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10 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 8 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsOpen up Europe is a podcast that brings weekly inspiration from experienced European Startups and Venture capitals.
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OuE08: Dave Mcclure – We are Quite Bullish With Our Investments in Emerging Countries
November 17, 2015 14:44Dave McClure Talks About 500Startups Investment Strategy in Emerging Markets 500Startups and Dave McClure needs no introduction - the Valley based prolific Startup fund and its head was in Web Summit 2015 in Dublin. Not surprisingly he was very much in demand but lucky for you that I had the chance to interview with him :) If you are a good followers of the recent news you'll know that 500 Startups has taken a bold direction to introduce a new fund to invest in Turkish Startups recently. E...
OuE07:4 Lessons from Web Summit 2015 and 1 Surprise
November 12, 2015 19:22Web Summit 2015 Was a blast Web Summit 2015 was huge this year and I had the chance to witness it as a reporter for you. It was my first time and I learnt a lot. I summarized 4 quick lessons I learnt and I am sharing them with you. Enjoy! Transcript Episode 7 – 4 Web Summit Lessons & 1 Surprise What’s up everyone, great to be together with another episode of Open Up Europe Podcast, your host Sidar is here. Last week Open up Europe was at Web Summit 2015. In this episode I’ll tell ...
OUE06: Jeremy Walker solves Chicken and Egg Problem of Social Platforms
August 30, 2015 21:20This episode witnesses a brilliant mind of Healthcare Industry and an Europreneur from UK: Jeremy Walker - the CEO of Meducation. Wondering the secrets that led a niche platform lead to 75K Users? Enter Jeremy. About Meducation and Jeremy Meducation is a social platform with a focus on education of Medical students. To date, they have 75K users with a 20% average retention rate. If these numbers alone don't impress you check this : they are adding 10K per month to that number. Yes, that...
OUE05: Growth Hacking and Mysteries of Going Viral explained by Prof. Mohout
August 27, 2015 00:04Growing your audience. Going viral. Spreading the word out there. And all of that, for free. 0 dimes. Who wouldn't want that? That's the promised lands of Growth Hacking my friend. When you know what to ask there is no better person than to ask an academician who has run tons of experiment and taught lots of classes on the subject. I am talking about the guest of the episode 5, Prof. Omar Mohout. Is Growth Hacking a Hype? We have had an ecstatic talk with Prof. Mohout who is the Profes...
OuE04: Robin Wauters on being a Top Influencer and Keys to a Successful Startup PR
August 17, 2015 07:59Have you ever wondered how to get press attention as a European Start Up? It seems sort of a black magic - you happen to impress one person and boom, suddenly the users flock to your site! Ever asked the magician tell his/her trick? That's essentially what we do on the show! Especially interesting when the black magician is one of the WIRED TOP 100 Influencers and inspiring Journalist, Robin Wauters! You have planned an outstanding launch and only missing guest for the party is the media. ...
OuE03: Art and Science of Raising Money for your StartUp in Europe with Frank Maene
August 03, 2015 07:59This episode was a blast. I had the honour of hosting Frank Maene the Managing Partner of Volta Ventures and Humming Bird Ventures: a successful investor and overall an entrepreneurship guru - although he is too humble to call himself as such. He has more than 25 years of experience in the industry and more than a dozen in the VC and Investing in particular. He has seen the dot-com bubble - companies falling left and right. He has seen and survived many crisis. Has worked both in Europe and...
OuE02: Ekin Caglar andThe New Wave of Social Media You Must Ride
July 28, 2015 07:58This is the second episode of Open Up Europe podcast. I am thrilled to bring you an inspiring entrepreneur from Turkey but living in UK - Ekin Caglar, the CTO of Woto.com. About Ekin Caglar Apart from being the top technical man of Woto Ekin Caglar is quite good at songwriting and production. He has been in the IT business since 25 years and has tons of valuable insights to share on how to build a B2C business. He also talks about well as transition from a B2B to a B2C business. In the I...
OuE01 Part 2: Gregory Van Ass on Raising Funds for Your Startup and Failure
July 16, 2015 13:40This is the second part of the first episode of the Open up Europe podcast. Click here for the first part. We are continuing to talk over raising funds, European Startup actors and Belgian Entrepreneurship. Gregory answers interesting questions like why taking up a government grand is not a good idea. Gregory organizes Startup Weekend Liege and TedX Liege and he is the founder of GOTORO (french), a non-profit organisation helping entrepreneurs. Don't hesitate to leave a comment here, or...
OuE 01 Part 1: Gregory Van Ass on Organizing a TedX Event
July 16, 2015 13:26The very first episode Open Up Europe Podcast :) We have an awesome entrepreneur from Belgium, he is Gregory Van Ass. Gregory is the organizer of TedX Liege and Startup Weekend Liege. This episode comes in 2 parts,in this first part we discuss great tips on entrepreneurship and how to organize an event as great as a TedX. Gregory organizes Startup Weekend Liege and TedX Liege and he is the founder of GOTORO (french), a non-profit organisation helping entrepreneurs. Gregory is an excellen...
OUE 00: What is Open Up Europe All about?
July 16, 2015 01:09Welcome to the first Episode of Open Up Europe Podcast! In this episode I am by myself and I am talking about the need to look at Entrepreneurship with a European viewpoint. After that I explain the format of the show and at the last part I give background information on myself. Should you have any feedbacks or ideas please don’t hesitate to submit it through the contact form or the email address mentioned in the podcast. Below, you will find the show notes. Peace out! – OK Here is ...