s most influential founders in FinTech by building one of the fastest growing challenger banks in Europe. Today, N26 has 1 million customers in 17 countries. Having raised a total of $215 million over the years, Valentin is on a mission to bring mode…

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Pawel Chudzinski on how to raise money from early-stage investors 40:24

6+ y ago40:24

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Pawel Chudzinski belongs to the most renowned VCs in Germany and Europe. Working and living in Berlin, he is Co-Founder of early-stage venture capital firm Point Nine Capital. The firm is focused on early-stage investments related to SaaS and digital marketplaces. Startups like Revolut, Typeform, and Delivery Hero belong to its portfolio. In this e…

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From Scratch 03 | Uwe Horstmann deconstructs the traits of great founding teams 37:47

6+ y ago37:47

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Uwe Horstmann is one of the people that truly stand out in the Berlin startup scene. Only in his early 30’s, he has been Managing Director at Rocket Internet in the past and started his own VC firm that follows a special approach - Project A Ventures does not only invest into startups but also supports them operationally with its own team of expert…

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From Scratch 02 | Fabian Heilemann reveals the secret behind great business ideas 35:52

6+ y ago35:52

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Dr. Fabian Heilemann rose into the spotlight of the European startup scene after founding DailyDeal together with his brother Ferry. In 2011, they sold the company to Google for $114m. Later, they went on to found FreightHub, which recently raised $23m. Currently, Dr. Fabian Heilemann serves as Partner at renown VC firm Earlybird. In this second le…

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Charles von Abercron on launching and managing high-growth companies 34:15

6+ y ago34:15

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Charles von Abercron is the Founder & former CEO of GLOSSYBOX. Started in 2011, GLOSSYBOX is an online subscription service that delivers high-end beauty products directly to its users’ doorstep. Founded by Charles with the backing of Rocket Internet, the startup was successfully sold to The Hut Group in 2017. Having been been responsible for all o…

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Finn Age Hänsel on great management and how to get through hard times 40:03

6+ y ago40:03

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Finn Age Hänsel is one of the most notable personalities in the German startup scene. Based in Berlin, he is Managing Director of Movinga - an online startup that was founded with the ambition to globally disrupt the moving services industry and is backed by renowned investors like Earlybird Venture Capital, Index Ventures and Global Founders Capit…

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From Scratch 01 | Christoph Gerber demystifies entrepreneurship 39:08

6+ y ago39:08

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Christoph Gerber belongs to Germany's best-known tech entrepreneurs. Back in 2009, he started Lieferando — one of the first online food delivery startups in Germany. In 2014, Christoph and his co-founders sold the company for €62.9M to the Dutch Takeaway.com Group, which went public only two years later for a valuation of almost €1B. Only shortly a…

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Chanyu Xu on trends and success factors in the foodtech space 32:41

6+ y ago32:41

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Chanyu Xu is a seasoned entrepreneur from Berlin. After co-founding several food startups like EAT ÜBER and Eating with the Chefs (backed by star investor Peter Thiel), she became the Founder & CEO of ONO Labs in 2017. ONO LABS creates individualised and life stage-tailored fast moving consumer goods for women by using natural ingredients and smart…

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Sascha Weiler on marketing operations and advice for first-time founders 39:45

6+ y ago39:45

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Sascha Weiler is Founder & Managing Director at Homebell. The Berlin-based startup has taken on the challenge to digitalize home improvement and living space projects by offering reliable craftsmen services at a fixed quote and fair prices via its platform. Most recently, Homebell successfully raised 11m EUR.Before founding Homebell, Sascha was Co-…

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Seth Pierrepont on Accel Partners' success and the startup scene in Europe 21:30

6+ y ago21:30

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Seth Pierrepont joined the international VC firm Accel Partners in 2013. At Accel, he focuses on investments in software, consumer marketplace and mobile businesses. He helped lead Accel’s investments and ongoing work in CallSign, Carwow, Kry, and Soldo. Prior to Accel, Seth invested in European companies with Vision Capital and advised technology …

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Michael Brehm on launching startups and the key role of sales & marketing for success 32:41

6+ y ago32:41

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Michael Brehm is one of the biggest names in the German startup scene. As former Executive Director & Investor at social network startup VZnetzwerke (with its brands studiVZ, schülervz, meinVZ), he forever influenced the society in his home country in many ways in the 2000’s before industry giant Facebook even entered the local market. Having built…

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Yassin Hankir on savedroid's ICO and the future of cryptocurrencies 43:25

6+ y ago43:25

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Yassin Hankir is one of Germany’s FinTech stars. After a few years as a Consultant at McKinsey, he co-founded vaamo, a digital wealth management solution, and in 2015 started savedroid - an innovative personal savings app. This interview is a special one - being Startup Notes’ very first follow-up episode. One year after our first conversation with…

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