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Building a successful German food startup during COVID with Mathyas Lopez Redetzki

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 22:32:17 +0200

Mathyas is the founder of El Origen a German food startup bringing healthy snacks from Latin America to Europe!

They produce and distribute tasty organic plantain and manioc chips which are currently available in over 6000 stores in Germany.

Unfortunately, this episode got interrupted by connection issues and I lost the first 20 minutes. But this second half of the podcast is still packed full of value.

Mathyas discusses what it's like to start a company in Germany, the importance of processes to help you manage your company, and the role that short-form content can play in your company and personal brand.

Enjoy and share if you care!

Connect with Mathyas:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathyas-lopez-redetzki-90b42415/

Check out his TikTok & Instagram pages too

https://www.tiktok.com/@startuptogo?lang=de-DE

https://www.instagram.com/mathyaslr/

Check out El Origen

https://www.elorigenfood.de/

3 simple steps to start your own company with Alan

Sun, 05 Jun 2022 20:32:46 +0200

This week's podcast is a clip from an event I hosted together with Forge Accelerator in 2021.

Most first-time entrepreneurs get overwhelmed in the beginning and struggle to know what their next steps should be.

In this podcast, I go through 3 simple steps that you can use from TODAY to start building your own business. Each of the steps includes a free tool that you can use to guide you on your way.

Enjoy and make sure to subscribe to our newsletter so you never miss our upcoming podcast episodes!

The most overlooked step in building a business with Adam Forbes

Mon, 30 May 2022 10:25:13 +0200

If you're struggling with how to start building a start then look no further than this podcast!

Developing deep relationships with your future customers as early as possible is absolutely critical for business success.

And Adam Forbes is an expert in this area helping startups to accelerate their path to product market fit, spend efficiently on marketing and find and nurture real customers.

In this podcast, Adam and I discuss why hard customer facts in the form of data is a solid foundation for building a business, the type of data you should look for, and the very first few steps you can take this week to start building relationships with your customers.

Connect with Adam below

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamkforbes/

Grab a free trial of Adam's customer discovery tool "Familiarize"

https://www.gofamiliarize.com/

Share if you care!

25: Bootstrapping during times of war with Alyona Mysko

Fri, 20 May 2022 13:54:50 +0200

If you're looking for a real-life example of how to build a startup, look no further than Alyona Mysko from Ukraine.

She's the founder and CEO of FuelFinance a FinTech startup making finance cool again for startups and small businesses.

Her journey to date has involved persevering through both COVID and the war in Ukraine. Throughout that time she led her team as a solo founder, remained fully bootstrapped and manage over $250m in their client's ARR.

There are some amazing stories and lessons to be learned from this conversation so enjoy.

Connect with Alyona below

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyona-mysko-%F0%9F%87%BA%F0%9F%87%A6-39039766/

Check out FuelFinance here

https://fuelfinance.me/

Please support Ukraine and donate use these options

https://fuelfinance.me/2022/03/05/fuel-stands-with-ukraine/

24: Why Startups Struggle to Scale with Olav Carlsen

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:28:12 +0100

Olav Carlsen is a Silicon valley CFO veteran having worked with many startups there for over a decade taking two of those companies public.

The most recent of those companies was PortalPlayer Inc. known for "delivering technology to Steve Jobs". They worked exclusively with Apple and provided almost everything that went into the first generation of their Ipods.

In this podcast we discuss the two main challenges facing startups as they being to scale their business, we dip into a discussion about how silicon valley has both changed and remained the same over the past 20 or so years.

Finally, we provide an overview of the ScaleUp4Europe program which is an equity-free acceleration program helping startups to scale through access to customers in Europe.

Check out the 4 startup programs offered by ScaleUp4Europe below

https://scaleup4.eu/

Connect with Olav Carlsen

https://www.linkedin.com/in/olavcarlsen/

23: Why VCs are just like Startups with Dr. Alex Kern

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 23:34:11 +0100

In this episode, Dr. Alex Kern and I go deep into the world of Venture Capital discussing how VCs are a lot of more Startups than you might think in terms of their structure as well as how VCs are financed and the competitive nature of the VC market.

Alex also provides a nice overview of how VC funding is layered from pre-seed to Series A, B, etc, and discusses the process he went through to self publish his very own children's book about Startups and the world f Venture Capital!

Dr. Alex Kern has extensive experience in the world of finance and Venture Capital. He's currently principal at AKX Capital where he helps VCs get setup and grow & Managing Partner of the Deutsches Euro-Institute a consulting firm focusing on M&A, VC/PE, Corporate Restructuring, and Corporate Development.

Alex is also a Professor of Finance (EDHEC Business School) and Management (International University of Monaco) and a lecturer at King's College London.

Check out Alex's tiktok channel (focusing on Blockchain)

https://www.tiktok.com/@akx_capital

Grab his children's book about VCs on Amazon!

https://tinyurl.com/2hf5tpa2

22: comfort of successful investing comes with artificial intelligence

Sat, 25 Dec 2021 23:41:01 +0100

Franz is the co-founder and head of business development at Sub Capitals a FinTech startup from XPRENERUS Incubator at UnternehmerTUM in Munich

They’re democratizing access to artificial intelligence for everyday investors like me and you.

They've just launched their platform neoland.ai where you can test out their amazing tailored AI experience on the real financial market!

Signup to Neoland.ai for free right now

https://tinyurl.com/rc4yun8e

Check out Sub Capitals

https://www.subcapitals.com/en/

Connect with Franz Liebermann

https://www.linkedin.com/in/franz-liebermann-335513182/

21: How to become a leader at UnternehmerTUM with Patrick Remerscheid

Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:44:31 +0100

We're back after a long break! I'm joined this week by Patrick Remerscheid a scholar at the Manage and More program at UnternehmerTUM.

Patrick gives you the full low down on this amazing program that is helping shape the future leaders and startup founders of Germany!

It's an 18-month program open to bachelor and master's students from either Technical University Munich (TUM) or Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) in Munich, Germany.

They also do a public pitch competition at the end of each semester (so twice per year) called "Start and Spread" with around €3k in prize money up for grabs as well as access to the UnternehmerTUM network, pithing workshop & 1-on-1 coaching. Best of all this competition is open to any and all entrepreneurs - you don't need to be a scholar from Manage and More!

Check out the next start and spread event on Dec 1st 2021

https://www.eventbrite.de/e/start-and-spread-winter-2021-powered-by-manage-and-more-tickets-194538669397

Check out the Manage and More program

https://www.unternehmertum.de/en/services/manage-more

Connect with Patrick

https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickremerscheid/

20: Critical Thinking, Innovation & Startups with Karl Thomas

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 11:55:20 +0200

#20 Startups are really good at running with an idea - usually in any and all directions possible - in a way we’re all good at running with things, going with the flow - but taking a step back to slow down and thinking critically about your business can be the difference between a failed first-time entrepreneur and a true innovator.

Critical thinking is the topic of this week's podcast with Karl Thomas, a lecturer at Trinity College Dublin on creativity, innovation & entrepreneurship and founder of Creatovation, his innovation consultancy working with large corporates and smaller startups.

Fun fact Karl is actually my mentor & the first person to help me really start seeing my work with The Strong Startup, which was this podcast, a youtube channel & some social media content as an actual business. I’m still in the process of setting up that business but Karl helped shift my perspective significantly and really set my vision for creating my own profitable business.

I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside Karl at several innovation workshops - the depth of his reading and knowledge in the areas of innovation, creativity, and critical thinking is really remarkable & I always learn so much from talking with him which is why this podcast is almost 90 minutes long haha

A quick note that this was recorded almost exactly a year ago in august 2020 - it was that famous day when zoom completely crashed for everyone for a few hours - we switched to Google Hangouts & the audio recording got messed up & it took me forever to clean it up. Just FYI

Anyway in this podcast with Karl we discuss critical thinking & first principles, feedback & ethics & how this all relates to startups.

Show notes and more at: www.thestrongstartup.com/podcast/episode-20-karl-thomas

How to find a co-founder with Damla Obermeir (#19)

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 22:55:37 +0200

The number 1 question I get asked as a startup coach is "How to find a cofounder" - it's not easy. Building relationships, in general, is hard but there are a few key things you can do along the way to improve your chances of finding the right person for your "startup marriage" because let's face it - it really is a marriage with your cofounder!

Damla is a cofounder of Hubviser a platform that connects entrepreneurs with their local startup ecosystem & potential future co-founders. She is a scrum master at BMW coaching teams from the Automated Driving division in agile project management.

On top of all this, she is also completing the Executive MBA in Innovation & Business Creation at Technical University Munich (TUM) & UnternehmerTUM (UTUM) which is where she found her co-founder & started the startup Hubviser.

In this podcast, Damla gives some insights into the Executive MBA program at TUM & UTUM, shares her own experience with the problems of finding a co-founder, gives 4 essential tips for how to find a cofounder and gives the low down on Hubviser.

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Connect with Damal Obermeir

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dobermeir/

Check out Hubviser

https://hubviser.com/

Check out the Executive MBA at Technical University Munich

https://www.unternehmertum.de/en/services/emba

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How an Ex-VC exited his innovation media startup with Matt C Smith (#18)

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 21:10:43 +0200

Matt C Smith has been around the block a few times in the startup world. He's an ex-VC whose first investment became a unicorn, he's helped many startups scale in his role as COO & CFO & he exited his own "Innovation Infotainment" media startup after two short years.

I call him a pioneer in this podcast and I think he really is. Making that switch towards mobile-first video-based content during the early days was probably one of the smartest moves Matt made - helping him to catapult "The Lunicorn" to where it is today.

We go in-depth about Matt's whole journey from working as an investment analyst at Condé Nast's corporate Venture arm, helping multiple startups scale after investment, supporting an angel investors accelerator, and finally setting up & exiting his video media company "The Lunicorn".

Matt shares plenty of advice for up-and-coming entrepreneurs as well - throughout this entire 1h podcast.

So enjoy!

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Connect with Matt C Smith

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-c-smith-1391754a/

Check out The Lunicorn

https://www.thelunicorn.com/

and their amazing YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4wBOYSNOXxCNbWVy19be-g

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Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thestrongstartup/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanarmstrong5/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheStrongStartup

Sustainability through Battery Innovation with Simon Engelke (#17)

Mon, 19 Jul 2021 21:42:46 +0200

Simon is the founder of Battery Associates a community of global talents who inspire and lead the future of battery innovation.

He's a true visionary committed to improving the sustainability of our world through Battery Associates. They currently run a Battery MBA 3 times per year (something truly unique), they have an active & thriving community of experts and entrepreneurs in the battery space, and on top of all that, they are pushing innovation with both software and hardware products.

In this episode of the podcast, we discuss

- Why batteries are so essential for the future of planet earth & humanity

- How Simon has bootstrapped Battery Associated to date

- How a community can be leveraged to grow your business and impact

- Tips on how to grow your business on LinkedIn, Slack & Clubhouse

- Why failure is an essential element of entrepreneurship

Simon completed his Ph.D. on Lithium-ion batteries at the University of Cambridge. He is the recipient of multiple awards including the Trinity Bradfield Prize and Cambridge University Young Entrepreneur of the Year. He is a member of the Global Shapers Community and World.Minds. Simon has been invited to speak at various events including the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) and Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. He served as Co-Curator of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Strategic Intelligence for Future of Energy and Batteries and as Fellow of the WEF Global Future Council on Energy Technologies.

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Connect with Simon

https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonengelke/

Check out Battery Associates

https://battery.associates/

Check out the Battery MBA

https://battery.mba

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Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thestrongstartup/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanarmstrong5/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheStrongStartup

Code University, carbon offsetting & Zebras with Niklas Terrahe (#16)

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:04:27 +0200

Niklas is the co-founder of NUL a monthly carbon offset subscription helping companies to become climate neutral one team at a time.

He's currently completing a unique bachelor's specifically designed for student entrepreneurs at CODE University in Berlin, Germany. In Niklas' own words CODE is "like an accelerator for students with a bachelor's degree". We dive into details

In this episode of the podcast, we dive into the details of how NUL utilized rapid prototyping and automation to build a startup that more or less runs itself! He also provides details about how CODE university, which is only 3 years old but has already produced 2 startups, is structured and how you can apply to get into this unique bachelor.

On top of all this Niklas also works at the German Startup Association which in my opinion is one of the most important organizations for startups and aspiring entrepreneurs in Germany. Niklas discusses the many things they do to support startups in Germany and how you could join.

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Connect with Niklas

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nterrahe/

Check out NUL

https://www.nul.to/

German Startup Association (Bundesverband Deutsche Startups)

https://deutschestartups.org/

CODE University of Applied Sciences

https://code.berlin/en/

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YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW5JMHc-ewQlhu3b4lXj0hg?sub_confirmation=1

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thestrongstartup/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanarmstrong5/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheStrongStartup

Inside a DeepTech Incubator with Barbara Mehner (#15)

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 21:51:43 +0200

Barbara is a managing partner of Xpreneurs Incubator part of Europe's largest entrepreneurship center UnternehmerTUM.

In this episode of the podcast, Barbara provides a behind-the-scenes look at a DeepTech Incubator & shares the exciting journey of one of our hugely successful alumni teams: Isar Aerospace.

Xpreneurs offers promising Deeptech startups a 3-month equity-free program helping teams to get their first customers and investment.

Apart from the Xpreneurs program they also run a wide range of European acceleration programs focusing on different verticles like Urban, Mobility, Smart Region, Food & Climate.

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Connect with Barbara

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-barbara-mehner-17b09656/

Check out our brand new office: Munich Urban Colab

https://www.munich-urban-colab.de/en

Xpreneurs Incubator at UnternehmerTUM

(2x batches per year, next deadline July 19, 2021)

https://xpreneurs.io/

EIT Urban Mobility Accelerator

https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/business-creation/accelerator/

ScaleUp4Europe

https://scaleup4.eu/

Weconomy

https://www.weconomy.de/

EIT Food Accelerator Network

https://www.eitfan.eu/

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Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thestrongstartup/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanarmstrong5/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheStrongStartup

Bringing Distruptive Tech to Surgery with Adrian Kilian (#14)

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 22:22:28 +0200

Adrian Kilian is the co-founder and CEO of Mango Medical, a MedTech startup from Germany bringing Patient-specific implants to the operating room for surgeons.

In this podcast, Adrian talks about Mango Medicals' journey so far in the MedTech world diving into the different programs they joined, difficulties they've faced along the way.

Most importantly, Adrian addresses the age-old question of "when should you go all-in with your startup?" by sharing his own experience with making this decision with mango Medical.

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Connect with Adrian

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-kilian/

Mango Medical

https://www.mangomedical.de

MedInnovate Graduate Program at Technical University Munich (based on the BioDesign Method)

https://www.in.tum.de/campar/teaching/medinnovate/

http://campar.in.tum.de/Chair/TeachingWs17BioInnovation

Book recommendation: Biodesign: The Process of Innovating Medical Technologies by Stefanos Zenios
https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Stefanos-Zenios/dp/0521517427

XPLORE Pre-incubation program at UnternehmerTUM

https://www.unternehmertum.de/en/services/xplore

Xpreneurs Incubator at UnternehmerTUM

https://xpreneurs.io/

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Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheStrongStartup

Deeptech Startup Diagnostic Tool with Vish Sahasranamam (#13)

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 23:41:41 +0200

Vish Sahasranamam is the co-founder and CEO of FORGE Accelerator, one of the leading corporate & government-focused accelerators in India.

In this podcast, Vish explains the many ways startups and aspiring entrepreneurs can engage with Forge Accelerator and shares his own personal story as an entrepreneur leading up to the founding of Forge.

We also take a deep dive into a new free startup diagnostic tool they developed called the “Forge Venture Rubric” designed as a self-assessment tool for startups to validate their potential across 6 different areas.

We discuss the difference between startups developing an end-product going to market versus a core product that can be used in many products and enter larger markets. Vish also shares 2 great case studies from successful startups that are a part of Forge Accelerator.

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Following an 8 year career in the global telecommunications industry working for companies such as Cisco and Nortel Networks, Vish went on to complete his MBA at IM-Bangalore in 2010.

He has co-founded two startups one of which, Pawaa became Cisco’s first Indian startup acquisition in 2015.

Vish co-founded Forge Accelerator with Shankar Vanavarayar in 2015 supporting industrial & government-focused deeptech startups. Today they offer several Government and corporate-focused startup accelerator programs, education for aspiring entrepreneurs through partner universities, free educational resources for founders, and investment in startups.

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Connect with Vish

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishforge/

FORGE Accelerator

https://www.forgeforward.in/

Forge Venture Rubric

https://blog.forgeforward.in/forge-venture-rubric-a-startup-diagnostic-tool-b7b840efe337

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Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thestrongstartup/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanarmstrong5/

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Exiting a Bootstrapped Digital Health Startup with Annika Panoff (#12)

Fri, 28 May 2021 23:40:44 +0200

Annika Panoff is passionate about digitization in healthcare - something that can be tricky to do in a conservative market with patients’ lives on the line. Despite the well-known difficulties with digitization in this space, Annika helped take a bootstrapped digital health startup, Exonor, to a successful EXIT while serving as COO / CFO.

In this insightful podcast, Annika discusses the journey of Exonor to their impressive exit sharing along the way the lessons she’s learned while scaling the startup.

Among many interesting topics discussed, Annika discusses diversifying the products and services of Exonor, the importance of cash flow management while growing, how to work with and sell to hospitals and how to sustain growth without money from Venture Capital firms.

✌️____ ABOUT ANNIKA PANOFF____✌️

Annika is passionate about digitization in healthcare with a background in management and business consultancy working for companies across Europe and in India.

She has a background in Industrial engineering and management having worked for Siemens as a consultant and account manager and CGI where she is now the Director of Consulting.

Her role at Exonor was as COO / CFO supporting the digital health company in delivering consulting & professional services to Scandinavia and Finland for systems in secondary care like Critical care, Chemotherapy, Maternity, and EMR.

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Connect with Annika Panoff

https://www.linkedin.com/in/annikapanoff/

Exonor Group (now merged with EVRY)

https://www.linkedin.com/company/exonor/about/

EVRY

https://www.tietoevry.com/

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Lessons learned from a serial entrepreneur with Zee Floris (#11)

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 20:45:36 +0200

Zee Floris, a serial founder from The Netherlands, shares his lessons from working on several of his own startups from baby gear and photo editing to his recent company focusing on food allergies.

In this extremely open podcast Zee shares some of the reasons why his previous startup ideas failed and how the lessons from these failures have helped him to become a better entrepreneur today.

Pivots are a natural part of any startup journey and Zee also shares his experience with pivoting the business model of Allergyn Club. He also discusses his strategy for approaching venture capital firms and angel investors - something that is a priority for all entrepreneurs!

✌️____ ABOUT ZEE FLORIS ____✌️

Zee is a serial entrepreneur from the Netherlands and a lover of all things innovative and automated.

He has a background in psychology and quickly left the corporate world to go build his own vision with several startups from Hadley’s Baby Gear and HelveticoPhoto to his most recent venture AllergynClub.

Zee is also now a co-founder and CTO with The Strong Startup helping provide free daily educational content for early-stage entrepreneurs around the world.

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Connect with Zee Floris

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zefanja-floris/

Allergyn Club

https://allergyn.club/

HelveticoPhoto

https://helveticophoto.com/

Hadley’s Babygear

https://www.instagram.com/hadleysbabygear/

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LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanarmstrong5/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheStrongStartup

Top human resource issues in startups and how to fix them with Max Rupp (#10)

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:49:31 +0200

Max Rupp goes in-depth on the most common mistakes made by startups when it comes to human resources and talent acquisition.

He discusses why not having an HR process is a huge mistake for startups and he shares some fantastic tips for how to avoid these mistakes and grow a successful business and team.

He also shares some great HR resources for further reading for founders.

✌️____ ABOUT MAX RUPP ____✌️

Max Rupp has extensive experience with Human Resources (HR) and Talent Acquisition (TA) having worked at successful startups like KONUX and Freeletics in Munich, Germany.

He is currently a Customer Success Manager at LinkedIn and as a side project offers Pro Bono Consulting for startups around all questions regarding HR & Recruiting.

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Max’s Pro Bono HR consulting for startups

https://maximilian-rupp.com/

Connect with Max Rupp

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximilianrupp/

Basecamp book

https://basecamp.com/books/calm

Work Rules by Laszlo Bock

https://tinyurl.com/zz76x96z

Hub Spot

https://www.hubspot.com/

Personio HR Software

https://www.personio.com/

People to follow: Jan Tegze

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jantegze/

People to follow: Daniel Mühlbauer

https://www.linkedin.com/in/futureofhr/

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LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanarmstrong5/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheStrongStartup

Deeptech, & Getting Your First Paying Customers with Pearse Coyle (#9)

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:54:23 +0200

Pearse Coyle, a founder, and investor from Ireland goes in-depth about the state of startup funding in Europe, the barriers that deep tech startups face when transferring from academia to the market, and his secret sauce for helping tech founders validate their ideas early on.

We also touch on the important but often overlooked source of funding for startups, Revenue through avenues like Paid Pilots. Pearse explains why you should always try to aim for a paid pilot as well as some tips for closing those deals.

✌️____ ABOUT PEARSE COYLE ____✌️

Pearse Coyle is a founder and investor from Dublin, Ireland with an extensive background in computer science and innovative technology.

He has been the founding CEO, first investor, or first head of sales in 11 tech ventures, 6 of which have gone on to scale and/or successful exit.

He founded Deeptech Seed Fund, a venture capital firm, in 2018 together with Tom Burniece who is based in San Jose, California.

Deeptech Seed Fund is a multi-stage investor that invests early in new ventures in Europe that have achieved a significant breakthrough in technology/science and now wish to exploit a global commercial opportunity.

They invest only in ventures that have come through one of their partner incubator programs.

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Deeptech Seed Fund

https://www.deeptechseedfund.com/

Connect with Pearse Coyle

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pearsecoyle/

Innovation and Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) pilot programme (UK based)

https://innovateuk.blog.gov.uk/2018/04/11/innovation-to-commercialisation-of-university-research-icure/

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/icure-evaluation-of-pilot-programme

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Bringing AI to Healthcare with Sam Tukra (#8)

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 20:28:50 +0200

Sam is a Medical Engineer with a passion for machine learning. He's the founder and CEO of Third Eye Intelligence, a startup leveraging the complex data in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) for their self-designing AI-driven early warning system.

Their AI solution helps patients by predicting the risk of organ failure, mortality, and length of stay, in view of guiding doctors in evidence-based decision making.

We deep dive into Sam's entire entrepreneurial journey to date touching the personal story behind why he founded Third Eye Intelligence, the complexity of building a tech solution in healthcare, the co-founding process as well as some great tips for first-time MedTech founders!

Learn more about Third Eye Intelligence

https://www.imperialenterpriselab.com/vccentries/third-eye-intelligence/

Connect with Sam on Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam1plvs1vltra/

Feel Free to contact Sam below

samyakhtukra@gmail.com

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Innovation, change & conflict with Falko (#7)

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 10:58:02 +0200

We all know that the weakness of some big companies is their lack of speed in adapting to changes and that for startups being agile is a major strength.

But for both big companies and startups change management as part of the process of innovation is still something of a challenge.

In this episode of the podcast, Falko Döring from Puzzle Innovation discusses how to actually manage change in a large or small organization.

He also provides some excellent insights into how you can improve your team workshops to implement the required changes.

ABOUT FALKO

Falko loves solving puzzles and problems - whether they're puzzle games or big corporate challenges that need to be overcome.

He co-founded Puzzle Innovation in 2019 with two friends to help individuals and organizations to build solutions to their challenges through co-creation, leadership, dialogue, and team-building activities.

He is an engineer with a Master's in Energy Technologies from EIT InnoEnergy and a patent in wave energy production. He has also worked at EIT InnoEnergy as a program manager and was president of the EIT Alumni Community in Europe.

Cool things discussed during this podcast

Puzzle Innovation & their online course

https://bit.ly/2XlgSFq

Connect with Falko Döring

https://www.linkedin.com/in/falko-doering/

EIT InnoEnergy

https://www.innoenergy.com/

EIT InnoEnergy Master's Program

https://www.innoenergy.com/for-students-learners/master-school/master-s-in-energy-technologies/

EIT Alumni Community

https://eitalumni.eu/

Catch the video versions of this podcast on my YouTube Channel

Part 1: https://youtu.be/PXie_0nY9wY

Part 2: https://youtu.be/en5m9mJx62k

Part 3: https://youtu.be/uWeKivF8SCs

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The Entrepreneurial Masterclass at Technical University Munich with Niclas Mauss (#6)

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 10:38:30 +0200

Technical University of Munich consistently ranks as the top university in Germany for entrepreneurship through their own unique programs and their relationship with UnternehmerTUM, Europe’s largest entrepreneurship center.

In this podcast, Niclas-Alexander Mauss and I discuss TUM’s latest push to support student entrepreneurs even more with their brand new "Entrepreneurial Masterclass".

UnternehmerTUM and TUM are collaborating on this new Entrepreneurial Masterclass for master students. They launched the first batch of students in late 2020 and they'll have 4 batches per year from now on!

In this podcast, you'll learn how to apply for this awesome masterclass, all the important program details, and some insights on the follow-on programs to help you start your own company!

Niclas is the program manager for this masterclass which enables TUM students to complete their master thesis on a startup-related topic with three unique tracks.

Cool things discussed during this podcast

Connect with Niclas-Alexander Mauss

https://www.linkedin.com/in/niclasmauss/

TUM Entrepreneurial Masterclass Program

https://www.unternehmertum.de/en/services/tum-entrepreneurial-masterclass

https://wiki.tum.de/display/masterclass

All UnternehmerTUM Programs for startups and entrepreneurs

https://www.unternehmertum.de/en/services

Catch the video versions of this podcast on my YouTube Channel

Part 1: https://youtu.be/xRuDKzieZys

Part 2: https://youtu.be/KWMCPnnoJQQ

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A New African European Startup Program with Simin k. Fard (#5)

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 14:17:25 +0100

In this episode of the podcast, Simin k. Fard from UnternehmerTUM International goes in-depth about the African European Digital Venture Program (AEDV).

After over 150 applications the AEDV program has selected 6 startups from Ghana and Tunisia to join this 3-month virtual pre-accelerator program. The aim is to give these 6 startups access to know-how about the European market and to strengthen partnerships between African startups and established European companies and startups.

They kicked off the program this week at none other than Munich's Bits and Pretzels - a six-day virtual festival that connects 5000 founders, investors, and startup enthusiasts.

The 6 lucky teams from Ghana and Tunisia will have their own startup booths at #bits20 and are eager to meet potential (corporate) partners and clients!

Check out the cool things discussed during this podcast

African European Digital Venture Program (AEDV)

https://vc4a.com/make-it/aedv/

UnternehmerTUM International

https://i.unternehmertum.de/

Invest for Jobs

https://invest-for-jobs.com/en/

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

https://www.giz.de/en/html/index.html

KFW

https://www.kfw.de/kfw.de-2.html

Make-IT in Africa

https://make-it-initiative.org/africa/

Digital Product School (UnternehmerTUM)

https://digitalproductschool.io/

Catch the video versions of this podcast on my YouTube Channel

Part 1: https://youtu.be/34PbneHxreE

Part 2: https://youtu.be/VD3NislmTCI

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How To Build A Community with Dr. Jagadeesh Gandla (#4)

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 13:49:42 +0100

Jagadeesh is a community builder that has positively impacted the lives of hundreds if not thousands of people through the various initiatives he has started such as the Indian Empowerment Network and DareToStart.

His whole life is based around community building and impacting people’s lives at scale. This is something that I‘m extremely interested in and I think our conversation will help share some insights from Jagadeesh’s experience with creating communities and really bringing value to people's lives whether that’s creating a startup or getting that job you’ve always dreamed of.

MORE BACKGROUND

The Indian Empowerment Network is a Facebook group that started only a few months ago with almost 1000 members at the time of posting.

This group started with the simple purpose of helping people given the extremely difficult situations we all face during COVID-19. It’s a self-organized platform supporting these 1000 members with everything from CV clinics, design thinking workshops, and language courses, to name just a few programs, all powered by the members.

This has morphed into new exciting formats such as the IEN Talks and other extremely valuable workshops with experts such as Dr. Ushy Mohan Das.

More recently he founded DareToStart with Dr. Manoj Nimbalkar. Together with their team, they are supporting entrepreneurs to take their first actions toward founding their own startup and help to bridge the gap for organizations, startups, and businesses between India and Europe.

Check out the cool things discussed during this podcast

DareToStart

https://www.daretostart.org/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/daretostart/

Connect with Jagadeesh

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgandla/

https://www.youtube.com/user/jagadeeshgandla

The Indian Empowerment Network (IEN)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/IEN.org

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAheGfd9uQnVe8c4adyMlOA

Catch the video version of this podcast on my YouTube Channel

https://youtu.be/uV4Q8G7Ynks

For Free startup tools and resources check my website

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Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs with Anna Bayer & Adrián Ng González (#3)

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 13:37:24 +0100

I'm joined by Anna Bayer and Adrián Ng González from UnternehmerTUM International to discuss the Erasmus for the Young Entrepreneurs program!

This program provides some cool opportunities for both Startups and Companies looking to host budding entrepreneurs and for young entrepreneurs to travel across Europe and get mentored by experienced startups!

We discuss everything about this "Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs" program and how you can take advantage of this amazing opportunity to travel across Europe and grow your startup experience!

Check out the cool things discussed during this podcast:

Erasmus for young entrepreneurs

https://i.unternehmertum.de/project/erasmus-for-young-entrepreneurs/

UnternehmerTUM International

https://i.unternehmertum.de/

Catch the video version of this podcast on my YouTube Channel

https://youtu.be/ZPSLj24xsOQ

For Free startup tools and resources check my website

www.thestrongstartup.com

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A Fresh Approach for Design Thinking with Prof. Ezri Tarazi (#2)

Sun, 21 Mar 2021 23:24:33 +0100

In this episode of the podcast, I got a chance to chat with Prof. Ezri Tarazi, a world-renowned industrial designer, theorist of Design Thinking, and serial startup co-founder. Prof. Tarazi has been consulting the Israeli government on innovation programs in the industry for almost 20 years and co-founded the IDEO branch in Israel.

Prof. Tarazi, together with the Penza Group, has developed a novel approach to solving problems called "The Y357 Code". The approach draws on elements of Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile methodologies. Check out the podcast for more info about this novel approach!

Check out the cool things discussed during this podcast:

UMI: Urban Mobility Integration (EIT Urban Mobility Project)

https://umi.net.technion.ac.il

Design Tech at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

https://designtech.net.technion.ac.il/

Penza Group (developed the Y357 code with Prof. Tarazi)

https://www.penzagroup.com/

EIT Urban Mobility

https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/

Catch the video version of this podcast on my YouTube Channel

https://youtu.be/qG1mB_eYHRg

For Free startup tools and resources check my website

www.thestrongstartup.com

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Democratizing access to Business Opportunities with Thomas Schier (#1)

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:31:59 +0100

I got a chance to sit down with Thomas Schier, co-founder of Disruptors.ai (previous name "STARTUP Anywhere" mentioned in the podcast) to speak about his exciting journey through the startup ecosystem and the launch of his brand new program for global entrepreneurs that helps bridge the gap with incubators and accelerators across the world.

Check out the cool things discussed during this podcast below:

Disruptors.ai (original name mentioned in podcast was "Startup Anywhere")

https://disruptors.ai/

STARTPLATZ Accelerator

https://www.startplatz.de/

Startup Safari https://startupsafari.com/

Pirate Summit

https://piratesummit.com/

Startup Joblist

https://startupjoblist.com/

Catch the video version of this podcast on my YouTube Channel

https://youtu.be/aigDARM_F58