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B2B Marketers Can Laugh

154 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings

Drive demand & scale your business with insightful lessons & light-hearted conversations with Europe's greatest B2B Marketers & Founders


(previously Innovators Can Laugh).


B2B Marketers Can Laugh is your essential source for B2B SaaS insights, with a touch of wit. Host Eric Melchor sits down with Europe's seasoned B2B Marketers & Founders to uncover the strategies and lessons that fuel startup growth. Expect laughter, but more importantly, expect valuable insights to drive demand and scale your business. 


Solo episodes with specific podcast marketing and podcast advertising tips you can use today. 

Topics covered: B2B marketing, podcast marketing, demand generation, B2B growth, podcast advertising, go to market strategy (GTM).


The show is brought to you by B2B PodPros. Apply to work with Eric: https://www.b2bpodpros.com/


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Is my Chihuahua allowed? Avvinue - the First Pet Travel Booking Engine

June 29, 2022 05:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

I chatted with Nicole Caba, the founder of Avvinue – the first pet travel booking engine. That’s right, a booking website for pet travel. With so many pet owners worldwide and each airline having its own set of restrictions when it comes to traveling with pets, Avvinue is bound for takeoff! If you’re a pet owner or just want to hear an interesting story about a wonderful idea that was hidden in plain sight, this is the episode for you!  Show highlights: -   0:45 – Nicole’s favorite childh...

The Easy No Code Web Scraping Tool

June 22, 2022 03:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB

I chat with Indiehacker Robert Balazsi who has built a no-code web scraping tool that has really taken off since he started building in public. Robert and I dive into juggling work and indiehacking, the importance of being your own customer, and leveraging building in public. If you’re trying to juggle work and building something on the side, then this episode is for you. Show highlights:  0:35 – where to find a delicious Hungarian desert 1:40 – an unusual food Robert consumes 3:02 –15 ...

Personalized Approach to Employee Benefits with MELP

June 15, 2022 05:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

I chatted with Vidmantas Šiugždinis who is a very talented serial entrepreneur, investor, and lecturer. In a previous role as CEO of Lemon Fitness club, he grew a health company from 8 clubs in Lithuania to more than 30 clubs in 3 Baltic countries. Now he is creating MELP - a personalized employee benefits platform that provides a wide variety of choices for employees. In this chat, we learn about his obsession with the number 7, the weird thing he does for his morning routine (99.5% of us ...

The digital memory album for you and your family

June 08, 2022 05:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MB

I chatted with bootstrap founders Daniel and Markus from Storyark. Storyark is a digital memory album for you and your family. It allows you to securely store photos, videos, audio, and text and share them with your family and close friends. They got this idea at Oktoberfest and, as you probably guessed, are also dads with small kids. In this chat, we learn about how they are bootstrapping their startup, how Storyark is different than other apps in the market, and also fun stuff about thei...

Bootstrap Startup Lessons

June 01, 2022 12:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MB

Arvid Kahl is a seasoned pro when it comes to bootstrapping startups. He created Feedback Panda and one year later grew it to $55,000 MRR. He then sold it two years later for an amount of money that was life changing. He then launched Bootstrapped Founder where he writes about Bootstrapping, startups, engineering and mental health. He’s also written a couple of guides, one of which is Zero to Sold that is meant to guide software engineers who want to become entrepreneurs. Arvid and I discus...

The all-in-one pack to build and ship Saas products fast

May 25, 2022 02:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MB

Nico Botha has witnessed a lot of companies waste time and money to design and build their MVP. So, he created a SaaS boilerplate to help startups save time and money as the most important parts of the application are already done for a fraction of the cost.  In this conversation Nico and I discuss:  All the integrations that Shipsaas starter kit includes the mistakes he made when launching his product (including the pricing he listed on ProductHunt) The fun projects (including AI genera...

Fullfunnel.io - smart marketing for B2B companies with complex sales cycles

May 18, 2022 03:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MB

Andrei Zinkevich is a Pro when it comes to Full funnel marketing strategies for B2B companies. Andrei started his career as an Area Sales Manager for Kimberly Clark before switching to marketing and working as a CMO and B2B marketing consultant with 50+ B2B Companies across Europe and North America. He now consults growing B2B companies that have long and complex sales cycles. Andrei and I discuss: the thing that companies should stop and start doing when it comes to ABM the sales proble...

Brand design for your Startup in 5 minutes

May 11, 2022 02:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

Can you imagine receiving tons of referrals from people who never even bought from you? That’s right. 9 out of 10 people who recommend you, never even bought from you. How can this be? Well this is the life of Dagobert Renouf, co-Founder of logology.co. In this conversation, we discuss: How Logology went from $2,250 in 5 months to $17,500 in 7 months How Dagobert strategically uses Twitter to build his community (he went from less than 100 followers to more than 20,000 in just a few month...

$20,000 in 7 days, leaving a career as a Lawyer to launch a startup

May 04, 2022 02:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MB

Can you imagine walking away from a lucrative job that pays six figures right out of University, and launching a startup? Well, that’s what Arnaud Belinga did. After studying for 7 years to become a Tax Lawyer, he decided to devote himself full time to do what he loves – being an entrepreneur. And his startup, Breakcold which uses AI to improve and streamline cold email marketing, is on fire! In this conversation, we discuss: how Breakcold uses AI to improve and streamline cold email marke...

Finding early adopters, the main mistake most startups make and planning your social media content with Ovi Negrean

April 27, 2022 02:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MB

Hey ICL fans. Today we’re talking about finding your first early adopters and the common mistakes startups make when starting out with Ovi Negrean, founder of SocialBee. SocialBee is a platform that helps SMBs get more customers through social media and is used by over 25,000 companies. It makes it very easy to plan your social media content across Insta, Tik Tok, LinkedIn and other social platforms. Ovi is also a startup advisor and mentor at the Founder Institute based out of Frankfurt and...

Top Startup in Europe for E-commerce: OptiMonk

April 20, 2022 02:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MB

In this episode we’re talking about conversion optimization, specifically for Ecommerce brands with Csaba Zajdo. Csaba is the founder of OptiMonk, a top startup in Europe for E-commerce, and Shoprenter. Shoprenter is like the Shopify for Hungary.  More than 65,000 merchants worldwide use Shoprenter to power their online retail stores. And as for Optimonk, more than 20,000 brands are using it and it has more than 400 5-star ratings on Shopify. Csaba is also the founder of Innonic which is a s...

Engaging with Remote Fans through UGC with Tom Vecsernyes from Seyu

April 13, 2022 02:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MB

In today’s episode, I’m joined with Tom Vechy, founder of Seyu. Tom’s career entailed working as a Marketing Director for FC Junior Sport before taking the leap to launch Seyu which allows fans around the world, through a moderated channel, to post their photos on to the LED boards and other screens in the stadiums on matchdays, and share them instantly on social media in branded frames. What we discuss: the challenges he believes sports clubs will face in the next 10 years the hurdles he...

Analyzing the Quality of a Social Shopper with Michel Henns, CRO at Neticle

April 06, 2022 02:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MB

​​In this episode, I’m joined with Michel Henns, CRO at Neticle. Michel is an authoritative voice in the field of social shopping insights and over the years has gathered and analyzed social shopping insights for many companies in Europe. What we discussed: the proportion of revenue and by channel that is attributed to social media the difference in demographics among social shoppers by channel the quality of a social shopper versus one who came in from another channel his recommendatio...

Nightmoon – the turnkey solution for beautiful playgrounds all over the world

March 30, 2022 02:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MB

In our last episode of season 2, Lithuania, I chat with Aiste Aliukoniene, co-founder of Nightmoon which is a leisure and amusement consultancy specializing in the developing leisure spaces, playgrounds, and amusements parks from idea to turnkey all over the world. We discuss her fascination with amusement parks, how she saw the opportunity to form Nightmoon, and the toughest part about completing a project. Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, su...

Creating the first real estate crowdfunding and investments platform in Lithuania

March 23, 2022 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MB

Historically EU crowdfunding platforms lagged behind other regions in the world making it difficult for start-ups and other small innovative companies to access initial seed funding. But that is going to change since a single set of rules will cover the whole EU. And to capitalize on this change in Lithuania and abroad is Viktorija Cijunskyte, founder and CEO of Profitus.   It wasn’t that long ago when Viktorija jumped into the real estate profession and placed flyers on doors looking to pro...

Bringing the aging population back into the workforce – in a meaningful way

March 16, 2022 12:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MB

Retirement can be a scary thing. Without a sense of purpose, no real daily duties to attend to, and perhaps feeling unwanted, depression can sink in along with a host of other mental and health problems. Irma (Irma) Lukoseviciene is looking to change that. Her platform, Gen4Gen, (currently in Beta), is a consumer-to-consumer 2-sides digital marketplace that matches supply and demand for all manner of services that Seniors can participate in. Ranging from basic household support to remote hi...

Making Tech a basic skill along with reading, writing and math

March 09, 2022 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MB

The tech industry is heavily saturated by men, but that doesn’t matter to Monika Katkute, founder and CEO at Teachers Lead Tech. In the beginning Monika had created a successful and highly sought-after kids after school club. But she knew that in order to scale the club, it wasn’t more bodies needed, but technology.   Rewarded with a grant from Google, she’s built a system that empowers teachers to help build their skills and teach tech to primary schools aged children in Lithuania and abroa...

One of the ten Lithuanian-based startup to watch in 2022 – Memby

March 02, 2022 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MB

Helping to make high quality education be accessible to virtually any student, despite their demographics or economic background, Eimantas Bekeza is on a mission. From Physics to Ecommerce to online learning, Eimantas is on an incredible journey. Join us as he shares the lessons he learned in the unsuccessful launch of his first business and what struggles he’s had to overcome since launching Memby.  Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe ...

The open data platform helping companies manage risks

February 23, 2022 13:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MB

Dr. Gerda Jurkonienė has been actively involved in the establishment of the Credit Bureau in Lithuania and development of data infrastructure to help businesses better understand the behavior of their customers. Now she has co-created an open data platform that integrates open data, credit bureau functionalities as well as credit scores and insights, thus enabling companies to increase sales and manage risks. Dr. Gerda is also an accounting and financial analysis lecturer at Vilnius Univers...

On a Mission to Disrupt the US Advertising industry with Tadas Cekavicius

February 16, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

From selling life insurance policies at the age of 18 to being the country manager for Bolt in Lithuania, Tadas Cekavicius had held many different roles. His latest role is co-launching Realthy – a real estate referral platform for realtors while also serving as CEO of Fullreach.io which serves as an advertising consultant agency for US based clients. Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com Buying...

Instead of a Degree, Graduates at Turing College get a Job

February 09, 2022 13:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

Lukas Kaminskis created his first coding bootcamp at 16 years old. At 22, he became a lecturer in software engineering at ISM international university. Now, Lukas is taking EdTech to a new level with the launch of Turing College where students receive a job upon graduation. Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com Buying ad spots on large podcast ad networks sucks. We fixed that! Check out https://...

The boldest and most exciting car sharing company in the world

February 02, 2022 08:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MB

Did you know that Vilnius is the carsharing capital of Europe with the highest density of carsharing cars and its usage? Known for having fun with their marketing whether its social responsibility or headhunting, in this episode I chat with CityBee CMO, Pija Indriunaite. Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com Buying ad spots on large podcast ad networks sucks. We fixed that! Check out https://www...

The smart, wireless, GPS-powered alarm system

January 26, 2022 05:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MB

Andrius bruno Rimkunas is co-founder of Monimoto  - an affordable, easy-to-use, reliable, smart GPS tracker with a year’s battery-life that cleverly alerts your phone if your motorcycle is moved.  In this show we dive into Andrius' many entrepreneurial ventures, including his roles at the Lithuanian state television and radio, selling cars in Ukraine, being head of digital, and starting two businesses. Andrius describes himself as "a bit of a crazy person" as he's always finding ways to ear...

The smart, wireless, GPS-powered alarm system

January 26, 2022 05:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MB

Andrius bruno Rimkunas is co-founder of Monimoto  - an affordable, easy-to-use, reliable, smart GPS tracker with a year’s battery-life that cleverly alerts your phone if your motorcycle is moved.  In this show we dive into Andrius' many entrepreneurial ventures, including his roles at the Lithuanian state television and radio, selling cars in Ukraine, being head of digital, and starting two businesses. Andrius describes himself as "a bit of a crazy person" as he's always finding ways to ear...

Inspecting Power Grids with LiDAR and Drone Technology

January 19, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MB

In this episode I chat with Mantas Vaskela, CEO of Aispeco which is an innovative mapping technology provider whose products can be used in aerial, mobile or stationary modes and combines LiDAR and Hyperspectral capability. Focusing on multi sensor fusion, Aispeco delivers products in aerial topography, mobile mapping and fixed mounted lidar platforms. In our chat we discuss what Mantas experience was like starting Laserpas in 2015 which was short listed as the most interesting startup in A...

Trailblazing discoveries in Gene Editing Solutions

January 12, 2022 07:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MB

Dr. Monica Paule is a High-tech company founder of two innovative startups and is an Associated Professor & Technology Transfer expert in Academia. When not acting as the CEO at CasZyme, a company which aims to to develop new discoveries, innovative applications and top-quality research in the field of CRISPR based Molecular Tools, she’s building EdTech company “Paulai Tech” which is aimed at STEM Education and AI & AR based solutions.   As if running two startups wasn’t enough, Dr. Paule al...

Psychologist who used to box now throws punches in the B2B sector with AI and eye-tracking!

January 05, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MB

In this episode we chat with Martynas Bagdanskis, Head of Sales for Attention Insight which is a visual attention prediction algorithm based on deep learning. Within minutes it will accurately predict where people will look while engaging in your content.  What are the most crucial traits someone needs to possess in being in a sales role? What something about Martynas that most people don’t know about him?     This and other fun questions in this podcast with exciting Lithuanian startups. ...

From lawyer by eduction to crypto and blockchain full time - Vytautas Zabulis, CEO of HFinance

December 29, 2021 05:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MB

Vytautas Zabulis enjoys ultrarunning, mountain climbing and finance (with a little surfing in between). Lawyer by education, he's done a few exits, has been involved in crypto since 2015, and is now immersed in blockchain full time from 2018. He's also an investor (investing privately to seed/private/early stage). And is the cofounder + CEO of Hfinance. Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com Buyi...

Tinggly - Give One of a Kind Experiences not Stuff with Migle Rakauskaite

December 22, 2021 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MB

Tinggly is a unique gifting platform where you have the opportunity to "give stories, not stuff." In this show we chat with Migle Rakauskaite who shares some of the obstacles she had to overcome in her role as CMO. Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com Buying ad spots on large podcast ad networks sucks. We fixed that! Check out https://www.b2bpodpros.com to learn more. Previous guests include: ...

Lithuanian startup founder Lukas Lukosevicius is making workspaces smarter with TableAir

December 15, 2021 11:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MB

Chat with Lukas Lukoševičius, founder of Table Air, as he discusses his excitement about places where humans work. Be it at home or in the office, it’s how we spend most of our time. Together with other engineers and workplace specialists, Table Air designs unique and unforgettable product experiences.  Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com Buying ad spots on large podcast ad networks sucks. We ...

Mindletic: a mental gym for your emotional balance with Leva Vaitkevičiūtė

December 08, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MB

Mindletic is helping innovative companies such as Vinted, Swedbank, KPMG to increase their emotional resilience towards sustainable living and lower costly employee turnover. 🌱 After winning 2nd place from more than 15000 participants at the Global Hack last year with the vision to predict&prevent emotional imbalance, Lithuanian startup founder Leva Vaitkeviciute, launched Mindletic - a mental gym for emotional balance.

Mindletic: a mental gym for your emotional balance with Ieva Vaitkevičiūtė

December 08, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MB

Mindletic is helping innovative companies such as Vinted, Swedbank, KPMG to increase their emotional resilience towards sustainable living and lower costly employee turnover. 🌱 After winning 2nd place from more than 15000 participants at the Global Hack last year with the vision to predict&prevent emotional imbalance, Lithuanian startup founder Ieva Vaitkeviciute, launched Mindletic - a mental gym for emotional balance. Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox e...

Ligence - The AI solution that is making cardiac ultrasound more accessible with Lithuanian co-founder Dovydas Matuliauskas

December 01, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes - 7.16 MB

Dovydas Matuliauskas was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. He's a 6th year medical student and a co-founder of Ligence, a medical device startup company. He is also an ultrasound lecturer and has won numerous startup competitions. With a strong numerical background, Mr Matuliauskas is responsible for the financial part of the project. Aside from his interest in medical imaging, radiomics and radiology, he does weightlifting and wakeboarding.  -      0:55 – favorite tv show that Dovydas can watch...

Cargo stream - the simple cloud-based workspace for overland logistics management

November 24, 2021 20:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MB

Leon is a Dutchy living in the outskirts of Europe, called Lithuania. A lifelong learner who never went to University to get a degree, but instead put his sleeves up and build a career at a young age.  After almost 20 years he found that enough is enough, and unleashed the entrepreneur sleeping inside of him. He's also a speaker, a father and husband, a bio-hacker, a sporty guy and always up for something new. Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, ...

Virgil Stanescu - former Romanian basketball player to Executive Director of CEO Clubs International

September 26, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MB

 | In this episode of Innovators Can Laugh, I sat down with Virgil Stanescu, Executive Director of CEO Clubs International. We discuss his career as a professional basketball player, how sports is a pillar of education, and how he instills competitiveness in others by leading as an example. Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com Buying ad spots on large podcast ad networks sucks. We fixed that! C...

One-of-a-kind Adventures in Romania with Raluca Jianu

September 13, 2021 12:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

 | In this episode of Innovators Can Laugh, I sat down with Raluca Jianu, co-founder of EpicVisits. We discuss her childhood, how she created a replica of a communist-style apartment from the 80s, and how her travel and booking platform EpicVisits is showcasing all the unique and epic retreats Romania has to offer. Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com Buying ad spots on large podcast ad network...

Vaunt - the Complete Solution for Real-estate Business Management

August 25, 2021 15:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MB

In this episode of Innovators Can Laugh, I sat down with Irina Constantin, co-founder of Vaunt. We discuss her early learning struggles due to dyslexia, how she created and sold digital goods as a teenager on games like Sims, and why it's important to overcome thinking patterns that could prevent you from becoming the person you desire to be.  Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com Buying ad spot...

This is the Euro tech startup multi-carrier shipping software you’ve been waiting for! 🎉

August 18, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MB

In this episode of Innovators Can Laugh, I sat down with Daniel Nicolae, co-founder of Innoship. We discuss his experience working on transformation projects in the middle east and Africa, his career rise at Orange, and launching an advanced multi-carrier shipping software for a retails business needs.  Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com Buying ad spots on large podcast ad networks sucks. We ...

Acertivo: the Romanian startup and therapy platform that helps you take charge of your mental fitness

August 11, 2021 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MB

 | In this episode of Innovators Can Laugh, I sat down with Irina Paraschiv, founder of Acertivo. We discuss how people have a big misunderstanding when it comes to mental health, signs to look for when your mental health starts to break down, and Acertivo - the low touch therapy platform that helps people take charge of their mental fitness. Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com Buying ad spots...

For people who make shoe contact before eye contact - The Hush w/ Anca & Sabina Sercau

August 04, 2021 07:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

If you love beautiful handcrafted womens shoes, then you are going to luv hearing how two sisters launched an exclusive high-quality shoe brand while working full-time in their careers.  Anca and Sabina Sercau are founders of The Hush shoes. The road to getting their startup off the ground has been rocky to say the least. Because of Covid, their entire business model had to change. Afterall, with many people working from home, women aren't putting on high heels to go to the grocery store or ...

Using Avatars to help people on the autistic spectrum with Adela Barbulescu

July 28, 2021 13:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MB

In this episode of Innovators Can Laugh, I sat down with Adela Barbulescu, co-founder of Emoface. We discuss how to build the perfect work day, who'd she want on her team in an escape room, and the technology she is developing to help treat people with autism. Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com Buying ad spots on large podcast ad networks sucks. We fixed that! Check out https://www.b2bpodpros...

Integrating all your business applications in one easy to use platform with EasySales

July 21, 2021 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MB

In this episode of Innovators Can Laugh, I sat down with Ciprian Cazacu, co-founder of Romanian startup EasySales. We discuss if pineapple belongs on pizza, who was the better student him or his brother, and the launch of an application that integrates different systems to make managing your business activity easier. Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com Buying ad spots on large podcast ad netwo...

From Marseille to Tehran and back to Bucharest, Romain Couderc is cultivating what the United Nations declared the food of the future

July 14, 2021 17:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB

In this episode of Innovators Can Laugh, I sat down with Romain Couderc, founder of Spinoa. 5 years ago he traveled on bike, through Turkey, Iran, India, Indonesia, and Cambodia meeting people who are implementing innovative solutions when it comes to social challenges regarding food, energy, and ecology. Inspired, he's bringing that innovation to Romania.  Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com ...

A Google algorithm update killed 70% of his blog’s earnings, but that's not stopping Mircea Giurca from transforming shopping into a carbon neutral experience

July 07, 2021 22:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MB

 | In this episode of Innovators Can Laugh, I sat down with Mircea Giurca, founder of Verdoo. At 22 he was on top of the world, but then hit rock bottom. Now after a few projects like creating a dating app, his latest venture is cracking the future of Sustainable Shopping and making it possible to protect the planet while consumers shop online. Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com Buying ad spo...

From Bucharest to Milan to Paris, Maria Sas is shaking up the fashion industry by making it possible for style to be sustainable and circular.

June 30, 2021 19:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MB

 In this episode of Innovators Can Laugh, I sat down with Maria Sas, founder of Sustainibli. We discussed her experience studying in Milan and Paris, working as a fashion designer, and working to launch the first action-oriented community centered web platform for students and professionals within the fashion industry. Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com Buying ad spots on large podcast ad net...

It’s Raining Cats, dogs with Romania’s #1 Pet Sitting Platform

June 23, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MB

 | In this episode of Innovators Can Laugh, I sat down with Claudia Goga, co-founder of CaretoPets. We discussed what it’s like growing a business on a shoestring budget, how she beat the competition, and why it’s important to find a mentor. Find out who upcoming guests are and get my newsletter in your inbox every week, subscribe at https://innovatorscanlaugh.substack.com Buying ad spots on large podcast ad networks sucks. We fixed that! Check out https://www.b2bpodpros.com to learn more....

Get 3X qualified candidates that are a good fit for your team - Lavinia Vladu (#8)

June 16, 2021 17:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

It’s not often that an applicant can have the opportunity to choose a team instead of choosing a job. So how does CV30 put company culture at the forefront for brands and a person’s career search? Lavinia Vladu didn’t have it easy starting a business with no money to invest. Coupled with having to work out of a McDonald’s or some other café while bringing her coffee from home in a thermostat and her mom constantly telling her that she should get a job at a bank where there is job security a...

What Uber did for ride-sharing Bogdan Andronache is doing for Recycling (#7)

June 09, 2021 14:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MB

Eco Tree - the new recycling platform that allows you to buy, sell, and trade any solid waste from anywhere in the world. We all use apps for food delivery, hotel reservations, and car-riding services like Uber, but did you know there is a new platform that allows you to recycle in real-time? Bogdan Andronache doesn’t conform easily to standard procedures or norms (Afterall, he ran away from his home in Moldovia to attend a Counter Strike tournament in Bucharest at the age of 14). And per...

From appearing in Jean Claude Van Damme movies as a child to creating an AI platform that helps teams converse better with customers - Alin Rosca (#6)

June 03, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 15.8 MB

It’s not every day I come into contact with a modern-day Renaissance man. Someone who has a wide interest and is good at many different things. So how does Romanian entrepreneur Alin Rosca do it? Alin Rosca (@LinkedIn) has been a child actor appearing in commercials and movies, a gymnast, football player, an online trader who lost all of his money in a single day, and startup founder for multiple companies. After moving to the UK and starting an office cleaning and candle business, Alin mov...

How Estonia became Europe's Silicon Valley, the Global Hack, Pipedrive, Amber Bikes, and more with Helery Pops

May 27, 2021 06:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

Estonia is a very small country with a population of roughly 1.3 million people. So why is Tallinn, the capital, considered the Silicon Valley of Europe? Helery Pops (@LinkedIn) is a Product Manager, surfer, and all-around software extraordinaire. Her career in software began in 2016 when she took a role as an inside sales consultant for startup Pipedrive. After advancing her career and taking on additional responsibilities including Product Manager (Pipedrive is now valued at over $1.5 Bil...