Best Spela Podcasts (2024)

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Christoffer V. Herheim - Equity and founder journeys 53:21

5M ago53:21

53:21

Welcome back! In this episode of the EquityPeople podcast we chat to Christoffer V. Herheim. We cover a lot of different topics such as: 🚀 Optio's Growth Journey: From bootstrapped beginnings to a recent funding round in Q1 2024. 💼 Company's Evolution: Started as a service firm, now specializes in cap table management for listed and pre-IPO compani…

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S2 Ep10: Connection Epiphany 9:59

7M ago9:59

9:59

If you’ve ever felt unhappy or lacking connection in your life, in this episode I want to tell you about the epiphany I had this morning about connection. It brought me an overwhelming sense of emotions and joy. And maybe this epiphany can help someone on their journey.By Spela Sluga

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Natalie Pearce - This is how to design the Operating System of your company 55:34

7M ago55:34

55:34

Join Natalie Pierce, co-founder of the FutureKind Collective, as she shares insights on creating company culture! 🏢 Learn how Natalie's background in economics and design led her to specialize in culture creation. Evident, right? 😂 Discover Natalie's improv comedy journey and how it fosters trust and creativity. 💡 Explore Natalie's definition of cu…

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Eva Spexard - Building an equity plan from scratch and remote work post pandemic 51:17

8M ago51:17

51:17

🎙️ Dive into our latest podcast episode with Eva Spexard where we unveil the secrets of: 🌐 Creating an inclusive equity scheme relying on extensive research and peer advice 🤝 Shifting company philosophy to involve every employee in the VSOP plan, fostering belonging and commitment 📊 Practical steps, including a Google Doc for insights and leveragin…

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Ian Whiteford - Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 People practices 45:08

11M ago45:08

45:08

🎙️ Tune in to this episode of our podcast, where we explore the dynamic world of startups and the synergy between people and equity with Ian Whiteford. 🚀 Ian, journeyed from studying geography to Goldman Sachs and later joined the metaverse tech company, Improbable. Under Ian's leadership, Improbable scaled from 75 to over a thousand employees! 📈 D…

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Jabulile Dayton - Inside the Person and the Role of Chief People Officer 59:29

1y ago59:29

59:29

🎙️ Tune in to Startups, People and Equity as we chat with Jabu, an experienced Chief People Officer and consultant who has worked with companies like Nordstrom, Airbnb, and TaskRabbit. Discover her insights on taking risks, failures, and the role of a CPO in balancing employee advocacy and company needs. 🚀 Explore the value of communication, alignm…

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Chloe Paramatti - People and VC trends 59:14

1y ago59:14

59:14

🔎 Podcast Overview In this thought-provoking discussion, we delve deep into the world of startups, people operations, and equity. Our special guest, Chloe Paramatti, partner at Hyple, a prominent London-based consultancy for early-stage companies, brings her expertise in people operations to the forefront. 💡 Key Topics Covered - VC-backed vs. Non-V…

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Zach Esrig - Deployment strategy 50:19

1+ y ago50:19

50:19

In this episode we chat to Zach Esrig from Assemble, a total reward and DEI intelligence software. Zach shared his experiences on: - tranferrable skills from consulting to SaaS customer experience which he nicely rebranded to deployment strategy - Current comp trends - His experiences with employee stock options (ESOPs)…

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S1 Ep9: Baselines 25:58

1+ y ago25:58

25:58

If you have been feeling scattered in your life lately or feel like others are taking advantage of you and maybe even struggling with communication in your relationships with others, in this episode we are going to talk about creating baselines. You don't have to do it alone! Join our Free Love for the Soul Community Download Free Workbook that goe…

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S1 Ep8: Self Care 20:37

1+ y ago20:37

20:37

If you are someone that is always doing for others or just experiencing absolute burnout and exhaustion. In this episode we're going to talk about self-care. You don't have to do it alone! Join our Free Love for the Soul Community & Download Free Workbook that goes with the episode by Clicking "Free Preview." Follow Me On: https://linktr.ee/spelasl…

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Sara Brioschi - People Foundations 54:54

1+ y ago54:54

54:54

In this episode with Sara Brioschi we focus on getting the people foundations in startups right. We cover topics like: - Filtering through best practices to get to your practice - Embracing culture changes as your company grows - Getting decision-makers aligned on important topics Hope you will enjoy watching and listening! Sara's LinkedIn: https:/…

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S1 Ep7: Healthy Communication 29:05

1+ y ago29:05

29:05

If you are struggling with communication in your life, this episode will break down how to create healthy communication habits and tools in your life. Learn the Healthy Communication flow technique to help create healthy relationships. You don't have to do it alone! Join our Free Love for the Soul Community & Download Free Workbook that goes with t…

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S1 Ep6: Self Awareness 21:05

1+ y ago21:05

21:05

If you have been struggling mentally, emotionally or physically, in this episode we are going to talk about learning self awareness. You don't have to do it alone! Join our Free Love for the Soul Community & Download Free Workbook that goes with the episode by Clicking "Free Preview." Follow Me On: https://linktr.ee/spelasluga Discord Instagram Tik…

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S1 Ep5: Love vs. Survival 11:14

1+ y ago11:14

11:14

Are you living from a place of love or from a place of survival? If you have been living your life for others or doing things just to survive, learn how to start to make the shifts in your life to love and bliss. You don't have to do it alone! Join our Free Love for the Soul Community & Download Free Workbook that goes with the episode by Clicking …

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S1 Ep4: Relationship Foundations 20:21

1+ y ago20:21

20:21

If you are struggling in your relationships, this episode will help learn how to build a foundation in your relationships. Learn about the foundational pillars are start to apply them to your life. You don't have to do it alone! Join our Free Love for the Soul Community & Download Free Workbook that goes with the episode by Clicking "Free Preview."…

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S1 Ep3: Understanding Relationships 15:52

1+ y ago15:52

15:52

If you are struggling in your relationships, this episode will help you start understandig relationships and how to gain deeper connections. Relationships are connections which are meant to support each other's wounds and create a safe space for each other. You don't have to do it alone! Join our Free Love for the Soul Community Download Free Workb…

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Catarina Martins Simoes & Karime Andere (Ledgy): Career Transitions 1:00:30

1+ y ago1:00:30

1:00:30

In this episode of EquityPeople we chat with two Ledgy employees who have moved from Customer Experience to the Product Management and Product Marketing departments. They share how they feel as startup employees in general, how the move was for them and of course what their view is on equity.By Špela and Tamas

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S1 Ep2: Our Wounds Mirror Our Experiences 29:24

1+ y ago29:24

29:24

If you have been getting triggered a lot lately in your life and are feeling uncomfortable. In this episode we will talk about how to move through those feelings in a healthy way. Our wounds will mirror our experiences. The people, situations and events in our life will trigger us to show us what needs to be healed. Find a healthy flow for you to w…

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S1 Ep1: My Story - Pain to Financial Freedom 11:12

1+ y ago11:12

11:12

Achieving financial freedom brought me to my rock bottom. I learned self love and healing to find true peace, love, freedom and bliss. Here I share my story. The Love for the Soul Podcast will be a place where you will learn tools for self love, relationships and you don't have to do it alone! Follow Me On: https://linktr.ee/spelasluga Instagram Ti…

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Mitchell Bayer-Goldman (Volta XR) - The good and the challenging times as a founder 55:36

1+ y ago55:36

55:36

Mitch is going through his second economic turmoil as an entrepreneur. In this episode he talked us through what it was like to wind down a previously very successful startup during the COVID-19 pandemic and what it is like to be the COO of an up and coming one right now. He speaks eloquently about not only the processes but how it was and is like …

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Akbar Karenga (Maarusi & Founders Factory) - Hiring, firing and everything in between 46:36

2y ago46:36

46:36

Akbar is the type of person who you are really eager to learn from as he has his opinions fact-checked and backed by research. Not just stand-alone studies from your local journal of esoteric sciences, from meta analyses and Google stuff. He is also open to challenges, so he is just Talent Hall of Fame if you ask Spela and Tamas. What did we learn …

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David Peterson (Angular Ventures) - What is venture capital? 46:23

2y ago46:23

46:23

In this episode we get to know David who went from entrepreneur and early employee to investor and from the US to Europe. He talks about: - Airtable, Peloton, Uber, Airbnb, Sequoia, Benchmark, Lightspeed etc... - Esoteric SaaS - Running a fund that is not yet top tier and the challenge of attraction - His distribution of time between LPs, founders,…

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Bradley Franks (Applied) - Good vs bad revenue 57:58

2y ago57:58

57:58

Bradley has a talent for selling. He also invested a lot of time into educating himself of this complex process. Icing on the cake: he sells a software to help unbias your hiring process. We surely learned a lot listening to him, hope you will too. We chated about: - How Bradley got into sales from studying geography - Training sales people in a st…

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Madeline Lawrence (Peak Capital) - Making women richer 53:57

2y ago53:57

53:57

Yes, Maddie is every bit as awesome as you’d think. If you’re in any way connected to the startup world, I’d recommend you listen to this episode. She shared her insight on a wide range of topics: Maddie’s thoughts on the current situation in the startup world: What has been Peak’s strategy going through the last years of high valuations What can f…

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Friedrich Wolf (Sono Motors) - Leading people teams in startups 49:52

2y ago49:52

49:52

Did you know that Friedrich is not her real name? An impressive episode, tackling everything from: - working in a 3 person team to post IPO - attracting talent as a small startup vs a bigger, established company - changing the department's name from HR to People - successful recruiting practices - organizational structures - examples of great inter…

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Episode #7: ZeShaan Shamsi - The people department in startups pt.2 23:21

2+ y ago23:21

23:21

We're talking with ZS who has led talent departments in the public and private sector, and most recently at Onfido. Currently ZS is working as the director of people at the People Collective. In the previous episode, we covered everything from talent learnings, from the public and private sector, and also touched on how similar the people departmen…

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Episode #6: ZeShaan Shamsi - The inside look at Talent departments 28:20

2+ y ago28:20

28:20

ZeShaan Shamsi has led in-house Talent efforts for public, semi-public, and private space entities such as the UK government’s Digital Services arm, the BBC, and Onfido (scaled Onfido from 50 to 250+ people across 7 global locations). After this experience, he was employee #1 in the PeopleCollective where besides of course owning and developing eve…

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Episode #5: Makenna Smutz - Employee to co-founder 45:58

3y ago45:58

45:58

In this episode we had the enormous pleasure of talking to Makenna Smutz. Makenna, is the co-founder at a brand new project called Wavr. Before this she was co-founder at Meeshkan a SaaS solution targeted at product teams aimed to ease UI testing. We talked to her about: - her journey into co-foundership, - challenges of refocusing a company on a n…

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Episode #4: Timon Ruban - Psychological safety at work 1:02:29

3y ago1:02:29

1:02:29

You can find Timon's two mentioned blogs and a brand new one via these links: - Psychological Safety (https://medium.com/luminovo/on-the-bare-necessity-of-psychological-safety-bdb34e311b8c) - Performanced-based hiring (https://luminovo.ai/blog-posts/why-we-banned-requirements-from-our-job-descriptions) - Good feedback (https://medium.com/luminovo/g…

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Episode #3: Geographical pay: Where to start the conversation? 38:54

3y ago38:54

38:54

By Špela Prijon, Tamas Varkonyi, Ling Ling Phung

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Episode #2: (Not so) tricky employee equity clauses 49:58

3y ago49:58

49:58

Employee equity grants are a contract and as such have certain clauses that can seem tricky. However, as soon as they are understood, the clauses can help you negotiate and understand the consequences of your actions. Sources mentioned in the episode Almanac: Discussing equity with an applicant. https://almanac.io/docs/script-discussing-equity-with…

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Episode #1: How to judge equity as an employee? 37:28

3y ago37:28

37:28

European startup ecosystem is booming and with it the innovation is following. The US has successfully awarded equity to employees for years, now Europe is following. In this episode we discuss how to judge the equity offer you or your friends received and tell you the questions you need to ask the employer.…

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Här får du veta hur vi tänker att vi kan tjäna pengar på vår podd. 12:52

5+ y ago12:52

12:52

samtal om psykopater, äldre och lite om vänner.

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Här får du veta sanningen om varifrån sjukaste podden spelas in. 0:49

5+ y ago0:49

0:49

Vi berättar lite om hur du kan vara med i podden och vad vi får prata om.

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Catch up - Gaming & E-sport 35:34

5+ y ago35:34

35:34

Tiden flyger förbi, kändes som att det var igår Axel och David först flyttade till Amsterdam för att hitta en praktikplats, men här är dem, i nuet. Än en gång så kopplar Axel och David up sig själva på intern-nätet och tjötar om gaming, e-sport och livet. Häng med på veckans avsnitt. Mvh David Daniels Axel Elgenstierna Musik: ProleteR - April Showe…

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Första Catch up 37:26

5+ y ago37:26

37:26

Axel och David bor inte längre på samma stad, så istället för att mötas på ett ställe och tjöta så snackar dem nu över skype. Något som är relativt nytt. Förutom de så kommer podden komma upp varannan vecka istället för varje, och dem kommer försöka hålla den mer aktuell genom att släppa episoderna direkt istället för att hålla dem i några veckor. …

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Över en ny början - Axels resa & Junior Komplex 30:07

5+ y ago30:07

30:07

Nu har David och Axel inte bara gjort denna podd ett tag utan också fysiskt varit på samma ställe ett tag. I drygt 2 år har dem hoppat runt i äventyr tillsammans och upptäckt mycket om sin omgivning och sig själva. Nu är det dock dags för dem att separera (fysiskt) och ta ett nytt steg i sina liv. Men mer om de i avsnittet. Hoppas ni tycker om! Mvh…

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Över en bakisfika - Framtiden & Bekräftelse 38:08

5+ y ago38:08

38:08

Efter en hård kväll innan så sätter sig Axel och David sig på ett restaurang/café som råkade heta Restaurant & café. Musik: ProleteR - April Showers The Underscore Orkestra - Cocek The Underscore Orkestra - Underscore Underwear Blue dot Session - Cupcake Marshall The Underscore Orkestra - Broken String The Underscore Orkestra - F Minor Klezmer…

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Över ett BakisFross häng - Frossa & Kaffe 23:40

5+ y ago23:40

23:40

Denna avsnitt var väldigt casual, David var utmattad efter en hård natt. Men vi tryckte oss igenom avsnittet vilket kanske mest var David som gnällde över den jobbiga natten. Oavsett är det skönt att få ventilera ibland. Hoppas ni upskattar avsnittet oavsett. Mvh Axel Elgenstierna David Daniels Musik: ProleteR - April Showers The Underscore Orkestr…

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Över en öl - Koncentrations Musik & Brexit 35:02

5+ y ago35:02

35:02

Då var det dags igen! Denna gång sätter vi oss på en e-sports bar som heter Ranked, vi pratar om hur koncentrations musik fungerar för oss, hur det går för brexit egentligen och mer. Så häng med på Dagens avsnitt av över en öl. Med David Daniels & Axel Elgenstierna Musik: ProleteR - April Showers The Underscore Orkestra - Cocek The Underscore Orkes…

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Över en Fika - Kontrakt & Språk 33:58

5+ y ago33:58

33:58

Ny vecka, nya grejjor. Vi går in vad vi har för oss i livet just nu och vad som har lett till de. Vi går in på språk och hur privilegierade vi är att ha lärt oss Engelska utan någon effort, och mycket mer. Häng med in på veckans avsnitt! Musik: ProleteR - April Showers The Underscore Orkestra - Cocek The Underscore Orkestra - Underscore Underwear B…

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Över en middag - Skolsystem & Sociala Medier ft. Sara Benafshe 38:14

5+ y ago38:14

38:14

Idag hade vi den stora äran att gästas av en fantastisk människa. Hennes namn är Sara Benafshe och är Strateg, Influencer & en f.d klasskompis. Följ med när vi tar en middag tillsammans och pratar om allt från skolsystemet till Sociala Medier. Musik: ProleteR - April Showers The Underscore Orkestra - Cocek The Underscore Orkestra - Underscore Under…

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Över ett bakis häng - Protein Pulver & Gen modifiering 33:02

5+ y ago33:02

33:02

Efter ett mysigt häng med klassen och vår lärare från hyper island vaknar vi upp ännu en söndag och trycker ut ett avsnitt med huvudvärk och muntorrhet. Musik: ProleteR - April Showers The Underscore Orkestra - Cocek The Underscore Orkestra - Underscore Underwear Blue dot Session - Cupcake Marshall The Underscore Orkestra - Broken String The Unders…

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Över en Kaffe II - Arbetslöshet & Dejting 30:15

5+ y ago30:15

30:15

Januari börjar ta slut och det är dags för Axel och David att börja lista ut vad dem ska göra med sina liv. Sakta men säkert smyger känslan av måsten och "borde" fram och dem försöker hitta ett stabilt sätt att röra sig framåt. Musik: ProleteR - April Showers The Underscore Orkestra - Cocek The Underscore Orkestra - Underscore Underwear Blue dot Se…

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Över en Kaffe - Entreprenörs Ådra & D-day 33:07

5+ y ago33:07

33:07

Saker och ting börjar bli lite kaos i Axel och Davids liv men dem är ganska okej med det ändå, dem diskuterar grejen med företag och entreprenörs driv och hur man kan använda de på ett bra sätt. Musik: ProleteR - April Showers The Underscore Orkestra - Cocek The Underscore Orkestra - Underscore Underwear Blue dot Session - Cupcake Marshall The Unde…

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Över en öl - Liksom & Diogenes the Cynic 26:40

5+ y ago26:40

26:40

Axel och David kör på ett nytt koncept som dem filat på. Dem pratar om konceptet, impulsen att säga liksom, Diogenes och framtiden. Häng med in i första avsnittet av Över en.... Mvh David Daniels Axel Elgenstierna Music CC (in order): KieLoBot - Boss (K ID 30) The Underscore Orkestra - Cocek The Underscore Orkestra - Underscore Underwear Dee Yan-Ke…

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Minipodd: LHC vann med kniven mot strupen 8:33

7+ y ago8:33

8:33

Henrik Törnqvist blev den stora hjälten när LHC slog Brynäs i sudden death - och tvingade fram en sjätte kvartsfinalmatch. Dessutom - Lagkaptenen Niklas Persson firades för sina 38 fyllda år av LHC-klacken.By John Senewiratne/Corren

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Minipodd: "Liket (LHC) lever" 8:16

7+ y ago8:16

8:16

LHC håller liv i matchsserien mot Brynäs- 2-1 blev det i kvartsfinal nummer 3. Nu står det 1-2 i matcher. Eddie Larsson tycker laget börjar se ut som man ska.By John Senewiratne/Corren

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Minipodd: "Vi måste börja spela slutspelshockey nu" 8:22

7+ y ago8:22

8:22

LHC-spelaren Eddie Larsson var kritisk till lagets insats efter 2-3 borta mot Brynäs. Nu leder Brynäs kvartsfinalserien med 2-0 i matcher och LHC är illa ute.By John Senewiratne/Corren

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Minipodd: Så ska LHC resa sig efter smällen mot Brynäs 15:48

7+ y ago15:48

15:48

LHC fick en hockeylektion av Brynäs. 0-6. Lagkapten Niklas Persson kunde bara skratta åt eländet - och se framåt.By John Senewiratne/Corren

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