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Mostly Awesome

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Mostly Awesome is a podcast about the personal journeys of innovators. We talk to the doers and thinkers of our time to understand what motivates them and why they do what they do. Together we reflect upon their decisions, wins, and setbacks. Meet our inspiring yet relatable guests from the world of entrepreneurship and technology to find out what may help you to become an innovator of tomorrow!

Get ready for bi-weekly episodes on Wednesdays. We are looking forward to our guests and your feedback to [email protected].

Mostly Awesome is brought to you by the Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) in Munich. For more information, check www.cdtm.de/podcast.

And now lean back, listen in, and learn from the thought leaders of our time!

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#39 Hamza Tahir: From indie-hacking in Pakistan to raising $6.4 Million for his AI startup in Germany

January 15, 2024 17:40 - 56 minutes - 45.4 MB

Hamza Tahir is a software developer turned ML engineer. An indie hacker by heart, he loves ideating, implementing, and launching data-driven products. His previous projects include PicHance, Scrilys, BudgetML, and you-tldr. Based on his learnings from deploying ML in production for predictive maintenance use-cases in his previous startup, he co-created ZenML, an open-source MLOps framework for creating production grade ML pipelines on any infrastructure stack. In this podcast, we dive into H...

#38 Gyri Reiersen: Secure a future for generations by achieving net zero emissions

May 26, 2023 10:02 - 37 minutes - 30.1 MB

We just released a brand new episode of our podcast featuring an in-depth conversation with the co-founder and chief product officer of Tanso, Gyri Reiersen, a groundbreaking company revolutionizing carbon accounting and emission reduction processes. Join us as we delve into the world of sustainability and technology, exploring how Tanso automates processes in carbon accounting while building the analytical basis for effective emission reduction. Discover their innovative solutions that are ...

Teaser Season 5 with our hosts Ruby, Claudia, and Ali!

May 04, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 2.11 MB

Welcome to the new season of the Mostly Awesome podcast! Our first episode will drop on May 10, but before that we wanted to give you all a sneak preview of what season 5 is all about. Over this season, we will be chatting with different changemakers and innovators – we can’t wait for you to hear! We’re also stoked to have Ruby Zhang, Claudia Dalmau, and Ali Raza as our fearless hosts.

#37 Gesa Biermann: Enabling sustainable forestry and making your grandma proud

November 15, 2022 07:20 - 48 minutes - 39 MB

When you think about trees, what comes to mind? In most of our heads, they are probably the prime example of “something good for the environment”. Even though it is by far not the only way to capture carbon, there is an increasing trend to quantify and enhance the environmental benefit of sustainable forestry. We are happy to have Gesa Biermann as our guest today. Gesa is a Co-Founder of Pina, a startup that quantifies and rewards sustainable forestry.  Before founding Pina she was a Center ...

#36 Johannes Hussak: Automating privacy related processes

November 02, 2022 07:00 - 36 minutes - 29.5 MB

Today we welcome Johannes Hussak in our podcast, one of the co-founders of Kertos, a platform that automates data privacy operations. Always fascinated by technology, Johannes did his bachelor and master at Technical University of Munich in Energy and Process Technology and went to an abroad semester at Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai. It was during his studies when one of his friends drew Johannes attention to Manage and More - an entrepreneurship scholarship by UnternehmerTUM in ...

#35 Eva Spannagl: On leadership, angel investing and women's empowerment

October 25, 2022 06:00 - 51 minutes - 41.2 MB

This week we are excited to welcome Eva Spannagl, head of Strategy & Business Development at Moss, founder of Femstory, business angel, and personal inspiration to both of us. Eva studied at ESCP Business school and the Universidad Carlos tercero de Madrid. She held a variety of internships during her studies and ultimately joined McKinsey full time when she graduated from her masters. During that time, Eva founded Femstory, a nonprofit focused on connecting women to professional mentors....

#34 Claudius Jablonka: On Venture Capital and Beyond

October 18, 2022 06:40 - 53 minutes - 43.4 MB

How do you found a VC firm, really? Today we will talk to Claudius Jablonka, a former CDTM Centerling and Center assistant who co-founded 10x Founders. Claudius co-founded and led the Munich office of Plug and Play Ventures, one of the most active early-stage investors in the world. In 2020, he and 6 other partners co-founded 10x founders, now a €160m early-stage fund which is backed also by CDTM alumni. Over the course of the episode, we speak to Claudius about his academic and professional...

#33 Vanessa Westphal: Changing nutrition habits for good

October 11, 2022 06:30 - 53 minutes - 43.3 MB

Some people say the entrepreneurial spirit is something you are born with. This is something that could be true for our guest in today’s episode, Vanessa Westphal. As a very young child she already started selling stones in front of her house to top up pocket money. And she kept the entrepreneurial spirit ever since. Having spent more than 10 years building a corporate career at Siemens, last year Vanessa founded Choosy, which offers AI-optimized nutrition plans that suit both your taste and...

#32 Sebastian Schaal: Democratizing electronics production

October 04, 2022 10:28 - 57 minutes - 46 MB

The startup ecosystem has seen many software startups over the last years, but how about a software startup that aims to ease the development of new electronic hardware products? Our guest in todays episode, Sebastian Schaal, is diving into exactly this area. He is the co-founder of Luminovo, a company that speeds up the process of electronic hardware development, leveraging software and machine learning. Over the course of the episode you will learn about the Luminovo's transition into a pur...

Teaser Season 4: New episodes with our hosts Julia and Jaclyn!

September 30, 2022 07:43 - 2 minutes - 2.05 MB

Welcome to the new season of the Mostly Awesome podcast! Our first episode will drop on October 4, but before that we wanted to give you all a sneak preview of what season 4 is all about. Over this season, we will be chatting with 6 different changemakers and innovators – we can’t wait for you to hear! We’re also stoked to have Julia Kozlovskaia and Jaclyn Hovsmith as our fearless hosts.

#31 Vidya Madhavan: Rethinking the dating culture

June 20, 2022 05:30 - 54 minutes - 44 MB

In this week’s episode, we welcome Vidya Madhavan, Founder and CEO of Schmooze, the dating app where you swipe memes instead of people. Coming from Engineering and Business Background, Vidya will tell us how she did not build “just another dating app” but rather the fastest growing one. During this episode, we will get to hear Vidya's thoughts on how an MBA and Entrepreneurship complement each other, where the idea of a meme-based dating app even came from and how the online dating market mig...

# 30 Michelle Tian & Jennifer Phan: Empowering the creators of tomorrow

May 09, 2022 06:14 - 45 minutes - 37.4 MB

For this week’s episode Passionfroot is on the menu! The co-founders Jennifer Phan and Michelle Tian combine backgrounds in venture capital at Rocket Internet and tech development at AirBnB and Shopify. In 2021 they co-founded Passionfroot with the aim to empower independent businesses of tomorrow. With this passion in mind, they are developing a back-office tool tailored to creator businesses. Tune in to learn more about Passionfroot and the future of the creator economy!

#29 Maya Hari: Big tech, startups, and social media

April 13, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 49.2 MB

If we hear about living an almost nomadic life, we typically have a picture of a backpacker in mind, traveling the world. Our guest for today's episode, Maya Hari, however, would probably describe this as how she spent her 20s working in India, the U.S., France as well as Singapore. Maya is not your run-of-the-mill backpacker though - she studied engineering and did an MBA at INSEAD before she worked at the likes of Cisco, Google, and Microsoft before becoming the VP of Global Strategy and Op...

#28 Joshua Cornelius & Mehmet Yilmaz: Fostering employee happiness

March 23, 2022 06:22 - 48 minutes - 39.5 MB

Joshua and Mehmet both studied Business Administration and Math in Munich. Together they founded Freeletics in 2013, which later rose to become a popular consumer internet company that offers personalized fitness plans and community support via a mobile application. After exiting from Freeletics in 2018 they waited no more than three weeks before they founded yet again! Their current venture is called Zavvy, a company that aspires to invent aspects of the “future of work”. During this episod...

#27 Vlad Lata: Revolutionizing the healthcare industry

March 07, 2022 00:05 - 49 minutes - 40.4 MB

In today’s episode, our guest is Vlad Lata. Vlad is not only a serial entrepreneur with founding experience at KONUX and Avi Medical but also a CDTM alumnus. His first venture, KONUX, is active in the field of IoT/AI providing smart sensor systems and AI-based analytics. With AVI Medical he is now active in the optimization of the patient experience by leveraging technology. In the course of this episode, we learned why and how he decided to found a venture twice, what institutions impacted ...

#26 Hessam Lavi: Shaping the climate-tech space

February 15, 2022 13:30 - 55 minutes - 44.6 MB

In today’s episode we were delighted to have Hessam Lavi as our guest. Hessam is the CEO and Co-Founder of Climatiq, a company that engineers and develops a Carbon Footprint Intelligence Platform. During the course of this episode we spoke about several topics that make Hessam’s journey unique. We learnt about his voyage from war-torn Iran, to Sweden, and finally to Berlin. We also took deep dives into the learnings he drew from being a serial entrepreneur, how he built successful startup...

#25 Thomas Regier and Kivanc Semen: The future of data privacy

January 25, 2022 09:15 - 47 minutes - 38.7 MB

In this episode, we talk to Thomas Regier and Kivanc Semen - the founders of DataGuard. In 2017 they founded DataGuard together. And since then they help companies to manage their data privacy - an inviolable human right and key to a successful business in an increasingly digital world. We talk to them about their multi-cultural background and how they first met as teenagers in a workshop for basketball trainers. Covid-19 has been a major topic of discussion everywhere in the last months. Ho...

#24 Sona Chandra: A new paradigm in drug discovery

January 04, 2022 09:20 - 50 minutes - 40.7 MB

In this episode, we are talking to Sona Chandra, the co-founder of Terra Lumina - an AI-based drug discovery platform. Sona is a qualified Biomedical engineer who speaks passionately about drug discovery and healthcare. One can tell from her responses that she’s determined to make a dent in how we as a civilization discover and engineer medicines. We spoke to Sona about her cross-continental journey and understanding how a person of Indian origin, who is actually a citizen of Australia, gets...

#42 Hung Dang: Creating a new standard for Data

November 30, 2021 16:20 - 46 minutes - 38.2 MB

In this episode, we spoke to Hung Dang- an inspiring CDTM alumnus and the founder of Y42 - the company that is on the mission to build the most powerful and simple to use data tool that allows everyone to work with their data efficiently and collaboratively. In October 2021, the company raised one of the biggest Series A funding rounds in Europe. But before founding Y42, Hung had his fair share of hardship and challenges - He was born in Vietnam and grew up with his grandparents while his pa...

#22 Arseniy Vershinin: Automating the people workflow at Personio

November 16, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 37.2 MB

Arseniy Vershinin is a co-founder and CTO of Personio - Europe's leading one-stop HR platform for small and medium-sized businesses. It helps small businesses across Europe manage common HR tasks like onboarding, payroll, and attendance accounting. Coming originally from Russia, Arseniy moved to Munich in 2011. Here, at CDTM he met his future co-founders Hanno Renner, Ignaz Forstmeyer, and Roman Schumacher. And this is where the Personio story begins! Tune in to listen to Arseniy's person...

#21 Awais Shafique: Changing the way people shop with the power of AI

November 02, 2021 16:25 - 47 minutes - 38.9 MB

This time, we had a very exciting talk with Awais Shafique - the co-founder and CPO of a FashionTech startup presize.ai. After finishing his Bachelor's degree in his homeland Pakistan, Awais came to Germany to study Biomedical Computing at Technical University in Munich. As he was already very passionate about entrepreneurship at the time, Awais joined the Center for Digital Technologies and Management. And after just one year he founded presize.ai with two other Centerlings, Leon Szeli and ...

#20 Dr. Sophie Chung: Medical Tourism - great healthcare should be accessible to all

October 19, 2021 10:53 - 47 minutes - 39.1 MB

Dr. Sophie Chung is the CEO and Founder of Qunomedical - a digital health platform with a focus on medical travel that helps patients find the right doctor anywhere in the world. On the mission to empower patients worldwide, Qunomedical gives everyone the chance to access great healthcare - no matter who they are and where they are from. Sophie, who spent five years as a Consultant at McKinsey & Company told us about her career decisions and instances that proved to be inflection points alon...

Teaser Season 3: Launching episodes every 2nd Tuesday with our new hosts Keke and Maria!

October 18, 2021 12:10 - 3 minutes - 3.61 MB

Welcome to Season 3 of Mostly Awesome with our new hosts Keke and Maria! We are again talking to inspiring innovators from the world of entrepreneurship and technology to give you unique insights into their personal journeys, motivation, and opinions. Listen to our teaser to meet our new hosts and get a sneak peek at our awesome lineup of guests. As usual, we will be launching new episodes bi-weekly, starting on Tuesday 19th of October. We are looking forward to your feedback to podcast@cdtm....

#19 Caroline Weimann: Politics - an important vehicle for social and ecological change

August 24, 2021 22:30 - 52 minutes - 42.1 MB

Caroline Weimann is the founder and co-director of JoinPolitics. JoinPolitics aims to open unusual routes into politics by supporting and giving seed capital to political talent and applying the disruptive and innovative nature of entrepreneurship to politics. Caroline holds a Master’s degree in International Studies from SOAS - University of London and an Executive MPA from the Hertie School of Governance. Previously, she worked on building social ventures at Siemens Stiftung, at the EU Comm...

#18 Daniel Metzler: It’s called hardware because its hard – founding in the aerospace industry

August 10, 2021 22:30 - 45 minutes - 36.6 MB

Daniel Metzler is the co-founder and CEO of Isar Aerospace. Daniel studied mechanical engineering at TU Wien and aerospace engineering at TUM. During his studies in Munich, he joined the rocket technology initiative WARR, where he worked on special rocket engines and met his later co-founders - Josef Fleischmann and Markus Brandl. In 2018, they founded Isar Aerospace Technologies GmbH. Isar Aerospace builds satellite launch vehicles that are smaller, cheaper, and more sustainable than existin...

#17 Daniel Besendorfer: Creating a mutual dialogue between business and technology

July 27, 2021 22:30 - 58 minutes - 47.5 MB

Daniel Besendorfer is the CEO of Allianz Technology, the IT service provider of the Allianz Group. He studied economics in Freiburg and Boston and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Freiburg. He started his career as an executive assistant in the German life insurance division of Allianz. Daniel quickly took on leadership responsibilities and progressed through many different positions at Allianz for almost 17 years before taking on his role as Chief Executive Officer of Allianz Technology ...

#16 Alev Canoglu: Promoting equal opportunities

July 13, 2021 22:30 - 47 minutes - 38.1 MB

Alev Canoglu is the founder of the Munich-based non-profit organisation Female Tech Leaders, which aims to empower women in STEM and leadership positions and mentor tech-savvy girls. After graduating and working in the documentary film industry, Alev decided to change fields and studied computer science at LMU and TUM. Alev has previously led product initiatives at Siemens, Microsoft and Autoscout. 2:25 Alev's career path: In the beginning, Alev tells us why she moved from the arts to the ...

#15 Folkert Behrends: Balancing performance and recovery

June 29, 2021 22:30 - 54 minutes - 43.8 MB

Folkert Behrends is a triathlete and professional coach. After an accident in 2008, doctors told him he might never be able to walk again. But 15 months later, Folkert successfully competed in the Iron Man triathlon and became world champion in his age group. Building on this experience, he is now active as a speaker and as a coach for individuals, teams, and companies. In this role, he shares his insights on taking risks, believing in yourself, and striving for more, but also on patience and...

#14 Saskia Bruysten on social businesses – using economic thinking to generate social impact

June 15, 2021 22:30 - 41 minutes - 33.9 MB

Saskia Bruysten is co-founder and CEO of Yunus Social Business. After studying economics at EBS and LSE, Saskia started her career at Boston Consulting Group. After a crucial meeting with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus, she decided to go into social business, and they eventually co-founded Yunus Social Business. Saskia is also an active member of the UN Commission's Expert Group on Social Business, as well as a lecturer at events including the World Economic Forum and the Cli...

#13 Hana Milanov: A career in academia - a different perspective on entrepreneurship

June 01, 2021 21:00 - 47 minutes - 38 MB

Hana Milanov is a Professor of International Entrepreneurship at the Technical University of Munich and an active board member and mentor at CDTM. Hana studied management in Croatia, earned her Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship and Strategy in the U.S. and worked as a professor at IE Business School in Spain for 5 years. 3:07 Hana’s career in academia: In the beginning, Hana explains why she decided to do research and teach instead of being an entrepreneur. She also shares her initial challenges as...

#12 Jakob Assmann: Why we need more entrepreneurs to avoid a climate crisis

May 18, 2021 22:30 - 47 minutes - 38 MB

Jakob is the founder of Greengas Concepts and Polarstern Energie, which are pioneers in developing sustainable energy and heating solutions. He is also the co-owner and managing director of Impact Hub Munich, which supports sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation. Before entering entrepreneurship, Jakob studied business administration and earned his Ph.D. at LMU Munich. 2:19 Jakob's career path: Jakob tells us about his journey to earn a Ph.D. and how this gave him time to reflect and ...

#11 Veronika Riederle: From consulting to entrepreneurship - building something that matters to you

May 04, 2021 22:45 - 33 minutes - 27.4 MB

Veronika Riederle is the Founder and CEO of Demodesk, an intelligent meeting platform for remote sales that was supported by Y-Combinator. Veronika studied in Munich and New York and is an alumna of the CDTM. After graduating, she spent five years in consulting at Bain & Company before starting her own company. 2:31 Veronika's career choices: In the beginning, Veronika talks about why she initially decided to go into consulting and what she learned from that experience. She also shares her...

#10 Dan Ram: Host, speaker & coach - falling in love with what you are becoming

April 20, 2021 22:35 - 47 minutes - 38.1 MB

Dan Ram is a speaker, motivational coach and event host. He has hosted some of the biggest innovation and tech events, such as Bits & Pretzels, and has delivered 5 Ted Talks on a variety of topics, from motivational tips to the power of diversity. Before finding his passion as a host, Dan worked in many different jobs, including for the UN, as an entrepreneur, consultant, and voice-over artist. Dan grew up traveling the world as the son of an Indian diplomat, who made his way out of India’s l...

#09 Anna Alex: Sustainable entrepreneurship - how to align purpose with profit

April 06, 2021 22:30 - 39 minutes - 32.5 MB

Anna Alex is the co-founder and COO of Planetly, a tech startup on a mission to help build a carbon neutral economy. Previously, she co-founded Outfittery, Europe's leading online personal shopping service for men. For her achievements, she was named one of the young elite top 40 under 40. 2:43 Anna's journey into entrepreneurship: In the beginning, Anna talks about how she got interested in the startup scene, what she learned during her time at Rocket Internet, and why she would not recomme...

#08 Nino Ulsamer: Serial Entrepreneur – the winded road to build a successful startup

March 23, 2021 23:30 - 39 minutes - 31.4 MB

Nino Ulsamer is a serial entrepreneur and currently CTO of StashAway in Singapore, a digital wealth management platform that personalizes financial planning and portfolio management. He has founded seven times on three different continents, out of which two companies have already become a great success. 03:52 Nino's early career and his decision to become a founder: In the beginning, Nino talks about his personal journey of becoming a founder, how CDTM impacted his decision, and why he chose...

Teaser Season 2: Launching episodes every 2nd Wednesday with our new hosts Lisa and Tim!

March 21, 2021 23:30 - 7 minutes - 6.76 MB

Welcome to Season 2 of Mostly Awesome with our new hosts Lisa and Tim! We are again talking to inspiring innovators from the world of entrepreneurship and technology to give you unique insights into their personal journeys, motivation, and opinions. Listen to our teaser to meet our new hosts and get a sneak peek at our awesome lineup of guests. As usual, we will be launching new episodes bi-weekly, starting on Wednesday 24th of March. We are looking forward to your feedback to [email protected]...

#07 Carsten Maschmeyer: Die Anfänge des TV Löwen – Vom Verkaufstalent zum Gründer und Investor

February 24, 2021 19:50 - 57 minutes - 46.5 MB

Carsten Maschmeyer ist erfolgreicher Gründer, Investor, Bestsellerautor und Juror in der TV-Show "Die Höhle der Löwen". Als Jäger nach den besten unternehmerischen Ideen auf dem Markt hat Carsten Maschmeyer mit seiner gleichnamigen Maschmeyer Group – einem Kollektiv von mehreren Investmentfonds – bis dato in über 85 Unternehmen investiert. Carsten spricht darüber, was ihn in den Anfängen seiner von Armut geprägten Kindheit angetrieben hat, wie sich seine Wahrnehmung von Reichtum im Laufe der ...

#06 Laura Lewandowski: Disruptive journalism – how to tell stories that sell

February 10, 2021 14:10 - 35 minutes - 29.2 MB

Laura Lewandowski is a Top 30 under 30 journalist, columnist (Business Insider), podcast host (Innovator Sessions by Red Bull), and co-founder of the "The Meet Your Mentor” YouTube series, featuring leaders such as Jay Shetty, Nico Rosberg, Toni Garrn or Sophia Amoruso. On top, she consults companies on storytelling such as Facebook, Uber, or Google. In this episode, Laura talks about how she initiates, develops, and starts successful formats, and projects with top companies such as an “Afric...

#05: Prof. Klaus Diepold: Diversity in tech – how to bust the myths and change perceptions of STEM careers

January 27, 2021 20:22 - 30 minutes - 25.2 MB

Klaus Diepold is a professor for data processing at the department for electrical and computer engineering at TUM, Former TUM’s Senior Vice President for Diversity and Talent Management, focusing on machine learning and moral machines, and a member of the board of directors at CDTM. In this episode, Prof. Diepold talks about how he ended up in academia after several positions as CTO in various tech-companies and what biases and problems he sees in the peer-review process and competition among...

#05 Prof. Klaus Diepold: Diversity in tech – how to bust the myths and change perceptions of STEM careers

January 27, 2021 20:22 - 30 minutes - 25.2 MB

Klaus Diepold is a professor for data processing at the department for electrical and computer engineering at TUM, Former TUM’s Senior Vice President for Diversity and Talent Management, focusing on machine learning and moral machines, and a member of the board of directors at CDTM. In this episode, Prof. Diepold talks about how he ended up in academia after several positions as CTO in various tech-companies and what biases and problems he sees in the peer-review process and competition among...

#04 Katharina Mayer: The social-impact entrepreneur – fast forward after the DHDL deal

January 13, 2021 07:25 - 29 minutes - 24 MB

Katharina Mayer is the Founder and CEO of the social start-up Kuchentratsch. Translated the company name means „Cake Tittle-Tattle“ and this gives a hint what the mission behind the social start-up is all about: preventing the feeling of social isolation and poverty of the elderly by providing grandmas and grandpas with a place in Munich to get together, pursue their passion for baking, and top up their pension. In 2018 Katharina made a successful deal in the German version of shark tank call...

#03 Sven Schmidt: VC Brain und Gründer Mastermind – kontrovers, gefeiert und heiß debattiert

December 30, 2020 19:00 - 32 minutes - 26.2 MB

Sven Schmidt ist Geschäftsführer und CMO bei der Machineseeker Group und Serial Entrepreneur. Er war Mitgründer des Wagniskapital-finanzierten Unternehmens Verwandt .de, das an das Accel-Portfoliounternehmen MyHeritage verkauft wurde. Sven war auch Mitbegründer von Getgo, einem VC-finanziert E-Commerce-Ticketing-Unternehmen, das an CTS Eventim verkauft wurde, wo er den Bereich Neue Medien leitete. Darüber hinaus war er insgesamt 6,5 Jahre lang Venture Partner bei Accel und Earlybird. Bekannt ...

#03 Sven Schmidt: VC Brain and Entrepreneurial Mastermind – meet the controversial yet admired business analyst

December 30, 2020 19:00 - 41 minutes - 33.2 MB

Sven Schmidt is Managing Director and CMO at Machineseeker Group and a serial entrepreneur. He co-founded venture-backed Verwandt, which was sold to Accel portfolio company MyHeritage. Sven also was the co-founder of Getgo, a venture-backed e-commerce ticketing company that was sold to CTS Eventim, where he was head of the New Media division. On top, he was Venture Partner at Accel and Earlybird in total for 6.5 years. He is most prominently known for being a regular podcast guest at OMR podc...

#02 Judith Dada - Rising star in VC - why you should expose yourself to high-risk high-reward opportunities

December 15, 2020 23:05 - 36 minutes - 29.1 MB

Judith Dada is a partner and managing director of La Famiglia, a women-led Berlin-based VC firm that invests in seed-stage B2B tech startups. In this episode, Judith talks about how she ended up in VC and what biases she encounters as a female VC partner. She tells us about the process of launching a second fund and how the COVID-19 pandemic affected La Famiglia. From a macro perspective, Judith shares her opinion on the regulation of tech companies as an ex-Facebook manager and why we urgent...

#02 Judith Dada: Rising star in VC - why you should expose yourself to high-risk high-reward opportunities

December 15, 2020 23:05 - 36 minutes - 29.1 MB

Judith Dada is a partner and managing director of La Famiglia, a women-led Berlin-based VC firm that invests in seed-stage B2B tech startups. In this episode, Judith talks about how she ended up in VC and what biases she encounters as a female VC partner. She tells us about the process of launching a second fund and how the COVID-19 pandemic affected La Famiglia. From a macro perspective, Judith shares her opinion on the regulation of tech companies as an ex-Facebook manager and why we urgent...

#01 Hanno Renner: Halfway to unicorn status - what it takes to scale a startup

December 01, 2020 23:15 - 33 minutes - 27.1 MB

Hanno Renner is the founder and CEO of Personio, an HR SaaS company on its way to becoming Germany's next unicorn. As a passionate skipper, Hanno tells us how he navigates his 500-employee ship and what he learned about sailing his team as servant leader through rough seas aka the Covid-19 crisis. We also learn from Hanno how Personio is set-up for rapid growth, the benefits of Metrics Monday, and how the M&A integration of the Spanish startup 'Rollbox' underwent. Additionally, Hanno shares h...

#01 Hanno Renner - Halfway to unicorn status - what it takes to scale a startup

December 01, 2020 23:15 - 33 minutes - 27.1 MB

Hanno Renner is the founder and CEO of Personio, an HR SaaS company on its way to become Germany´s next unicorn. In this episode, he talks about what he learned building Personio and leading its team through the COVID-19 crisis. He tells us what helps him to stay focused and where he sees himself in the future. Hanno also speaks about failures and setbacks, for example in what way his first startup Feedbackme differed from Personio. Talking to Hanno, we learned how to set up an organizational...

#00 Teaser Mostly Awesome - new episodes launching bi-weekly on Wednesdays!

November 27, 2020 23:30 - 2 minutes - 3.2 MB

Welcome to Mostly Awesome, a Podcast by CDTM in Munich launching on Wednesday, the 2nd of December, biweekly on all platforms where you can listen to a podcast. We are looking forward to our guests and your feedback to [email protected]. Follow our channel now, and never miss an episode!

#00 Teaser - new episodes launching bi-weekly on Wednesdays!

November 27, 2020 23:30 - 2 minutes - 3.2 MB

Welcome to Mostly Awesome, a podcast by CDTM in Munich, launching new episodes bi-weekly on Wednesdays on all platforms where you can listen to a podcast! What awaits you here, why you should listen in, and who are we? In this teaser, you will find all the answers! We are looking forward to our guests and your feedback to [email protected]. Follow our channel to never miss an episode!

#00 Teaser – new episodes launching bi-weekly on Wednesdays!

November 27, 2020 23:30 - 2 minutes - 3.2 MB

Welcome to Mostly Awesome, a podcast by CDTM in Munich, launching new episodes bi-weekly on Wednesdays on all platforms where you can listen to a podcast! What awaits you here, why you should listen in, and who are we? In this teaser, you will find all the answers! We are looking forward to our guests and your feedback to [email protected]. Follow our channel to never miss an episode!

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