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From our HQ in Hamburg, Germany, we’re keeping tabs on everything and anything, and anyone who’s anyone in the European digital, marketing and tech space. OMR CEO Philipp Westermeyer and international digital marketing editor Scott Peterson, are talking shop with the biggest players and companies disrupting the European tech scene and beyond. We’ll be coming straight to your inbox every couple of weeks to keep you up-to-date on what’s up this side of the pond. A Podstars by OMR production.
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Jeff Kolovson is COO at Faire, a B2B wholesale eCommerce platform that Techcrunch described as “Indie Amazon.” But with capital raised north of USD 800m, a valuation of 12.5b US as of May 2022 and a recent partnership with Shopify, all obfuscates Faire’s size. But at its essence, the label fits: retailers can access, via subscription, millions of p…
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Today, we are talking about the future of our mobility and our cities with Dance mobility co-founder and CEO Eric Quinedus-Wahlforss. Dance is a Berlin-based mobility startup offering its users eBikes and eScooters on a subscription basis to have and to hold as their own. In today's pod, we discussed the challenges of overcoming the sodded reputati…
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Quentin Bordage is the founder and CEO of Kolsquare, a leading European SaaS service that connects influencers and KOLs with companies and brands. Originally founded in 2010 as Brands & Celebrities, Kolsquare in its current form has been around since 2018, acting more as a self-service platform for companies to find, vet and connect with KOLs, or k…
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Today's episode features Johanna Dahlroos and Emma Tracey, co-CEOs and co-founders of Berlin-based creative brand agency Sceal. Its focus lies primarily in helping tech companies grow at scale, finetune brand values, overall brand presence, products and brand campaings. This episode is driven by the atypical founder stories that Johanna and Emma ha…
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Nikolas Bullwinkel is co-founder and CEO of food delivery startup Circus. Based in Hamburg, the venture launched in May 2022 and has set as its mission nothing short of creating what it calls the "Kitchen of the future." In this episode of the OMR Podcast, Nikolas spoke about his plans to redefine kitchens, incorporating AI into the back of the hou…
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We all know it's important, but only a few of us know where to start: safeguarding and safe handling of data. Fortunately, Thomas and Kivanc are two of the aforementioned few, having built the number 1 PIC solution that now serves over 3,000 organizations worldwide. Dataguard is essentially one-stop shopping for privacy, information security and co…
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Christopher Leidinger is a branding expert as founder LIT Create. He has been instrumental in the rebranding of major fintech players in Nuri and Solarisbank, as well as smaller scale enterprises ranging from a chemistry startup and a chocolate startup to an AI food delivery startup, a craft spirit brand and even an underground techno club in Berli…
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Last year, Figma was headline news around the globe. Adobe announced it had reached a deal to acquire Figma for over USD 20 billion—which would make it one of the largest startup exits ever. While that deal is being held up in regulatory limbo, it is nevertheless an impressive feat for a company that only launched seven years ago. Figma is a collab…
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Konstantin Baum, Germany's youngest-ever Master of Wine, runs one of the world's largest wine channels on YouTube. In this episode of the OMR Podcast, we spoke about the business of wine on social media, his YouTube channel, monetization and community-building strategies, and other business verticals revolving around his passion for vino.…
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In this episode of the OMR Podcast, we're talking with CEO and founder of Hinge Justin McLeod, the dating app "designed to be deleted. We talked about Hinge's long road to success, the company business model, why he completely tore down Hinge back in 2015 and why the company has no need for standard performance metrics like retention and engagement…
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By founding Snapchat in his mid-20s, Evan Spiegel reached billionaire status at a very early age. Today, some 350 million people use the app globally. In the OMR Podcast, he talks about the failure of his first startup, drops his take on when augmented reality glasses will become part of people's everyday lives and why he still believes in Twitter'…
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CEO of Privacy-focussed and user-centric search startup Neeva Sridhar Ramaswa talks about the genesis for Neeva, how search without search history works, and opened up at length about his time as a high-ranking exec at one of Silicon Valley's Big 4In less than a decade, Sridhar Ramaswamy went from Google grunt to Senior VP of Ads and Commerce. Afte…
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In this episode of the OMR Podcast International, Tim spoke to me about becoming an entrepreneur, the Allbirds approach to sustainability, the importance of materials in footwear and how a skeptical professor's challenge got the company off and running.Maybe when Tim Brown retired from professional soccer in 2012, he should have seen it coming: swa…
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With 30 million registered users, 2.7 million of those being "funded brokerage accounts, and a daily trading volume north of 5 billion US, eToro is a titan among fintech startups.In the OMR Podcast International, co-founder and CEO Yoni Assia discusses the importance of user experience for eToro, the impact of the social component on growth, engage…
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It has been an eventful 12 months for Contentsquare. From rolling out a slew of key new features, AI capabilities and a cookieless solution, among others, acquired a couple of companies, expanded globally adding a number of new offices and nearly doubled its workforce to approximately 1500 at present. On top of all that, you locked up approximately…
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While the problems Prof. Yunus and Saskia Bruysten, CEOs and co-founders of Yunus Social Business, hope to solve may seem impossible, the way they laid out the path to success in this episode of the OMR Podcast, impossible seems plausible.By Philipp Westermeyer, founder and CEO of OMR / Scott Peterson, digital marketing editor, OMR
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Almost exactly one year ago today, Morgan Selzer was appointed CCO at mindfulness platform Headspace. In that time, she has spearheaded content expansion on the platform, which now includes music, guided meditation, sleepcasts and, recently, content focussed exclusively on women's health. And her efforts have begun achieving widespread recognition,…
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In this episode of the OMR Podcast, we are chatting with Mirko Caspar, CEO of omnichannel eyewear provider Mister Spex. Since Mirko has been at the helm, he has focussed on enhancing brand perception and convincing eyewear consumers to turn to online outlets as well as offline offerings. A decade later, a tenfold increase in annual revenue to EUR 1…
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The OMR Festival is a place for the unexpected. From the guests and speakers to everything else, it's a series of moments that surprise and inspire. While surprising certainly qualifies for talking robots and a 1960s school bus converted into a mobile recording studio (where today's episode was in fact recorded), inspiring perfectly describes my gu…
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Our guest today in the OMR Podcast was not only instrumental in revolutionizing the music industry by inventing the iPod, but also helped lay the groundwork for the iPhone and founded—and sold—Nest (to Google). Simply put, Tony Fadell's decades-long career has been characterized by superlatives. In the OMR Podcast, guest host Florian Heinemann spok…
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In early 2021, Adam Ross was appointed CEO at Awin, the world's largest affiliate network. In the OMR Podcast, I spoke to Adam about his tenure at AWIN, how the industry has evolved from being perceived as supremely shady to an absolute must for advertisers and publishers, how the company has transformed from a niche service provider to a "feature-…
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Christian Horner runs one of the top racing teams in all of Formula 1: Red Bull Racing. In the OMR Podcast, he speaks with Philipp Westermeyer this past season, one of the most exciting in recent memory. He explains what impact "Drive to Survive" has hadBy Philipp Westermeyer, founder and CEO of OMR / Scott Peterson, digital marketing editor, OMR
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In 2013, SAP bought up CRM and cloud service provider Hybris for 1.5 billion US. At the time, the deal was the largest of its kind for a European entrepreneur, but for anyone in . It also came at a time when cloud technologies, their use case and applications, were in their absolute infancy. In this episode of the OMR Podcast, I had the chance to d…
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Founded in 2015, Activant Capital was a relatively unknown VC fund until recently. A string of higher publicity investments saw Activant and its CEO & founder thrust into the proverbial limelight, but truth be told its bonafides were legit long before it started to make a name for itself: 4 funds since founding, assets totalling over USD 1.5B under…
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Stories worth a second look—VintedLast November, Lithuanian second-hand clothing app Vinted announced it would attempt to merge all 8.5 million German "Vinties" into the mother app. It was an ambitious plan with massive risk attached in a second-hand market with a total volume approaching nine figures. Much was at stake for Vinted and its CEO Thoma…
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If it were film, you'd think Hollywood had taken significant liberties with factual accuracy. And yet, the genesis of Gymshark, now a billion-dollar DTC fitness fashion brand, begins with all the hallmarks of a sappy Hollywood biopic. While working at a local Pizza Hut, 19-year-old Ben Francis, a dedicated weightlifter, founds his passion project G…
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Today’s episode is all about one of the hottest things anywhere on the internet—Pokémon cards! Search for TCG, trading card games, and unboxing, or some combination thereof on YouTube and you will find all sorts of examples of people shelling out beaucoup bucks for boxes of Pokémon cards. The hype surrounding Pokémon plays into the larger popularit…
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Phil Libin joins the OMR Podcast International this week discussing all things mmHmm (save user figures) and speaks at length about remote working, revenue generation for startups, how he came to be CEO despite a complete lack of formal training and looks back at his time at Evernote, dissecting growth strategies, the role of luck in Evernote's ris…
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Based in Berlin and now present across Germany, the Netherlands, Paris and London, Gorillas is a grocery delivery service that promises to have groceries—at grocery store prices no less–at your door in 10 minutes or less for €1.80. Founder Kağan Sümer joins this episode of the podcast to discuss everything from how Gorillas has already managed to r…
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OMR CEO Philipp Westermeyer and digital marketing editor Scott Peterson are keeping tabs on everyone who's anyone and everything that's anything in the European digital, marketing and tech space. In free-flowing talks with the biggest players and companies disrupting and shaping European tech and beyond, we keep you abreast of what’s up this side o…
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Nicolas Julia is the CEO and co-founder of Sorare, a platform that combines a fantasy football game with the exploding world of NFT collectables. NFT provide provable scarcity and authenticity, which make these collectable items much sought-after goods for professional collectors and investors. Nicolas joins OMR's international digital marketing ed…
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Christian Wiens is co-founder and CEO of Getsafe, an insurtech based in Germany. In 2020, Getsafe secured USD 30m in Series B funding and has plans to further bolster its market share in the UK and Germany, its two primary markets. In this episode of the OMR Podcast, Christian speaks with OMR's international digital marketing editor Scott Peterson …
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Join OMR CEO Philipp Westermeyer as he goes inside the minds of the biggest names in digital and tech. theHoward Lerman is the CEO and founder of Yext, an NYC-based global data management company. Lerman and Yext are a familiar face in the OMR cosmos as regular participants in OMR events, including Lerman's appearance at the OMR Festival 2018. He's…
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OMR founder and CEO Philipp Westermeyer sits down with Picnic co-founder Michiel MullerPicnic co-founder Michiel Muller talks about a modern rethink of the "Milkman" as a business strategy, a logistics overhaul and expanding in Germany in the OMR Podcast.By Philipp Westermeyer, founder and CEO of OMR / Scott Peterson, digital marketing editor, OMR
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OMR founder and CEO Philipp Westermeyer sits down with internet power couple Stefanie Giesinger and Marcus ButlerThis episode of OMR Podcast features German influencer Stefanie Giesinger and UK internet celebrity Marcus Butler drop by to discuss Instagram fame, life as an influencer in the age of corona and their new label "nu-in."…
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In this episode of the OMR Podcast with Philipp Westermeyer, OMR CEO and Founder Philipp Westermeyer is joined by NYU Stern School of Business professor Scott Galloway.In the latest edition of the OMR Podcast, the Galloway and Westermeyer discuss the impact of corona on both sides of the Atlantic, and Galloway offers up his prognosis on how the pan…
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Star chef Jamie Oliver joins the Fiete Gastro takeover with host Tim Mälzer to talk health, nutrition and education, reminisce about their shared glory days and discuss Jamie's new cookbook Veggies.This is a special takeover episode by Fiete Gastro the culinary podcast produced by OMR and hosted by star German chef Tim Mälzer. Mälzer, whose nicknam…
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Co-founder of The Trade Desk Dave Pickles in the OMR Podcast with OMR founder Philipp WestermeyerDave Pickles co-founded one of the biggest companies you've never heard of in The Trade. In this episode of the OMR Podcast, Dave sits down with Philipp Westermeyer to discuss what The Trade Desk does, provides insights into its business model and the f…
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In this episode of the OMR podcast, Trelles-Tvede—CEO and Founder of Invisibobble—sits down with OMR Editor-in-Chief Roland Eisenbrand to discuss the Invisibobble story.For Sophie Trelles-Tvede, founding Invisibobble was a headache. Literally. Invisibobble, you see, is in the business of hair ties—something that always gave Tvede splitting headache…
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The ex-Wharton School of Business Prof is THE DTC Guru for upstart brands.Warby Parker (glasses), Away (suitcases), Casper (mattresses) and Harry's (razors) are just a few of the feathers in David Bell's professional cap. The DTC (direct-to-consumer) guru and ex-Wharton School of business prof turned investor dropped by the OMR podcast to discuss h…
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In a rare podcast appearance, global pop icon Billie Eilish joins Philipp Westermeyer for only her second-ever podcast appearance.In a rare podcast appearance, global pop icon Billie Eilish joins Philipp Westermeyer for only her second-ever podcast appearance.By Philipp Westermeyer, founder and CEO of OMR / Scott Peterson, digital marketing editor, OMR
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Matt Lieber discusses the future of the global podcast business with OMR founder Philipp Westermeyer.In this episode of the OMR Podcast, Gimlet Media co-founder Matt Lieber joins OMR founder Philipp Westermeyer to discuss the recent sale of Gimlet to Spotify, what the biggest issues are facing the podcast industry and just how lucrative the podcast…
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In the OMR Podcast, Sir Martin talks about life post WPP, his new company S4 and how companies can compete in a world of digital walled gardens.In the OMR Podcast, Sir Martin talks about life post WPP, his new company S4 and how companies can compete in a world of digital walled gardens.By Philipp Westermeyer, founder and CEO of OMR / Scott Peterson, digital marketing editor, OMR
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